Xiaoxia Cao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3804836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaoxia Cao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaoxia |
| FAMILY NAME | Cao |
| SIGNATURE | CAO X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5340-8024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Character-Audience Racial Matching, Prescription Opioid Misuse Experience, and the Effectiveness of Anti-Prescription Opioid Messages
An online experiment was conducted among a convenience sample of non-Hispanic young Black and White Americans to test the impact of character-audience racial matching on intentions to avoid (mis)using prescription opioids while considering the mediating roles of identification and perceived severity and the moderating role of prescription opioid misuse experience. It found that the racial matching had a positive overall impact on the behavioral i…
Self-esteem mediates the relationship between resilience and aggression among adolescents
This study examined the links between resilience, self-esteem, and aggression in a sample of 462 Chinese middle school students (233 boys, 229 girls). Participants completed the Connor???Davidson Resilience Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Buss???Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Results showed that resilience was positively correlated with self-esteem and negatively correlated with adolescent aggression. Further, resilience had an i…
Multi-Informant Profiles of Helicopter Parenting and Parent-Child Intimacy
The Impacts of Narrative Perspectives of Anti-Prescription Opioid Campaigns
An online experiment with two between-subjects conditions was conducted among a convenience sample of American college students to test the impact of first-person internally focalized versus third-person externally focalized risk narratives on the effectiveness of anti-prescription opioid campaigns as well as factors that explain such impact. It found that first-internal vs. third-external narratives increased identification with the character, p…
The Anxiety Factor
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidate…
Revisiting the democratic implications of political discussion disagreement
An online survey was conducted to explore the political consequences of Facebook political discussion disagreement. It found that within-party disagreement was positively associated with awareness of rationales for oppositional views, political tolerance, and lateness of voting decision but was negatively related to political participation (indicated by voting behavior and Facebook political participation). Between-party disagreement, however, wa…
The Effects of Facial Close-Ups and Viewers' Sex on Empathy and Intentions to Help People in Need
This study examines the interaction effects of camera perspectives used to portray a victim of a social problem and the sex of audience members on empathy and intentions to help people sharing the victim's problem. As predicted, the study found interaction effects for camera perspectives and viewers' sex on empathy and care for the victim group. The findings corroborate not only the role played by empathy in inducing care for people in need but a…
Hearing it From Jon Stewart
This study examines the impact of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an American political comedy show, on public attentiveness to politics. I found that watching the show was positively related to following the issues that were covered with relative frequency by the program (e.g., the Afghanistan War in 2002 and news about the presidential candidates in 2004) among politically inattentive viewers. As viewers' political attentiveness increased, how…
Political Comedy Shows and Knowledge About Primary Campaigns
Humorous coverage of political objects (e.g., political figures, issues, and events) is one of the central themes of political comedy shows (e.g., Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). This is particularly true during presidential campaigns. Many people, particularly young people, claim to watch such programs regularly. This study examined the relationship between exposure to political comedy shows and political knowledge duri…
Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics
Journal Article Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics Get access Xiaoxia Cao, Xiaoxia Cao Xiaoxia Cao (MA, UW-Milwaukee) is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the effects of entertainment media on political knowledge, public opinion, and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Hearing it From Jon Stewart
This study examines the impact of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an American political comedy show, on public attentiveness to politics. I found that watching the show was positively related to following the issues that were covered with relative frequency by the program (e.g., the Afghanistan War in 2002 and news about the presidential candidates in 2004) among politically inattentive viewers. As viewers' political attentiveness increased, how…
Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics
Journal Article Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics Get access Xiaoxia Cao, Xiaoxia Cao Xiaoxia Cao (MA, UW-Milwaukee) is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the effects of entertainment media on political knowledge, public opinion, and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Political Comedy Shows and Knowledge About Primary Campaigns
Humorous coverage of political objects (e.g., political figures, issues, and events) is one of the central themes of political comedy shows (e.g., Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). This is particularly true during presidential campaigns. Many people, particularly young people, claim to watch such programs regularly. This study examined the relationship between exposure to political comedy shows and political knowledge duri…
The Anxiety Factor
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidate…
Revisiting the democratic implications of political discussion disagreement
An online survey was conducted to explore the political consequences of Facebook political discussion disagreement. It found that within-party disagreement was positively associated with awareness of rationales for oppositional views, political tolerance, and lateness of voting decision but was negatively related to political participation (indicated by voting behavior and Facebook political participation). Between-party disagreement, however, wa…
The Effects of Facial Close-Ups and Viewers' Sex on Empathy and Intentions to Help People in Need
This study examines the interaction effects of camera perspectives used to portray a victim of a social problem and the sex of audience members on empathy and intentions to help people sharing the victim's problem. As predicted, the study found interaction effects for camera perspectives and viewers' sex on empathy and care for the victim group. The findings corroborate not only the role played by empathy in inducing care for people in need but a…
Political Comedy Shows and Knowledge About Primary Campaigns
Humorous coverage of political objects (e.g., political figures, issues, and events) is one of the central themes of political comedy shows (e.g., Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). This is particularly true during presidential campaigns. Many people, particularly young people, claim to watch such programs regularly. This study examined the relationship between exposure to political comedy shows and political knowledge duri…
Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics
Journal Article Political Comedy Shows and Public Participation in Politics Get access Xiaoxia Cao, Xiaoxia Cao Xiaoxia Cao (MA, UW-Milwaukee) is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the effects of entertainment media on political knowledge, public opinion, and political participation. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Hearing it From Jon Stewart
This study examines the impact of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an American political comedy show, on public attentiveness to politics. I found that watching the show was positively related to following the issues that were covered with relative frequency by the program (e.g., the Afghanistan War in 2002 and news about the presidential candidates in 2004) among politically inattentive viewers. As viewers' political attentiveness increased, how…
The Effects of Facial Close-Ups and Viewers' Sex on Empathy and Intentions to Help People in Need
This study examines the interaction effects of camera perspectives used to portray a victim of a social problem and the sex of audience members on empathy and intentions to help people sharing the victim's problem. As predicted, the study found interaction effects for camera perspectives and viewers' sex on empathy and care for the victim group. The findings corroborate not only the role played by empathy in inducing care for people in need but a…
Revisiting the democratic implications of political discussion disagreement
An online survey was conducted to explore the political consequences of Facebook political discussion disagreement. It found that within-party disagreement was positively associated with awareness of rationales for oppositional views, political tolerance, and lateness of voting decision but was negatively related to political participation (indicated by voting behavior and Facebook political participation). Between-party disagreement, however, wa…
The Anxiety Factor
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidate…
The Impacts of Narrative Perspectives of Anti-Prescription Opioid Campaigns
An online experiment with two between-subjects conditions was conducted among a convenience sample of American college students to test the impact of first-person internally focalized versus third-person externally focalized risk narratives on the effectiveness of anti-prescription opioid campaigns as well as factors that explain such impact. It found that first-internal vs. third-external narratives increased identification with the character, p…
Character-Audience Racial Matching, Prescription Opioid Misuse Experience, and the Effectiveness of Anti-Prescription Opioid Messages
An online experiment was conducted among a convenience sample of non-Hispanic young Black and White Americans to test the impact of character-audience racial matching on intentions to avoid (mis)using prescription opioids while considering the mediating roles of identification and perceived severity and the moderating role of prescription opioid misuse experience. It found that the racial matching had a positive overall impact on the behavioral i…
Self-esteem mediates the relationship between resilience and aggression among adolescents
This study examined the links between resilience, self-esteem, and aggression in a sample of 462 Chinese middle school students (233 boys, 229 girls). Participants completed the Connor???Davidson Resilience Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Buss???Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Results showed that resilience was positively correlated with self-esteem and negatively correlated with adolescent aggression. Further, resilience had an i…
Multi-Informant Profiles of Helicopter Parenting and Parent-Child Intimacy
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media Influence and Health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works)