Bu Zhong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bu Zhong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bu |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhong |
| SIGNATURE | ZHONG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3386-9234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A study of danmu
A novel approach is essential to assess viewers' emotional responses to online music videos, as the emotional coherence between perceived and induced reactions has not been thoroughly explored. This research investigates the relationship between perceived and induced emotional responses to music videos through a unique multimodal framework that integrates electroencephalography (EEG) analysis with natural language processing to examine danmu—user…
Bread, Butter, and Bias
This study examines how partisan and non-partisan news outlets shape public sentiment and democratic resilience through their coverage of economic issues during President Trump’s first 100 days in office (January 20–April 30, 2025). Focusing on domestic inflation (notably egg price spikes) and international tariffs, we employ computational content analysis and statistical modeling to analyze and compare news content and audience responses from Th…
The Power of Opening Up
disclosure occurs. Leveraging large-scale support forum data, this study examined how new parents disclosed depressive episodes online, analyzing four dimensions of self-disclosure (amount, breadth, depth, and valence) alongside four facets of social support (quantity, positivity, responsiveness, and informativeness). The findings reveal nuanced gender differences that haven't been documented in previous research. In the relative anonymity of onl…
AI imaginaries shape technological identity and digital futures
Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved to become a transformative driver across various societal sectors, influencing our perception of shared digital futures. Central to this transformation are AI imaginaries – collective visions, beliefs, symbols, and expectations that individuals and communities hold about AI and its potential outcomes. AI imaginaries not only reflect societal hopes and concerns, but also actively shape the trajectory of AI …
Human touch vs. AI tech
Health Information Processing and Symptom Management in a Cross-Cultural Setting
The affordances of social media, have significantly transformed how patients seek and process health information online, including those with chronic diseases like irritable bowel disease (IBD). Few studies have explored how information processing may impact symptom management. Guided by social cognitive theory, this study investigates how Chinese and U.S. patients (N = 838) process health information in a cross-cultural setting and the impact on…
Indirect Media Effects on the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
To examine the indirect media effects on the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), we employed the influence of presumed media influence (IPMI) model and its extensions. The results of an online survey of adults (N = 1,360) in Hong Kong revealed that both their media attention to AI-related information and interpersonal communication about AI influenced presumed others’ media attention. In turn, that dynamic shaped perceived descriptive norms…
The impact of poverty stigma on computer and information literacy among China's rural students
Measuring social support for depression on social media
Good in arts, good at computer? Rural students' computer skills are bolstered by arts and science literacies
Making “Joy Pie” to Stay Joyful
As more college students are facing mental health challenges, it is imperative to explore innovative ways of improving their mental health, including developing self-care interventions that help mitigate their stressors. Based on the Response Styles Theory and self-care conceptions, this study creates the "Joy Pie" project that consists of five self-care strategies, aiming to regulate negative emotions and increase self-care efficacy. Using an ex…
Building community resilience on social media to help recover from the Covid-19 pandemic
The power of media
An ethnically diverse society calls for an in-depth understanding of national identity construction. This study investigates the perception of Chinese national identity among a group of ethnic Tibetans living in Southwest China. It identifies an indirect relationship between Chinese media use and Chinese national identity through the mediation of media trust and the moderation of age. The moderated mediation model shows that media use does not di…
More Than Politics
Considerable work has been devoted to studying voter behavior in U.S. presidential elections by analyzing their political participation and attitude toward political advertising. Less is known about how other factors may alter voter behavior like personality traits and use of information and communication technology (ICT). This study analyzes vote likelihood among American young voters and their parents ( N = 674) after they watched four presiden…
Empathy Not Quarantined
The Covid pandemic had turned the world upside down, but not much is known about how people's empathy toward others in difficult situations might be affected by the pandemic. Based on a nationally representative sample ( N = 943) from China, this study first let participants read three real scenarios and then measured: (1) how empathy toward others might be influenced by the perceived social support people obtained by using social media (i.e., We…
Health information on social media helps mitigate Crohn's disease symptoms and improves patients' clinical course
Mental health toll from the coronavirus
Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory
A growing body of work has been devoted to studying the smartphone addiction in youths and its impact on their lives, but less is known about the predictors and effects of youth habitual use of smartphones. Guided by social cognitive theory, this study investigates how habitual smartphone use affects sleep quality and everyday memory based on a nationally representative sample of Chinese students ( N = 2298). It uses a cluster-randomized sampling…
Social Media Communication
Social consequences of internet civilization
Multitasking as multisensory behavior
When algorithms meet journalism
Impact of Social Media on Communication and Business
Under the Weather”
By using computer-aided content analysis, this study examined how Beijing's weather, which was measured by the Air Pollution Index (API), temperature, and cloudiness (sunny or cloudy), might influence the coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by 4 U.S. newspapers. The results demonstrated that the API and temperature were significantly related to the negativity of the news reports that were filed from Beijing. Specifically, as Beijing's temperatu…
How Journalists Think While They Write
This study explored how U.S. and Chinese journalists (N = 120) made news decisions in a transcultural context. It proposed a model of news decision making, drawing on 3 intellectual traditions—media effects, study, cognitive psychology, and decision making. To test the model, it employed a 2×2×3 factorial repeated-measures design, where the factors were nationality (United States or China), beat (overseas or domestic), and repeated measure (story…
How Journalists Think While They Write
This study explored how U.S. and Chinese journalists (N = 120) made news decisions in a transcultural context. It proposed a model of news decision making, drawing on 3 intellectual traditions—media effects, study, cognitive psychology, and decision making. To test the model, it employed a 2×2×3 factorial repeated-measures design, where the factors were nationality (United States or China), beat (overseas or domestic), and repeated measure (story…
When algorithms meet journalism
Empathy Not Quarantined
The Covid pandemic had turned the world upside down, but not much is known about how people's empathy toward others in difficult situations might be affected by the pandemic. Based on a nationally representative sample ( N = 943) from China, this study first let participants read three real scenarios and then measured: (1) how empathy toward others might be influenced by the perceived social support people obtained by using social media (i.e., We…
Leadership Attributes Salient to Chinese Local Voters
Chinese voters are already allowed to elect their leaders directly at the village level, although such free elections at higher levels (township, county, city, province, and nationwide) are still technically illegal. Based on a national survey conducted by a leading research firm in China, this study examines how people's demographic characteristics (age, income, and education) and their attitudes (beliefs and evaluations) toward their local admi…
Leadership Attributes Salient to Chinese Local Voters
Chinese voters are already allowed to elect their leaders directly at the village level, although such free elections at higher levels (township, county, city, province, and nationwide) are still technically illegal. Based on a national survey conducted by a leading research firm in China, this study examines how people's demographic characteristics (age, income, and education) and their attitudes (beliefs and evaluations) toward their local admi…
How Journalists Think While They Write
This study explored how U.S. and Chinese journalists (N = 120) made news decisions in a transcultural context. It proposed a model of news decision making, drawing on 3 intellectual traditions—media effects, study, cognitive psychology, and decision making. To test the model, it employed a 2×2×3 factorial repeated-measures design, where the factors were nationality (United States or China), beat (overseas or domestic), and repeated measure (story…
Under the Weather”
By using computer-aided content analysis, this study examined how Beijing's weather, which was measured by the Air Pollution Index (API), temperature, and cloudiness (sunny or cloudy), might influence the coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by 4 U.S. newspapers. The results demonstrated that the API and temperature were significantly related to the negativity of the news reports that were filed from Beijing. Specifically, as Beijing's temperatu…
Impact of Social Media on Communication and Business
When algorithms meet journalism
Social consequences of internet civilization
Multitasking as multisensory behavior
Health information on social media helps mitigate Crohn's disease symptoms and improves patients' clinical course
Mental health toll from the coronavirus
Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory
A growing body of work has been devoted to studying the smartphone addiction in youths and its impact on their lives, but less is known about the predictors and effects of youth habitual use of smartphones. Guided by social cognitive theory, this study investigates how habitual smartphone use affects sleep quality and everyday memory based on a nationally representative sample of Chinese students ( N = 2298). It uses a cluster-randomized sampling…
Social Media Communication
Building community resilience on social media to help recover from the Covid-19 pandemic
The power of media
An ethnically diverse society calls for an in-depth understanding of national identity construction. This study investigates the perception of Chinese national identity among a group of ethnic Tibetans living in Southwest China. It identifies an indirect relationship between Chinese media use and Chinese national identity through the mediation of media trust and the moderation of age. The moderated mediation model shows that media use does not di…
More Than Politics
Considerable work has been devoted to studying voter behavior in U.S. presidential elections by analyzing their political participation and attitude toward political advertising. Less is known about how other factors may alter voter behavior like personality traits and use of information and communication technology (ICT). This study analyzes vote likelihood among American young voters and their parents ( N = 674) after they watched four presiden…
Empathy Not Quarantined
The Covid pandemic had turned the world upside down, but not much is known about how people's empathy toward others in difficult situations might be affected by the pandemic. Based on a nationally representative sample ( N = 943) from China, this study first let participants read three real scenarios and then measured: (1) how empathy toward others might be influenced by the perceived social support people obtained by using social media (i.e., We…
Good in arts, good at computer? Rural students' computer skills are bolstered by arts and science literacies
Making “Joy Pie” to Stay Joyful
As more college students are facing mental health challenges, it is imperative to explore innovative ways of improving their mental health, including developing self-care interventions that help mitigate their stressors. Based on the Response Styles Theory and self-care conceptions, this study creates the "Joy Pie" project that consists of five self-care strategies, aiming to regulate negative emotions and increase self-care efficacy. Using an ex…
Health Information Processing and Symptom Management in a Cross-Cultural Setting
The affordances of social media, have significantly transformed how patients seek and process health information online, including those with chronic diseases like irritable bowel disease (IBD). Few studies have explored how information processing may impact symptom management. Guided by social cognitive theory, this study investigates how Chinese and U.S. patients (N = 838) process health information in a cross-cultural setting and the impact on…
Indirect Media Effects on the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
To examine the indirect media effects on the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), we employed the influence of presumed media influence (IPMI) model and its extensions. The results of an online survey of adults (N = 1,360) in Hong Kong revealed that both their media attention to AI-related information and interpersonal communication about AI influenced presumed others’ media attention. In turn, that dynamic shaped perceived descriptive norms…
The impact of poverty stigma on computer and information literacy among China's rural students
Measuring social support for depression on social media
AI imaginaries shape technological identity and digital futures
Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved to become a transformative driver across various societal sectors, influencing our perception of shared digital futures. Central to this transformation are AI imaginaries – collective visions, beliefs, symbols, and expectations that individuals and communities hold about AI and its potential outcomes. AI imaginaries not only reflect societal hopes and concerns, but also actively shape the trajectory of AI …
Human touch vs. AI tech
A study of danmu
A novel approach is essential to assess viewers' emotional responses to online music videos, as the emotional coherence between perceived and induced reactions has not been thoroughly explored. This research investigates the relationship between perceived and induced emotional responses to music videos through a unique multimodal framework that integrates electroencephalography (EEG) analysis with natural language processing to examine danmu—user…
Bread, Butter, and Bias
This study examines how partisan and non-partisan news outlets shape public sentiment and democratic resilience through their coverage of economic issues during President Trump’s first 100 days in office (January 20–April 30, 2025). Focusing on domestic inflation (notably egg price spikes) and international tariffs, we employ computational content analysis and statistical modeling to analyze and compare news content and audience responses from Th…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Media Influence and Health (6 works) · Social media (6 works) · Applied Psychology (5 works) · China (5 works)