CHEN, Hsuan-ting

CHEN, Hsuan-ting

Associate Professor

B.A.
National Chung Cheng University

M.A.
University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests

  • Public Opinion and Political Communication
  • Media Psychology and Media Effects
  • New Media Technologies

 

Current Research

  • Online political expression
  • Selective Exposure
  • Cross-Cutting Exposure

 

Teaching Interests

  • Multimedia Journalism and Web Publishing
  • Media Psychology and Users’ Behavior
  • New Media Effects and Politics
  • Internet and Democracy
  • Communication Research Methods

 

Advice to students

Be a positive thinker

Publication List:

Peer Reviewed Publications

Guo, J., Chen, H.-T., & Lu, S. (2024). Better informed or stay naïve? Revisiting different types of selective exposure and the impact on political learning. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2341031View>
Chan, M., Kuznetsov, D., Yi, J., Lee, F., & Chen, H.-T. (2024). Distributed discovery of news and perceived misinformation exposure: A cross-continent application of the resilience to online disinformation framework. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231218425View>
Guo, L., Su, C. C., & Chen, H.-T. (2023). Do news frames really have some influence in the real world? A computational analysis of cumulative framing effects on emotions and opinions about immigration. The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231204535View>
Chen, H.-T., & Guo, J. (online first). Not bowling alone: Revisiting partisan types and participatory behaviors using the communication mediated model. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502231195658View>
Gan, C., & Chen, H.-T. (in press). Sex, race, and femininity: Young Chinese females’ responses to lingerie advertising. International Journal of Advertisinghttps://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2023.2179283View>
Kim, Y., & Chen, H.-T. (in press). Smartphone use and knowledge gap hypothesis: The relationship between mobile news consumption, discussion network heterogeneity, and political knowledge. Information Technology & People.https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2023.2179283View>
Guo, J., & Chen, H.-T. (2022). How does multi-platform social media use lead to biased news engagement? Examining the role of counter-attitudinal incidental exposure, cognitive elaboration, and network homogeneity. Social Media & Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221129140View>
Mak, M. K. F., Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2022). The mediating role of social recommendation in the relationship between concern over expression and social media news participation: a comparative study of six Asian societies. Asian Journal of Communication, 32(4), 271–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2022.2046826View>
Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2022). Avoid or authenticate? a multilevel cross-country analysis of the roles of fake news concern and news fatigue on news avoidance and authentication. Digital Journalism, 1-20. doi:10.1080/21670811.2021.2016060View>
Guo, J., & Chen, H.-T.* (2022). How does political engagement on social media impact psychological well-being? examining the mediating role of social capital and perceived social support. Computers in Human Behavior, 133. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107248 *Corresponding authorView>
Chen, H.-T., Ai, M., & Guo, J. (2022). The effect of cross-cutting exposure on attitude change: examining the mediating role of response behaviors and the moderating role of openness to diversity and social network homogeneity. Asian Journal of Communication, 32(2), 93-110. doi: 10.1080/01292986.2021.2022173View>
Chen, H.-T., Kim, Y., & Chan, M. (2021). Just a glance, or more? pathways from counter-attitudinal incidental exposure to attitude (de)polarization through response behaviors and cognitive elaboration. Journal of Communicationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqab046View>
Guo, L., & Chen, H.-T. (2021). The impact of social media on civic engagement in China: the moderating role of citizenship norms in the citizen communication mediation model. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterlyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211057139View>
Chan, M., Lee, F., & Chen, H.-T. (2021). Examining the roles of social media use and connections to public actors on democratic engagement: an analysis of young adults in three Asian societies. New Media & Society, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211053559View>
Chan, M., Chen, H.-T., & Lee, F. L. F. (2021). Cross-cutting discussion on social media and online political participation: a cross-national examination of information seeking and social accountability explanations. Social Media and Society, 1-13.View>
Chen, H.-T., & Lin, J.-S. (2021). Cross-cutting and like-minded discussion on social media: The moderating role of issue importance in the (de)mobilizing effect of political discussion on political participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2021.1897822View>
Chan, M., Lee, L. F. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2021). Examining the roles of multi-platform social media news use, engagement, and connections with news organizations and journalists on news literacy: A comparison of seven democracies. Digital Journalism. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.1890168View>
Lee, F. L. F., Chan, M., & Chen, H. T. (2020). Social Media and Protest Attitudes during Movement Abeyance: A Study of Hong Kong University Student. International Journal of Communication, 14, 4932-4951View>
Chu, S.-C., Chen, H.-T., & Gan, C. (2020). Consumers’ engagement with corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication in social media: evidence from China and the United States. Journal of Business Research, 110, 260-271. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.01.036View>
Chen, H.-T., Guo, L., & Su, C. C. (2020). Network agenda setting, partisan selective exposure, and opinion repertoire: The effects of pro- and counter-attitudinal media in Hong Kong. Journal of Communication. doi:10.1093/joc/jqz042View>
Chen, H. T. (2019). Second screening and the engaged public: The role of second screening for news and political expression in an O-S-R-O-R model. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. DOI:10.1177/1077699019866432View>
Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Chen, H. T. (2019). Digital media and politics: Effects of the great information and communication divides. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 63(3), 365-373. DOI:10.1080/08838151.2019.1662019View>
Chan, C. M., & Chen, H. T., & Lee, L. F. (2018). Examining the Roles of Political Social Network and Internal Efficacy on Social Media News Engagement: A Comparative Study of Six Asian Countries. International Journal of Press/PoliticsView>
Chen, H. T. (2018). Revisiting the Privacy Paradox on Social Media With an Extended Privacy Calculus Model: The Effect of Privacy Concerns, Privacy Self-Efficacy, and Social Capital on Privacy Management. American Behavioral Scientist, 62(10), 1392-1412View>
Chen H. T. (2018) Spiral of silence on social media and the moderating role of disagreement and publicness in the network: Analyzing expressive and withdrawal behaviors. New Media & Society.View>
Chen, H.-T. (2018). Personal issue importance and motivated-reasoning goals for pro- and counterattitudinal exposure: A moderated mediation model of motivations and information selectivity on elaborative reasoning. International Journal of Public Opinion ResearchView>
Chan, M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, L. F. (2017). Hong Kong. In N. Newman, R. Fletcher, A. Kalogeropoulos, D. A. L. Levy, & R. K. Nielsen (Eds.), Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2017 (pp. 118-119). Oxford, UK: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.View>
Chan, M., Chen, H.-T., & Lee, F. L. F. (2017). Examining the roles of mobile and social media in political participation: A cross-national analysis of three Asian societies using a communication mediation approach. New Media & Society, 19, 2003-2021.View>
Chen, H.-T., & Li, X. (2017). The contribution of mobile social media to social capital and psychological well-being: Examining the role of communicative use, friending and self-disclosure. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 958-965.View>
Chen, H.-T., Gan, C. & Sun, P. (2017). How does political satire influence political participation? Examining the role of counter- and proattitudinal exposure, anger, and personal issue importance. International Journal of Communication, 11, 3011-3029View>
Lee, F. L. F., Chen, H.-T., & Chan, M. (2017). Social media use and university students’ participation in a large-scale protest campaign: The case of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Telematics and Informatics, 34(2), 457-469.View>
Chen, H. T, Chan, M. & Lee, F. L. F. (2016). Social media use and democratic engagement: A comparative study of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Chinese Journal of Communication.View>
Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Wang, Y. (2016). Living in the smartphone age: Examining the conditional indirect effects of mobile phone use on political participation. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, vol. 60(4), 694-713.
Kim, Y., & Chen, H. T. (2016). Social media and online political participation: The mediating role of exposure to cross-cutting and like-minded perspectives. Telematics and Informatics, 33(2), 320-330View>
Chu, S. C., Chen, H., & Sung, Y. (2016). Following brands on Twitter: an extension of theory of planned behavior. International Journal of Advertising, 35(3), 421-437View>
Chen, H., & Chen, W. (2015). Couldn’t or wouldn’t? The influence of privacy concerns and self-efficacy in privacy management on privacy protection. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(1), 13-19. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0456View>
Chen, H., Sun, P., & Gan, C. (2015). Far from reach but near at hand: The role of social media for cross-national mobilization. Computers in Human Behavior, 53, 443-451. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.052View>
Kim, Y., & Chen, H. (2015). Discussion network heterogeneity matters: Examining a moderated mediation model of social media use and civic engagement. International Journal of Communication, 9, 2344-2365.View>
Chen, H. & Kim, Y. (2013). Problematic use of social network sites: The interactive relationship between gratifications sought and privacy concerns. Cyberpsychology, Behaviors, and Social Networking 16(11), 806-812.View>
Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2013). Stumbling upon news on the Internet: Effects of incidental news exposure and relative entertainment use on political engagement. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2607-2614.View>
Chen, H. (2012). Multiple issue publics in the high-choice media environment: Media use, online activity, and political knowledge. Asian Journal of Communication, 22(6), 621-641View>
Chen, H. & Kim, Y. (2011). Attacking or self-promoting? The influence of tone of advertising and issue relevance on candidate evaluations and the likelihood of voting for an emerging challenger in Korea. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 5(4), 261-280View>

Book Chapter

Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2016). Exploring the Potential for Mobile Communications to Engender an Engaged Citizenry: A Comparative Study of University Students in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In R. Wei (Ed.), Mobile Media, Political Participation, and Civic Activism in Asia (pp. 193-213). Netherlands: Springer.
Chen, H. (2012). Personalized realities: Media fragmentation in society. In A. W. Hinsley, K. Kaufhold & S. C. Lewis (Eds.), The future of news: An agenda of perspectives (2 ed., pp. 81-86). San Diego, CA: Cognella.View>

Conference Papers and Presentations

Lee, L. F., Chan, C. M., Chen, H. T., & Fletcher, R. (2019). News Feed Curation on Social Media as Active Personalization: A Study of Six East Asian Markets. Paper presented at the 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference.
Chen, H. T., Guo, L., & Su, C. (2019). Network Agenda Setting, Partisan Selectivity, and Opinion Repertoire: An Analysis of Media Effects on Hongkongers’ Perception of the Hong Kong-Mainland China Relationship. Paper presented at the 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference.
Chen, H. T. (2019). Second Screening and the Engaged Public: The Role of Second Screening for News and Political Expression in an O-S-R-O-R Model. Paper presented at the 9th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference.
Chen, H. T., Chu, S.-C., Gan, C. (2019). Consumers’ Engagement with Corporate Social Responsibility Communication in Social Media: Evidence from China and the United States. Paper presented at the 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference.
Chan, C. M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, L. F. (2018). A Comparative Analysis of Social Media News Engagement in Asia. Paper presented at the Symposium on Digital Research into Media and Politics: International and Hong Kong Studies.
Chen, H. T. (2018). Examining the Role of Second Screening in Influencing Political Engagement. Paper presented at 2018 International Conference on Social Media and Society (#SMSociety).
Chan, C. M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, L. F. (2018). Examining Social Media News Engagement in Six Asian Countries and The Roles of Political Social Networks and Efficacy. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Social Media & Society (2018).
Chen, H. T. (2018). Incidental Exposure to Disagreement and (De)Polarization. Paper presented at 2018 International Conference on E -Society Research, Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University.
Chen, H. T. (2018, May). Revisiting the privacy paradox on mobile social media with an extended privacy calculus model. Presentation conducted at the 68th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Prague, the Czech Republic.
Chen. H. (2017). A path to deliberation? A moderated mediation model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, and information selectivity on elaborative reasoning. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference 2017, Chicago, USA.
Chen, H., & Li, X. (2017). The contribution of mobile social media to social capital and psychological well-being: Examining the role of communicative use, friending, and self-disclosure. Paper presented at the 67th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, San Diego, USA.
Chen, H., Gan, C. & Sun, P. (2016). How does political satire influence political participation? Examining the factors of exposure to pro-and counter-attitudinal political views, anger, and personal issue importance. Paper presented at the Association for education in journalism and mass communication, Minneapolis, USA.
Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Kim, B. (2016). Does smartphone make people smart? A conditional indirect effect of smartphone use for news on political knowledge. Paper presented in the 66th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Fukuoka, JapanView>
Chan, M., Chen, H., & Lee, F. L. F. (2016). Examining the effects of mobile and social media news on political participation: A cross-national analysis of three Asian societies using a communication mediation approach. Paper presented in the 66th Annual International Communication Associtation (ICA) Conference, Fukuoka, JapanView>
Chan, M., Chen, H., & Lee, F. L. F. (2015). Mobile news, social media news, and political participation in three Asian societies: An examination of direct and indirect effects using the O-S-R-O-R model. Paper presented in the Social Media & Society Conference, Toronto, Canada.View>
Chen, H., Saldaña, M., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2015, May). How You Are Motivated to Talk Matters: A Moderated Mediation Model of Political Discussion. Paper presented in the International Communication Association, Puerto Rico, USA.View>
Chen, H., Sun, P., & Gan, C. (2015, May). Far from reach but near at hand: The role of social media for cross-national mobilization. Paper presented in the International Communication Association, Puerto Rico, USA.View>
Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Wang, Y. (2015, May). Living in the smartphone age: Examining the conditional indirect effects of mobile phone use on political participation. Paper presented in the International Communication Association, Puerto Rico, USA.View>
Chen, H. (2014). Bridging the gap between deliberative and participatory democracy: Issue publics’ information selectivity, deliberation and participation”. Paper presented in the International Communication Association, Seattle, USAView>
Chen, H. (2014). Capturing issue publics with attitude attributes and issue-specificity: The conceptualization and operationalization”. Paper presented in the International Communication Association, Seattle, USA.View>
Chen, H., Lee. S., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2012, August). Issue publics and exposure to cross-cutting political views: The mediating effects of motivations for discussion and the contribution to discussion elaboration. Accepted to the 2012 annual conference of American Political Science Association, Public Opinion and Political Communication Divisions, New Orleans, LAView>
Chen, H., Jeong, S., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2012, May). Issue public and online political expression: The mediating effects on exposure to cross-cutting political views and political participation. Paper presented at the 2012 annual conference of International Communication Association, Political Communication Division, Phoenix, AZ.
Kim, Y. & Chen, H. (2012, May). Social media and political participation: The mediating role of exposure to cross-cutting perspectives and like-minded perspectives. Paper presented at the 2012 annual conference of International Communication Association, Mass Communication and Society Division, Phoenix, AZView>
Chen, H. & Kim, Y. (2011 August). Political talk shows in Taiwan: Multiple issue publics, political efficacy and their relationships to political knowledge, participation and attitude. Paper presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Communication Interest Group, St. Louis, MO.View>
Kim, Y. & Chen, H. (2011, August). Does disagreement mitigate polarization? How partisan media use and disagreement affect political polarization. Paper presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, St. Louis, MOView>
Chen, H. (2011, May). Multiple issue public membership and its relationship with media use and political knowledge: The role of selectivity and issue capacity. Paper presented at the 2011 annual conference of International Communication Association, Mass Communication and Society Division, Boston, MA.
Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2010, August). Does the Internet lead to fragmentation? Relationships of relative entertainment use and incidental news exposure with political knowledge and participation. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, Denver, COView>
Chen, H. (2009, August). Gaining gratifications or losing privacy on social-networking sites? Exploring privacy concerns and the relationship with gratifications and Internet addiction. Presented at the annual conference of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Technology Division, Boston, MA.View>
Kim, Y. & Chen, H. (2009, August). Attacking or self-promoting: The impact of political advertising on candidate evaluation and the likelihood of voting. Presented at the annual conference of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Advertising Division, Boston, MA.View>
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