Publications
2021
Calabrese, C., Featherstone, J. D., Robbins, M., & Barnett, G. A. (2021). Examining the relationship between gene editing knowledge, value predispositions, and general science attitudes among U.S. farmers, scientists, policymakers, and the general public. Journal of Science Communication, 20(2), A02.
Cederbaum, J. A., Kim, S., Zhang, J., Jemmott, J. B., & Jemmott, L. S. (2021). Effect of a church-based intervention on abstinence communication among African-American caregiver–child dyads: the role of gender of caregiver and child. Health Education Research, 36(2), 224-238.
Kim, S., Jemmott, J. B., Icard, L. D., Zhang, J., & Jemmott, L. S. (2021). South African fathers involvement and their adolescents’ sexual risk behavior and alcohol consumption. AIDS and Behavior, 1-8.
Liao, W., Zhang, J., Oh, Y. J., & Palomares, N. A. (2021). Linguistic accommodation enhances compliance to charity donation: The role of interpersonal communication processes in mediated compliance-gaining conversations. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Robbins, M., Calabrese, C., Featherstone, J. D., & Barnett, G. A. (2021). A textual analysis of agricultural stakeholder representations of genome editing technology. Journal of Science Communication.
Sun, Q., & Shen, C. (2021). Who would respond to a troll? A social network analysis of reactions to trolls in online communities. Computers in Human Behavior, 121, 106786.
Weeks, B., Menchen-Trevino, E., Calabrese, C., Casas, A., & Wojcieszak, M. (2021). Partisan media, untrustworthy news sites, and political misperceptions. New Media & Society.
Zhang, J., Featherstone, J. D., Calabrese, C., & Wojcieszak, M. (2021). Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines. Preventive Medicine, 145, 106408.
Zhang, J., Xue, H., Calabrese, C., Chen, H., & Dang, J. H. (2021). Understanding HPV vaccine promotions and hesitancy in Northern California through examining public Facebook pages and groups. Frontiers in Digital Health.
Zimbres, T. M., Bell, R. A., Miller, L. M. S., & Zhang, J. (2021). When media health stories conflict: Test of the contradictory health information processing (CHIP) model. Journal of Health Communication, 1-13.
2020
Calabrese, C., Ding, J., Millam, B., & Barnett, G. A. (2020). The uproar over gene-edited babies: A semantic network analysis of CRISPR on Twitter. Environmental Communication. 1-17.
Chen, K., Chen, A., Zhang, J., Meng, J., & Shen, C. (2020). Conspiracy and debunking narratives about COVID-19 origins on Chinese social media: How it started and who is to blame. The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 1(8).
Dehlendorf, C., Fox, E., Sharma, A. E., Zhang, J., Yang, S., & Centola, D. (2020). Birth Control Connect: A randomized trial of an online group to disseminate contraceptive information. Contraception.
Featherstone, J. D., Barnett, G. A., Ruiz, J. B., Zhuang, Y., Millam, B. J. (2020). Exploring childhood anti-vaccine and pro-vaccine communities on twitter – a perspective from influential users. Online Social Networks and Media.
Featherstone, J. D., Ruiz, J. B., Barnett, G. A., Millam, B. J. (2020). Exploring childhood vaccination themes and public opinions on Twitter: A semantic network analysis. Telematics and Informatics.
Featherstone, J. D., & Zhang, J. (2020). Feeling angry: the effects of vaccine misinformation and refutational messages on negative emotions and vaccination attitude. Journal of Health Communication.
Hether, H. J., & Calabrese, C. (2020). Beyond #liking: Inspiring user-generated content for health promotion. In J. Kim & H. Song (Eds.). Technology and health: Promoting attitude and behavior change. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.
Icard, L. D., Zhang, J., Jemmott, J. B., Sandfort, T. G., Rutledge, S. E., Van Greunen, D., & Martinez, O. (2020). The effects of three types of sexual orientation victimization on HIV sexual risk behavior among Black South African men who have sex with men (MSM). Journal of homosexuality, 1-15.
Oh, Y. J., Ryu, J. Y., & Park, H. S. (2020). Talking with the 'Hermit Regime' | What’s going on in the Korean Peninsula? A study on perception and influence of South and North Korea-related fake bews. International Journal of Communication, 14, 17.
Pan, S., Zhang, D., & Zhang, J. (2020). Caught in the crossfire: How contradictory information and norms on social media influence young women’s intentions to receive HPV vaccination in the United States and China. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3469.
Park, H. S., Ryu, J. Y., Oh, Y. J. (2020). Comparisons of Koreans, Korean Americans, and White Americans regarding deceased organ donation. Journal of Health Psychology.
Shen, C., Chen, A., Chen, L., Zhang, J., Feng, B., & Liao, W. (2020). Using reports of symptoms and diagnoses on social media to predict COVID-19 case counts in Mainland China: Observational infoveillance study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(5), e19421.
Shen, C., Sun, Q., Kim, T., Wolff, G., Ratan, R., & Williams, D. (2020). Viral vitriol: Predictors and contagion of online toxicity in World of Tanks. Computers in Human Behavior, 106343.
Shi, W., Wang, X., Oh, Y. J., Zhang, J., Sahay, S., & Yu, Z. (2020). Effects of Persuasive Dialogues: Testing Bot Identities and Inquiry Strategies. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20), April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3313831.3376843
Zhang, J., Oh, Y. J., Lange, P., Yu, Z., & Fukuoka, Y. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Behavior Change Model for Designing Artificial Intelligence Chatbots to Promote Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet: Viewpoint. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(9):e22845.
2019
Calabrese, C., Anderton, B. N., & Barnett, G. A. (2019). Online Representations of “Genome Editing” Uncover Opportunities for Encouraging Engagement: A Semantic Network Analysis. Science Communication, 41(2), 222-242.
Calabrese, C., & Bell, R. A. (2019). Opposition to Nonprescription Naloxone Access: Measurement and Psychosocial Predictors. Substance Use & Misuse, 54(11), 1853-1861.
Calabrese, C., & Zhang, J. (2019). Inferring Norms from Numbers: Boomerang Effects of Online Virality Metrics on Normative Perceptions and Behavioral Intention. Telematics and Informatics, 45, 101279.
Chee, W., Ji, X., Kim, S., Park, S., Zhang, J., Chee, E., . . . Im, E.-O. (2019). Recruitment and Retention of Asian Americans in Web-Based Physical Activity Promotion Programs: A Discussion Paper. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.
Featherstone, J. D., Bell, R. A., & Ruiz, J. B. (2019). Relationship of people’s sources of health information and political ideology with acceptance of conspiratorial beliefs about vaccines. Vaccine, 37(23), 2993-2997.
Jemmott III, J. B., Zhang, J., Croom, M., Icard, L. D., Rutledge, S. E., & O'Leary, A. (2019). Barriers and Facilitators to Engaging African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in the HIV Care Continuum: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(3), 352-361.
Jemmott III, J. B., Zhang, J., Jemmott, L. S., Icard, L. D., Ngwane, Z., Makiwane, M., & O'Leary, A. (2019). Intervention Increases Physical Activity and Healthful Diet Among South African Adolescents Over 54 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(1), 139-146.
Ji, J., Chao, N., & Ding, J. (2019). Rumormongering of genetically modified (GM) food on Chinese social network. Telematics and Informatics, 37, 1-12.
Malloch, Y. Z., & Zhang, J. (2019). Seeing others receive support online: Effects of self-disclosure and similarity on perceived similarity and health behavior intention. Journal of health communication, 24(3), 217-225.
Oh, Y. J., Park, H. S., & Min, Y. (2019). Understanding location-based service application connectedness: Model development and cross-validation. Computers in Human Behavior, 94, 82-91.
Wang, X., Shi, W., Kim, R., Oh, Y., Yang, S., Zhang, J., & Yu, Z. (2019). Persuasion for Good: Towards a Personalized Persuasive Dialogue System for Social Good. arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.06725.
Zhang, J., & Centola, D. (2019). Social Networks and Health: New Developments in Diffusion, Online and Offline. Annual Review of Sociology, 45, 91-109.
Zhang, J., & Jemmott III, J. B. (2019). Mobile App-Based Small-Group Physical Activity Intervention for Young African American Women: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Prevention Science, 1-10.
Zhang, J., Le, G., Larochelle, D., Pasick, R., Sawaya, G. F., Sarkar, U., & Centola, D. (2019). Facts or stories? How to use social media for cervical cancer prevention: A multi-method study of the effects of sender type and content type on increased message sharing. Preventive medicine, 126, 105751.
Zhang, J., O’Leary, A., Jemmott III, J. B., Icard, L. D., & Rutledge, S. E. (2019). Syndemic conditions predict lower levels of physical activity among African American men who have sex with men: A prospective survey study. PloS one, 14(3), e0213439.
2018
Chee, W., Ji, X., Kim, S., Park, S. Y., Zhang, J., Chee, E., . . . Im, E.-O. (2018). The Best Strategy in a Web-Based Physical Activity Promotion Program for Midlife Asian American Women.
Lyson, H. C., Le, G. M., Zhang, J., Rivadeneira, N., Lyles, C., Radcliffe, K., . . . Centola, D. (2018). Social media as a tool to promote health awareness: results from an online cervical cancer prevention study. Journal of Cancer Education, 1-4.
Park, H. S., Oh, Y. J., & Ryu, J. Y. (2018). The Influence of James C. McCroskey’s Research in South Korea. Communication Research Reports, 35(2), 190-194. doi:10.1080/08824096.2018.1425982
Wang, B., Taylor, L., & Sun, Q. (2018). Families that play together stay together: Investigating family bonding through video games. New Media & Society, 20(11), 4074-4094.
Zhang, J., Calabrese, C., Ding, J., Liu, M., & Zhang, B. (2018). Advantages and challenges in using mobile apps for field experiments: A systematic review and a case study. Mobile Media & Communication, 6(2), 179-196.
Zhang, J., Cederbaum, J. A., Jemmott III, J. B., & Jemmott, L. S. (2018). Theory-Based Behavioral Intervention Increases Mother–Son Communication About Sexual Risk Reduction Among Inner-City African-Americans. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 497-502.
Zhang, J., & Centola, D. (2018). How social networks shape social comparison.
Zhang, J., Jemmott III, J. B., Icard, L. D., Heeren, G. A., Ngwane, Z., Makiwane, M., & O’Leary, A. (2018). Predictors and psychological pathways for binge drinking among South African men. Psychology & health, 33(6), 810-826.
2017
Fox, E., Yang, S., Zhang, J., Centola, D., & Dehlendorf, C. (2017). Birth control connections: the effect of online social communication on contraceptive attitudes. Contraception, 96(4), 290-291.
Zhang, J., Jemmott III, J. B., & Heeren, G. A. (2017). Sub-Saharan African University Students' Beliefs about Abstinence, Condom Use, and Limiting the Number of Sexual Partners. Behavioral Medicine, 43(1), 9-20.
2016
Chee, W., Kim, S., Chu, T.-L., Tsai, H.-M., Ji, X., Zhang, J., . . . Im, E.-O. (2016). Practical issues in developing a culturally tailored physical activity promotion program for Chinese and Korean American midlife women: A pilot study. Journal of medical Internet research, 18(11), e303.
Im, E.-O., Ji, X., Zhang, J., Kim, S., Lee, Y., Chee, E., . . . Yeo, S. A. (2016). Issues in developing and evaluating a culturally tailored Internet cancer support group. Computers, informatics, nursing: CIN, 34(10), 462.
Im, E.-O., Lee, Y., Ji, X., Zhang, J., Kim, S., Chee, E., . . . Yeo, S. A. (2016). Internet Recruitment of Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors. ANS. Advances in nursing science, 39(3), E17.
Zhang, J., Brackbill, D., Yang, S., Becker, J., Herbert, N., & Centola, D. (2016). Support or competition? How online social networks increase physical activity: A randomized controlled trial. Preventive medicine reports, 4, 453-458.
Zhang, J., Jemmott III, J. B., O'leary, A., Stevens, R., Jemmott, L. S., Icard, L. D., . . . Rutledge, S. E. (2016). Efficacy and mediation of a theory-based physical activity intervention for African American men who have sex with men: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51(1), 106-116.
Zhang, J., Nurik, C., & Jemmott, J. B. (2016). Boundaries of sexual communication: a mixed-method study exploring Chinese young adults’ engagement with online sexual health information. Sexual health, 13(3), 281-288.
2015
Zhang, J., Brackbill, D., Yang, S., & Centola, D. (2015). Efficacy and causal mechanism of an online social media intervention to increase physical activity: results of a randomized controlled trial. Preventive medicine reports, 2, 651-657.
Zhang, J., Brackbill, D., Yang, S., & Centola, D. (2015). Identifying the effects of social media on health behavior: Data from a large-scale online experiment. Data in brief, 5, 453-457.
Zhang, J., & Jemmott III, J. B. (2015). Unintentional exposure to online sexual content and sexual behavior intentions among college students in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 27(5), 561-571.
Zhang, J., Jemmott III, J. B., & Jemmott, L. S. (2015). Mediation and moderation of an efficacious theory-based abstinence-only intervention for African American adolescents. Health Psychology, 34(12), 1175.
2014
Jemmott III, J. B., Jemmott, L. S., Ngwane, Z., Zhang, J., Heeren, G. A., Icard, L. D., . . . Carty, C. (2014). Theory-based behavioral intervention increases self-reported physical activity in South African men: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Preventive medicine, 64, 114-120.
Sorenson, S. B., Shi, R., Zhang, J., & Xue, J. (2014). Self-presentation on the web: Agencies serving abused and assaulted women. American journal of public health, 104(4), 702-707.
Zhang, J., & Ding, H. (2014). Constructing HIV/AIDS on the Internet: A comparative rhetorical analysis of online narratives in the United States and in China. International Journal of Communication, 8, 22.
2010
Ding, H., & Zhang, J. (2010). Social media and participatory risk communication during the H1N1 flu epidemic: A comparative study. China Media Res, 6, 80-90.