- Social Media and Politics
- Media Studies and Communication
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Media Influence and Politics
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Chapman University
2024
University of Michigan
2019-2022
Stanford University
2022
Associated Press
2022
University of Chicago
2022
State Street (United States)
2022
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2013-2015
Leveraging nationally representative survey data on 443,680 respondents from January to March 2021, this study examines the temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic variations in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy U.S. Findings reveal multidimensional determinants of vaccination intentions involving confidence, complacency, circumspection factors. Using descriptive analyses multilevel mixed-effects regression models, we find persistent partisan divide across states significant racial disparities,...
Politicians within the United States and across many Western societies are concerned about extent to which Muslims successfully integrating their countries. The present research examined how interpersonal (discrimination) mediated (negative news coverage of Muslims) social identity threats dynamically change young Muslim Americans' strength identification as American Muslim, well trust in U.S. government. Data from a three-wave longitudinal survey show that Time 1, negative (but not...
Past research on talk radio discourses has illustrated the crucial role of hosts in managing conversation and shaping voices callers. However, past focused mostly dyadic host–caller interactions. Radio shows Hong Kong, contrast, often have more than one host. This study is interested implications triadic setting Kong. It uses Television Kong’s evening program Open Line View as a case study. Employing techniques analysis, this replicates some studies’ findings about source host power. More...
Previous studies have identified various individual factors explaining news avoidance, but the understanding of how these function within broader political information environment is limited. This study, leveraging a large-scale cross-national survey, reveals that relationships between interests, trust, and avoidance differ across countries with varying levels press freedom. In nations where strong free, personal preferences minimally influence individuals’ active hard news. News not solely...
This study examined pluralistic ignorance in the context of conflicts between Hong Kongers and mainland Chinese Kong. focus differs from past studies, which have mainly explored in-group regarding whether people could correctly perceive opinions others who belonged to same social group as they did. The present investigated public opinion a collective did not belong. Using two representative samples students local three universities Kong, this found that overestimated public’s unfavorability...
While research on flagging misinformation and disinformation has received much attention, we know very little about how the of propaganda sources could affect news sharing social media. Using a quasi-experimental design, test effect source people’s actual behaviors. By analyzing tweets ( N = 49,126) posted by 30 China's media accounts before after Twitter's practice labeling state-affiliated media, reveal corrective role that plays in preventing people's information from sources. The...
How do people form their attitudes toward complex policy issues? Although there has long been an assumption that consider the various components of those issues and come to overall assessment, a growing body recent work instead suggested may reach summary judgments as function heuristic cues goal-oriented rationalizations. This study examines how well component-based model fits Americans’ evaluations Patient Protection Affordable Care Act 2010, important highly contentious piece legislation...
Abstract Researchers have long known that the terms used in questions posed to respondents shape answers they give. Processes underlying these differences generally been attributed respondents’ interpretations of (i.e., what do lead them focus on) and examined as a framing effect. Yet evidence people often answer not fully understand means it is also possible some this difference may stem from ability parse are asking about comprehend question). In three online survey experiments, we...