Zhao, X., Wang, X., Ma, Z., & Ma, R. (2022). Primacy effect of emotions in social stories: User engagement behaviors with breast cancer narratives on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 137, 107405.
Wang, X., Song, Y., Su, Y. (2022). Less Fragmented but Highly Centralized: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research in Computational Social Science. Social Science Computer Review.
Wang, X., Shi, J., & Lee, K. M. (2022). The Digital Divide and Seeking Health Information on Smartphones in Asia: Survey Study of Ten Countries. Journal of medical Internet research, 24(1), e24086.
Wang, X. & Song, Y. (2020). Viral misinformation and echo chambers: the diffusion of rumors about Genetically Modified Organisms on social media. Internet Research, 30, 1547-1564
Wang, X. & Lee, W.-J. (2020). Negative emotions shape the diffusion of cancer tweets: toward an integrated social network–text analytics approach. Internet Research, 32, 401-418.
Wang, X., Shi, J., & Kong, H. (2020). Online health information seeking: A review and meta-analysis. Health Communication.
Chu, T.H.*, Su, Y.*, Kong, H.*, Shi, J., Wang, X. (2020). Online social support for intimate partner violence victims in China: Quantitative and automatic content analysis. Violence Against Women. (*Student co-author)
Wang, X., Chen, L., Shi, J., & Peng, T-Q. (2019). What makes cancer information viral on social media? Computers in Human Behavior, 93, 149-156.
Chen, L.*, Wang, X.*, & Peng, T-Q. (2018). Nature and diffusion of gynecologic cancer–related misinformation on social media: Analysis of tweets. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20, e11515. (*contributed equally).
Wang, X. & Lee, K. M. (2020). The paradox of technology innovativeness and risk perceptions - A profile of Asian smartphone users. Telematics and Informatics, 51, 101415.
Wang, X., Goh, D. H.-L., Lim, E.-P. (2020). Understanding continuance intention toward crowdsourcing games: A longitudinal investigation. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36, 1168-1177.
Wang, X. & Goh, D. H.-L. (2020). Components of game experience: An automatic text analysis of online reviews. Entertainment Computing. 33, 100338.
Luqiu, L. W. & Wang, X. (2018). From observers to change Makers: How Hong Kong’s news media are adapting to Artificial Intelligence. In: Lee, R. & Huang, Y. (ed)s. Hong Kong Digital Media Landscape.
Wang, X. & Goh, D. H.-L. (2017). Video games acceptance: A meta-analysis of the extended technology acceptance model. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social networking, 20, 662-671.
Wang, X., Goh, D. H.-L., Lim, E.-P., Vu, A. W.-L., & Alton C. Y.-K. (2017). Examining the effectiveness of gamification in human computation. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 33, 813-821.
Wang, X., Goh, D. H.-L., Lim, E.-P., & Vu, A. W. L. (2016). Understanding the determinants of human computation game acceptance - The effects of aesthetic experience and output quality. Online Information Review, 40, 481-496.
Communication Studies
Zhao, X. & Wang, X. (2022). Dynamics of Networked Framing: Automated Frame Analysis of Government Media and the Public on Weibo With Pandemic Big Data. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
Wang, X., Chen, L., & Shi, J. (2021). Who sets the agenda? The dynamic agenda setting of the wildlife issue on social media. Environmental Communication.
Dienlin, T., Johannes, N., Bowman, N. D., Masur, P. K., Engesser, S., … Wang, X., … de Vreese, C. (2020). An agenda for open science in Communication. Journal of Communication.
Shi, J., Wang, X., Peng, T. Q., & Chen, L. (2019). Cancer-prevention messages on Chinese social media: A content analysis grounded in the Extended Parallel Process Model and Attribution Theory Model and Attribution Theory. International Journal of Communication, 13, 18.
Shi J., Wang, X., Peng, T-Q., & Chen, L. (2017). Understanding interactions in virtual HIV communities: A social network analysis approach. AIDS Care, 29, 239-243.
Wang, X., Shi, J., Chen, L., & Peng, T-Q. (2016). An examination of users’ influence in online HIV/AIDS communities. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social networking, 19, 314-320.
Wang, X., Shi, J., & Lee, K. M. (forthcoming). The digital divide and seeking health information on smartphones in Asia: A profile of users. Journal of Medical Internet Research.