Presentations

Selected Presentations

Online Hate and Counterspeech

• Zhang, Y. (2026). Strategy Over Source: How AI Disclosure Shapes Perceptions of Counterspeech. Comm Horizons @ UCD 2026: Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms. Davis, CA, United States.
• Zhang, Y. & Walther, J. B. (2025). Strategies to deter online hate: Review, critique, and future research. National Communication Association’s 111th Annual Conference (NCA 2025). Denver, CO, United States.
• Walther, J. B., Li, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Assessing the hatefulness of social media posts: A continuous measure of hate using generative AI. Comm Horizons @UCD 2025: Media, Health, and Society. Davis, CA, United States.
• Zhang, Y., & Li, Z. (2025). Can AI help counter hate online? Comparing AI- and human-generated counter-messages. 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2025). Denver, CO, United States.
• Malik, M., Zhang, Y., Wang, M., & Wheeler, B. (2025). Exploring the ripple effects of online hate speech: A mixed-methods study. 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2025). Denver, CO, United States.

Computer-Mediated Communication

• Zhang, Y. (2026). Can Editable Sources Affect People’s Trust in Online Information? Exploring Editability Affordance on Social Media. 76th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2026), Cape Town, South Africa.
• Zhang, Y., & Wang, L. H. (2025). Number of friends or mutual friends? Testing effects of different types of system generated cues on impression formation on SNS. 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2025). Denver, CO, United States.
• Zhang, Y., & Van Der Heide, B. (2024). Vicarious interactions in online support communities: Testing attitude and behavioral intention toward online support. 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2024), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Zhang, Y. (2024). Effects of anticipated future interaction on question asking in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal and language perspectives. 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2024), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Van Der Heide, B., Mason, A. J., Earle, K., Ulusoy, E., Pham, D., Rathjens, B., Zhang, Y., & Bredland, A. (2022). Does warranting theory function best outside of a truth-default state: Initial experimental evidence. National Communication Association’s 108th Annual Conference (NCA 2022). New Orleans, LA, United States.
• Pham, D., Van Der Heide, B., Zhang, Y., Earle, K., Rathjens, B., Ulusoy, E., Mason, A. J., & Bredland, A. (2022). Testing the effects of providing feedback on perceiving selective self-presentations in computer-mediated communication. National Communication Association’s 108th Annual Conference (NCA 2022). New Orleans, LA, United States.
• Wang, S., Chu, T., Huang, G., & Zhang, Y. (2022). A meta-analysis of credibility perceptions of bandwagon cues. 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2022), Paris, France.

Statistics and Methodology

• Wang, M., Zhang, Y., & Wang, L. H. (2026). Advancing the Use of Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) in Communication Scholarship: An Application to Map Shifts in Privacy Protection Motivation. 76th Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2026), Cape Town, South Africa.
• Schmälzle, R., Ye, Q., Zhang, Y., Yoon, H., Liu, H., Delle, F., Lewin, K., Jahn, N., & Long, J. (2022). Moment-by-moment tracking of brain responses to an engaging story: A replication study using forward and reverse correlation to study narrative reception. National Communication Association’s 108th Annual Conference (NCA 2022). New Orleans, LA, United States.