Dennis Lu-Chung Weng
Biographic Data
| ID | 180881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis Lu-Chung Weng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis Lu-Chung |
| FAMILY NAME | Weng |
| SIGNATURE | WENG D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sam Houston State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6069-6236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Democracy in the Digital Age: Investigating Fake News, Political Polarization, and Media’s Role in Taiwan and South Africa
The global proliferation of “fake news” has become a critical concern in media and political discourse, extending beyond the United States and Europe to regions like Africa and Asia. This study conducts an exploratory comparative analysis of Taiwan and South Africa, utilizing data from the Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research (TIGCR) and Afrobarometer, to examine the impact of misinformation and disinformation on democratic …
Political trust and attitudes toward civil disobedience: Evidence from Taiwan
While civil disobedience has been widely studied by political theorists, little scholarly attention has been paid to empirical investigation of civil disobedience. This study represents one of the very few attempts to examine the determinants of individual attitudes toward civil disobedience. This study examines the relationship between political trust and sense of civil disobedience and argues that people with higher levels of political trust ex…
Personality traits and the propensity to protest: A Cross-National Analysis
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual protest behaviour in cross-national context. Past studies on the relationships between personality traits and political participation have mainly focused on a single country and found inconsistent results. Using the most recent wave of the World Values Survey, this study investigates the impact of personality on individual protest participation in 20 countries using …
Do election polls increase individual understanding of politics
Election polls have been widely used to probe and understand the public’s political attitudes and behaviour. However, they might simultaneously motivate people to seek information about the questions they do not know when they are asked in the polls. Given that past studies have ignored the role of polls in motivating individual information seeking, this study aims to examine the effect of polls on individual knowledge of the electoral system. Sp…
Personality Traits and Individual Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage: Evidence from Taiwan
Personality traits and political participation in Taiwan: A mediation approach
This study investigates the effects of personality traits on political participation in Taiwan in an effort to broaden our understanding of this topic in Asia. In contrast to research on other countries, this study finds that personality traits are not directly associated with individual turnout decisions and protest participation in Taiwan. However, personality traits mediate the effects of attitudinal factors on voter turnout and protest partic…
Personality Traits and Individual Attitude toward the Independence-Unification Issue in Taiwan
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue in Taiwan. Using an original dataset, this study finds that extraversion and openness to experience are significantly associated with individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue. Specifically, a higher level of extraversion is associated with an increased likelihood of support for unification with C…
Does candidate nomination in districts increase party votes of small parties? Evidence from the 2016 Taiwan legislative elections
This study addresses why small parties nominate candidates to run in the district elections and how nomination of district candidates could influence small parties’ share of party votes in Taiwan. Previous studies on party's strategic entry in the mixed electoral system demonstrate the existence of ‘contamination effect’ in various Western democracies. While ‘contamination effect’ suggests that party would gain more proportional representation (P…
Personality traits and individual feeling of national pride in South Korea
Given the lack of studies on the relationship between personality and national pride, this study represents the first attempt to examine the impact of the Big Five personality traits on individual feeling of national pride in South Korea. The data for this study are obtained from the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) of 2011 and 2012. The empirical evidence consistently shows that extraversion and agreeableness are significantly associated with…
Disrespect for Human Rights and Contentious Participation: Evidence from China
Personality Traits and Voter Turnout in South Korea: The Mediation Argument
This study examines the effects of personality traits on voter turnout in South Korea. While it has been demonstrated that no direct relationships exist between personality traits and voter participation in South Korea, we argue that personality traits have indirect effects on turnout through such attitudinal factors as political interest, political efficacy, partisanship, and ideology. Using data from Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) 2012, we…
The Effects of Civic Consciousness and Civil Disobedience on Support for and Participation in Contentious Politics
This study examines the effects of civic consciousness and civil disobedience on individual attitudes toward, and participation in, contentious politics. Using the newly collected survey data on civic consciousness and civil disobedience in Taiwan in 2015, this study finds that both civic consciousness and civil disobedience are significantly associated with individual support for and engagement in contentious politics. Specifically, people with …
Using repeated cross-sectional surveys to study political attitudes and behavior in a new democracy: Hapc models for Taiwan
Valence politics and electoral choice in a new democracy: The case of Taiwan
Valence politics and electoral choice in a new democracy: The case of Taiwan
Using repeated cross-sectional surveys to study political attitudes and behavior in a new democracy: Hapc models for Taiwan
Personality traits and political participation in Taiwan: A mediation approach
This study investigates the effects of personality traits on political participation in Taiwan in an effort to broaden our understanding of this topic in Asia. In contrast to research on other countries, this study finds that personality traits are not directly associated with individual turnout decisions and protest participation in Taiwan. However, personality traits mediate the effects of attitudinal factors on voter turnout and protest partic…
Personality traits and individual feeling of national pride in South Korea
Given the lack of studies on the relationship between personality and national pride, this study represents the first attempt to examine the impact of the Big Five personality traits on individual feeling of national pride in South Korea. The data for this study are obtained from the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) of 2011 and 2012. The empirical evidence consistently shows that extraversion and agreeableness are significantly associated with…
Personality traits and the propensity to protest: A Cross-National Analysis
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual protest behaviour in cross-national context. Past studies on the relationships between personality traits and political participation have mainly focused on a single country and found inconsistent results. Using the most recent wave of the World Values Survey, this study investigates the impact of personality on individual protest participation in 20 countries using …
Personality Traits and Individual Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage: Evidence from Taiwan
Personality Traits and Voter Turnout in South Korea: The Mediation Argument
This study examines the effects of personality traits on voter turnout in South Korea. While it has been demonstrated that no direct relationships exist between personality traits and voter participation in South Korea, we argue that personality traits have indirect effects on turnout through such attitudinal factors as political interest, political efficacy, partisanship, and ideology. Using data from Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) 2012, we…
Personality Traits and Individual Attitude toward the Independence-Unification Issue in Taiwan
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue in Taiwan. Using an original dataset, this study finds that extraversion and openness to experience are significantly associated with individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue. Specifically, a higher level of extraversion is associated with an increased likelihood of support for unification with C…
Does candidate nomination in districts increase party votes of small parties? Evidence from the 2016 Taiwan legislative elections
This study addresses why small parties nominate candidates to run in the district elections and how nomination of district candidates could influence small parties’ share of party votes in Taiwan. Previous studies on party's strategic entry in the mixed electoral system demonstrate the existence of ‘contamination effect’ in various Western democracies. While ‘contamination effect’ suggests that party would gain more proportional representation (P…
The Effects of Civic Consciousness and Civil Disobedience on Support for and Participation in Contentious Politics
This study examines the effects of civic consciousness and civil disobedience on individual attitudes toward, and participation in, contentious politics. Using the newly collected survey data on civic consciousness and civil disobedience in Taiwan in 2015, this study finds that both civic consciousness and civil disobedience are significantly associated with individual support for and engagement in contentious politics. Specifically, people with …
Political trust and attitudes toward civil disobedience: Evidence from Taiwan
While civil disobedience has been widely studied by political theorists, little scholarly attention has been paid to empirical investigation of civil disobedience. This study represents one of the very few attempts to examine the determinants of individual attitudes toward civil disobedience. This study examines the relationship between political trust and sense of civil disobedience and argues that people with higher levels of political trust ex…
Disrespect for Human Rights and Contentious Participation: Evidence from China
Valence politics and electoral choice in a new democracy: The case of Taiwan
Using repeated cross-sectional surveys to study political attitudes and behavior in a new democracy: Hapc models for Taiwan
Personality Traits and Voter Turnout in South Korea: The Mediation Argument
This study examines the effects of personality traits on voter turnout in South Korea. While it has been demonstrated that no direct relationships exist between personality traits and voter participation in South Korea, we argue that personality traits have indirect effects on turnout through such attitudinal factors as political interest, political efficacy, partisanship, and ideology. Using data from Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) 2012, we…
The Effects of Civic Consciousness and Civil Disobedience on Support for and Participation in Contentious Politics
This study examines the effects of civic consciousness and civil disobedience on individual attitudes toward, and participation in, contentious politics. Using the newly collected survey data on civic consciousness and civil disobedience in Taiwan in 2015, this study finds that both civic consciousness and civil disobedience are significantly associated with individual support for and engagement in contentious politics. Specifically, people with …
Does candidate nomination in districts increase party votes of small parties? Evidence from the 2016 Taiwan legislative elections
This study addresses why small parties nominate candidates to run in the district elections and how nomination of district candidates could influence small parties’ share of party votes in Taiwan. Previous studies on party's strategic entry in the mixed electoral system demonstrate the existence of ‘contamination effect’ in various Western democracies. While ‘contamination effect’ suggests that party would gain more proportional representation (P…
Personality traits and individual feeling of national pride in South Korea
Given the lack of studies on the relationship between personality and national pride, this study represents the first attempt to examine the impact of the Big Five personality traits on individual feeling of national pride in South Korea. The data for this study are obtained from the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) of 2011 and 2012. The empirical evidence consistently shows that extraversion and agreeableness are significantly associated with…
Disrespect for Human Rights and Contentious Participation: Evidence from China
Personality Traits and Individual Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage: Evidence from Taiwan
Personality traits and political participation in Taiwan: A mediation approach
This study investigates the effects of personality traits on political participation in Taiwan in an effort to broaden our understanding of this topic in Asia. In contrast to research on other countries, this study finds that personality traits are not directly associated with individual turnout decisions and protest participation in Taiwan. However, personality traits mediate the effects of attitudinal factors on voter turnout and protest partic…
Personality Traits and Individual Attitude toward the Independence-Unification Issue in Taiwan
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue in Taiwan. Using an original dataset, this study finds that extraversion and openness to experience are significantly associated with individual attitude toward the independence-unification issue. Specifically, a higher level of extraversion is associated with an increased likelihood of support for unification with C…
Do election polls increase individual understanding of politics
Election polls have been widely used to probe and understand the public’s political attitudes and behaviour. However, they might simultaneously motivate people to seek information about the questions they do not know when they are asked in the polls. Given that past studies have ignored the role of polls in motivating individual information seeking, this study aims to examine the effect of polls on individual knowledge of the electoral system. Sp…
Personality traits and the propensity to protest: A Cross-National Analysis
This study examines the effects of the Big Five personality traits on individual protest behaviour in cross-national context. Past studies on the relationships between personality traits and political participation have mainly focused on a single country and found inconsistent results. Using the most recent wave of the World Values Survey, this study investigates the impact of personality on individual protest participation in 20 countries using …
Political trust and attitudes toward civil disobedience: Evidence from Taiwan
While civil disobedience has been widely studied by political theorists, little scholarly attention has been paid to empirical investigation of civil disobedience. This study represents one of the very few attempts to examine the determinants of individual attitudes toward civil disobedience. This study examines the relationship between political trust and sense of civil disobedience and argues that people with higher levels of political trust ex…
Democracy in the Digital Age: Investigating Fake News, Political Polarization, and Media’s Role in Taiwan and South Africa
The global proliferation of “fake news” has become a critical concern in media and political discourse, extending beyond the United States and Europe to regions like Africa and Asia. This study conducts an exploratory comparative analysis of Taiwan and South Africa, utilizing data from the Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research (TIGCR) and Afrobarometer, to examine the impact of misinformation and disinformation on democratic …
Political science (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Big Five personality traits (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Personality (6 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works)