Computational Social Science & Digital Methods

Computational communication research using large-scale digital trace data, measurement, and causal designs.

I develop computational communication / computational social science projects that combine large-scale data, careful measurement, and defensible designs.

Representative directions:

  • Platform and agenda dynamics (large-scale text + time-series signals)
  • Measurement and validation for AI-assisted research pipelines
  • Causal designs and policy evaluation with observational data (transparent assumptions + robustness checks)

Selected outputs & working papers (2025+)

  • Parental Mediation, Digital Media Usage, and Health Literacy: An Exploration Among Chinese Elementary School Students
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    Health Communication(2025)— Published
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    Take-home: Parental mediation is meaningfully linked to children’s digital media use and health literacy, with implications for family and school interventions.
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  • “Private Dispute or Public Responsibility?”—Newspaper Framing of Domestic Violence in Four Chinese Regions
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    Journal of Family Violence(2025)— Published
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    Take-home: Newspaper framing of domestic violence varies across regions, shaping whether the issue is treated as private conflict or public responsibility.
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  • Intergenerational Differences and Media Use in a Small Society: A Theoretical Exploration of the Macau Model and Its Implications for Media Ecology Research
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    代际差异与小型社会中的媒体使用:澳门模式的理论探索及其对媒体生态研究的启示
    《澳门研究》(2025)— Accepted
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    Take-home: A “small-society” Macau case helps theorize how intergenerational media use patterns emerge and how local ecosystems shape them.
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  • Is Negative Representation More Engaging? The Influence of News Title Framing of Older Adults on Viewer Behavior
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    Take-home: Negative title framing can boost engagement, but it also reinforces skewed representations of older adults with measurable behavioral effects.
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See also: the full research portfolio with cite/export tools on Research.