Dr Xiaohui Vincent WANG holds a Ph.D. in information studies from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. His research converges at the intersection of information, communication, and new technologies, with special focuses on social media, computational social science, consumer health informatics, and informetrics. Dr. Wang is a member of the Web Mining Lab at CityU and a scientist of the Labratory for AI-Powered Financial Technologies Limited.
Opening Position
- I am looking for highly motivated Ph.D. students, Postdoc, and Data Analyst to do research on informetrics (bibliometrics and scientometrics) and complex networks. Interested candidates welcome to send your CV, transcripts, and publications (if any) to me.
Selected Publications
- Song, Y., Wang, X., & Li, G. (2024). Can social media combat gender inequalities in academia? Measuring the prevalence of Matilda effect in Communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 29, zmad050.
- Wang, X., Chen, L., Shi, J., & Tang, H. (2023). Who sets the agenda? The dynamic agenda setting of the wildlife issue on social media. Environmental Communication, 17, 245-262.
- Zhao, X. & Wang, X. (2023). Dynamics of networked framing: Automated frame analysis of government media and the public on Weibo with pandemic big data. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 100, 100-122.
- Zhao, X., Wang, X., Ma, Z., & Ma, R. (2022). Primacy effect of emotions in social stories: User engagement behaviors with breast cancer narratives on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 137, 107405.
- Wang, X., Shi, J., & Kong, H. (2021). Online health information seeking: A review and meta-analysis. Health Communication, 36(10), 1163-1175.
- Dienlin, T., Johannes, N., Bowman, N. D., … Wang, X., … de Vreese, C. (2021). An agenda for open science in Communication. Journal of Communication, 71, 1-26.
- Wang, X. & Song, Y. (2020). Viral misinformation and echo chambers: the diffusion of rumors about Genetically Modified Organisms on social media. Internet Research, 30, 1547-1564
- Wang, X., Chen, L., Shi, J., & Peng, T-Q. (2019). What makes cancer information viral on social media? Computers in Human Behavior, 93, 149-156.
- Wang, X. & Goh, D. H.-L. (2017). Video games acceptance: A meta-analysis of the extended technology acceptance model. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social networking, 20, 662-671.
