Publications

🔎 Working Papers

Virtual Companions, Unstable Ties: Unpacking Identity, Themes, and Emotions in Human-Social Robot Communication
Peripheral but Vital: A Holistic Analysis of Heuristic Cues and Emotional Valence Affecting Health Communication Video Dissemination

Xu, J., Wang, Z., Luo, T., & Liu, S. (2025). Strategic choices for balancing intimacy and professionalism: Content analysis of Chinese podcasts on Himalaya. Media and Communication, 13. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.9126
Wang, Z., Zhao, X., Xu, J., Li, J., Yang, F., Wu, J., & Xie, R. (2025). The 3-level evaluation index system for health science popularization of hospitals’ WeChat public accounts. Chinese Journal of Health Education, 41(10), 916-919. https://link.oversea.cnki.net/doi/10.16168/j.cnki.issn.1002-9982.2025.10.010
Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Xu, J., Chen, X., Cai, Y., Chen, S., & Chan, K. S. (2025). A protection motivation theory-based scale for e-cigarette use assessment among Chinese college students: Development and validation. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23, 10.18332/tid/209411. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/209411
Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Jiang, S., Cai, Y., Xu, J., & Wang, Y. (2025). Interdisciplinary perspective-based behavioral prediction of e-cigarette use: A population-based study among Chinese college students. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23, 10.18332/tid/204743. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/204743

Sun, M., Liu, S., Wei, W., Wang, Z., et al. (2024). Overview of the ten global conferences on health promotion and implications for future work. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, 45(4), 591-596. 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20230922-00179
Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, S., & Xu, J. (2024). Survey on the effectiveness of Anti-smoking Campaigns in social media. Chinese Journal of Health Education, 40(05), 396-400. 10.16168/j.cnki.issn.1002-9982.2024.05.003
Chen, Y., Chen, X., Wang, Z., et al. (2024). Development and reliability and validity analysis of online tobacco control course effect evaluation questionnaire. Health Education and Health Promotion, 19(03), 307-309. 10.16117/j.cnki.31-1974/r.202403307

Wang, Z. & Xu, J. (2022). An empirical research on how to tackle Infodemic in China: stakeholders and algorithms. Frontiers in Political Science, 4, 858093. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.858093
Xu, J. & Wang, Z. (2022). Responses to Infodemic from global perspectives. China Medical News.

2025

🏆 Best Paper of ICCA | Pathway Linking Health Information Acquisition to Self-Care Activities among T2DM Patients: A Moderated Mediation Study Focusing on Self-Stigma. National Communication Association (NCA), Denver, USA.
🏆 Best Paper of ICCA | From Information to Knowledge: Revisiting the Cognitive Mediation Model in the Context of Stroke Prevention. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), San Francisco, USA.
Richer and Colder, Make Cities Popular: A Multimodal Factors Analysis of Global Communication in City Branding. International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

2024

A protection motivation theory-based scale for e-cigarette use prediction among Chinese college students. National Communication Association (NCA), New Orleans, USA.
Subjective and objective unified assessment model for digital health science popularization. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Christchurch, New Zealand.

2023

The multi-stage classification model of hospitals’ WeChat public accounts’ health emergency popularization. Annual Meeting of the Health Communication Committee of the Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Communication, Zhuhai, China.
Interdisciplinary perspective-based behavioral prediction of e-cigarette use. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon, France.

2022

Tripartite Interaction in China’s Infodemic Governance. IAMCR Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication Working Group, Beijing, China.

2021

Global Comparative Analysis of National Regulations on Media against Infodemic. Annual Meeting of the Media Ethics and Laws Committee, Chongqing, China.