Sijia Qian​

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PhD Candidate

Sijia is a PhD student in the Department of Communication at University California, Davis. Her research interests broadly center around computational social science, misinformation, and persuasion in health and political contexts. Her current research focuses on developing and examining the effects of digital media literacy intervention on combating multimodal misinformation.

Education and Degree(s)
  • M.A., Communications, University of Utah, 2020
  • B.A., English, Nanjing Normal University, China, 2018
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Information integrity, media literacy, visual misinformation, health communication
Publications
  • Qian, S., Lu, Y., Peng, Y., Shen, C. C., & Xu, H. (2024). Convergence or divergence? A cross-platform analysis of climate change visual content categories, features, and social media engagement on Twitter and Instagram. Public Relations Review, 50(2), 102454.
  • Cacciatore, M. A., Yeo, S. K., Su, L. Y.-F., McKasy, M., O'Neill, L., & Qian, S. (2024). “That’s some positive energy”: How social media users respond to #funny science content. Journal of Science Communication, 23(1), A02.
  • Malloch, I., Zhang, J., & Qian, S. (2023). Effects of social comparison direction, comparison distance, and message framing on health behavioral intention in online support groups. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 17(3).
  • Qian, S., Shen, C. & Zhang, J. (2023). Fighting cheapfakes: Using a digital media literacy intervention to motivate reverse search of out-of-context visual misinformation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(1). doi:10.1093/jcmc/zmac024
  • Yeo, S. K., Su, L. Y.-F., Cacciatore, M. A., McKasy, M., & Qian, S. (2020). Predicting intentions to engage with scientific messages on Twitter: The roles of mirth and need for humor. Science Communication, 42(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547020942512
  • Sun, Y., Lee, T., & Qian, S. (2019). Beyond personal responsibility: Examining the effects of narrative engagement on communicative and civic actions. Journal of Health Communication, 24, 603-614. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2019.1643954