Xia Zheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771573 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xia Zheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xia |
| FAMILY NAME | Zheng |
| SIGNATURE | ZHENG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stony Brook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1269-4543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ingredients of “a confusing cocktail”
Fake News is Shared by “Them” Not “Us” On Social Media
How Scientific Consensus Messaging Promotes Public Support for Socially Good AI
This study investigated how scientific consensus messaging influences public support for socially good artificial intelligence (AI), drawing on the gateway belief model. Two preregistered experiments found that consensus messages increased support for AI research and willingness to raise awareness indirectly through increasing perceived consensus, which enhanced favorable beliefs and hope. These effects varied by collective scientific efficacy—pe…
National representations in digital heritage exposure
Digital pictures of cultural artefacts are increasingly accessible and reused in everyday life. Does this visual exposure underlie the impression of “what our artefacts look like”, and does it have implications for the formation of national identity? Through two mixed-method studies, we demonstrated that even without external interpretation, young Chinese lay participants (mainly university students) could spontaneously categorise digital artefac…
Research on optimization of emergency supplies customs clearance strategy from the perspective of public health security based on Chinese trade data
Background: This study is significant for improving the accuracy of Customs' cross-border supervision of emergency supplies and ensuring the timely clearance of these essential goods. Methods: To ensure both the convenience and security of Customs oversight regarding emergency supplies, this study first systematically collects and organizes representative data on the import and export trade of these supplies. Proposed an enhanced Recency Frequenc…
Adapting to participant distress
Welcome to the Brave New World
This study investigates individuals’ lay definitions—naïve mental representations—of artificial intelligence (AI). Two national surveys in the United States explored lay definitions of AI in the workplace (Study 1) and in everyday life (Study 2) using both open- and closed-ended questions. Open-ended responses were analyzed with natural language processing, and quantitative survey data identified factors associated with these definitions. Results…
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese Snyder Dispositional Hope Scale and Adaptability Scale among Chinese EFL college students
These findings provide robust evidence for the validity and reliability of the CDHS and CAS in assessing hope and adaptability among Chinese EFL students. These findings offer insights for developing targeted psychological interventions to support EFL learners navigating the cognitive and emotional challenges of language acquisition
Transitions in marital, parental, occupational status, and political news consumption in China
While research on stratified news media consumption has been devoted to age, gender, and education, the life transitions in terms of people’s marital, parental, and occupational status have received little attention. This article takes a life-course approach to test Chinese people’s behavioral changes in consuming political news via television and the Internet. Analyses of two waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies demonstrate that for…
Political knowledge and affective polarization
Drawing on a two-wave national survey conducted in the United States, this study examined an emotion spillover mechanism underlying the link between political knowledge and affective polarization. Results indicate that partisans with high political knowledge demonstrated more negative emotions toward opposing partisan media outlets and more positive emotions toward congruent partisan media outlets. Gaps in emotional responses toward partisan medi…
Social Media Use and Attitudes toward AI
This study investigates the association between social media use and attitudes toward AI technologies. A nationally representative two-wave longitudinal survey ( N = 5110 ) examined the mediating roles of perceived AI fairness and threat concerning three AI technologies: algorithms, facial recognition technology, and driverless passenger vehicles. Hypotheses were derived from media effect theories and the heuristic and systematic model of human-A…
The association between intolerance of uncertainty and academic burnout among university students
Introduction: Increased uncertainty is a major feature of the current society that poses significant challenges to university students' mental health and academics. However, current research has not paid sufficient attention to this issue, and no study has explored the underlying mechanisms between intolerance of uncertainty and academic burnout among university students. Methods: This study examined the association between uncertainty intoleranc…
Damn Their Media, Damn the Other Side
This study examined how relative hostile media perception (i.e. a perceived credibility gap between pro- and counter-attitudinal partisan media outlets) connects to affective polarization. Drawing on theoretical foundations of the corrective action and the self-effects of communication, we tested whether expressive political participation resulting from relative hostile media perceptions exacerbated affective polarization. Findings from a two-wav…
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence
This study examined how social media influence the knowledge gap between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups in artificial intelligence (AI), a highly debated scientific subject warranting immediate scholarly attention. A national survey of U.S. adults ( N = 965) was conducted. The results showed that education and social media exposure to AI information (SME) predicted greater AI knowledge, and SME did not moderate the SES-based AI kn…
Social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions
Drawing on the revised communication mediation model and the relative hostile media framework, this study examines the roles of political discussions in the relationship between social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions. Findings from a two-wave national survey conducted during the 2020 U.S. election cycle support our proposed model: political discussion and relative hostile media perception sequentially mediate the link between so…
Affective agenda dynamics on social media
Emotions shared by posters on social media can have a profound impact on individuals and society. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. To examine the types, trends, and dynamics of emotions communicated by the public, government, and media, this study collected 67,689 public posts, 36,740 government posts, and 126,988 media posts on Sina Weibo during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vector autoregression mod…
How Does Online e-cigarette Advertisement Promote Youth’s e-cigarettes Use? The Mediating Roles of Social Norm and Risk Perceptions
The adoption of the internet, social media, and e-cigarettes are on the rise among U.S. youth. Uses of social media and online platforms increase the probability for youth to encounter e-cigarette advertisements. Departing from this line of reasoning, we examine the underlying mechanisms of how online e-cigarettes exposure promotes youth’s e-cigarette use. Drawing on insights from the social construction of risk model, this study looks at how per…
Psychometric properties of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (Dass-21) among different Chinese populations
Given that there is limited evidence concerning the psychometric properties of DASS-21 when applied to primary school students, the present study undertook a comprehensive exploration of the psychometric evidence supporting the use of the DASS-21 within this demographic. The research comprised three studies. In Study 1, the basic psychometric properties of internal consistency and construct validity were examined. A total of 3138 primary school s…
Don’t you know it’s risky and influential? Antecedents and consequences of perceived fake news risks and influences
The risk of fake news has become a salient topic in recent public discourses across different societies. Like many other perceptions of social reality, people’s perceived risks and influences of fake news are constrained by individual factors such as education and political involvement; citizens’ perceptions of fake news could in turn shape how they combat and cope with fake news. Consistent with this idea, results from a representative survey in…
Nonsmokers’ Responses to Online E-Cigarette Commercials
Objectives: With mounting evidence on health risks caused by e-cigarette consumption, it is of great necessity to explore not only smokers’ but also nonsmokers’ responses to e-cigarette marketing messages, such as online commercials. Employing both psychophysiological and self-report measures, this study examined nonsmoking young adults’ cognitive, emotional, and attitudinal reactions to two major message features used in e-cigarette commercials:…
Agenda Dynamics on Social Media During Covid-19 Pandemic
Social media has profoundly altered the way the public, the media, and the government set their agendas. To examine the dynamics between public, government, and media agendas, this study collected posts on Sina Weibo during the COVID-19 pandemic in China from January 2020 to July 2020. The word2vec model and Granger causality analysis were used to measure agenda networks and examine the agenda dynamics. The results show that (1) pandemic statisti…
It takes guts to be a rebel
This study tests two sets of competing hypotheses about the relationship between trait reactivity to positive and negative stimuli (i.e., motivational reactivity), moral stances on social principles (i.e., social morality), and political ideology. The classic view contends that a specific political ideology or social morality results from a specific motivational reactivity pattern, whereas the dynamic coordination account suggests that trait moti…
Online Health Misinformation and Corrective Messages in China
Delivering corrective messages is a viable way to combat online health misinformation. However, the effectiveness of corrective messages online relies heavily on their scope of diffusion. Evidence shows that misinformation can be more viral than accurate information, resulting in an effectiveness gap. Differences in message features between health misinformation and corrective messages may be one contributing factor to the effectiveness gap. Guid…
News consumption and affective polarization in Taiwan
This study examines the mediating roles of like-minded discussion and the perceived hostility gap of partisan news in the relationship between news consumption and affective polarization. Consistent with the filter-hypothesis of interpersonal communication and the relative hostile media framework, the results indicate that news consumption encourages individuals to engage in like-minded discussions, which in turn leads to stronger relative hostil…
Assessing Mental Health for China’s Police
Police mental health is important because police officers usually encounter stressors that cause high levels of stress. In order to better understand mental health for Chinese police, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) are commonly used in mainland China. Unfortunately, both the SDS and SCL-90-R lack detailed information on their psychometric properties. More specifically, factor structures of …
News consumption and affective polarization in Taiwan
This study examines the mediating roles of like-minded discussion and the perceived hostility gap of partisan news in the relationship between news consumption and affective polarization. Consistent with the filter-hypothesis of interpersonal communication and the relative hostile media framework, the results indicate that news consumption encourages individuals to engage in like-minded discussions, which in turn leads to stronger relative hostil…
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence
This study examined how social media influence the knowledge gap between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups in artificial intelligence (AI), a highly debated scientific subject warranting immediate scholarly attention. A national survey of U.S. adults ( N = 965) was conducted. The results showed that education and social media exposure to AI information (SME) predicted greater AI knowledge, and SME did not moderate the SES-based AI kn…
Measuring visitor learning outcomes from showcases, video installations, and interactive tablets
Museums employ a diverse range of display models. The most common forms are ‘showcases’ and ‘multimedia displays’, which include video installations and the use of interactive tablets. This poses the question of how the learning outcomes differ between showcase and multimedia displays. Focusing on 308 adult visitors across four typologies, this research explores how the learning outcomes differ when similar information is displayed using showcase…
Welcome to the Brave New World
This study investigates individuals’ lay definitions—naïve mental representations—of artificial intelligence (AI). Two national surveys in the United States explored lay definitions of AI in the workplace (Study 1) and in everyday life (Study 2) using both open- and closed-ended questions. Open-ended responses were analyzed with natural language processing, and quantitative survey data identified factors associated with these definitions. Results…
Social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions
Drawing on the revised communication mediation model and the relative hostile media framework, this study examines the roles of political discussions in the relationship between social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions. Findings from a two-wave national survey conducted during the 2020 U.S. election cycle support our proposed model: political discussion and relative hostile media perception sequentially mediate the link between so…
Don’t you know it’s risky and influential? Antecedents and consequences of perceived fake news risks and influences
The risk of fake news has become a salient topic in recent public discourses across different societies. Like many other perceptions of social reality, people’s perceived risks and influences of fake news are constrained by individual factors such as education and political involvement; citizens’ perceptions of fake news could in turn shape how they combat and cope with fake news. Consistent with this idea, results from a representative survey in…
Assessing Mental Health for China’s Police
Police mental health is important because police officers usually encounter stressors that cause high levels of stress. In order to better understand mental health for Chinese police, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) are commonly used in mainland China. Unfortunately, both the SDS and SCL-90-R lack detailed information on their psychometric properties. More specifically, factor structures of …
Measuring visitor learning outcomes from showcases, video installations, and interactive tablets
Museums employ a diverse range of display models. The most common forms are ‘showcases’ and ‘multimedia displays’, which include video installations and the use of interactive tablets. This poses the question of how the learning outcomes differ between showcase and multimedia displays. Focusing on 308 adult visitors across four typologies, this research explores how the learning outcomes differ when similar information is displayed using showcase…
Online Health Misinformation and Corrective Messages in China
Delivering corrective messages is a viable way to combat online health misinformation. However, the effectiveness of corrective messages online relies heavily on their scope of diffusion. Evidence shows that misinformation can be more viral than accurate information, resulting in an effectiveness gap. Differences in message features between health misinformation and corrective messages may be one contributing factor to the effectiveness gap. Guid…
News consumption and affective polarization in Taiwan
This study examines the mediating roles of like-minded discussion and the perceived hostility gap of partisan news in the relationship between news consumption and affective polarization. Consistent with the filter-hypothesis of interpersonal communication and the relative hostile media framework, the results indicate that news consumption encourages individuals to engage in like-minded discussions, which in turn leads to stronger relative hostil…
Nonsmokers’ Responses to Online E-Cigarette Commercials
Objectives: With mounting evidence on health risks caused by e-cigarette consumption, it is of great necessity to explore not only smokers’ but also nonsmokers’ responses to e-cigarette marketing messages, such as online commercials. Employing both psychophysiological and self-report measures, this study examined nonsmoking young adults’ cognitive, emotional, and attitudinal reactions to two major message features used in e-cigarette commercials:…
Agenda Dynamics on Social Media During Covid-19 Pandemic
Social media has profoundly altered the way the public, the media, and the government set their agendas. To examine the dynamics between public, government, and media agendas, this study collected posts on Sina Weibo during the COVID-19 pandemic in China from January 2020 to July 2020. The word2vec model and Granger causality analysis were used to measure agenda networks and examine the agenda dynamics. The results show that (1) pandemic statisti…
It takes guts to be a rebel
This study tests two sets of competing hypotheses about the relationship between trait reactivity to positive and negative stimuli (i.e., motivational reactivity), moral stances on social principles (i.e., social morality), and political ideology. The classic view contends that a specific political ideology or social morality results from a specific motivational reactivity pattern, whereas the dynamic coordination account suggests that trait moti…
Affective agenda dynamics on social media
Emotions shared by posters on social media can have a profound impact on individuals and society. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. To examine the types, trends, and dynamics of emotions communicated by the public, government, and media, this study collected 67,689 public posts, 36,740 government posts, and 126,988 media posts on Sina Weibo during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vector autoregression mod…
How Does Online e-cigarette Advertisement Promote Youth’s e-cigarettes Use? The Mediating Roles of Social Norm and Risk Perceptions
The adoption of the internet, social media, and e-cigarettes are on the rise among U.S. youth. Uses of social media and online platforms increase the probability for youth to encounter e-cigarette advertisements. Departing from this line of reasoning, we examine the underlying mechanisms of how online e-cigarettes exposure promotes youth’s e-cigarette use. Drawing on insights from the social construction of risk model, this study looks at how per…
Psychometric properties of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (Dass-21) among different Chinese populations
Given that there is limited evidence concerning the psychometric properties of DASS-21 when applied to primary school students, the present study undertook a comprehensive exploration of the psychometric evidence supporting the use of the DASS-21 within this demographic. The research comprised three studies. In Study 1, the basic psychometric properties of internal consistency and construct validity were examined. A total of 3138 primary school s…
Don’t you know it’s risky and influential? Antecedents and consequences of perceived fake news risks and influences
The risk of fake news has become a salient topic in recent public discourses across different societies. Like many other perceptions of social reality, people’s perceived risks and influences of fake news are constrained by individual factors such as education and political involvement; citizens’ perceptions of fake news could in turn shape how they combat and cope with fake news. Consistent with this idea, results from a representative survey in…
Social Media Use and Attitudes toward AI
This study investigates the association between social media use and attitudes toward AI technologies. A nationally representative two-wave longitudinal survey ( N = 5110 ) examined the mediating roles of perceived AI fairness and threat concerning three AI technologies: algorithms, facial recognition technology, and driverless passenger vehicles. Hypotheses were derived from media effect theories and the heuristic and systematic model of human-A…
The association between intolerance of uncertainty and academic burnout among university students
Introduction: Increased uncertainty is a major feature of the current society that poses significant challenges to university students' mental health and academics. However, current research has not paid sufficient attention to this issue, and no study has explored the underlying mechanisms between intolerance of uncertainty and academic burnout among university students. Methods: This study examined the association between uncertainty intoleranc…
Damn Their Media, Damn the Other Side
This study examined how relative hostile media perception (i.e. a perceived credibility gap between pro- and counter-attitudinal partisan media outlets) connects to affective polarization. Drawing on theoretical foundations of the corrective action and the self-effects of communication, we tested whether expressive political participation resulting from relative hostile media perceptions exacerbated affective polarization. Findings from a two-wav…
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence
This study examined how social media influence the knowledge gap between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups in artificial intelligence (AI), a highly debated scientific subject warranting immediate scholarly attention. A national survey of U.S. adults ( N = 965) was conducted. The results showed that education and social media exposure to AI information (SME) predicted greater AI knowledge, and SME did not moderate the SES-based AI kn…
Social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions
Drawing on the revised communication mediation model and the relative hostile media framework, this study examines the roles of political discussions in the relationship between social media news use and polarized partisan perceptions. Findings from a two-wave national survey conducted during the 2020 U.S. election cycle support our proposed model: political discussion and relative hostile media perception sequentially mediate the link between so…
National representations in digital heritage exposure
Digital pictures of cultural artefacts are increasingly accessible and reused in everyday life. Does this visual exposure underlie the impression of “what our artefacts look like”, and does it have implications for the formation of national identity? Through two mixed-method studies, we demonstrated that even without external interpretation, young Chinese lay participants (mainly university students) could spontaneously categorise digital artefac…
Research on optimization of emergency supplies customs clearance strategy from the perspective of public health security based on Chinese trade data
Background: This study is significant for improving the accuracy of Customs' cross-border supervision of emergency supplies and ensuring the timely clearance of these essential goods. Methods: To ensure both the convenience and security of Customs oversight regarding emergency supplies, this study first systematically collects and organizes representative data on the import and export trade of these supplies. Proposed an enhanced Recency Frequenc…
Adapting to participant distress
Welcome to the Brave New World
This study investigates individuals’ lay definitions—naïve mental representations—of artificial intelligence (AI). Two national surveys in the United States explored lay definitions of AI in the workplace (Study 1) and in everyday life (Study 2) using both open- and closed-ended questions. Open-ended responses were analyzed with natural language processing, and quantitative survey data identified factors associated with these definitions. Results…
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese Snyder Dispositional Hope Scale and Adaptability Scale among Chinese EFL college students
These findings provide robust evidence for the validity and reliability of the CDHS and CAS in assessing hope and adaptability among Chinese EFL students. These findings offer insights for developing targeted psychological interventions to support EFL learners navigating the cognitive and emotional challenges of language acquisition
Transitions in marital, parental, occupational status, and political news consumption in China
While research on stratified news media consumption has been devoted to age, gender, and education, the life transitions in terms of people’s marital, parental, and occupational status have received little attention. This article takes a life-course approach to test Chinese people’s behavioral changes in consuming political news via television and the Internet. Analyses of two waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies demonstrate that for…
Political knowledge and affective polarization
Drawing on a two-wave national survey conducted in the United States, this study examined an emotion spillover mechanism underlying the link between political knowledge and affective polarization. Results indicate that partisans with high political knowledge demonstrated more negative emotions toward opposing partisan media outlets and more positive emotions toward congruent partisan media outlets. Gaps in emotional responses toward partisan medi…
Ingredients of “a confusing cocktail”
Fake News is Shared by “Them” Not “Us” On Social Media
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Media and Politics (10 works) · Social media (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (7 works) · Perception (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)