Publications2022 Zhang, W., Chen, Z., Neoh, J. Y., & Chia, Y. T. (2022). Rethinking civic education in the digital era: How media, school, and youth negotiate the meaning of citizenship. International Communication Gazette,17480485221094101.
2021 Chen, Z., Oh, P., & Chen, A. (2021). The Role of Online Media in Mobilizing Large-scale Collective Action. Social Media + Society (JCR-Q1 in Communication), online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211033808
2021 Ma, X., Qin, Y., Chen, Z., & Cho, H. (2021). Perceived ephemerality, privacy calculus and the privacy settings of an ephemeral social media site. Computers in Human Behavior (JCR-Q1 in Psychology, Multidisciplinary), online first.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106928
2020 Chen, Z., & Zhang, W. (2020). Bracketing or Reinforcing? Socio-economic Status, Network Power, and Online Deliberation. Telematics and Informatics (JCR-Q1 in Information Science & Library Science), 52, 101417.
2020 Chen, Z. (2020). Who becomes an online activist and why: Understanding the publics in politicized consumer activism. Public Relations Review (JCR-Q2 in Communication), 46(1), 101854.
2020 Zhang, W., Chen, Z., & Xi, Y. (2020). Traffic media: how algorithmic imaginations and practices change content production. Chinese Journal of Communication (JCR-Q2 in Communication), 14(1), 58-74.
2019 Chen, Z., Su, C. C., & Chen, A. (2019). Top-down or Bottom-up? A Network Agenda-setting Study of Chinese Nationalism on Social Media. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JCR-Q2 in Communication), 63(3), 512-533.
2019 Zhang, L., Jung, E. H., & Chen, Z. (2019). Modeling the Pathway Linking Health Information Seeking to Psychological Well-Being on WeChat. Health communication (JCR-Q2 in Communication), 1-12.
2017 Chen, Z., & Chan, M. C.M. (2017). Motivations for Social Media Use and Impact on Political Participation in China: A Cognitive and Communication Mediation Approach. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (JCR-Q1 in Psychology, Social), 20, 83-90.
2016 Wu, F., Chen, Z., & Cui, D. (2016). Business is business? Stakeholders and power distributions in guanxi-related practices in the Chinese public relations profession: A comparative study of Beijing and Hong Kong. Public Relations Review (JCR-Q2 in Communication), 42, 867-878.
Conference Attendance
2021 Panel member, the Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS)-Beijing, online, 2021.
2021 Chen, Z., Oh, P., & Chen, A. (2021). The Role of Online Media in Mobilizing Large-Scale Collective Action. Presented at the 71st ICA annual conference, online, 2021.
2020 Chen, Z. (2020). Is media technology a culprit behind the loss of community? A cross-national study on the impact of communication and technology on social capital. Presented at the 70th ICA annual conference, online, 2020. (Top Student Paper Award, Division of Political Communication)
2020 Chen, Z., Chen, A., Tan, Y., & He, Q. (2020). An intrinsic or situational troll? Predicting trolling behavior on Twitter in the 2019 Hong Kong protest. Presented at the 70th ICA annual conference, online, 2020.
2019 Chen, Z., Su, C. C., & Chen, A. (2019). Top-down or Bottom-up? A Network Agenda-setting Study of Chinese Nationalism on Social Media. Presented at the IAMCR 2019 annual conference, Madrid, 2019.
2019 Chen, Z. (2019). Who Become Online Activists and Why: Understanding Publics in Politicized Consumer Activism. Presented at the 69th ICA annual conference, Washington, D.C., 2019.
2019 Chen, Z., & Zhang, W. (2019). Bracketing or Reinforcing? Socio-economic Status, Network Power, and Online Deliberation. Presented at the 69th ICA annual conference, Washington, D.C., 2019.
2018 Zhang, W., & Chen, Z. (2018). Political Communication on China: 40 Years (1977-2017). Presented at the 68th ICA annual conference, Prague, 2018.
2017 Chen, Z., & Huang, Y.H.C. (2017). Whose Responsibility? Connecting Organizational Transgressors with Government Regulating Institutions. Presented at the 2017 AEJMC annual conference, Chicago, 2017.
2016 Chen, C., & Chen, Z. (2016). The Impacts of WeChat Communication and Parenting Styles on the Quality of the Parent-Child Relationship. Presented at the 2016 AEJMC annual conference, Minneapolis, 2016.
2016 Chen, Z., & Chan, M. C.M. (2016). Motivation for Social Media Use and Impact on Political Participation in China: A Cognitive and Communication Mediation Approach. Presented at the 66th ICA annual conference, Fukuoka,2016.
