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, Health Communication,Government Information Quarterly, Internet Research, Journal of Environmental Management,Journal of Medical Internet Research, Frontiers in Public Health, BMC Public Health,Behaviour & Information Technology,andThe Electronic Library.
Researchinterests
Government social media 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.
Chen, Q,Zhang Y., Liu, H., Zhang, W*., & Evans, R. (2023). Dialogic communication on local government social media during the first wave of COVID-19: Evidence from the health commissions of prefecture-level cities in China.Computers in Human Behavior, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2023.107715
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.
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.
Huang, F#.,Chen, Q#*., Ma, W., & Evans, R. (2022). Promoting public engagement with household waste separation through government social media: A case study of Shanghai.Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115825.
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.Frontiers in Public Health,10:807459.
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.
Zou X.,Chen, Q*., & Evans, R.(2023).Why do Chinese youth seek cancer risk information online? Evidence from four cities.Health Communication,DOI:10.1080/10410236.2022.2163113
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.
Zou X., #Chen, Q*.,#Zhang Y.,& Evans, R.(2023). Predicting COVID-19 vaccination intentions: the roles of threat appraisal, coping appraisal, subjective norms, and negative affect.BMC Public Health, 23(1), 230.
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.
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)
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Contactinformation
E-mail:hustcq@163.com;cqiang2@xjtu.edu.cn
