Publications

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Online Hate and Counterspeech

Yang, Y., Lange, R., Zhang, Y., & Walther, J. B. (2025). How social responses to online hate messages affect hatefulness. New Media & Society. DOI

Zhang, Y., & Van Der Heide, B. (2026). How observing interactions online affects attitudes and behavioral intention toward online social support: A vicarious interactions perspective. Communication Research Reports. DOI
Pham, D., Van Der Heide, B., Zhang, Y., Earle, K., Rathjens, B., Ulusoy, E., Mason, A. J., & Bredland, A. (2025). Testing the effects of providing feedback on perceiving selective self-presentations in computer-mediated communication. Media Psychology. DOI
Rathjens, B., Van Der Heide, B., Earle, K., Ulusoy, E., Pham, D., Mason, A. J., Zhang, Y., & Bredland, A. (2022). Negative online reviews and manager response: Applying expectancy disconfirmation theory in a CMC context. Communication Reports. DOI

Holmstrom, A., Shebib, S., Hu, J., Lim, J., Zhang, Y., Bredland, A., Mazur, A., Mason, A., Allard, A., Boumis, J., Schulte, H., Ha, J., Wolfe, B., Szczypka, M., Wu, P., Zhang, Y., Cui, X., & Zhang, L. (2026). Theoretical distinctions between emotional and esteem-support messages: Examining effects and mediating mechanisms. Communication Research. DOI

Yik, B. J., Zhang, Y., Nylund-Gibson, K., Ing, M., Krawiec, L., Houck, J. D., & Nacsa, E. D. (2026). Exploring heterogeneity in chemistry education research: Comparing cluster analysis and latent profile analysis. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. DOI
Schmälzle, R., Liu, H., Delle, F., Lewin, K., Jahn, N., Zhang, Y., Yoon, H., & Long, J. (2024). Moment-by-moment tracking of audience brain responses to an engaging public speech: Replicating the reverse-message engineering approach. Communication Monographs. DOI

Zhang, Y. (under review). Mapping methods in online hate research: A review, comparison, and future directions. Paper submitted to Annals of the International Communication Association.
Li, Z., Qin, J., Nan, Y., Zhang, Y., Baum, M. A., Subramanian, S. V., & Viswanath, K. (under review). How does health misinformation shape vaccination outcomes? A meta-analysis. Paper submitted to Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.