Yicheng Zhu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yicheng Zhu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yicheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhu |
| SIGNATURE | ZHU Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beijing Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9667-5165 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Citation Choices in AI-Generated Fact-Checking
As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed in fact-checking, questions remain about how audiences perceive AI-generated verdicts and the sources used to justify them. Drawing on motivated reasoning and research on source credibility, this study examines how fake news congruence and AI-cited source congruence jointly shape belief correction and message- and agent-level perceptions. In a U.S.-based 2 * 3 online experiment (N = 682), p…
Culture and role-based AI agencies in strategic communication
AI Agency in Fact-Checking
With a focus on role-based (fact-checker and author) agencies and machine heuristics conceptualized by the modality, agency, interactivity, and navigability model, this study examines the comparative effect of AI (vs. human) agencies in debunking conspiracy theory news. Using a 2x2 online experiment with 506 participants, the study explores how conspiratorial orientation influences different role-based AI agencies’ relationships with machine heur…
Trends of internationalist and nationalist cultures in Winter Olympics
Manufacturing conflict or advocating peace? A study of social bots agenda building in the Twitter discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, social media become the major contested field for both sides. Social bots are widely involved in the Russia-Ukraine war discussion as communication actors. However, how social bots build the war agenda has not been well answered. This study explores the role of social bots through time series analysis and Structural Topic Model. The study finds that at the aggregate level there is a two-way agenda-set…
Messenger Nationality, Media Skepticism, and Crisis Communication Effectiveness
This study examines the effect of messenger nationality on the credibility perception of YouTube sources in the theoretical context of situational crisis communication theory (SCCT). An online survey experiment with a quota U.S. voter sample (N = 354) showed that Russian nationality decreases source credibility perception in comparison to U.K. and control conditions, while the latter two showed no differences. Although skepticism in domestic medi…
Cognitive reasoning, risk targets and behavioral responses to Covid-19 outbreaks among Wuhan residents during lockdown
How did residents in Wuhan, who were at the epicenter of the initial COVID-19 outbreaks in China evaluate the risk to themselves and to society at large, and take action accordingly? This study examines the need for orientation, cognitive reasoning of COVID-19 news, and perceived risk, which all contributed to protective action during the city's total lockdown. Using data collected in a mobile CATI survey during the peak of the outbreaks in Febru…
Collectivism and Altruistic Behavior
This study examines the third-person effects of COVID-19 news among Wuhan residents during the peak of the outbreaks in the city. Using data collected in a telephone survey of 1,071 Wuhan residents, results show that respondents believed others were more influenced by the COVID-19 news. However, the more the respondents systematically processed the news through elaboration and the more they were oriented toward collectivist values, the smaller th…
Knowing our air from them
This study explores the effect of foreign media on publics’ psychological activeness during a foreign media–spurred national problem: air pollution in China. Building on theories of media diplomacy and public relations, it finds that affinity with foreign media significantly activates Chinese publics to engage communication actions against air pollution, as it relieves publics’ constraint recognition. Dependency on foreign media also mediates suc…
Beyond 'I Agree
Whether they know it or not, the legal rights and responsibilities of users of websites and services, including social media, are defined and controlled by the terms of service of these online service providers. But despite the importance of these provisions, studies have shown that users rarely review terms of service, or think about their meaning. This study took advantage of a major website's 'simplification' of its terms of service to determi…
Determining economic news about China in global news feed
Current literature on economic news coverage mainly focuses on the economic news about domestic economy. This study asks a further question: will international economic news be accurately reflecting the economic performance of a foreign country? This study takes China as the target country and economic news coverage from other countries from the Global Database of Events, Language and Tone for this research and constructs a Poisson Lagged Regress…
Need for Orientation and Third-Person Effects of the Televised Debates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
The televised debates in the 2016 presidential election took place between two controversial candidates, Hillary Clinton and her opponent, Donald Trump, who faced a deeply divided electorate of highly opinioned voters that had already decided on their supported candidates. How did viewing the debates influence them? Would the debates reinforce their existing opinion, or provide them with useful information about the candidates? Drawing on Davison…
Newspaper portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American newspapers
The current study is a content analysis of international economic news about Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American countries from corresponding Latin American newspapers. We studied the portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment among 14 different Latin American newspapers. The study aims at illustrating differences between newspaper portrayals of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in the region, with a sp…
Manufacturing conflict or advocating peace? A study of social bots agenda building in the Twitter discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, social media become the major contested field for both sides. Social bots are widely involved in the Russia-Ukraine war discussion as communication actors. However, how social bots build the war agenda has not been well answered. This study explores the role of social bots through time series analysis and Structural Topic Model. The study finds that at the aggregate level there is a two-way agenda-set…
Newspaper portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American newspapers
The current study is a content analysis of international economic news about Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American countries from corresponding Latin American newspapers. We studied the portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment among 14 different Latin American newspapers. The study aims at illustrating differences between newspaper portrayals of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in the region, with a sp…
Need for Orientation and Third-Person Effects of the Televised Debates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
The televised debates in the 2016 presidential election took place between two controversial candidates, Hillary Clinton and her opponent, Donald Trump, who faced a deeply divided electorate of highly opinioned voters that had already decided on their supported candidates. How did viewing the debates influence them? Would the debates reinforce their existing opinion, or provide them with useful information about the candidates? Drawing on Davison…
Messenger Nationality, Media Skepticism, and Crisis Communication Effectiveness
This study examines the effect of messenger nationality on the credibility perception of YouTube sources in the theoretical context of situational crisis communication theory (SCCT). An online survey experiment with a quota U.S. voter sample (N = 354) showed that Russian nationality decreases source credibility perception in comparison to U.K. and control conditions, while the latter two showed no differences. Although skepticism in domestic medi…
Newspaper portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American newspapers
The current study is a content analysis of international economic news about Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin American countries from corresponding Latin American newspapers. We studied the portrayal of Chinese outward foreign direct investment among 14 different Latin American newspapers. The study aims at illustrating differences between newspaper portrayals of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in the region, with a sp…
Determining economic news about China in global news feed
Current literature on economic news coverage mainly focuses on the economic news about domestic economy. This study asks a further question: will international economic news be accurately reflecting the economic performance of a foreign country? This study takes China as the target country and economic news coverage from other countries from the Global Database of Events, Language and Tone for this research and constructs a Poisson Lagged Regress…
Need for Orientation and Third-Person Effects of the Televised Debates in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
The televised debates in the 2016 presidential election took place between two controversial candidates, Hillary Clinton and her opponent, Donald Trump, who faced a deeply divided electorate of highly opinioned voters that had already decided on their supported candidates. How did viewing the debates influence them? Would the debates reinforce their existing opinion, or provide them with useful information about the candidates? Drawing on Davison…
Knowing our air from them
This study explores the effect of foreign media on publics’ psychological activeness during a foreign media–spurred national problem: air pollution in China. Building on theories of media diplomacy and public relations, it finds that affinity with foreign media significantly activates Chinese publics to engage communication actions against air pollution, as it relieves publics’ constraint recognition. Dependency on foreign media also mediates suc…
Beyond 'I Agree
Whether they know it or not, the legal rights and responsibilities of users of websites and services, including social media, are defined and controlled by the terms of service of these online service providers. But despite the importance of these provisions, studies have shown that users rarely review terms of service, or think about their meaning. This study took advantage of a major website's 'simplification' of its terms of service to determi…
Cognitive reasoning, risk targets and behavioral responses to Covid-19 outbreaks among Wuhan residents during lockdown
How did residents in Wuhan, who were at the epicenter of the initial COVID-19 outbreaks in China evaluate the risk to themselves and to society at large, and take action accordingly? This study examines the need for orientation, cognitive reasoning of COVID-19 news, and perceived risk, which all contributed to protective action during the city's total lockdown. Using data collected in a mobile CATI survey during the peak of the outbreaks in Febru…
Collectivism and Altruistic Behavior
This study examines the third-person effects of COVID-19 news among Wuhan residents during the peak of the outbreaks in the city. Using data collected in a telephone survey of 1,071 Wuhan residents, results show that respondents believed others were more influenced by the COVID-19 news. However, the more the respondents systematically processed the news through elaboration and the more they were oriented toward collectivist values, the smaller th…
Messenger Nationality, Media Skepticism, and Crisis Communication Effectiveness
This study examines the effect of messenger nationality on the credibility perception of YouTube sources in the theoretical context of situational crisis communication theory (SCCT). An online survey experiment with a quota U.S. voter sample (N = 354) showed that Russian nationality decreases source credibility perception in comparison to U.K. and control conditions, while the latter two showed no differences. Although skepticism in domestic medi…
Manufacturing conflict or advocating peace? A study of social bots agenda building in the Twitter discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, social media become the major contested field for both sides. Social bots are widely involved in the Russia-Ukraine war discussion as communication actors. However, how social bots build the war agenda has not been well answered. This study explores the role of social bots through time series analysis and Structural Topic Model. The study finds that at the aggregate level there is a two-way agenda-set…
Trends of internationalist and nationalist cultures in Winter Olympics
Culture and role-based AI agencies in strategic communication
AI Agency in Fact-Checking
With a focus on role-based (fact-checker and author) agencies and machine heuristics conceptualized by the modality, agency, interactivity, and navigability model, this study examines the comparative effect of AI (vs. human) agencies in debunking conspiracy theory news. Using a 2x2 online experiment with 506 participants, the study explores how conspiratorial orientation influences different role-based AI agencies’ relationships with machine heur…
Citation Choices in AI-Generated Fact-Checking
As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed in fact-checking, questions remain about how audiences perceive AI-generated verdicts and the sources used to justify them. Drawing on motivated reasoning and research on source credibility, this study examines how fake news congruence and AI-cited source congruence jointly shape belief correction and message- and agent-level perceptions. In a U.S.-based 2 * 3 online experiment (N = 682), p…
Political science (10 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Perception (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (5 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 works) · Public relations (5 works)