John W Cheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 194542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Cheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheng |
| SIGNATURE | CHENG J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tsuda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9149-4891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of Health Literacy in the Fight Against the Covid-19 Infodemic
This study quantitatively examines whether health literacy can reduce belief in COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories. Conducting path and cluster analyses on survey data collected from 1,488 adults in Japan in 2021, we found that while health literacy reduces people's belief about COVID-19 and vaccination misinformation, it has no direct effect on their belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. That said, the results also highlighted the…
Do natives prefer white immigrants? Evidence from Japan
Does public support for immigration depend on race? One set of literature argues that natives focus on reaping economic benefits and prefer to admit high skilled immigrants. Yet, a second group of studies challenges the notion that natives evaluate skills in a race-neutral fashion. Recent qualitative work argues that natives socially construct the value of foreign workers’ skills. Furthermore, recent experimental studies find that Americans and E…
Japanese Newspaper Portrayals of Refugees—A Frame Analysis from 1985 to 2017
Several studies of western countries link negative media stereotyping of refugees to support for restrictive policies. However, less is known about Japan, an Asian country that has been widely criticized for its strict refugee policy. Our study addresses this gap by exploring, first, trends in Japanese news media coverage of different refugee populations and second, whether left-leaning news outlets cover refugees differently than right-leaning o…
Lesser evil? Public opinion on regulating fake news in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand – A three-country comparison
Media usage of evacuees in a multichannel environment
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine structural and psychological factors that may affect disaster evacuees’ usage of different media channels in a multichannel media environment. Design/methodology/approach The present study uses the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan as the case study. It adopts a quantitative approach using structural equation modelling with data collected from an original questionnaire survey ( n =744). …
Techno-orientalism
Reviewed by: Techno-orientalism: imagining Asia in speculative Fiction, History, and Media ed. by David s. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu John Cheng (bio) Techno-orientalism: imagining Asia in speculative Fiction, History, and Media, edited by David s. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2015. x + 260 pp. $34.95 paper. ISBN: 978-0-8135-7063-1. This anthology usefully introduces an emergent area o…
Japanese Newspaper Portrayals of Refugees—A Frame Analysis from 1985 to 2017
Several studies of western countries link negative media stereotyping of refugees to support for restrictive policies. However, less is known about Japan, an Asian country that has been widely criticized for its strict refugee policy. Our study addresses this gap by exploring, first, trends in Japanese news media coverage of different refugee populations and second, whether left-leaning news outlets cover refugees differently than right-leaning o…
Techno-orientalism
Reviewed by: Techno-orientalism: imagining Asia in speculative Fiction, History, and Media ed. by David s. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu John Cheng (bio) Techno-orientalism: imagining Asia in speculative Fiction, History, and Media, edited by David s. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta A. Niu. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2015. x + 260 pp. $34.95 paper. ISBN: 978-0-8135-7063-1. This anthology usefully introduces an emergent area o…
Media usage of evacuees in a multichannel environment
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine structural and psychological factors that may affect disaster evacuees’ usage of different media channels in a multichannel media environment. Design/methodology/approach The present study uses the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan as the case study. It adopts a quantitative approach using structural equation modelling with data collected from an original questionnaire survey ( n =744). …
Lesser evil? Public opinion on regulating fake news in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand – A three-country comparison
Effects of Health Literacy in the Fight Against the Covid-19 Infodemic
This study quantitatively examines whether health literacy can reduce belief in COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories. Conducting path and cluster analyses on survey data collected from 1,488 adults in Japan in 2021, we found that while health literacy reduces people's belief about COVID-19 and vaccination misinformation, it has no direct effect on their belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. That said, the results also highlighted the…
Do natives prefer white immigrants? Evidence from Japan
Does public support for immigration depend on race? One set of literature argues that natives focus on reaping economic benefits and prefer to admit high skilled immigrants. Yet, a second group of studies challenges the notion that natives evaluate skills in a race-neutral fashion. Recent qualitative work argues that natives socially construct the value of foreign workers’ skills. Furthermore, recent experimental studies find that Americans and E…
Japanese Newspaper Portrayals of Refugees—A Frame Analysis from 1985 to 2017
Several studies of western countries link negative media stereotyping of refugees to support for restrictive policies. However, less is known about Japan, an Asian country that has been widely criticized for its strict refugee policy. Our study addresses this gap by exploring, first, trends in Japanese news media coverage of different refugee populations and second, whether left-leaning news outlets cover refugees differently than right-leaning o…
Political science (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Influence and Politics (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Politics (2 works)