Jo-Yun Li
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4037050 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jo-Yun Li |
| PRENOMES | Jo-Yun |
| SOBRENOME | Li |
| ASSINATURA | LI J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Miami |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0245-7306 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Building public resilience through social media activism during a collective tragedy
Using the case of the crowd crush tragedy in South Korea, this study examined how publics’ communicative actions on social media helps them to achieve community resilience after experiencing a collective tragedy. Results of a survey with 420 citizens residing in Seoul, South Korea, revealed that active information seeking and forwarding on social media enhanced individuals’ resilience processes—continuity and change—thereby increasing community r…
Be ethical then proficient
Purpose As the use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) grows in the workplace, organizations prioritize employee training due to ethical concerns. Employing the social-cognitive perspective of moral action, this project examined how organizations’ communication strategies and employees’ ethical orientations collectively impact the Gen AI training outcomes. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted in February 2024 with…
Traumatizing, growing, or both? Exploring the role of social media in communal coping during vicarious traumatization
Corporate Responsibility to Race (CRR) and Its Effect on Public Engagement in Activism Against anti-Asian Hate
Navigating the Decision to Disclose Mental Illness in the Workplace
Mental health disclosure in the workplace has drawn much attention as it comes with multiple benefits such as reducing financial burden, facilitating relationships, and counteracting related stress. Drawing on insights from the disclosure decision-making model, motivating language theory, and organizational support theory, the study presents a model that pictures the underlying mechanisms of the disclosure decision-making process. The findings fr…
Predicting Public Cooperation with Face Covering at the Early Phases of Covid-19
Despite the agreement on the importance of two-way communication during governmental response to pandemics, few studies provided empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of such communication strategy in times of a public health crisis. Integrating the concept of two-way symmetrical communication and the Trust, Confidence, and Cooperation model (the TCC model), this study investigates how strategic communication practices, in particular tw…
Predicting Public Cooperation Toward Government Actions in the Early Stages of an Influenza Pandemic in the United States
During a public health crisis, government sector is considered the natural leader for overall preparedness and management efforts. Integrating the literature from public relations and public health disciplines, this study proposes a theoretical model to predict individuals’ perceptions, communicative action, as well as their behaviors to follow the governments’ instructions in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Linkin…
From Tragedy to Activism
Guided by the Anger Activism Model and pain and loss activism literature, this study analyzes online public discussion in a particular case of activism on social media (i.e., the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting). On the basis of the content analysis of 4,611 tweets, this study explored the role of emotions as well as efficacy beliefs in engaging people in online political conversations during pain and loss events. Key insights about the joint effect…
Motivations of online and offline activism against racism and xenophobia among Asian-American publics during the Covid-19 pandemic
Exploring the role of issue involvement and brand attachment in shaping consumer response toward corporate social advocacy (CSA) initiatives
This study adopts the consumer-centric perspective, through the lens of the consumer involvement theory and stakeholder theory, to examine the role of consumer involvement in shaping individuals’ attitudinal and behavioural responses toward Nike’s 30th Anniversary ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick. Specifically, a survey (N = 345) was conducted to examine how consumers’ cognitive and affective involvement regarding the issue of NFL national …
Predicting Publics’ Compliance with Containment Measures at the Early Stages of Covid-19
Despite the agreement on the importance of transparency in pandemic management, few studies have provided empirical evidence to answer the question of how governmental leadership and management teams can communicate strategically in a transparent manner. Integrating public relations, strategic communication and health communication literature, this study examines the effectiveness of CDC’s transparent communication in shaping individuals’ cynicis…
Individual and collective coping with racial discrimination
What drives racial minorities to partake in social media activism for racial justice? Answers to this question are vital and urgent, particularly in view of growing anti-Asian hate crimes amid the current pandemic. Motivated to address this question, we draw insights from the transactional model of stress and coping, the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), and social media activism literature. We propose an integrative model that delin…
The Role of Strategic Internal Communication in Workplace Discrimination
While numerous organizations have undertaken initiatives to reduce workplace discrimination owing to racial/ethnic backgrounds, racial inequalities in the workplace continue to persist. Providing an inclusive and open work environment has become an important task for organizations. Given that strategic communication management plays an important role in relationship cultivation and management, this study examines the role of strategic internal co…
Acculturation and Social Stigma
This study explored the role of social stigma in affecting Chinese immigrants’ likelihood to engage in dialogues regarding mental illness and seek professional help. Moreover, this study hypothesized that Chinese immigrants who are more acculturated would perceive relatively less social stigma toward mental illness. Results from a nationwide survey of 421 Chinese immigrants in the United States provided empirical support for the important roles o…
Discriminated against but engaged
Grounded in the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS), two survey studies investigated how racial minority employees in the U.S. perceive and communicate about discriminatory situations within their organizations and how they are related to their engagement levels. Results of Study 1 suggested that experiences of discriminatory acts at work are negatively associated with racial minority employees’ engagement, whereas their situational per…
Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to the Context of Conflicting Online Health Information
This study investigates how parents manage conflicting online information, which may affect their information-seeking behavior and decision-making about childhood vaccination, by applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management in online communication contexts. Although an extensive body of literature has demonstrated the effectiveness of TMIM in predicting how individuals manage health uncertainty and information in the interpersonal comm…
What Shapes Environmental Responsibility Perceptions? Measuring Value Orientations as a Predictor of Situational Motivations and Communicative Action
This study investigates individuals’ cognitive, motivational, and communication responses regarding an environmental CSR issue using arguments from the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS) with a cross-situational factor as an antecedent. Survey results provide empirical support for the application of the STOPS in a CSR communication context and suggest that a collectivistic orientation predicts individuals’ situational perceptions and c…
Silent Majority
The topic of childhood vaccinations has received much news media attention recently, prompting scholars to examine how the public has responded. In light of this news, and the deep divide that seems to exist between parents who support childhood vaccinations and those who do not, this study examines how and why individuals may involve themselves in communication about vaccinations, particularly on social media or in other online environments. Foc…
Appeals, Sexual Images, Visual Metaphors and Themes
This study examined condom print advertisements published in four continents (Europe, Asia, North America and South America) to determine differences in emotional appeals used, the presence of sexually-charged images, the visual metaphors applied, and the themes stressed. The results obtained from a content analysis show the dominance of humor appeal and the downplaying of nakedness and sexual scenes to promote condom use. The European advertisem…
Individual and collective coping with racial discrimination
What drives racial minorities to partake in social media activism for racial justice? Answers to this question are vital and urgent, particularly in view of growing anti-Asian hate crimes amid the current pandemic. Motivated to address this question, we draw insights from the transactional model of stress and coping, the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), and social media activism literature. We propose an integrative model that delin…
Discriminated against but engaged
Grounded in the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS), two survey studies investigated how racial minority employees in the U.S. perceive and communicate about discriminatory situations within their organizations and how they are related to their engagement levels. Results of Study 1 suggested that experiences of discriminatory acts at work are negatively associated with racial minority employees’ engagement, whereas their situational per…
Silent Majority
The topic of childhood vaccinations has received much news media attention recently, prompting scholars to examine how the public has responded. In light of this news, and the deep divide that seems to exist between parents who support childhood vaccinations and those who do not, this study examines how and why individuals may involve themselves in communication about vaccinations, particularly on social media or in other online environments. Foc…
The Role of Strategic Internal Communication in Workplace Discrimination
While numerous organizations have undertaken initiatives to reduce workplace discrimination owing to racial/ethnic backgrounds, racial inequalities in the workplace continue to persist. Providing an inclusive and open work environment has become an important task for organizations. Given that strategic communication management plays an important role in relationship cultivation and management, this study examines the role of strategic internal co…
Acculturation and Social Stigma
This study explored the role of social stigma in affecting Chinese immigrants’ likelihood to engage in dialogues regarding mental illness and seek professional help. Moreover, this study hypothesized that Chinese immigrants who are more acculturated would perceive relatively less social stigma toward mental illness. Results from a nationwide survey of 421 Chinese immigrants in the United States provided empirical support for the important roles o…
What Shapes Environmental Responsibility Perceptions? Measuring Value Orientations as a Predictor of Situational Motivations and Communicative Action
This study investigates individuals’ cognitive, motivational, and communication responses regarding an environmental CSR issue using arguments from the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS) with a cross-situational factor as an antecedent. Survey results provide empirical support for the application of the STOPS in a CSR communication context and suggest that a collectivistic orientation predicts individuals’ situational perceptions and c…
Appeals, Sexual Images, Visual Metaphors and Themes
This study examined condom print advertisements published in four continents (Europe, Asia, North America and South America) to determine differences in emotional appeals used, the presence of sexually-charged images, the visual metaphors applied, and the themes stressed. The results obtained from a content analysis show the dominance of humor appeal and the downplaying of nakedness and sexual scenes to promote condom use. The European advertisem…
Silent Majority
The topic of childhood vaccinations has received much news media attention recently, prompting scholars to examine how the public has responded. In light of this news, and the deep divide that seems to exist between parents who support childhood vaccinations and those who do not, this study examines how and why individuals may involve themselves in communication about vaccinations, particularly on social media or in other online environments. Foc…
What Shapes Environmental Responsibility Perceptions? Measuring Value Orientations as a Predictor of Situational Motivations and Communicative Action
This study investigates individuals’ cognitive, motivational, and communication responses regarding an environmental CSR issue using arguments from the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS) with a cross-situational factor as an antecedent. Survey results provide empirical support for the application of the STOPS in a CSR communication context and suggest that a collectivistic orientation predicts individuals’ situational perceptions and c…
Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to the Context of Conflicting Online Health Information
This study investigates how parents manage conflicting online information, which may affect their information-seeking behavior and decision-making about childhood vaccination, by applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management in online communication contexts. Although an extensive body of literature has demonstrated the effectiveness of TMIM in predicting how individuals manage health uncertainty and information in the interpersonal comm…
The Role of Strategic Internal Communication in Workplace Discrimination
While numerous organizations have undertaken initiatives to reduce workplace discrimination owing to racial/ethnic backgrounds, racial inequalities in the workplace continue to persist. Providing an inclusive and open work environment has become an important task for organizations. Given that strategic communication management plays an important role in relationship cultivation and management, this study examines the role of strategic internal co…
Acculturation and Social Stigma
This study explored the role of social stigma in affecting Chinese immigrants’ likelihood to engage in dialogues regarding mental illness and seek professional help. Moreover, this study hypothesized that Chinese immigrants who are more acculturated would perceive relatively less social stigma toward mental illness. Results from a nationwide survey of 421 Chinese immigrants in the United States provided empirical support for the important roles o…
Discriminated against but engaged
Grounded in the situational theory of problem-solving (STOPS), two survey studies investigated how racial minority employees in the U.S. perceive and communicate about discriminatory situations within their organizations and how they are related to their engagement levels. Results of Study 1 suggested that experiences of discriminatory acts at work are negatively associated with racial minority employees’ engagement, whereas their situational per…
Motivations of online and offline activism against racism and xenophobia among Asian-American publics during the Covid-19 pandemic
Exploring the role of issue involvement and brand attachment in shaping consumer response toward corporate social advocacy (CSA) initiatives
This study adopts the consumer-centric perspective, through the lens of the consumer involvement theory and stakeholder theory, to examine the role of consumer involvement in shaping individuals’ attitudinal and behavioural responses toward Nike’s 30th Anniversary ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick. Specifically, a survey (N = 345) was conducted to examine how consumers’ cognitive and affective involvement regarding the issue of NFL national …
Predicting Publics’ Compliance with Containment Measures at the Early Stages of Covid-19
Despite the agreement on the importance of transparency in pandemic management, few studies have provided empirical evidence to answer the question of how governmental leadership and management teams can communicate strategically in a transparent manner. Integrating public relations, strategic communication and health communication literature, this study examines the effectiveness of CDC’s transparent communication in shaping individuals’ cynicis…
Individual and collective coping with racial discrimination
What drives racial minorities to partake in social media activism for racial justice? Answers to this question are vital and urgent, particularly in view of growing anti-Asian hate crimes amid the current pandemic. Motivated to address this question, we draw insights from the transactional model of stress and coping, the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), and social media activism literature. We propose an integrative model that delin…
Predicting Public Cooperation Toward Government Actions in the Early Stages of an Influenza Pandemic in the United States
During a public health crisis, government sector is considered the natural leader for overall preparedness and management efforts. Integrating the literature from public relations and public health disciplines, this study proposes a theoretical model to predict individuals’ perceptions, communicative action, as well as their behaviors to follow the governments’ instructions in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Linkin…
From Tragedy to Activism
Guided by the Anger Activism Model and pain and loss activism literature, this study analyzes online public discussion in a particular case of activism on social media (i.e., the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting). On the basis of the content analysis of 4,611 tweets, this study explored the role of emotions as well as efficacy beliefs in engaging people in online political conversations during pain and loss events. Key insights about the joint effect…
Navigating the Decision to Disclose Mental Illness in the Workplace
Mental health disclosure in the workplace has drawn much attention as it comes with multiple benefits such as reducing financial burden, facilitating relationships, and counteracting related stress. Drawing on insights from the disclosure decision-making model, motivating language theory, and organizational support theory, the study presents a model that pictures the underlying mechanisms of the disclosure decision-making process. The findings fr…
Predicting Public Cooperation with Face Covering at the Early Phases of Covid-19
Despite the agreement on the importance of two-way communication during governmental response to pandemics, few studies provided empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of such communication strategy in times of a public health crisis. Integrating the concept of two-way symmetrical communication and the Trust, Confidence, and Cooperation model (the TCC model), this study investigates how strategic communication practices, in particular tw…
Building public resilience through social media activism during a collective tragedy
Using the case of the crowd crush tragedy in South Korea, this study examined how publics’ communicative actions on social media helps them to achieve community resilience after experiencing a collective tragedy. Results of a survey with 420 citizens residing in Seoul, South Korea, revealed that active information seeking and forwarding on social media enhanced individuals’ resilience processes—continuity and change—thereby increasing community r…
Be ethical then proficient
Purpose As the use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) grows in the workplace, organizations prioritize employee training due to ethical concerns. Employing the social-cognitive perspective of moral action, this project examined how organizations’ communication strategies and employees’ ethical orientations collectively impact the Gen AI training outcomes. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted in February 2024 with…
Traumatizing, growing, or both? Exploring the role of social media in communal coping during vicarious traumatization
Corporate Responsibility to Race (CRR) and Its Effect on Public Engagement in Activism Against anti-Asian Hate
Psychology (18 obras) · Political science (15 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Public relations (10 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Perception (8 obras) · Public Relations and Crisis Communication (7 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Medicine (5 obras)