Mengxue Ou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4258297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mengxue Ou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mengxue |
| FAMILY NAME | Ou |
| SIGNATURE | OU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0130-7640 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conspiracy Beliefs, Secondary Risk Perceptions, and Conditional Acceptance of Dengue Vaccine
This study investigates the pathways linking general vaccine conspiracy beliefs to the conditional acceptance of the dengue vaccine, with a particular focus on the mediating role of secondary risk perceptions and the spillover effects of prior COVID-19 vaccination experiences. Based on an online survey of 1,001 Singaporeans and permanent residents, we found that stronger vaccine conspiracy beliefs were associated with heightened perceptions of se…
Social Media Attention, Risk Perception, and Generative AI-Based Health Information Seeking
The increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping how individuals seek health information. However, its use in health information seeking (HIS) raises concerns about AI hallucination risks (i.e., inaccurate or fabricated outputs) and privacy risks related to personal data misuse. Despite these concerns, little is known about how such risk perceptions are formed or how they relate to users’ attitudes and continued …
Miserly Thinking
Project Wolbachia is a vector control method that releases male Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes to curb dengue transmission in Singapore. While research has primarily focused on its efficacy, few studies have examined public opinion. This study draws upon the cognitive miser model and scientific literacy model to examine the factors shaping public support for Project Wolbachia. A nationally representative door-to-door survey was conducted in …
The Dark Side of Algorithms
Algorithm-driven social media platforms are increasingly designed to deliver personalized health content that caters to users’ varied information needs. However, the opaque collection and use of personal data raise significant privacy concerns. Drawing on communication privacy management (CPM) theory, this study examines how users’ ethical considerations of algorithm-driven social media shape their privacy-related perceptions and, in turn, influe…
Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour in a virtual reality serious game
Drawing upon self-determination theory, this study investigates whether the effects of competition interact with individuals’ prior knowledge to influence the motivations for and antecedents to their pro-environmental behaviour. Using a virtual reality serious game about plastic waste, we conducted a 2 (Game environment: Competition vs. Non-competition) × 3 (Prior knowledge about plastic waste: Low vs. Medium vs. High) between-subjects experiment…
Between promise and peril
The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI) has intensified public discourse on its risks and benefits. However, research remains limited on how users perceive these risks and benefits across varying psychological distances and how they balance these perceptions in their adoption decisions. Drawing on construal level theory and regulatory focus theory, we conducted in-depth interviews with GenAI users ( N = 30). Findings reveal that users perceiv…
Factors Associated With Information Credibility Perceptions
Research on factors influencing information credibility judgment is increasing, whereas their findings are mixed. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 85 empirical studies, synthesizing the effects of 12 frequently examined source, content, channel, and receiver factors on information credibility perception. Results reveal that message quality, source credibility, and message fluency have large correlations with credibility perception, while o…
Examining public perceptions of cultivated meat in Singapore
This study examines how individuals’ prior beliefs (i.e. food neophilia and food neophobia) serve as precursors to the influence of the presumed media influence model in shaping their perceptions of cultivated meat. An online survey of 1031 Singapore residents revealed that food neophobia and food neophilia are positively related to individuals’ media attention to risk and benefit messages about cultivated meat, respectively. Furthermore, individ…
Does knowledge make a difference? Understanding how the lay public and experts assess the credibility of information on novel foods
Drawing on Metzger’s dual-processing model of credibility assessment, this study examines how individuals with varying topical knowledge (laypersons vs experts) assess the credibility of information on novel foods. Online focus group discussions reveal that both groups share similar motivations for assessing the credibility of information on novel foods (e.g. personal relevance and concerns about the impact of unverified information on others). H…
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore
This study examines how halal consciousness acts as a precursor to the influence of presumed media influence model to explain Muslims’ views (i.e., attitudes and behavioral intentions) toward cultured meat. A survey of 658 Muslim Singaporeans found that halal consciousness positively correlated with Muslims’ attention to media messages on the benefits of cultured meat, which subsequently shaped their presumed attention to these messages by family…
Trust it or not
The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) facilitates the creation of multimodal information of mixed quality, intensifying the challenges individuals face when assessing information credibility. Through in-depth interviews with users of generative AI platforms, this study investigates the underlying motivations and multidimensional approaches people use to assess the credibility of AI-generated information. Four major motivations driving use…
A meta-analysis of social media fatigue
A Meta-Analysis of Factors Related to Health Information Seeking
Prior studies have investigated the antecedents of Health Information Seeking (HIS) using different theoretical frameworks, whereas the inconsistencies in the reported findings warrant a more comprehensive synthesis of this body of knowledge. This meta-analysis identified 12 major antecedents of HIS from six widely used information seeking models examining HIS, developed an organizing framework that segmented current antecedents into cognitive, a…
Trust it or not
The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) facilitates the creation of multimodal information of mixed quality, intensifying the challenges individuals face when assessing information credibility. Through in-depth interviews with users of generative AI platforms, this study investigates the underlying motivations and multidimensional approaches people use to assess the credibility of AI-generated information. Four major motivations driving use…
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore
This study examines how halal consciousness acts as a precursor to the influence of presumed media influence model to explain Muslims’ views (i.e., attitudes and behavioral intentions) toward cultured meat. A survey of 658 Muslim Singaporeans found that halal consciousness positively correlated with Muslims’ attention to media messages on the benefits of cultured meat, which subsequently shaped their presumed attention to these messages by family…
A Meta-Analysis of Factors Related to Health Information Seeking
Prior studies have investigated the antecedents of Health Information Seeking (HIS) using different theoretical frameworks, whereas the inconsistencies in the reported findings warrant a more comprehensive synthesis of this body of knowledge. This meta-analysis identified 12 major antecedents of HIS from six widely used information seeking models examining HIS, developed an organizing framework that segmented current antecedents into cognitive, a…
A meta-analysis of social media fatigue
Factors Associated With Information Credibility Perceptions
Research on factors influencing information credibility judgment is increasing, whereas their findings are mixed. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 85 empirical studies, synthesizing the effects of 12 frequently examined source, content, channel, and receiver factors on information credibility perception. Results reveal that message quality, source credibility, and message fluency have large correlations with credibility perception, while o…
Examining public perceptions of cultivated meat in Singapore
This study examines how individuals’ prior beliefs (i.e. food neophilia and food neophobia) serve as precursors to the influence of the presumed media influence model in shaping their perceptions of cultivated meat. An online survey of 1031 Singapore residents revealed that food neophobia and food neophilia are positively related to individuals’ media attention to risk and benefit messages about cultivated meat, respectively. Furthermore, individ…
Does knowledge make a difference? Understanding how the lay public and experts assess the credibility of information on novel foods
Drawing on Metzger’s dual-processing model of credibility assessment, this study examines how individuals with varying topical knowledge (laypersons vs experts) assess the credibility of information on novel foods. Online focus group discussions reveal that both groups share similar motivations for assessing the credibility of information on novel foods (e.g. personal relevance and concerns about the impact of unverified information on others). H…
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore
This study examines how halal consciousness acts as a precursor to the influence of presumed media influence model to explain Muslims’ views (i.e., attitudes and behavioral intentions) toward cultured meat. A survey of 658 Muslim Singaporeans found that halal consciousness positively correlated with Muslims’ attention to media messages on the benefits of cultured meat, which subsequently shaped their presumed attention to these messages by family…
Trust it or not
The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) facilitates the creation of multimodal information of mixed quality, intensifying the challenges individuals face when assessing information credibility. Through in-depth interviews with users of generative AI platforms, this study investigates the underlying motivations and multidimensional approaches people use to assess the credibility of AI-generated information. Four major motivations driving use…
Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour in a virtual reality serious game
Drawing upon self-determination theory, this study investigates whether the effects of competition interact with individuals’ prior knowledge to influence the motivations for and antecedents to their pro-environmental behaviour. Using a virtual reality serious game about plastic waste, we conducted a 2 (Game environment: Competition vs. Non-competition) × 3 (Prior knowledge about plastic waste: Low vs. Medium vs. High) between-subjects experiment…
Between promise and peril
The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI) has intensified public discourse on its risks and benefits. However, research remains limited on how users perceive these risks and benefits across varying psychological distances and how they balance these perceptions in their adoption decisions. Drawing on construal level theory and regulatory focus theory, we conducted in-depth interviews with GenAI users ( N = 30). Findings reveal that users perceiv…
Conspiracy Beliefs, Secondary Risk Perceptions, and Conditional Acceptance of Dengue Vaccine
This study investigates the pathways linking general vaccine conspiracy beliefs to the conditional acceptance of the dengue vaccine, with a particular focus on the mediating role of secondary risk perceptions and the spillover effects of prior COVID-19 vaccination experiences. Based on an online survey of 1,001 Singaporeans and permanent residents, we found that stronger vaccine conspiracy beliefs were associated with heightened perceptions of se…
Social Media Attention, Risk Perception, and Generative AI-Based Health Information Seeking
The increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping how individuals seek health information. However, its use in health information seeking (HIS) raises concerns about AI hallucination risks (i.e., inaccurate or fabricated outputs) and privacy risks related to personal data misuse. Despite these concerns, little is known about how such risk perceptions are formed or how they relate to users’ attitudes and continued …
Miserly Thinking
Project Wolbachia is a vector control method that releases male Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes to curb dengue transmission in Singapore. While research has primarily focused on its efficacy, few studies have examined public opinion. This study draws upon the cognitive miser model and scientific literacy model to examine the factors shaping public support for Project Wolbachia. A nationally representative door-to-door survey was conducted in …
The Dark Side of Algorithms
Algorithm-driven social media platforms are increasingly designed to deliver personalized health content that caters to users’ varied information needs. However, the opaque collection and use of personal data raise significant privacy concerns. Drawing on communication privacy management (CPM) theory, this study examines how users’ ethical considerations of algorithm-driven social media shape their privacy-related perceptions and, in turn, influe…
Psychology (9 works) · Perception (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 works) · Social media (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Risk perception (4 works)