Miao Feng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4040393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miao Feng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miao |
| FAMILY NAME | Feng |
| SIGNATURE | FENG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7206-8440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building an analytical framework for tobacco-related information on social media: An exploratory analysis with generative AI assistance
This study offers a comprehensive framework for analyzing tobacco-related information on social media, emphasizing key issues in policy debates and the presence of conspiracy narratives. This framework can inform the design of interventions for less informed populations and enhance data annotation for machine learning tasks
Youth-appealing, unauthorised ‘cessation aid’ flavoured inhaler devices multiply across US shops and social media
An Interview with Dr. Stephen R. Mackinnon
Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Policy From September 201…
Tobacco content on Twitter (X) generally opposes regulation. Although a near real-time data source of the public's response to prominent events heightens the allure of extrapolating public sentiment from Twitter content, tobacco policy sentiment on the platform may be more indicative of industry-affiliated top users. We examined 2 years of tobacco policy discussion on Twitter (X) at the user level ( N = 3,159,807 posts) from September 2019 to Jul…
How Right Now/Qué Hacer Ahora: Findings from an evaluation of a national mental health and coping campaign amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
(HRN) is an award-winning, national campaign that provides emotional support to people disproportionately affected by COVID-19. We conducted a theory-based, culturally responsive evaluation to assess the campaign's effect on coping behaviors and resiliency between summer 2020 and spring 2021. We surveyed HRN's priority audiences (older adults/caregivers and those with preexisting health conditions, experiencing violence, or economic distress) in …
Discussions of Flavored ENDS Sales Restrictions: Themes Related to Circumventing Policies on Reddit
Many users turned to Reddit for information related to the shifting regulatory landscape concerning flavored ENDS. Discussions focused on both legal alternatives to banned products as well as illegal means of acquiring JUUL pods, including residual retail supply, online, and mail vendors
Exploring the Discursive Function of Hashtags: A Semantic Network Analysis of Juul-Related Instagram Messages
This study used semantic network analysis to investigate the themes of JUUL electronic cigarette-related messages on Instagram posted by three account types (commercial, vape community, and organic users) and explore the function of hashtags in the JUUL-related discourse across these groups. Posts were collected from 1 March 2018 to 15 May 2018. We conducted network analyses for each user group, with separate analyses to examine texts with and wi…
The R/evolution of civic engagement: An exploratory network analysis of the Facebook groups of occupy Chicago
This study explores the role of social media as mediating structures for civic engagement. A network analysis of 2829 Facebook groups joined by 600 randomly sampled occupy Chicago (OC) participants shows that OC is embedded in diverse interconnected voluntary groups mediated by social media. The observed patterns of interconnection reveal a loosely connected, fragmented, and clustered structure. Such a structure may enable publics, as self-organi…
Twitter analysis of California's failed campaign to raise the state's tobacco tax by popular vote in 2012
Although the Prop 29 campaigns did not effectively engage the Californian twitter communities, analysis of tweets provided an earlier indication than public polls of the loss of public supporting this election. Prospective Twitter analysis should be added to campaign evaluation strategies
Networked Creativity on the Censored Web 2.0: Chinese Users' Twitter-based Activities on the Issue of Internet Censorship
In most of the world, the current trend in information technology is for open data movement that promotes transparency and equal access. An opposite trend is observed in China, which has the world’s largest Internet population. The country has implemented sophisticated cyberinfrastructure and practices under the name of The Golden Shield Project (commonly referred to as the Great Firewall) to limit access to popular international web services and…
“Privacy” in Semantic Networks on Chinese Social Media: The Case of Sina Weibo
Unprecedented social and technological developments call into question the meanings and boundaries of privacy in contemporary China. This study examines the discourse of privacy on Sina Weibo, the country's largest social medium, by performing a semantic network analysis of 18,000 postings containing the word “ (privacy).” The cluster analysis identifies 11 distinct yet organically related concept clusters, each representing a unique dimension of…
How do Breast Imaging Centers Communicate Results to Women with Limited English Proficiency and Other Barriers to Care
Networked Creativity on the Censored Web 2.0: Chinese Users' Twitter-based Activities on the Issue of Internet Censorship
In most of the world, the current trend in information technology is for open data movement that promotes transparency and equal access. An opposite trend is observed in China, which has the world’s largest Internet population. The country has implemented sophisticated cyberinfrastructure and practices under the name of The Golden Shield Project (commonly referred to as the Great Firewall) to limit access to popular international web services and…
Exploring the Discursive Function of Hashtags: A Semantic Network Analysis of Juul-Related Instagram Messages
This study used semantic network analysis to investigate the themes of JUUL electronic cigarette-related messages on Instagram posted by three account types (commercial, vape community, and organic users) and explore the function of hashtags in the JUUL-related discourse across these groups. Posts were collected from 1 March 2018 to 15 May 2018. We conducted network analyses for each user group, with separate analyses to examine texts with and wi…
“Privacy” in Semantic Networks on Chinese Social Media: The Case of Sina Weibo
Unprecedented social and technological developments call into question the meanings and boundaries of privacy in contemporary China. This study examines the discourse of privacy on Sina Weibo, the country's largest social medium, by performing a semantic network analysis of 18,000 postings containing the word “ (privacy).” The cluster analysis identifies 11 distinct yet organically related concept clusters, each representing a unique dimension of…
How do Breast Imaging Centers Communicate Results to Women with Limited English Proficiency and Other Barriers to Care
Networked Creativity on the Censored Web 2.0: Chinese Users' Twitter-based Activities on the Issue of Internet Censorship
In most of the world, the current trend in information technology is for open data movement that promotes transparency and equal access. An opposite trend is observed in China, which has the world’s largest Internet population. The country has implemented sophisticated cyberinfrastructure and practices under the name of The Golden Shield Project (commonly referred to as the Great Firewall) to limit access to popular international web services and…
Twitter analysis of California's failed campaign to raise the state's tobacco tax by popular vote in 2012
Although the Prop 29 campaigns did not effectively engage the Californian twitter communities, analysis of tweets provided an earlier indication than public polls of the loss of public supporting this election. Prospective Twitter analysis should be added to campaign evaluation strategies
The R/evolution of civic engagement: An exploratory network analysis of the Facebook groups of occupy Chicago
This study explores the role of social media as mediating structures for civic engagement. A network analysis of 2829 Facebook groups joined by 600 randomly sampled occupy Chicago (OC) participants shows that OC is embedded in diverse interconnected voluntary groups mediated by social media. The observed patterns of interconnection reveal a loosely connected, fragmented, and clustered structure. Such a structure may enable publics, as self-organi…
Exploring the Discursive Function of Hashtags: A Semantic Network Analysis of Juul-Related Instagram Messages
This study used semantic network analysis to investigate the themes of JUUL electronic cigarette-related messages on Instagram posted by three account types (commercial, vape community, and organic users) and explore the function of hashtags in the JUUL-related discourse across these groups. Posts were collected from 1 March 2018 to 15 May 2018. We conducted network analyses for each user group, with separate analyses to examine texts with and wi…
Discussions of Flavored ENDS Sales Restrictions: Themes Related to Circumventing Policies on Reddit
Many users turned to Reddit for information related to the shifting regulatory landscape concerning flavored ENDS. Discussions focused on both legal alternatives to banned products as well as illegal means of acquiring JUUL pods, including residual retail supply, online, and mail vendors
How Right Now/Qué Hacer Ahora: Findings from an evaluation of a national mental health and coping campaign amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
(HRN) is an award-winning, national campaign that provides emotional support to people disproportionately affected by COVID-19. We conducted a theory-based, culturally responsive evaluation to assess the campaign's effect on coping behaviors and resiliency between summer 2020 and spring 2021. We surveyed HRN's priority audiences (older adults/caregivers and those with preexisting health conditions, experiencing violence, or economic distress) in …
Building an analytical framework for tobacco-related information on social media: An exploratory analysis with generative AI assistance
This study offers a comprehensive framework for analyzing tobacco-related information on social media, emphasizing key issues in policy debates and the presence of conspiracy narratives. This framework can inform the design of interventions for less informed populations and enhance data annotation for machine learning tasks
Youth-appealing, unauthorised ‘cessation aid’ flavoured inhaler devices multiply across US shops and social media
An Interview with Dr. Stephen R. Mackinnon
Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Policy From September 201…
Tobacco content on Twitter (X) generally opposes regulation. Although a near real-time data source of the public's response to prominent events heightens the allure of extrapolating public sentiment from Twitter content, tobacco policy sentiment on the platform may be more indicative of industry-affiliated top users. We examined 2 years of tobacco policy discussion on Twitter (X) at the user level ( N = 3,159,807 posts) from September 2019 to Jul…
Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Internet privacy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (3 works)