dr chen qiang is professor at school of journalism and new media, xi’an jiaotong university. dr chen's research focuses on government social media, especially the effects of government social media on citizens’ political attitudes and behaviors. his publications appeared incomputers in human behavior, government information quarterly, internet research, journal of medical internet research, frontiers in public health,international journal of environmental research and public health,behaviour & information technology (ssci/sci), the electronic library and so on.
researchinterests
government social media communication
new media and crisis communication
government communication
health communication
selectedpeer-reviewed journal articles
chen, q., min, c., zhang, w*.,wang, g., ma,x., & evans, r.(2020). unpacking the black box: how to promote citizen engagement through government social media during the covid-19 crisis.computers in human behavior,110, 106380. (ssci, jcr q1, esi highly cited paper)
chen q, min c, zhang w*, ma x, evans r. (2021). factors driving citizen engagementwith government tiktok accounts during the covid-19 pandemic: model development and analysis,journal of medical internet research, 23(2):e21463.(sci, jcr q1)
chen, q.,zhang, y., evans, r., & min, c*. (2021). why do citizens share covid-19 fact-checks posted by chinese government social media accounts? the elaboration likelihood model.international journal of environmental research and public health, 18(19), 10058.(ssci, jcr q1)
chen, q.*, xu, x., cao, b., & zhang, w. (2016). social media policies as responses for social media affordances: the case of china.government information quarterly, 33(2), 313-324. (ssci, jcr q1)
chen, q.,hu, j., zhang, w*., evans, r., & ma, x. (2021). employee use of public social media: theories, constructs and conceptual frameworks.behaviour & information technology, 40(9), 855-879. (ssci/sci, jcr q2)
zhang, w.,yuan, h.,zhu, c.,chen, q*.,& evans, r.(2022). does citizen engagement with government social media accounts differ during the different stages of public health crises? an empirical examination of the covid-19 pandemic.frontiersin public health,forthcoming (ssci, jcr q1)
zhu, x., ren, w.,chen, q*.,evans, r. (2021). how does internet usage affect the credit consumption among chinese college students? a mediation model of social comparison and materialism.internet research,31(3), 1083-1101.(sci，jcr q1)
wang, g.,chen, q.,*xie, s. (2021).determining the types of internet plus government platform usage behaviour in selected cities of china.the electronic library,39(5): 782-799. (ssci，jcrq3)
zhang, w., xu, x., zhang, h., &chen, q.*(2016). online participation chaos: a case study of chinese government-initiated e-polity square.international journal of public administration, 39(14), 1195-1202.
wang,g.,chen, q., xu,z.,*& leng, x.(2020). can the use of government apps shape citizen compliance? the mediating role of different perceptions of government.computers in human behavior,108, 106335. (ssci, jcr q1)
liu, h*.,chen, q., & evans, r. (2022). how official social media affected the infodemic among adults during the first wave of covid-19 in china.international journal of environmental research and public health, 19(11), 6751.(ssci, jcr q1)
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