Peer-Reviewed Publications


[4] Yaotian Zhang, Yixiao Sun, Gongjing Lu, Zhicong Chen*, & Cheng-Jun Wang*. (2025). Let Us Not Wallow in the Valley of Despair: The Role of Emotion, Panic, and Sympathy Discourses in Promoting Productive Actions. International Journal of Business Communication. Accepted in March 2025. [DOI][Replication]

[3] Yaotian Zhang, Yixiao Sun, Cheng-Jun Wang*. (2025). Unraveling the Shape of Social Media Narratives: Analyzing the Effects of Online Interaction and Narrative Structure on Attention to Digital Asset Transactions. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. Online First in March 2025. [co-first author] [DOI][Replication]

[2] Zhicong Chen, Wenting Yu, Yixiao Sun, Cheng-Jun Wang*, & Xiaofan Liu*. (2025). The Dark Side of the Internet: Fueling Misinformation in the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Communication and the Public. Online First in September 2024. [DOI][Replication]

[1] Yixiao Sun, Xue-Fei Yan, Yaotian Zhang, Jing Chen, Zhicong Chen*, & Cheng-Jun Wang*. (2024). Globalization in International Tensions: The Impact of Military Conflicts on the Cultural Orientations of Multinational Corporations’ Advertising in Modern China (1932–1937). Chinese Journal of Communication, 17(4), 452–470. [DOI][Replication]