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Postdoctoral Fellow

National University of Singapore

Department of Communications and New Media

Assistant Professor

Nanjing University

School of Journalism and Communication

Graduate Research Assistant

City University of Hong Kong

Department of Media and Communication

Ph.D. in Media and Communication

City University of Hong Kong

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2018/19

Master in Journalism and Communication

Nanjing University

• School of Journalism and Communication
• Outstanding Graduate (Top 5%)

Bachelor in Software Engineering

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

• School of Computer Science
• Outstanding Graduate (Top 5%)

Tales of Twin Forums on the Dark and Surface Web: Social Interactions and User Sustainability in Anonymous Online Communities

EPJ Data Science

Chen Z., Liu X. F.*

The Dark Side of the Internet: Fueling Misinformation in the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 US Presidential Election

Communication and the Public

Chen Z., Yu W., Sun Y., Wang C. J., Liu X. F.

Seeking anonymity on the Internet: The knowledge accumulation process and global usage of the Tor network

New Media & Society

Chen Z., Jardine E., Liu X. F.*, Zhu J. J. H.

The Dark Web Privacy Dilemma: Linguistic Diversity, Talkativeness, and User Engagement on the Cryptomarket Forums

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Chen Z., Meng X., Wang C. J.*

Who Weaved My Behavior Cocoon? The Impact of ICT Use on Daily Behaviors in an Accelerated Society

Communications - The European Journal of Communication Research

Yan X. F.†, Chen Z.†, Lu L., Wang C. J.*

Geopolitics in language: A psychological view of Sino-Japanese relations over time

Journal of Social Issues

Hamamura T.*, Kobayashi T., Chen Z., Chen S. X., Chan C. S.

Exploring the Mediating Role of Selective Exposure to Partisan Media Between the Authoritarian Personality and Gun Control Attitudes

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

Jiang X., Miao H., Chen Z.*

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

Zhang Y., Lu G., Sun Y., Chen Z., Wang C. J.

Propagating COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: The Influence of Right-Wing Sources

Sage Open

Yu W., Chen Z., Meng X., Yan Q.

Globalization in International Tensions: The Impact of Military Conflicts on Cultural Orientations of Multinational Corporations' Advertising in Modern China (1932-1937)

Chinese Journal of Communication

Sun Y., Yan X. F., Zhang Y., Chen Z., Wang C. J.

Toward a better understanding of cultural change: Reply to Bao et al. (2022)

American Psychologist

Hamamura T.*, Chan C. S., Chen S. X., Chen Z., Kobayashi T., Ng J. C. K.

Individualism with Chinese characteristics? Discerning cultural shifts in China using 50 years of printed texts

American Psychologist

Hamamura T.*, Chen Z., Chan C. S., Chen S. X., Kobayashi T.

The Geometry of Information Cocoon: Analyzing the Cultural Space with Word Embedding Models

arXiv

Xu H., Chen Z., Li R., Wang C. J.

Leveraging the Flow of Collective Attention for Computational Communication Research

arXiv

Wang C. J., Chen Z., Qin Q., Chao N.

Technological accessibility and techno-nationalism: Barriers, engagement, and acceptance of generative AI in online discourse

AEJMC Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Wang H., Zhou T., Shi X., Xu Z., Chen Z.*

From sport to symbol: Understanding media narratives of the Olympic Games in People's Daily (1979-2019)

ICA Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA

Xu J., Chen Z.*

Tales of twin forums on the dark and surface web: Exploring social behaviors in anonymous online communities

ICA Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia

Chen Z., Liu X. F.*

The Dark Web privacy dilemma: Talkativeness, linguistic diversity, and user engagement on the cryptomarket forums

ICA Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia

Chen Z., Meng X., Wang C. J.*

The narrative gene of collective gatekeeping: Pandemic, government regularization, economic development, and the publicness of Weibo hot search (2020-2021)

ICA Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada

Yan L., Ni Y., Tan X., Jiang X., Chen Z., Wang C. J.

Unleashing the power of narratives in news: The impact of Wall Street Journal's economic narratives on the U.S. subprime crisis (2005-2009)

IC2S2, Copenhagen, Denmark

Fei Y., Chen Z., Wang C. J.

The ideological space within reading: Political ideology and the consumption of books in China

ICA Annual Conference, Paris, France

Liang Z., Chao N., Chen Z.. Top Student Paper.

Why do users leave anonymous online communities? An exploratory study of the Silk Road Forum on the Dark Web

ICA Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA (Virtual)

Chen Z., Liu X. F.*

Depolarization in the rise of far-right platforms? A moderated mediation model on political identity, misinformation belief, and voting behavior in the 2020 US Presidential Election

IAMCR Annual Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (Virtual)

Chen Z., Meng X., Yu W.

Dynamic trends between specialization and integration of communication research: Scientometric analysis of SSCI journals from 1970 to 2019

ICA Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia (Virtual)

Liu X. F., Chen Z., Zhu J. J. H.

The poor read for entertainment and the rich read for education: Poverty, fragmentation, and knowledge homogeneity

IC2S2, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

Chen Z., Wu L., Chao N., Wang C. J.

Social classes shape our trajectories in both online and offline space

IC2S2, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

Xu H., Chen Z., Wang C. J.

Social Science Fund of Nanjing University (Special Research Scheme)

Nanjing University

4,000 USD; Principal Investigator

Social Science Fund of Nanjing University (Young Scholar Scheme)

Nanjing University

4,000 USD; Principal Investigator

Social Science Fund of Jiangsu Province (Young Scholar Scheme)

Jiangsu Province

7,000 USD; Principal Investigator

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor

Nanjing University

Grand Prize; Supervisee Jiacheng Chen placed in MA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Top Student Paper Award

Computational Methods Division, International Communication Association

Outstanding Research Papers Awards

City University of Hong Kong

Research Tuition Scholarship

City University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)

National Scholarship (Graduate Students)

Ministry of Education

Top 1%

National Scholarship (Undergraduate Students)

Ministry of Education

Top 1%

Fall 2025 — NMC5342 Introduction to Applied Social Media Analytics (Instructor), National University of Singapore, Enrollment: 45

Spring 2025 — Data Visualization for Journalism (Instructor), Nanjing University, Enrollment: 40

Fall 2024 — Workshop on Online Public Opinion Analysis (Co-Instructor), Nanjing University

Spring 2024 & 2025 — Text as Data (Instructor), Nanjing University, Enrollment: 30

Spring 2019 — COM5508 Media Data Analytics (Teaching Assistant), City University of Hong Kong

Spring 2025 — Intelligent Society Studies (Co-Instructor), Nanjing University

Fall 2024 — Data Journalism (Instructor), Nanjing University, Enrollment: 70

Spring 2024 — Introduction to Python (Instructor), Nanjing University, Enrollment: 30

Fall 2023 — Data Journalism (Co-Instructor), Nanjing University

Fall 2016 — Data Journalism (Teaching Assistant), Nanjing University

Spring 2019 — Computational Workshop for CityU MACNM Alumni (Instructor), Web Mining Lab at City University of Hong Kong

Guest Lecture at NM6770, Department of Communications and New Media, NUS

Guest Lecture at NM4255, Department of Communications and New Media, NUS

Swarma Club, Beijing, China

Journal Club, Department of Communications and New Media, NUS

School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University

School of Journalism and Communication, Lanzhou University

Institute of Journalism, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

School of Journalism and Communication, Northwest University

School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University

School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University

Department of Science Communication and Science Policy, USTC

School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University

School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University

Institute for Communication Studies, National Chiao-Tung University

Knowledge Lab, University of Chicago

Tencent Institute, Tencent

CELC English Assist Programme, National University of Singapore. Organized by Centre for English Language Communication (CELC).

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS), University of Pennsylvania.

Summer School in Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University.

Tsinghua Workshop on Big Data and Causal Inference, Tsinghua University.

Summer School in Political Analysis (SSPA), Australian National University. Theme: Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis (Advanced Course).

Summer School 2019 Program, City University of Hong Kong. Theme: From Ideation to Publication.

SG8001 Teaching Students First Step, City University of Hong Kong.

The First Computational Social Science Workshop, Sun Yat-Sen University.