梁海

梁海

副教授

B.A., B.S.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ph.D.
City University of Hong Kong

Research Interests

  • Computational Social Science
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Political Communication
  • Public Health

 

Current Research

  • Informal Political Conversation on Social Media
  • Digital Epidemiology & Digital Health Communication
  • Networked Communication Process

 

Teaching Interests

  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Digital Humanities
  • Computational Social Science

 

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Selected Publications:

The expression effects of uncivil disagreement
Published in Human Communication Research, 2023
Recommended citation: Liang, H., & Ng, Y. M. M. (2023). The expression effects of uncivil disagreement: The mechanisms of cognitive dissonance and self-perception. Human Communication Research, 49(3), 251–259. doi: 10.1093/hcr/hqac032
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Partisan bias of perceived incivility and its political consequences
Published in Journal of Communication, 2021
Recommended citation: Liang, H., & Zhang, X. (2021). Partisan bias of perceived incivility and its political consequences: Evidence from survey experiments in Hong Kong. Journal of Communication, 71(3), 357–379. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqab008
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Network redundancy and information diffusion
Published in Communication Research, 2019
Recommended citation: Liang, H., & Fu, K. W. (2019). Network redundancy and information diffusion: The impacts of information redundancy, similarity, and tie strength. Communication Research, 46(2), 250-272. doi: 10.1177/0093650216682900
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Broadcast versus viral spreading
Published in Journal of Communication, 2018
Recommended citation: Liang, H. (2018). Broadcast versus viral spreading: The structure of diffusion cascades and selective sharing on social media. Journal of Communication, 68(3), 525–546. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqy006
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Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies
Published in New Media & Society, 2017
Recommended citation: Liang, H., Shen, F., & Fu, K. W. (2017). Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies: A study of global Twitter users. New Media & Society, 19(9), 1476-1497. doi: 10.1177/1461444816642210
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Information similarity overload and redundancy
Published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2017
Recommended citation: Liang, H., & Fu, K. W. (2017). Information similarity, overload, and redundancy: Unsubscribing information sources on Twitter. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 22(1), 1–17. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12178
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Testing propositions derived from Twitter studies
Published in PLoS ONE, 2015
Recommended citation: Liang, H., & Fu, K. W. (2015). Testing propositions derived from Twitter studies: Generalization and replication in computational social science. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0134270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134270
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The organizational principles of online political discussion
Published in Human Communication Research, 2014
Recommended citation: Liang, H. (2014). The organizational principles of online political discussion: A relational event stream model for analysis of web forum deliberation. Human Communication Research, 40(4), 483-507. doi: 10.1111/hcre.12034
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Coevolution of political discussion and common ground in web discussion forum
Published in Social Science Computer Review, 2014
Recommended citation: Liang, H. (2014). Coevolution of political discussion and common ground in web discussion forum. Social Science Computer Review, 32(2), 155-169. doi: 10.1177/0894439313506844
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