Publications
Journal articles
Wu, H. D., Huang, S., Yu, R., & Zhang, Y. (forthcoming). The “populist imbecile” vs. the “heartless shrew” — Polarizing election coverage and voters’ evaluation in Taiwan. Newspaper Research Journal.
Guo, L., Zhang, Y. (corresponding author), Mays, K., Akyürek, A. F., Wijaya, D., & Betke, M. (in press). Agenda setting, cross-cutting effects, and political expression on social media: The gun violence case. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502231151555
Guo, L., & Zhang, Y. (corresponding author) (2023). Information flows from local to national: Evidence from 21 major US cities. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231152364
Zhang, Y., Huang, S., & Li, T. (2022). ‘Push-and-pull’ for visibility: How do fans as users negotiate over algorithms with Chinese digital platforms? Information, Communication & Society, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2161829
Zhang, Y. & Trifiro, B. (2022). Who Portrayed it as “The Chinese Virus”? An Analysis of the Multi-Platform Partisan Framing in U.S. News Coverage About China in the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Communication, 16. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17916
Guo, L., Mays, K., Zhang, Y., Wijaya, D., & Betke, M. （2021）. What makes gun violence a （less） prominent issue? A computational analysis of compelling arguments and selective agenda setting. Mass Communication and Society 10.1080/15205436.2021.1898644 [MCS Top Paper Award]
Zhang, Y., Guo, L., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Xie, T., & Zhang, R. J. (2021). Demographic inequalities or personality differences? Exploring six types of social media usage divides in Mainland China. The Social Science Journal, 1–17. 10.1080/03623319.2020.1851952
Trifiro, B., & Zhang, Y. （2021）. Setting the polling results in a digital media era: An analysis of the agenda setting and priming effects of news and tweets on 2020 Democratic primary candidates. The Agenda Setting Journal.
Guo, L., & Zhang, Y. （2020）. Information Flow Within and Across Online Media Platforms: An Agenda-setting Analysis of Rumor Diffusion on News Websites, Weibo, and WeChat in China. Journalism Studies, 21（15）, 2176–2195. 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1827012
Zhang, Y. （2020）. When politics intervene in non-political news flow: Trans-regional intermedia agenda-setting between Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on online air pollution news. The Agenda Setting Journal, 4（2）, 173–194. 10.1075/asj.18019.zha
Zhang, Y., & Guo, L. （2019）. ‘A battlefield for public opinion struggle’: how does news consumption from different sources on social media influence government satisfaction in China?. Information, Communication & Society, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1662073
Groshek, J., Krongard, S., & Zhang, Y. （2018）. Netflix and ill? Emotional and health implications of binge-watching streaming TV. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, 296–300. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3217804.3217932
Conference papers
Zhang, Y., Guo, L., Cummings, J., & Paik, S. (2023, May). Does awareness of personalization algorithms invalidate the agenda-setting effects? Evidence from an online experiment in the US and China. Presenting at the 73ndInternational Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
Paik, S., Cummings, J., Guo, L., & Zhang, Y. (2023, May). Framing effects of algorithmic content curation: Evidence from the United States and China. Presenting at the 73ndInternational Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
Zhang, Y., & Shao, Y. (2022, Nov). How to tell good stories about China on overseas video-based social media: A multi-level agenda-setting study on different types of YouTube channels from 2019 to 2021. Presented at the 2022 China’s Annual Computational Communication Conference
Huang, S., Zhang, Y., & Tong, L. (2022, July). (Im)material labor circuit: How do fandom users and platform operators negotiate around algorithms. Presented at the IAMCR 2022 Annual Conference
Zhang, Y., Huang, S., & Tong, L. (2022, May). Push-and-pull for Visibility: How do fan-users negotiate with algorithmic platforms in China? Presented at the Beijing Regional Hub of the 72nd International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
Yu, R., Zhang, Y., Huang, S., & Wu, D. (2022, May). Motivated Political Reasoning: Examining the Predictors and Flow of Fake News Advancement and Refutation Across Media Platforms. Presented at the 72nd International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
Wu, D., Huang, S., Yu, R., & Zhang, Y. (2022, May). The “populist imbecile,” the “heartless shrew,” and the polarizing press — How Taiwanese newspapers covered the presidential candidates and are related to voters’ evaluation and preference. Presented at the 72nd International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
Zhang, Y. & Trifiro, B. (2021, August). “The Chinese Virus” and Conditional Partisan Framing? An analysis of the cross-platform partisan framing in American news coverage of China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2021 Annual Conference (Virtual) [MacDougall Student Paper Award]
Zhang, Y., Trifiro, B., & Auger, R. (2021, May). Popping the Partisan Filter Bubble: How media diet change drives preventative actions during COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at the 71st International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference (Virtual)
Wu, D. & Zhang, Y. (2020, August). Communicating sea-level rise: A constructed risk influenced by partisanship, geography and intermedia agenda-setting. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2020 Annual Conference (Virtual)
Guo, L., Zhang, Y. (2020, August). Constructing city images through local online media: Evidence from 21 major U.S. cities. Presented at AEJMC 2020 Annual Conference (Virtual)
Zhang, Y. (2020, July). From media power to people’s power: A systematic literature review on the reverse agenda-setting effect of ordinary people’s discussions on social network sites. Presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2020 Annual Conference (Virtual)
Zhang, Y. (2020, May). “Why we stop talking politics online: Examining the influence of network, government, and platform factors on the willingness and behavior of self-censorship”. Presented at the 70th International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference (Virtual)
Guo, L., Zhang, Y., Mays, K., Wijaya, D., & Betke, M. (2020, May). “Agenda setting as an antecedent of political expression on social media: the gun violence case”. Presented at the 70th ICA Annual Conference (Virtual)
Guo, L., Zhang, Y. (2019, Aug). Who perpetuates “fake news” in China? Rumor diffusion on mainstream news websites, Weibo, and WeChat. Presented at AEJMC 2019 Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
Zhang, Y. & Guo, L. (2019, May). “A battlefield for public opinion struggle”: How does news consumption from different sources on social media influence government satisfaction in china?. Presented at the 69th ICA Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA
Zhang, Y. (2019, May). Contextualizing connective actions in proactive authoritarian regimes in a digital era: #Mitu movement in china. Presented at CCA panel at AEJMC 2019 Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
Zhang, Y., Guo, L., & Gil De Zuniga, H. (2018, Aug). Digital inequalities or personality differences? A longitudinal analysis of social media usage divides in China. Presented at AEJMC 2018 Conference. Washington, D.C., USA
Groshek, J., Krongard, S., & Zhang, Y. (2018, July). Netflix and ill? Emotional and health implications of binge-watching streaming TV. Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Social Media & Society. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zhang, Y., Vigil, T. (2018, May). Propaganda or persuasion: mass entrepreneurship and innovation campaign in China. Presented at the 68th ICA Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
Xie, X., Zhang, Y., Bo, X. (2018, May). The imbalance of online media platforms utilization at county level in China: Opportunities and challenges. Presented at the 68th ICA Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
Andersen, B., Chen, M., Wang, D., Zhang, Y. (co-listed as first authors in alphabetical order), Tsay-Vogel, M. (2018, May). Media-induced empowerment: Effects of episodic and thematic framing of hedonic and eudemonic messages on viewers. Presented at the 68th ICA Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
Zhang, Y. (2017, Sept). The imbalance of online media platforms utilization at the county level in China: Opportunities and challenges. Presented at the International Emerging Media Forum, Beijing, PRC
Zhang, Y., Groshek, J. (2017, May). Does streaming online television hurt college students’ academic performance and personal health? Survey evidence into the effects of emerging media. Presented at the 67th ICA Annual Conference, San Diego, USA
Cao, S., Criner, A., Liu, S., Zhang, Y. (co-listed as first authors in alphabetical order) (2017, June). Social media use and third-party candidates: An experiment during 2016 U.S. presidential election. Presented at #ScreentimeBU conference, Boston, MA., USA