Zhicong Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3913096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhicong Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhicong |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanjing University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0334-9454 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The dark side of the Internet: Fueling misinformation in the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 US Presidential Election
Characterized by robust technical anonymity and a conspicuous absence of stringent regulations, the dark side of the Internet represent the less illuminated aspects of the digital world. This study analyzed a national survey conducted in the United States in November 2020 ( N = 702) to understand the relationship between using the dark side of the Internet and misinformation beliefs in both public health and political context. With the help of pr…
Exploring the mediating role of exposure to partisan media between the authoritarian personality and gun control attitudes
Geopolitics in Language: A Psychological View of Sino‐Japanese Relations Over Time
This paper investigates how the historical and geopolitical relationship between China and Japan has shaped collective psychology. Using language‐based methods across three domains—public sentiment, political discourse, and academic literature—we conducted three complementary analyses. First, word embedding techniques applied to two large‐scale Chinese text corpora show that sentiment toward Japan improved from the 1950s to 1980s before declining…
Globalization in international tensions: The impact of military conflicts on the cultural orientations of multinational corporations’ advertising in modern China (1932–1937)
How do international conflicts influence the communication between multinational corporations (MNCs) and local markets? Using advertisements published in two historical newspapers in modern China from 1932 to 1937, this study examined how MNCs adjust their cultural orientations in advertisements amid international tensions. While a significant decline in globalized values was found, no significant changes in localized values were found in the adv…
Propagating Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories: The Influence of Right-Wing Sources
Although the growing literature on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conspiracy theories has highlighted the role of digital media in fomenting beliefs, few studies have examined the influence of the fast-rising far-right media platforms. This study examines and compares the role of conservative media and far-right websites in propagating COVID-19 conspiracy theories and explores an underlying sociopsychological mechanism of political identity.…
The dark web privacy dilemma: Linguistic diversity, talkativeness, and user engagement on the cryptomarket forums
The users of the Dark Web require a secure and highly anonymous environment to exchange information while protecting their online privacy, which presents a privacy dilemma. This paper examines the digital footprints of user behavior on the three most popular cryptomarket forums on the Dark Web, namely Silk Road 1, Silk Road 2, and Agora. The results indicate that users who engage in more conversations and employ a wider range of vocabulary are mo…
Seeking anonymity on the Internet: The knowledge accumulation process and global usage of the Tor network
The Onion Router (Tor) network is one of the most prominent technologies for accessing online resources while preserving anonymity. Effectively employing the technology is not a trivial process and involves the following steps: (1) motivated by needs, (2) becoming aware of and learning the technology, and (3) realizing desired purposes by usage. Using country-level panel data, this study examines the knowledge accumulation process through which m…
Individualism with Chinese characteristics? Discerning cultural shifts in China using 50 years of printed texts
This project examined cultural changes in terms of individualism-collectivism in China between 1950 and 1999 focusing on cultural associations that are discernible through analysis of language use. Drawing on algorithms in natural language processing (NLP) that numerically represent word meanings in a high-dimensional space, we examined patterns of word similarity for words indicating individualism and collectivism in Chinese. This methodology en…
Individualism with Chinese characteristics? Discerning cultural shifts in China using 50 years of printed texts
This project examined cultural changes in terms of individualism-collectivism in China between 1950 and 1999 focusing on cultural associations that are discernible through analysis of language use. Drawing on algorithms in natural language processing (NLP) that numerically represent word meanings in a high-dimensional space, we examined patterns of word similarity for words indicating individualism and collectivism in Chinese. This methodology en…
Geopolitics in Language: A Psychological View of Sino‐Japanese Relations Over Time
This paper investigates how the historical and geopolitical relationship between China and Japan has shaped collective psychology. Using language‐based methods across three domains—public sentiment, political discourse, and academic literature—we conducted three complementary analyses. First, word embedding techniques applied to two large‐scale Chinese text corpora show that sentiment toward Japan improved from the 1950s to 1980s before declining…
Seeking anonymity on the Internet: The knowledge accumulation process and global usage of the Tor network
The Onion Router (Tor) network is one of the most prominent technologies for accessing online resources while preserving anonymity. Effectively employing the technology is not a trivial process and involves the following steps: (1) motivated by needs, (2) becoming aware of and learning the technology, and (3) realizing desired purposes by usage. Using country-level panel data, this study examines the knowledge accumulation process through which m…
Individualism with Chinese characteristics? Discerning cultural shifts in China using 50 years of printed texts
This project examined cultural changes in terms of individualism-collectivism in China between 1950 and 1999 focusing on cultural associations that are discernible through analysis of language use. Drawing on algorithms in natural language processing (NLP) that numerically represent word meanings in a high-dimensional space, we examined patterns of word similarity for words indicating individualism and collectivism in Chinese. This methodology en…
Seeking anonymity on the Internet: The knowledge accumulation process and global usage of the Tor network
The Onion Router (Tor) network is one of the most prominent technologies for accessing online resources while preserving anonymity. Effectively employing the technology is not a trivial process and involves the following steps: (1) motivated by needs, (2) becoming aware of and learning the technology, and (3) realizing desired purposes by usage. Using country-level panel data, this study examines the knowledge accumulation process through which m…
The dark web privacy dilemma: Linguistic diversity, talkativeness, and user engagement on the cryptomarket forums
The users of the Dark Web require a secure and highly anonymous environment to exchange information while protecting their online privacy, which presents a privacy dilemma. This paper examines the digital footprints of user behavior on the three most popular cryptomarket forums on the Dark Web, namely Silk Road 1, Silk Road 2, and Agora. The results indicate that users who engage in more conversations and employ a wider range of vocabulary are mo…
Globalization in international tensions: The impact of military conflicts on the cultural orientations of multinational corporations’ advertising in modern China (1932–1937)
How do international conflicts influence the communication between multinational corporations (MNCs) and local markets? Using advertisements published in two historical newspapers in modern China from 1932 to 1937, this study examined how MNCs adjust their cultural orientations in advertisements amid international tensions. While a significant decline in globalized values was found, no significant changes in localized values were found in the adv…
Propagating Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories: The Influence of Right-Wing Sources
Although the growing literature on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conspiracy theories has highlighted the role of digital media in fomenting beliefs, few studies have examined the influence of the fast-rising far-right media platforms. This study examines and compares the role of conservative media and far-right websites in propagating COVID-19 conspiracy theories and explores an underlying sociopsychological mechanism of political identity.…
The dark side of the Internet: Fueling misinformation in the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 US Presidential Election
Characterized by robust technical anonymity and a conspicuous absence of stringent regulations, the dark side of the Internet represent the less illuminated aspects of the digital world. This study analyzed a national survey conducted in the United States in November 2020 ( N = 702) to understand the relationship between using the dark side of the Internet and misinformation beliefs in both public health and political context. With the help of pr…
Exploring the mediating role of exposure to partisan media between the authoritarian personality and gun control attitudes
Geopolitics in Language: A Psychological View of Sino‐Japanese Relations Over Time
This paper investigates how the historical and geopolitical relationship between China and Japan has shaped collective psychology. Using language‐based methods across three domains—public sentiment, political discourse, and academic literature—we conducted three complementary analyses. First, word embedding techniques applied to two large‐scale Chinese text corpora show that sentiment toward Japan improved from the 1950s to 1980s before declining…
Political science (5 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · China (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works)