Hao Gao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4058600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hao Gao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hao |
| FAMILY NAME | Gao |
| SIGNATURE | GAO H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanjing Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0148-3713 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Discourse competition and fragmented echoes: A computational frame analysis of climate change debate on Platform X
Climate change communication is often framed as a contest between scientific knowledge and skepticism, but this binary overlooks fragmentation within the broader climate-concerned public. Drawing on cultural cognition theory, this study examines how competing discourse frames organize climate change debate on Twitter/X. A total of 556,470 English-language tweets posted between July 2014 and April 2024 were analyzed using Latent Dirichlet Allocati…
“I feel more capable”: Vernacular smartphone affordances among illiterate adults in rural China
Purpose Despite significant progress in global literacy campaigns, millions of adults remain illiterate, particularly in rural areas. With the ubiquity of smartphones, illiterate and semi-literate populations are increasingly engaging with digital technologies. This study examines the vernacular affordances these users generate in everyday smartphone use and investigates how such affordances shape their cognitive, emotional, and social experience…
Retiring against time: Media narratives of Momoe Yamaguchi’s ‘ageless myth’ and the ‘aging body’
This article examines the media narratives surrounding Momoe Yamaguchi, a Shōwa-era icon, focusing on her 1980 retirement and subsequent four decades of representation. Drawing on Dyer’s star theory, which conceptualises the star as an ideological sign, and integrating Foucault’s concept of disciplinary power and Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic capital, the study employs Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis to examine three corpora: the Asahi S…
Strategic Frame Differentiation in Environmental Communication: Evidence from China Daily's Bilingual Climate Change Reporting
Climate change has become a critical issue in global environmental communication, requiring states to balance international expectations with domestic priorities. While previous research has explored frames such as uncertainty, economic costs, security, morality, and health, less attention has been paid to how non-Western media strategically differentiate framing practices across linguistic and audience contexts. This study analyzes China Daily's…
Exploring Seasonal Journalism: The Role of Media in the Sanyuesan Festival’s Cultural Significance
This study examines how seasonal journalism functions as a strategic tool of “cultural governance” in shaping the Guangxi Sanyuesan Festival . Analyzing 69 years (1956–2024) of coverage from the party-state newspaper Guangxi Daily , this research moves beyond traditional longitudinal analysis by applying seasonal journalism to the specific “cultural rhythms” of China's political-cultural context. Using LDA topic modeling and textual analysis, the…
Vaccinating despite limited understanding: Influenza vaccination behaviors among older adults in rural China under communication infrastructure theory
Influenza and its related illnesses are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality among older adults. While vaccination remains the most effective preventive measure, vaccination rates among older adults in rural China are alarmingly low. This study employs Communication Infrastructure Theory (CIT) to examine the factors influencing influenza vaccination uptake within this demographic. The research was conducted over four months, from D…
Policy optimization for high-quality development and openness of China's healthcare sector: A tripartite evolutionary game based on wholly foreign-owned hospitals, public hospitals and the government
Introduction: With the intensification of population aging and the diversification of medical demands, China's healthcare system faces dual challenges of ensuring public welfare and improving efficiency. To enhance China's medical service capabilities, upgrade medical technologies, and expand diversified service supply patterns, the Chinese government has permitted the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals. Methods: This study construct…
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Redundancies of Construction Land in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region (2000–2020)
Excessive redundancy of construction land in county-level units within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has become a significant obstacle to achieving high-quality development. The objective of this study is to discover the spatial and temporal patterns of redundancy of construction land, with a view to providing insights for promoting efficient land use. The study employs the SBM-DEA model, Markov transfer probability matrix analysis, and multip…
The Robot's “Myths of Nature”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Twitter Social Bots Discussing Climate Change in Africa
The cultural risk theory on climate change adaptation posits that how individuals perceive climate change risks hinges upon their social interactions and cultural worldviews. As such, perceptions of climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and the “myths of nature” on how nature operates can influence the feasibility and acceptability of climate adaptation planning, policy formulation, and implementation. Understanding social robots’ discussion on …
Parasocial Interactions in Otome Games: Emotional Engagement and Parasocial Intimacy Among Chinese Female Players
This study conducts qualitative research on female players of otome games, exploring the mechanisms of romantic relationship formation within these games and their impact on perceptions of real-life intimate relationships. The findings reveal that the parasocial romantic relationships formed in otome games are not entirely detached from reality; instead, they are embedded in daily life through game interaction mechanisms and the players’ internal…
Buzhong Yiqi decoction improves inflammation and oxidative damage in autoimmune thyroiditis by inhibiting apoptosis via the Sirt1-Mediated Nrf2/NF-κB axis
The findings from this study establish that BZYQ exhibits potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities via the SIRT1-mediated Nrf2/NF-κB p65 axis, reducing thyroid cell apoptosis. These observations unveil a novel mechanism and support the potential of BZYQ as a promising therapeutic agent for AIT
Media frames and images of Chinese immigrants: Analyzing European newspaper narratives from 2015 to 2022
The influx of Chinese immigrants into Europe has spawned varied media frames, shaping public perceptions and attitudes towards this demographic. The portrayal of Chinese immigrants in European newspapers has become a subject of socio-political discourse, necessitating exploring the predominant narratives within the media space. This study aims to unearth and analyze the prevailing frames used in European newspapers when reporting on Chinese immig…
The characteristics and functionalities of citizen-led disaster response through social media: A case study of the #HenanFloodsRelief on Sina Weibo
Online dating apps and the association with emotional reactions: A survey on the motivations, compulsive use, and subjective online success of Chinese young adults in online dating
Dating applications, such as Momo, have become trendy among the young population in China. While there have been some studies on online dating applications, limited research has explored the association between these applications and adolescents’ mental health, and how they are related. This study investigates the motivations behind Chinese youth using online dating applications, the relationship between motivations and compulsive use, and their …
Lycibarbarspermidine L from the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. recovers intestinal barrier damage via regulating miR-195-3p
Douyin food vloggers' impact on visit intention: Taste awareness as a mediator
With the proliferation of social media in modern life, short-video platforms such as Douyin have become an essential venue for consumers to discover new culinary trends and dining locations. This paper explored how the credibility of food exploration short-video bloggers (vloggers) on the Douyin platform influences the audience's willingness to visit food locations by forming their taste awareness. We conducted a survey of 437 Douyin users to inv…
Chinese young adults' perception of fertility: Emotional contagion in fertility policy discussions on Sina Weibo
We investigated the reactions and preferences of the Chinese populace, particularly young adults, toward China's three-child policy, a recent strategy aimed at addressing the nation's aging population that allows couples to have up to three children. By monitoring Sina Weibo discussions related to fertility policies, we gauged public sentiment and potential emotional contagion. We collected 711 main posts and 26,515 responses and used the sentime…
Perspectives on suicide among Chinese youth on internet platforms: A thematic analysis based on Comments from Bilibili users
This study employs Reflexive Thematic Analysis to explore youth expressions of suicide on Bilibili, a video platform popular among young audiences. By analyzing comments from three vloggers who died by suicide, the research identified 42 initial codes, leading to 19 themes and seven sub-themes, categorized into three main domains: Perspectives on Suicide, Perspectives on Life, and Perspectives on Death. The "Perspectives on Suicide" domain mainly…
Building a shared future between China and Africa: A framing analysis of China Radio International's podcast news China Africa Talk
China has used broadcast for international communication in Africa since 1949, an important bridge connecting China and Africa. As digital audio media, podcasts also serve communication on Africa-related topics. News media work as the intermediaries between the public and the nation, and news framing is significant for the public to understand China-Africa relations. Regarding the limitations of traditional framing analysis, this study used a dat…
Effects of smart city construction on employment: Mechanism and evidence from China
Scientific Information Literacy: Adaption of Concepts and an Investigation Into the Chinese Public
Many studies have developed the concepts and measurements of scientific and information literacy. However, the changes in the media environment, the complexity of scientific information, and low entry barriers have brought new challenges to scientific information communication. A single scientific or information literacy concept cannot provide a clear overview of the competencies and literacy required for individuals to access scientific informat…
Emotional Resonance and Identity Recognition in Chinese Late Adolescent Digital Music Consumption
This study conducts qualitative research on late adolescent digital music users aged 17–19 to explore their emotional resonance and identities in digital music consumption. The findings indicate that late adolescents are highly dependent on music, with it playing a significant role in their lives, particularly in meeting emotional needs and shaping identities. Late-adolescent digital music users seek to assert themselves through unique and unconv…
How Media Use Influences the Fertility Intentions Among Chinese Women of Reproductive Age: A Perspective of Social Trust
Background: The low fertility level has become a serious social problem in China. Previous research has argued the significant influence of media use and social trust on fertility intentions, but the interaction between the two variables and how they influence fertility intentions remain further investigation. This study explored the influence mechanism of media use on Chinese women's fertility intentions from the perspective of social trust. Met…
Strategies and effectiveness of the Chinese government debunking Covid-19 rumors on Sina Weibo: Evaluating from emotions
The Chinese government refuted rumors on social media for infodemic management when COVID-19 outbroke. This study selected 80 government accounts on Sina Weibo and collected 501 valid anti-rumor posts with comments from 18 January to 29 February 2020. This paper evaluated the effectiveness of rumor debunking from the public emotions reflected in the comments. This study also examined the influence of different anti-rumor strategies, such as fact-…
Embodied Carbon in China’s Export Trade: A Multi Region Input-Output Analysis
With the rapid growth of China's export trade and increasing pressure of domestic carbon emission reduction, the issue of carbon embodied in export trade has attracted increasing attention from academic circles. This paper has constructed a calculation model for embodied carbon in China's export trade by using the multi-region input-output model and the international input-output data from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) database in order …
Building a shared future between China and Africa: A framing analysis of China Radio International's podcast news China Africa Talk
China has used broadcast for international communication in Africa since 1949, an important bridge connecting China and Africa. As digital audio media, podcasts also serve communication on Africa-related topics. News media work as the intermediaries between the public and the nation, and news framing is significant for the public to understand China-Africa relations. Regarding the limitations of traditional framing analysis, this study used a dat…
Going to War Against the Middle Kingdom? Continuity and Change in British Attitudes towards Qing China (1793–1840)
This article investigates British attitudes towards Qing China as a consequence of their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the opium crisis. Examining this medium-term time span, to which previous scholarship has paid inadequate attention, shows the continuity and change in these attitudes through different historical contexts. With its focus on war-related discussions, this article reveals how the idea of war against the Chinese emp…
The Amherst Embassy and B ritish Discoveries in C hina
The Amherst embassy to C hina has long been viewed as a major diplomatic failure in B ritain's early relations with C hina. This article concentrates on the greatly overlooked aspect of the Amherst mission: the delegation's discoveries in C hina after the official proceedings were concluded. Since the embassy was given unprecedented freedom of movement during its four‐month return journey from B eijing to C anton, B ritish observers were able to …
Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the 'Napier Fizzle' and attitudes towards China in the mid eighteen-thirties: Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the ‘Napier Fizzle
This article examines public reactions to the ‘Napier Fizzle’ and the discussion about Britain's China policy within the British community in China in the mid eighteen-thirties. This period has received much less attention than the Napier incident itself and the immediate causes of the Opium War. Based on popular publications available in Canton in this period, the article investigates the debate over the cause of Lord Napier's failure, the ‘show…
The Amherst Embassy and B ritish Discoveries in C hina
The Amherst embassy to C hina has long been viewed as a major diplomatic failure in B ritain's early relations with C hina. This article concentrates on the greatly overlooked aspect of the Amherst mission: the delegation's discoveries in C hina after the official proceedings were concluded. Since the embassy was given unprecedented freedom of movement during its four‐month return journey from B eijing to C anton, B ritish observers were able to …
Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the 'Napier Fizzle' and attitudes towards China in the mid eighteen-thirties: Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the ‘Napier Fizzle
This article examines public reactions to the ‘Napier Fizzle’ and the discussion about Britain's China policy within the British community in China in the mid eighteen-thirties. This period has received much less attention than the Napier incident itself and the immediate causes of the Opium War. Based on popular publications available in Canton in this period, the article investigates the debate over the cause of Lord Napier's failure, the ‘show…
The “Inner Kowtow Controversy” During the Amherst Embassy to China, 1816–1817
The Amherst embassy has a long-standing reputation as a diplomatic failure in Britain’s early relations with China. This analysis concentrates on a greatly overlooked aspect of the Amherst mission—the controversy within the embassy’s leadership about whether to perform kowtow before the Jiaqing emperor. George Thomas Staunton, basing his arguments on some “local inside knowledge,” successfully prevailed on Amherst to refuse to kowtow. This decisi…
Going to War Against the Middle Kingdom? Continuity and Change in British Attitudes towards Qing China (1793–1840)
This article investigates British attitudes towards Qing China as a consequence of their early encounters from the Macartney embassy to the opium crisis. Examining this medium-term time span, to which previous scholarship has paid inadequate attention, shows the continuity and change in these attitudes through different historical contexts. With its focus on war-related discussions, this article reveals how the idea of war against the Chinese emp…
Dynamism in Adversity: A Comparative Study of Trends in the Performance of Listed Family- and Non-Family-Controlled Companies in Hong Kong, 1997–2014
Creating the Opium War: British imperial attitudes towards China, 1792–1840
This book examines British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from 1792 to 1840. It makes the first attempt to bring together the political history of Sino-Western relations and cultural studies of British representations of China, as a new way of understanding the origins of the Opium War – a deeply consequential event which arguably reshaped relations between China and the West for the next hundred years. The book fo…
Role of Family in Entrepreneurial Endeavour and Business in Hong Kong: Implications of Declining Fertility
Through the theoretical lens of the family as a breeding ground for new business, this article argues that the drastic and prolonged decline in fertility affects business creation. Since entrepreneurship is a high-risk endeavour, and during the start-up or expansion period, various kinds of resource support from family are badly needed, the small family is in an unfavourable position. By using qualitative research data obtained in Hong Kong, this…
Pro-inflammatory cytokines serve as communicating molecules between the liver and brain for hepatic encephalopathy pathogenesis and Lycium barbarum polysaccharides protection
An entrepreneurial migrant family: The rise of Aw Boon Haw’s business empire in the Asia-Pacific
This research note uses the rise of Aw Boon Haw’s dynastic family businesses across Asia to illustrate Chinese migrant entrepreneurs’ business development and dynamism. Although it is known that the management and operation of Chinese migrant family businesses do have disadvantages, there is substantial evidence that family control and network capital can facilitate their business endeavors. Through the case of the Aw family business, it was foun…
Materialities and corridors: The Chinese diaspora and connected societies
This special issue centers on the role of diasporic communities in the making of 'connected societies' in Asia and beyond through case studies of the Chinese diaspora.The idea of 'connected societies' was inspired by the Belt and Road Initiative 1' (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.Its core spirit is to enhance economic collaboration and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe through resurrecting the legacies of the ancient Silk …
Changes of the Public Attitudes of China to Domestic Covid-19 Vaccination After the Vaccines Were Approved: A Semantic Network and Sentiment Analysis Based on Sina Weibo Texts
Introduction: On December 31, 2020, the Chinese government announced that the domestic coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have obtained approval for conditional marketing and are free for vaccination. This release drove the attention of the public and intense debates on social media, which reflected public attitudes to the domestic vaccine. This study examines whether the public concerns and public attitudes to domestic COVID-19 vaccine…
Does the Covid-19 Vaccine Still Work That “Most of the Confirmed Cases Had Been Vaccinated”? A Content Analysis of Vaccine Effectiveness Discussion on Sina Weibo during the Outbreak of Covid-19 in Nan…
In July 2021, breakthrough cases were reported in the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nanjing, sparking concern and discussion about the vaccine's effectiveness and becoming a trending topic on Sina Weibo. In order to explore public attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and their emotional orientations, we collected 1542 posts under the trending topic through data mining. We set up four categories of attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines, and used a big d…
Factors influencing Covid-19 knowledge-gap: A cross-sectional study in China
This study found a COVID-19 knowledge gap among the Chinese public, especially the digital knowledge gap. Education level, perceived salience of information, and internet media use can significantly predict the difference in COVID-19 knowledge level. In contrast, the use of traditional media such as newspaper, radio, and television, public communication, and interpersonal communication did not improve knowledge level. Internet media use and educa…
How Media Use Influences the Fertility Intentions Among Chinese Women of Reproductive Age: A Perspective of Social Trust
Background: The low fertility level has become a serious social problem in China. Previous research has argued the significant influence of media use and social trust on fertility intentions, but the interaction between the two variables and how they influence fertility intentions remain further investigation. This study explored the influence mechanism of media use on Chinese women's fertility intentions from the perspective of social trust. Met…
Strategies and effectiveness of the Chinese government debunking Covid-19 rumors on Sina Weibo: Evaluating from emotions
The Chinese government refuted rumors on social media for infodemic management when COVID-19 outbroke. This study selected 80 government accounts on Sina Weibo and collected 501 valid anti-rumor posts with comments from 18 January to 29 February 2020. This paper evaluated the effectiveness of rumor debunking from the public emotions reflected in the comments. This study also examined the influence of different anti-rumor strategies, such as fact-…
Embodied Carbon in China’s Export Trade: A Multi Region Input-Output Analysis
With the rapid growth of China's export trade and increasing pressure of domestic carbon emission reduction, the issue of carbon embodied in export trade has attracted increasing attention from academic circles. This paper has constructed a calculation model for embodied carbon in China's export trade by using the multi-region input-output model and the international input-output data from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) database in order …
The Covid-19 Vaccination and Vaccine Inequity Worldwide: An Empirical Study Based on Global Data
Vaccination is critical for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the progress of COVID-19 vaccination varies from different countries, and global vaccine inequity has been a worldwide public health issue. This study collected data from the Our World in Data COVID-19 vaccination data set between 13 December 2020 and 1 January 2022. The measurement reflecting the pandemic situation included New cases, New deaths, Hospital patients, ICU patie…
Effects of smart city construction on employment: Mechanism and evidence from China
Scientific Information Literacy: Adaption of Concepts and an Investigation Into the Chinese Public
Many studies have developed the concepts and measurements of scientific and information literacy. However, the changes in the media environment, the complexity of scientific information, and low entry barriers have brought new challenges to scientific information communication. A single scientific or information literacy concept cannot provide a clear overview of the competencies and literacy required for individuals to access scientific informat…
Emotional Resonance and Identity Recognition in Chinese Late Adolescent Digital Music Consumption
This study conducts qualitative research on late adolescent digital music users aged 17–19 to explore their emotional resonance and identities in digital music consumption. The findings indicate that late adolescents are highly dependent on music, with it playing a significant role in their lives, particularly in meeting emotional needs and shaping identities. Late-adolescent digital music users seek to assert themselves through unique and unconv…
Media frames and images of Chinese immigrants: Analyzing European newspaper narratives from 2015 to 2022
The influx of Chinese immigrants into Europe has spawned varied media frames, shaping public perceptions and attitudes towards this demographic. The portrayal of Chinese immigrants in European newspapers has become a subject of socio-political discourse, necessitating exploring the predominant narratives within the media space. This study aims to unearth and analyze the prevailing frames used in European newspapers when reporting on Chinese immig…
The characteristics and functionalities of citizen-led disaster response through social media: A case study of the #HenanFloodsRelief on Sina Weibo
Online dating apps and the association with emotional reactions: A survey on the motivations, compulsive use, and subjective online success of Chinese young adults in online dating
Dating applications, such as Momo, have become trendy among the young population in China. While there have been some studies on online dating applications, limited research has explored the association between these applications and adolescents’ mental health, and how they are related. This study investigates the motivations behind Chinese youth using online dating applications, the relationship between motivations and compulsive use, and their …
Lycibarbarspermidine L from the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. recovers intestinal barrier damage via regulating miR-195-3p
Douyin food vloggers' impact on visit intention: Taste awareness as a mediator
With the proliferation of social media in modern life, short-video platforms such as Douyin have become an essential venue for consumers to discover new culinary trends and dining locations. This paper explored how the credibility of food exploration short-video bloggers (vloggers) on the Douyin platform influences the audience's willingness to visit food locations by forming their taste awareness. We conducted a survey of 437 Douyin users to inv…
Political science (16 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · China (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Business (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Geography (7 works)