Publications

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

• • Zhang, W. (2016). The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making. London and New York: Routledge.
    • Translated into Chinese 《粉丝公众》

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

• • Xi, Y., Chen, A., & Zhang, W. (online first). The expression of cultural identities in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement: A semantic network analysis of tweets. Social Science Computer Review.
  • Zhang, X., Chen, A., & Zhang, W. (online first). Before and after the Chinese gene-edited human babies: Multiple discourses of gene editing on social media. Public Understanding of Science. 
  • Chang L. & Zhang W., (2021) “Procedural Justice in Online Deliberation: Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Findings”, Journal of Deliberative Democracy 17(1). p.105-117. doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/10.16997/jdd.968
  • Yang T. & Wang Y. & Zhang W., (2021) “Effects of Knowledge and Reflection in Intrapersonal Deliberation”, Journal of Deliberative Democracy 17(1). p.134-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/10.16997/jdd.964
  • Zhang, W., Chen, Z., & Xi, Y. (2021). Traffic media: how algorithmic imaginations and practices change content production. Chinese Journal of Communication, 14(1). 58-74.
  • Chen, Z & Zhang, W. (2020), Bracketing or Reinforcing?: Socio-economic Status, Network Power, and Online Deliberation. Telematics & Informatics, 52, Article 101417. 
  • Zhang, W., Xi, Y., & Chen, A. (2020), Why Do Replies Appear? A Multi-level Event History Analysis of Online Policy Discussions. New Media & Society, 22(8), 1484-1504. 
  • Zhang, W. & Yang, T. (2020). The interaction between perceived procedural fairness and perceived disagreement in deliberation. Acta Politica, 55, 199–220.
  • Zhang, W. & Neyazi, T. (2020). Communication and Technology Theories from the South: The Cases of China and India. Annals of ICA, 44 (1), 34-49.
  • Liang, J., Liu, X., Zhang, W. (2019) Scientists vs. Laypeople: How Genetically Modified Food is Discussed on a Chinese Q&A Website?. Public Understanding of Science, 28(8), 991-1004.
  • Zhang, L. & Zhang, W. (2018). The influence of monetization on the public functions of Weibo, Global Media and China, 3(3), 195-212.
  • Zhang, W. (2016). Social media and elections in Singapore: comparing 2011 and 2015. Chinese Journal of Communication, 9(4), 367-384.
  • Haciyakupoglu, G. & Zhang, W. (2015). Social media and trust during the Gezi Protests in Turkey. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 40(2), 250-266.
  • Zhang, W. (2015). Perceived procedural fairness in deliberation: Predictors and effects. Communication Research, 42(3), 345-364. 
  • Zhang, W. (2015). Learning variables, in-class laptop multitasking and academic performance: A path analysis. Computers & Education, 81, 82-88. 
  • Zhang, W & Chib, A. (2014). Internet studies and development discourses: The cases of China and India. Information Technology for Development, 20(4), 324-338. 
  • Zhang, W. & Chang, L. (2014). Perceived Speech Conditions and Disagreement of Everyday Talk: A Proceduralist Perspective of Citizen Deliberation. Communication Theory, 24(2), 124-145. 
  • Chang, L., Jacobson, T., & Zhang, W. (2013). A Communicative Action Approach to Evaluating Citizen Support for a Government’s Smoking Policies. Journal of Communication, 63(6), 1153-1174. 
  • Zhang, L. & Zhang, W. (2013). Real-time Internet news browsing: Information vs. experience-related gratifications and behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2712-2721. 
  • Zhang, W. (2013). Redefining youth activism through digital technology in Singapore. International Communication Gazette, 75(3), 253-270.
    • Reprinted in Youth Culture and Activism in Southeast Asia. ISEAS, 2015.
  • Zhang, W. & Mao, C. (2013). Fan activism sustained and challenged: Participatory culture in Chinese online translation communities. Chinese Journal of Communication, 6(1), 45-61.
  • Zhang, W., Cao, X., & Trah, M. N. (2013). The structural features and the deliberative quality of online discussions. Telematics & Informatics, 30(2), 74-86.
  • Zhang, W. (2012). The Effects of Political News Use, Political Discussion and Authoritarian Orientation on Political Participation: Evidences from Singapore and Taiwan. Asian Journal of Communication, 22(5): 474-492. Top 5 Cited Articles in 2013.
  • Zhang, W. & Zhang, L. (2012). Explicating multitasking with computers: Gratifications and situations. Computers in Human Behavior, 28 (5), 1883-1891.
  • Zhang, W. (2010). Technical capital and participatory inequality in eDeliberation: An actor-network analysis. Information, Communication & Society, 13(7), 1019-1039.
  • Zhang, W., & Wang, R. (2010). Interest-oriented versus relationship-oriented social network sites in China. First Monday, 15(8), Accessed on July 30, 2010 at http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2836/2582 
  • Zhang, W., Jeong, S. H., & Fishbein, M. (2010). Situational factors competing for attention: The interaction effect between multitasking and sexual explicitness on TV recognition. Journal of Media Psychology, 22(1), 2-13.
  • Zhang, W. (2006). Constructing and disseminating subaltern public discourses in China. Javnost-The Public, 13(2), 41-64.
  • McIntyre, B. T., Cheng W. S. & Zhang, W. (2002). Cantopop: The voice of Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 12(2), 217-243. 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
  • Zhang W., Yang, T., & Perrault, S. (2021, May). Nudge for reflection: More than Just a Channel to Political Knowledge. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference Full Papers on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021). ACM. 
  • Zhang, W., Lim, G., Wang, Z., & Perrault, S. (2020, October). #CivicTech For And By Citizens: A Review And A Meta-Evaluation. In Proceedings of Annual CSCW conference Workshop Position Papers on Civic Technologies. Virtual.
  • Menon, S., Zhang, W. & Perrault, S. (2020, May). Nudge for Deliberativeness: How Interface Features Influence Online Discourses. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference Full Papers on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020). Hawaii, United States.
  • Perrault, S. & Zhang, W. (2019, May). Effects of Moderation and Opinion Heterogeneity on Attitude towards the Online Deliberation Process. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference Full Papers on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019). Glasgow, UK.
  • Zhang, W., & Soon, C (2017). The Main and Spillover Effects of Online Deliberation: Changes in opinions, informational media use and political activities. In Proceedings of the Conference for eDemocracy and Open Government (CeDEM 2017), Danube University Krems, Austria.
  • Lu, X., Zhang, W., Przybylska, A, De Liddo, A., Convertino, G., Davies, T., & Klein, M. (2015). Design for Online Deliberative Processes and Technologies: Towards a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda. CHI 2015, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Menon, S. & Zhang, W. (2014). A value-based design approach for online deliberation. CeDEM Asia 2014, Hong Kong, China.
  • Zhang, W. & David, C. (2012). Youth engagement and ICTs in Southeast Asia: Reflections on emerging trends. In M. M. Skoric, M. Sachs, & P. Parycek (Eds.), Proceedings of CeDEM Asia 2012: the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Singapore. 
  • Zhang, W. (2010). Simulating the ideal eDeliberation: The roles of inclusion, equalization, and rationalization. In F. de Cindio, A. Machintosh, & C. Perobono (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Online Deliberation, Leeds, UK. 
  • Zhang, W. (2005). Are online discussions deliberate?: A case study of a Chinese online discussion board. In Masip, P., & Rom, J. (Eds.), III International Conference on Communication and Reality. Digital Utopia in the Media: From Discourses to Facts. A Balance. Barcelona: Blanquerna Tecnologia i Serveis

   

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• • Goh, D., Nekmat, E., Pang, N., Soon, C., & Zhang, W. (2017). Shifts in communicative power: Social media and elections in Singapore. In George, C. (Ed.), Communicating with power, pp. Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang.
  • Sabrina, M. A. & Zhang, W. (2016). Alternative tweeting: A comparison of frames in Twitter’s political discourse and mainstream newspaper coverage on Singapore General Elections 2011. In M. Adria & Y. Mao (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media, pp. 324-343. IGI Global.
  • Zhang, W. & Pang, N. (2016). The Internet and social media. In Lee, T., & Tan, K. (Eds.), Change in voting: Singapore’s 2015 General Election, pp. Singapore: Ethos Books.
  • Zhang, W. (2015). The disenfranchised and eDeliberation: Beyond access. In Coleman, S., Przybylska, A., & Sintomer, Y. (Eds.), Deliberation and Democracy: Innovative Processes and Institutions, pp. 57-82. Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang.
  • Zhang, W. (2015). The silence of majority: Political talk during 2011 election time. In Tan, T. H., Mahizhnan, A., & Ang, P. H. (Eds.), Battle for hearts and minds: New media and elections in Singapore. pp.227-246. Singapore: World Scientific.
  • Zhang, W. & Zhang, L. (2015). Fandom of foreign reality TV shows in Chinese cybersphere. In Chen, W. & Reese, S. (Eds.) Networked China: Global Dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement: New Agendas in Communication, pp.197-213. London: Routledge.
  • Zhang, W. (2014). The influence of new technologies on political communication (in Chinese). In J. Hong (Ed.), New trends in communication studies. pp.732-746. Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.  
  • Zhang, W. (2014). Estimating the effects of nonresponses in online panels through imputation. In M. Callegaro, R. P. Baker, J. Bethlehem, A. S. Göritz, J. A. Krosnick, & P. J. Lavraka. (Eds.), Online Panel Research: A Data Quality Perspective. pp.299-310. Wiley.
  • Zhang, W. (2012). Virtual communities as subaltern public spheres: A theoretical development and an application to the Chinese Internet. In H. Li (Ed.), Virtual community participation and motivation: Cross-disciplinary theories. Pp.143-161. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 
  • Zhang, W. (2011). Multitasking with new media in large classrooms: Findings from online survey and focus groups. In S. D. Liew (Ed.), Technology in Higher Education: The State of the Art. pp.138-143. Singapore: CDTL, NUS.
  • Jeong, S., Zhang, W., Fishbein, M., Davis, E., Bleakley, A., Jordan, A., & Hennessy, M. (2010). Multiple media use and multitasking with media among high school and college students: A Diary method. In M.B. Hinner (Ed.), The interrelationship of business and communication. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang GmbH.
  • McIntyre, B. T., & Zhang, W. (2003). The communication scene in Hong Kong. In Goonasekera, A., Lee, C. W., & Venkatraman, S. (Eds.), Asian Communication Handbook 2003. Singapore: AMIC.

BOOK REVIEWS

• • Zhang, W. (2017). Review of Youth Culture in China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 10(4), 466-467.

  • Zhang, W. (2015). Review of Chinese Television in the Twenty-First Century: Entertaining the Nation. Asian Studies Review,  

  • Zhang, W. (2014). Review of Online Society in China: Creating, celebrating and instrumentalising the online carnival. Asian Studies Review, 38(3), 519-520.

  • Zhang, W. (2013). Social activism, globalization, and technologies: A meta-review of three books. Chinese Journal of Communication, 6(4), 497-504.  

  • Zhang, W. (2010). Review of The power of the Internet in China: Citizen activism online. Asian Journal of Communication, 20(1), 141-142.

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

• • Ph.D. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 2008. Dissertation title: Deliberation and the Disempowered: Access, Experience and Influence.

  • Master of Philosophy in Communication (Graduation with honors), School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 2003. Thesis title: Subaltern Public Spheres on the Internet: A Case Study of a Chinese Online Discussion Board.

PUBLISHED REPORTS

• • Zhang, W. (2012). Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia. IDRC, Canada. Accessed on September 28, 2013 at http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/48361/1/IDL-48361.pdf

  • Tan, T. H., Chung, S., & Zhang, W. (2011). Survey on Political Traits and Media Use. Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore. Accessed on September 28, 2013 at http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ips/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/Media-Survey-Report_230511.pdf

Invited Talks

• The history of Civic Tech in Singapore, Singapore Research Nexus Virtual Event, FASS, NUS, May 12th, 2021.
• When virtual ethnography becomes completely virtual, Revisiting Networked China Online Conference, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin, April 10th, 2021.
• Digital Media as Change Makers (in Chinese), Workshop on digital media as data and method, School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 29th – 30th, 2021.
• Perceived electoral fairness and media use: Evidences from two General Elections, Singapore Research Nexus Virtual Event, FASS, NUS, November 26th, 2020.
• Swing voters in GE2020, Forum on Internet and Media Use in GE2020, hosted by IPS, NUS, virtual event open to the public, October 8th, 2020.
• Fandom publics (book talk), Guangxi Arts College, September 24th, 2019
• Fandom publics (book talk), School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University, July 2nd, 2019
• Online Deliberation in Asia, the International Conference on “the Search for Deliberative Democracy in Asia”, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, May 17th to 18th, 2019
• Entertaining Publics, Sun Yet-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, November 10th, 2018
• Designing Online Deliberative Processes and Technologies for Citizen Input to Policy Making (Keynote Speaker), Journalism and Mass Communications Conference (JMComm) 2018, Singapore, October 22nd, 2018
• Youth, ICTs, and Political Engagement in Asia: A revisit after six years, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP IN ASIA WORKSHOP, National University of Singapore, October 12th, 2018
• Fandom Publics (book talk), Southern Technological University, Shenzhen, China, September 25th, 2018
• Fostering citizen deliberation through online platforms, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, September 19th , 2018
• Online deliberation in Singapore, The Lianhezaobao Singapore-China Forum, Singapore, July 10th, 2018
• Audience/Consumer/Public/Crowd in media scape?: The history and future of media and cultural studies, Sun Yet-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, October 11th, 2017
• Fandom publics (book talk): Networks and new social formation in China (book talk), Sun Yet-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, April 1st, 2017
• Fandom publics (book talk): Networks and new social formation in China (book talk), City University of Hong Kong, March 31st, 2017
• Fandom publics (book talk): Networks and new social formation in China (book talk), University of Virginia, March 21st, 2017
• Fandom publics (book talk): The Internet and new social formation in China (book talk), Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 18th, 2017
• Mapping the space for online deliberation, University of Wurzburg, November 28th, 2016
• Fandom publics (book talk): The Internet and new social formation in China (book talk), Leiden University, November 9th, 2016
• Online deliberation in Singapore, University of Amsterdam, October 25th, 2016
• Mapping the field of online deliberation, University of Warsaw, October 12th, 2016
• Fandom publics (book talk): The Internet and new social formation in China (book talk), Royal Holloway University, September 20th, 2016
• Online deliberation in Singapore, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, July 29th, 2016
• Online deliberation in Singapore, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, July 27th, 2016
• Mapping the field of online deliberation, Public Policy and Public Consultation: Deliberative Democracy in Asia, Singapore, May 20th – 21st, 2016
• The reality of reality shows: Online fandom and cross-cultural communication (Keynote Speaker), The Second Cross-Strait Conference on Speech Communication, Nanning, China, December 11th, 2015.
• Panelist on “Global Perspectives on Social Media and Sociopolitical Engagement”, Global Communication Research in the 21st Century Symposium, The Penn-Wharton China Center in Beijing, June 16th, 2015
• Panelist on “Networked China Bluesky workshop”, the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 25th, 2015.
• Presenter at the Comparative Political Communication Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, February 5th, 2015.
• Celebrity activism on Weibo: Performance, style, and social networks (spotlight presentation), the China Internet Research Conference, Hong Kong Polytech University, Hong Kong, June 19th-21st, 2014
• Fandom of foreign reality TV shows in Chinese cyber sphere, the conference on “Networked China: Global Dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement”, College of Communication, the University of Texas at Austin, October 17th-19th, 2013
• Social media in China: A credibility crisis?, the workshop on ‘China India Media Mediation’, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS, Singapore, May 17th, 2012
• Political Cynicism and Political Communications in an Authoritarian Democracy, the Seminar on "The Influence of Political Cynicism and Political Efficacy on Media Use: Further findings from the IPS Survey", Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore, September 14th, 2011
• Change, Youth, Failure, Excellence (keynote lecture), the 22nd International Youth Forum, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea, August 18th, 2011
• Urban Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, September 13th, 2010
• Youth Engagement and ICTs in Asia: A Comparative Analysis, Young Scholar Forum 2010, School of Journalism, Renming University, July 10th, 2010
• Youth Engagement and ICTs in Asia: A Comparative Approach, The Joint Summer School by Chinese University of Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Westminster and University of Pennsylvania, Chinese University of Communication, July 8th, 2010  
• Youth, ICTs and Political Engagement in Asia, Workshop on Potential for Mobile 2.0 in Emerging Asia, LIRNEAsia, June 22nd, 2010
• Multitasking with (new) media, Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, April 14th, 2010
• Communication and values on political engagement, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, December 7th, 2009
• Multitasking with media: From antecedents to consequences, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, October 21st, 2009
• Pushing democracy: Prospects for media and technology, Peace, Human Rights, Good Governance: East Asian Democracies at the Crossroads, The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, September 30th, 2009
• In search of collective action: Relationship-oriented vs. interest-oriented social networking sites in China, Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, April 1st, 2009
• eDeliberation and the disempowered: Access, experience and influence, Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, March 2008
• The Internet and disempowered groups, Department of Communication, College of Charleston, January 2008
• New media behaviors: What they are and what they do, Department of Advertising, The University of Texas, Austin, November 2007

Research Grants

1. Co-Principal Investigator (2021-2022), CTIC-DQI Pilot Project Proposal on Digital Wellbeing, CTIC, NUS, S$44,820 (PI is Dr. Audrey Yue, CNM, NUS)
2. Collaborator (2020-2021), Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation, and the Public Good, DSTA Singapore, S$502,624 (PI is Dr. Taberez Neyazi, CNM, NUS)
3. Principal Investigator (2020-2022), Civic Tech in Asia, HSS Seed Fund (Collaborative Research), National University of Singapore, S$40,000.
4. Principal Investigator (2020-2021), The mediation of civic learning by digital social media: An Australia – Singapore comparison, NUS-University of Sydney Partnership Fund, S$19,888.
5. Principal Investigator (2019-2020), The Chinese Internet Research Conference 2019,  AcRF Tier 1 Grant, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, S$13,371
6. Co-Principal Investigator (2018-2020), Artificial Intelligence, everyday life and disinformation across Asia, HSS Seed Fund, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, S$20,000 (PI is Dr. Taberez Neyazi, CNM, NUS)
7. Principal Investigator (2014-2017), Deliberative governance: Developing a digital platform, Ministry of Education, Singapore, S$430,000
8. Principal Investigator (2015-2016), The Internet and New Social Formation in China, FASS Book Grant Scheme, S$8,250
9. Principal Investigator (2011-2012), Online Deliberation in Singapore, Large Grant Writing Workshop Scheme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, S$9800
10. Co-Principal Investigator (2011-2013), News across the Great Wall: Analyzing Taiwan, Asian, and Western News Media’s Web Strategies for Internet Users in China, CHIANG CHING-KUO FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE, US$34,955. (PI is Dr. Iris Chyi, University of Texas-Austin)
11. Co-Principal Investigator (2011-2012), 2011 Singapore General Election Survey, IPS, Singapore, S$50,000 (US$40,116) (PI is Mr. Tan Tarn How, IPS, NUS)
12. Co-Principal Investigator (2009-2011), Citizen Participation and Legitimacy: Issues in the Evaluation of Health Policy-Making, Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Tier 1, National University of Singapore, S$62,100 (US$44,708) (PI is Dr. Leanne Chang, Baptist University of Hong Kong)
13. Co-Principal Investigator (2009-2011), IPS-CNM Media Use Surveys, Tote Board, Singapore, S$47,800 (US$34,388) (PI is Mr. Tan Tarn How, IPS, NUS)
14. Principal Investigator (2009-2011), Youth engagement and ICTs in Asia, PANeGov, IDRC, Canada, S$176,000 (US$122,000)
15. Principal Investigator (2008-2011), Civic Engagement and Asian Youth: From Facts to Changes, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Start-Up Fund, National University of Singapore, S$20,000 (US$12,935)
16. Principal Investigator (2008), GAPSA-Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, US$6,000
17. Co-Investigator (2005), Media Arousal and Multitasking Effects Study, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, US$2,500 (PI is Prof. Martin Fishbein, University of Pennsylvania)