Dr Stella CHIA 假芝雲

• Media effects, journalism and public opinion, adolescents' risky and health behavior, uses and impacts of new media technology.

• Consumer Behavior, Celebrity and Media, Fundamentals of Persuasive Communication, Introduction to Media and Communication, Quantitative Research Methods in Communication, Audience Research Methods, Media in Contemporary Society, Introduction to Journalism and Publishing, Statistics and Data Analysis, Public Opinion, Statistical Techniques in Communication Research

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Chia, S. C., Lu, F., Sun, Y. (accepted). Tracking the influence of misinformation on elderly people’s perceptions and intention to accept COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong. Health Communication (SSCI).
• Sun, Y., Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Oktavianus, J. (online first). The battle is on: Factors that motivate people to combat anti-vaccine misinformation. Health Communication (SSCI)
• Chia, S. C., & Tu, C. (2020). Screw the majority? Examining partisans’ outspokenness on social networking sites (online first). Journal of Information Technology & Politics (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2019). Who speaks out and why? An examination of outspokenness on social networking sites and a reflection on assessing public opinion online (online first). International Journal of Public Opinion Research (SSCI)
  
• Chia, S. C. (2019). Seeking justice on the web: How news media and social norms drive the practice of cyber vigilantism. Social Science Computer Review (online first, SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2018). Crowd-sourcing justice: tracking a decade’s news coverage of cyber vigilantism throughout the Greater China region. Information, Communication, and Society (online first, SSCI)
  
• Wen, N., Chia, S. C., & Hao, X. (2017). Does gender matter? Testing the influence of presumed media influence on young people’s attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 76, 436-447 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., & Chang, T-K (2017). Not my horse: Voter preferences, media sources, and hostile poll reports in election campaigns. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 29, 1, 23-45 (SSCI).
• Wen, N., Chia, S. C., & Hao, X. (2015). What do social media say about makeovers? A content analysis of cosmetic surgery videos and viewers' responses on YouTube, Health Communication, 30, 933-942 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2014). How Authoritarian Social Contexts Inform Individuals’ Opinion Perception and Expression, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 26, 3, 384-396 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., & Cenite, M. (2012). Biased news or biased public? An examination of audiences’ perceived news bias in an authoritarian press system. Journalism Studies, 13, 1, 123-140 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., Chay, Y. T., Cheong, P. K., Chong, W. Y., Lee S. K. (2012). Fair and lovely: How social influence mediates the influence of skin lightening ads on South Asian college women’s desire for fair-skinned appearance. International Journal of Advertising, 31, 1, 189-211 (SSCI).
  
• Wei, R., Chia, S. C., & Lo, V-H. (2011). Third-person effect and hostile media perception influences on voter attitudes toward polls in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 23(2), 169-190 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. & Wen, N. (2010). College men’s third-person perceptions about idealized body image and consequent behavior. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 63, No.6-7, 542-555 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2010). How social influence mediates the effects of advertising on adolescents’ materialism. Communication Research, 37(3), 401-419 (SSCI).
• Liginlal, D. Khansa, L., & Chia, S. C. (2010). Using real options theory to evaluate strategic investment options for mobile content delivery: A case study. International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, 6(1), 17-37.
• Jiang R., & Chia, S. C. (2009). The direct and indirect effects of advertising on materialism among college students in China. Asian Journal of Communication, 19, 3, 318-335 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. & Poo Y. L. (2009). Media, celebrities, and fans: An examination of adolescents’ media usage and involvement with entertainment celebrities. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(1), 23-44 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., & Lee, W. (2008). Pluralistic ignorance about sex: The direct and the indirect effects of media consumption on college students’ misperception of sex-related peer norms. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 20(1), 52-73 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2007). Third-person perceptions about idealized body image and weight-loss behavior. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 84(4), 677-694 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., Yong, J., Wong, D., & Koh, W. L. (2007). Personal bias or government bias?: Testing hostile media effect in a regulated press system. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 19(3), 313-330 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. & Gunther A. C. (2006). How media contribute to misperception of the social norm. Mass Communication & Society, 9(3): 301-320 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C. (2006). How peers mediate media influence on adolescents’ sexual attitudes and sexual behavior. Journal of Communication, 56, 3, 585-606 (SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., Li, H., Detenber, B. H., & Lee, W. (2006). Mining the Internet plateau: An exploration of adoption intention among nonusers in Singapore. New Media & Society, 8(4): 591-611 (SSCI).
• Zhang, W. & Chia, S. C. (2006). The effects of mass media use and social capital on civic and political participation. Communication Studies, 57, 3, 277-197.
• Li, H., Detenber, B. H., Lee, W., & Chia, S. C. (2005). E-Government in Singapore: Demographics, Usage Patterns, and Perceptions. Journal of E-Government, 1(3), 29-54 (The journal is currently known as "Journal of Information Technology & Politics, SSCI).
• Chia, S. C., Lu, K., & McLeod, D. M. (2004) Sex, lies, and video compact disc: A case study on third-person perception and motivations for media censorship. Communication Research, 31(1), 109-130 (SSCI).
• Gunther, A. C. & Chia, S. C. (2001) Predicting pluralistic ignorance: The hostile media perception and its consequences. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 78(4): 688-701 (SSCI).
• Gunther, A., Christen, C., Liebhart, J. & Chia, S. C. (2001) Congenial public, contrary press: The relative hostile media effect and its consequences. Public Opinion Quarterly, 65(3): 295-320 (SSCI).

Invited Journal Article

• Chia, S. C., & Sun, Y. (2020). Entry for Pluralistic Ignorance. International Encyclopedia on Media Psychology.
• Chia, S. C., Tu, C., Jiang, Y. (Eds.) (2015). Perceptions and media effects: From individuals’ subjective reality to media’s role in democracy. Communication & Society, 33, 1-44.

• Member of Editorial Board, Communication Studies, 2020-present.
• Member of Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2019-present.
• Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2018-present.
• Member of Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Communication, 2010-present.
• Member of Editorial Board, Communication Research, 2008-present.

• Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of HKSAR, PPR Grant, Tracking the Influence of Misinformation on Perceptions about Flu Vaccine among the Elderly Population in Hong Kong, 2020-2021, PI (with Crystal Jiang (Co-I) and Josepho T. F. Lau (Co-I) $531,300.
• Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of HKSAR, PPR Grant (special round), Use Fact Checking to Reduce Misinformation, Misperception, and Rebuild Social Trust, 2020, PI $454,250.