Publications | Zhicong Chen, Ph.D.

2025

EPJ Data Sci.

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

Z. Chen and X. F. Liu

EPJ Data Science, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{chen2025twin,
  title = {Tales of Twin Forums on the Dark and Surface Web: Social Interactions and User Sustainability in Anonymous Online Communities},
  author = {Chen, Z. and Liu, X. F.},
  journal = {EPJ Data Science},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00614-1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00614-1},
}

Commun. Public

The dark side of the Internet: Fueling misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US Presidential Election

Z. Chen, W. Yu, Y. Sun, and 2 more authors

Communication and the Public, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{chen2025darkside,
  title = {The dark side of the Internet: Fueling misinformation in the {COVID}-19 pandemic and the 2020 {US} Presidential Election},
  author = {Chen, Z. and Yu, W. and Sun, Y. and Wang, C.-J. and Liu, X. F.},
  journal = {Communication and the Public},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1177/20570473251323752},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473251323752},
}

Commun.

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

X. F. Yan, Z. Chen, L. Lu, and 1 more author

Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{yan2025cocoon,
  title = {Who Weaved My Behavior Cocoon? The Impact of {ICT} Use on Daily Behaviors in an Accelerated Society},
  author = {Yan, X. F. and Chen, Z. and Lu, L. and Wang, C. J.},
  journal = {Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1515/commun-2024-0160},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2024-0160},
}

JITP

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

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

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{jiang2025authoritarian,
  title = {Exploring the Mediating Role of Selective Exposure to Partisan Media Between the Authoritarian Personality and Gun Control Attitudes},
  author = {Jiang, X. and Miao, H. and Chen, Z.},
  journal = {Journal of Information Technology \& Politics},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1080/19331681.2025.2541275},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2541275},
}

J. Soc. Issues

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

T. Hamamura, T. Kobayashi, Z. Chen, and 2 more authors

Journal of Social Issues, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{hamamura2025geopolitics,
  title = {Geopolitics in language: A psychological view of {Sino-Japanese} relations over time},
  author = {Hamamura, T. and Kobayashi, T. and Chen, Z. and Chen, S. X. and Chan, C. S.},
  journal = {Journal of Social Issues},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1111/josi.70025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.70025},
}

IJBC

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair: The role of emotion, panic, and sympathy discourses in promoting productive actions

Y. Zhang, Y. Sun, G. Lu, and 2 more authors

International Journal of Business Communication, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{zhang2025emotion,
  title = {Let us not wallow in the valley of despair: The role of emotion, panic, and sympathy discourses in promoting productive actions},
  author = {Zhang, Y. and Sun, Y. and Lu, G. and Chen, Z. and Wang, C. J.},
  journal = {International Journal of Business Communication},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1177/23294884251333665},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884251333665},
}

2024

NM&S

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

Z. Chen, E. Jardine, X. F. Liu, and 1 more author

New Media & Society, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{chen2024tor,
  title = {Seeking anonymity on the Internet: The knowledge accumulation process and global usage of the {Tor} network},
  author = {Chen, Z. and Jardine, E. and Liu, X. F. and Zhu, J. J. H.},
  journal = {New Media \& Society},
  volume = {26},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1074--1095},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1177/14614448211072201},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211072201},
}

Sage Open

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

W. Yu, Z. Chen, X. Meng, and 1 more author

Sage Open, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{yu2024conspiracy,
  title = {Propagating {COVID}-19 Conspiracy Theories: The Influence of Right-Wing Sources},
  author = {Yu, W. and Chen, Z. and Meng, X. and Yan, Q.},
  journal = {Sage Open},
  volume = {14},
  number = {2},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1177/21582440241258026},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241258026},
}

CJC

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

Y. Sun, X. F. Yan, Y. Zhang, and 2 more authors

Chinese Journal of Communication, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{sun2024globalization,
  title = {Globalization in International Tensions: The Impact of Military Conflicts on Cultural Orientations of Multinational Corporations' Advertising in Modern China (1932--1937)},
  author = {Sun, Y. and Yan, X. F. and Zhang, Y. and Chen, Z. and Wang, C. J.},
  journal = {Chinese Journal of Communication},
  pages = {1--19},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1080/17544750.2024.2354698},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2024.2354698},
}

2023

HSSC

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

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

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{chen2023darkweb,
  title = {The Dark Web Privacy Dilemma: Linguistic Diversity, Talkativeness, and User Engagement on the Cryptomarket Forums},
  author = {Chen, Z. and Meng, X. and Wang, C. J.},
  journal = {Humanities and Social Sciences Communications},
  volume = {10},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1--11},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1057/s41599-023-02424-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02424-0},
}

2022

Am. Psychol.

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

T. Hamamura, C. S. Chan, S. X. Chen, and 3 more authors

American Psychologist, 2022

DOI Bib

@article{hamamura2022reply,
  title = {Toward a better understanding of cultural change: Reply to {Bao} et al. (2022)},
  author = {Hamamura, T. and Chan, C. S. and Chen, S. X. and Chen, Z. and Kobayashi, T. and Ng, J. C. K.},
  journal = {American Psychologist},
  volume = {77},
  number = {6},
  pages = {789--790},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1037/amp0001032},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001032},
}

2021

Am. Psychol.

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

T. Hamamura, Z. Chen, C. S. Chan, and 2 more authors

American Psychologist, 2021

DOI Bib

@article{hamamura2021individualism,
  title = {Individualism with {Chinese} characteristics? Discerning cultural shifts in {China} using 50 years of printed texts},
  author = {Hamamura, T. and Chen, Z. and Chan, C. S. and Chen, S. X. and Kobayashi, T.},
  journal = {American Psychologist},
  volume = {76},
  number = {6},
  pages = {888--903},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1037/amp0000840},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000840},
}

2020

arXiv

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

H. Xu, Z. Chen, R. Li, and 1 more author

arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.10083, 2020

DOI Bib

@article{xu2020geometry,
  title = {The Geometry of Information Cocoon: Analyzing the Cultural Space with Word Embedding Models},
  author = {Xu, H. and Chen, Z. and Li, R. and Wang, C. J.},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.10083},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2007.10083},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.10083},
}

2017

arXiv

Leveraging the Flow of Collective Attention for Computational Communication Research

C. J. Wang, Z. Chen, Q. Qin, and 1 more author

arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.07761, 2017

DOI Bib

@article{wang2017collectiveattention,
  title = {Leveraging the Flow of Collective Attention for Computational Communication Research},
  author = {Wang, C. J. and Chen, Z. and Qin, Q. and Chao, N.},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.07761},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.1710.07761},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07761},
}