Under Review

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Yixiao Sun, & Zhihao Ma*. (Under Review). Bipolarity of Positive and Negative Affects: The Contemporaneous Relations of Nuanced Affect States.

Yixiao Sun, & Zhihao Ma*. (Under Review). Authoritarians in Response to Social Crisis: Reciprocal Dynamics of Right-Wing Authoritarianism, COVID-19 Fear and Prevention Belief.

Yaotian Zhang, Yixiao Sun, Cheng-Jun Wang*. (Revise and Resubmit). 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.

Yaotian Zhang, Yixiao Sun, Gongjing Lu, Zhicong Chen*, & Cheng-Jun Wang*. (Revise and Resubmit). 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.

Selected Works in Progress

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Yixiao Sun, & Zhihao Ma*. Measuring Agency Through Text and Language Data: Validating Two Distinct NLP Approaches, Riveter and LIWC, Across Diverse Scenarios.

Yixiao Sun, & Zhihao Ma*. Agency and Meaning in Life as Conscious Experiences Shape Individual Emotions.

Yixiao Sun, & Cheng-Jun Wang*. Building Identity Through Narratives: Who Voices Dissent Within the Party?.

Wenyuan Li, Yixiao Sun, Yifan Yue. Artificial Intelligence vs. Medical Experts: A Comparative Analysis of Semantic Quality and Readability in Health Advice from Large Language Models and Human Institutions.