Laurent H Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4971072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurent H Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurent H |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6795-3039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Depressed individuals’ support seeking in online communities
Beyond the individual level
Scholarship examining the difficulties of maintaining stable access to digital technology typically emphasizes individual-level phenomena. In response, we apply a social-ecological lens to the technology maintenance construct to better understand how low-income individuals also interface with network- and institutional-level phenomena. Semi-structured interviews with 34 low-income U.S. Latina/o/x individuals revealed that while participants face …
The Pulse of Privacy
Can discrete emotions be leveraged to combat privacy powerlessness and motivate privacy protection? Extending theorizing and research that exclusively focus on cognitive processes underlying online privacy decision-making, this study builds on gain/loss framing research and the emotions-as-frames model to understand the effectiveness of emotional appeals (i.e., hope and fear) in generating attitudinal and behavioral change in online privacy. Two …
College students’ literacy, ChatGPT activities, educational outcomes, and trust from a digital divide perspective
This study investigates the association of socioeconomic status (SES) and digital and AI literacy with types of Chat GPT use by college students, with subsequent implications for academic self-efficacy and creativity, conditioned by trust. Analyses of a survey of U.S. college students (N = 947) show that SES has a greater association with AI literacy than with general digital literacy. Two dimensions of Chat GPT activities emerge: academic suppor…
Mastering boundaries
Multiple digital communication devices provide varying capabilities and processes for self-disclosure, surveillance, and privacy management, therefore eliciting a variety of user privacy perceptions and behaviours. Drawing from the media mastery framework and the comparative privacy research framework, this study investigates similarities and differences in online privacy outcomes associated with computer and mobile phone use via content analysis…
Seeing Ad Transparency More Clearly
Advertising transparency efforts aim to facilitate user knowledge and control over the use of their data for personalized advertising. We seek to understand the perceptions and use of ad transparency tools among U.S. adults and whether ad transparency information surfaced by such tools affects public perceptions of online surveillance. Results show that people are aware of, although not knowledgeable about, such tools and feel slightly satisfied …
Not the average user
Drawing from protection motivation theory (PMT), this study explored subgroups of Internet users based on their patterns of privacy threat and coping appraisals (i.e. perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, response efficacy, and response cost) in the context of targeted advertising. A latent profile analysis using a nationally-representative sample of US adults revealed three meaningful subgroups: Privacy-…
From screens to sensors
The increasing reliance on digital technologies in health care brings unique privacy risks to individual users. Guided by the framework of contextual integrity (CI), this study examined how privacy norms compare across four mobile health technological contexts: telehealth, online patient portals, mobile health applications, and wearable devices. Analysis of 34 semi-structured interviews revealed context-specific actors, information types, and tra…
The Online Privacy Divide
Do existing social inequalities translate into social media privacy management? This study examined racial/ethnic differences in privacy concerns and privacy management behaviors on social media to evaluate empirical evidence for an online privacy divide in the U.S. In addition, we tested two prominent theoretical perspectives–resource-based and identity-based explanations–for such divides. Results from an online survey ( N = 1,401) revealed that…
Multisolving innovations
Policy debates about the digital divide often focus on the availability and quality of Internet access, despite the fact that device inequities are persistent and widespread. To address this important but often overlooked policy concern, we present findings from a systematic literature review of policy research that informs the supply of low‐cost, large‐screen computers. Using the framework of multisolving innovations , we explore policies from a…
The role of culture in privacy management on social media among emerging adult children and their parents
This study extends Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory and prior privacy research to investigate the impact of culture on the way college-age children manage privacy boundaries with respect to their parents in social media. Differences in how American domestic students, Chinese international students who study in the U.S., and Chinese domestic students were examined via a survey administered at universities in both countries. Including …
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The role of culture in privacy management on social media among emerging adult children and their parents
This study extends Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory and prior privacy research to investigate the impact of culture on the way college-age children manage privacy boundaries with respect to their parents in social media. Differences in how American domestic students, Chinese international students who study in the U.S., and Chinese domestic students were examined via a survey administered at universities in both countries. Including …
Multisolving innovations
Policy debates about the digital divide often focus on the availability and quality of Internet access, despite the fact that device inequities are persistent and widespread. To address this important but often overlooked policy concern, we present findings from a systematic literature review of policy research that informs the supply of low‐cost, large‐screen computers. Using the framework of multisolving innovations , we explore policies from a…
The Online Privacy Divide
Do existing social inequalities translate into social media privacy management? This study examined racial/ethnic differences in privacy concerns and privacy management behaviors on social media to evaluate empirical evidence for an online privacy divide in the U.S. In addition, we tested two prominent theoretical perspectives–resource-based and identity-based explanations–for such divides. Results from an online survey ( N = 1,401) revealed that…
Mastering boundaries
Multiple digital communication devices provide varying capabilities and processes for self-disclosure, surveillance, and privacy management, therefore eliciting a variety of user privacy perceptions and behaviours. Drawing from the media mastery framework and the comparative privacy research framework, this study investigates similarities and differences in online privacy outcomes associated with computer and mobile phone use via content analysis…
Seeing Ad Transparency More Clearly
Advertising transparency efforts aim to facilitate user knowledge and control over the use of their data for personalized advertising. We seek to understand the perceptions and use of ad transparency tools among U.S. adults and whether ad transparency information surfaced by such tools affects public perceptions of online surveillance. Results show that people are aware of, although not knowledgeable about, such tools and feel slightly satisfied …
Not the average user
Drawing from protection motivation theory (PMT), this study explored subgroups of Internet users based on their patterns of privacy threat and coping appraisals (i.e. perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived benefits, self-efficacy, response efficacy, and response cost) in the context of targeted advertising. A latent profile analysis using a nationally-representative sample of US adults revealed three meaningful subgroups: Privacy-…
From screens to sensors
The increasing reliance on digital technologies in health care brings unique privacy risks to individual users. Guided by the framework of contextual integrity (CI), this study examined how privacy norms compare across four mobile health technological contexts: telehealth, online patient portals, mobile health applications, and wearable devices. Analysis of 34 semi-structured interviews revealed context-specific actors, information types, and tra…
Depressed individuals’ support seeking in online communities
Beyond the individual level
Scholarship examining the difficulties of maintaining stable access to digital technology typically emphasizes individual-level phenomena. In response, we apply a social-ecological lens to the technology maintenance construct to better understand how low-income individuals also interface with network- and institutional-level phenomena. Semi-structured interviews with 34 low-income U.S. Latina/o/x individuals revealed that while participants face …
The Pulse of Privacy
Can discrete emotions be leveraged to combat privacy powerlessness and motivate privacy protection? Extending theorizing and research that exclusively focus on cognitive processes underlying online privacy decision-making, this study builds on gain/loss framing research and the emotions-as-frames model to understand the effectiveness of emotional appeals (i.e., hope and fear) in generating attitudinal and behavioral change in online privacy. Two …
College students’ literacy, ChatGPT activities, educational outcomes, and trust from a digital divide perspective
This study investigates the association of socioeconomic status (SES) and digital and AI literacy with types of Chat GPT use by college students, with subsequent implications for academic self-efficacy and creativity, conditioned by trust. Analyses of a survey of U.S. college students (N = 947) show that SES has a greater association with AI literacy than with general digital literacy. Two dimensions of Chat GPT activities emerge: academic suppor…
Computer Science (7 works) · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (7 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Information privacy (3 works) · Internet privacy (3 works) · Political science (3 works)