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Human communication gravitates increasingly toward digital and data technology. This trend is rather salient in developing countries like China. Up to June 2017, 751 million (54.3%) of the Chinese population use the Internet, and a majority of them (96.3%) access the Internet through their mobile devices. It is common for users – especially the young generations – to handle every aspect of life and work on smartphones, including reading news, paying bills, ordering meals and getting entertained. It is safe to say the Chinese society has been transformed by digital technology and data.
In concert with the ICA conference theme of “Voices,” our pre-conference focuses on the communication processed reshaped by digital technology and data. We want to focus on the theme whether digital media bring us more voices or divide us into different segmented society? We invite scholars from across ICA’s divisions to discuss their work related to data and communication from various epistemological and methodological backgrounds. We welcome discussions at the individual, group, organizational and societal levels.
The following are themes we want to focus on:
⎫ Data and the public sphere
⎫ Data and the public life
⎫ Use and abuse of public data
⎫ Computational journalism
⎫ Impact of VR and AR on journalism
⎫ Cyberblog and its implication
⎫ Business and new technology
⎫ Use and abuse of public data
⎫ Mobile technology and society change
⎫ Impact of VR and AR on journalism
Commdata Science: Conceptual Rigor and Paradigmatic Shift - Shaojing Sun, Fudan U
Data Journalism: A Concept Explication - Ying Roselyn Du, Hong Kong Bapist U; Lingzi Zhu, Hong Kong Baptist U
Mining Health Messages From Unstructured Twitter Streaming Texts: A Topic Modeling Analysis of Health Tweets - Gang (Kevin) Han, Iowa State U/Greenlee School; Dan Zhu, College of Business, Iowa State U.; Swetha Jajam, College of Business, Iowa State U.
Immersing Yourself in Your Data: Predicting Facebook Addiction by Social Media Use, Trait Anxiety, and Personality Among American College Students - Wenjing Xie, Marist College; Kavita Karan, Nanyang Technological U
The Impact of the Ott Services on the Legacy Media’s Business Model: Case of Taiwan - Yu-li Liu, National Chengchi U
The Role of Chinese Media in Twitter Discussion of CHINA’s 19th Party Congress - Yunjuan Luo, Texas Tech U; Rui Wang, Louisiana State University
The Formation, Division, and Disappearance of the Savior-survivor Community in China (1949-2016) - Guanyu Wang, Wuhan University; Yan Yan, Wuhan University
When is Sharing Really Caring? Audience Size and Consumer Mind-set in Digital Advertising - Bin Shen, Fudan U; Ilyoung Ju, Bowling Green State U; Wei He, U of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Yi He, California State U, East Bay; Qimei Chen, U of Hawaii; Sela Sar, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Unfriending Behaviors in Social Media Among Young Adults in China: An Exploration of Direct and Indirect Effects of Social-Psychological Factors - Zongya Li, The Chinese U of Hong Kong; Yiyi Yin, The Chinese U of Hong Kong; Qian Yao, The Chinese U of Hong Kong
Effects of Political News Exposure on Trust in Government: A Comparison of State and Non-state Media - LaiHui Yu, School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Mingyang Yu, Shanghai Jiaotong U; Niazova Tahmina, Shanghai Jiao Tong U
Explaining Political Apathy of the Youth: Influence on Political Expression in Social Media - Bin Chen, Tsinghua U; Jia Dai, Tsinghua U
Narrative Styles and Narratology Formats in Psas: Assessing the Effects on Arousal, Attention, and Memory - Fei Qiao, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; Kim Baker, University of Alabama; Shuhua Zhou, Missouri School of Journalism, U of Missouri
Grounded Theory in the Field of Communication Studies in Mainland China (1960-2017): The Status Quo and Problems - Shiming Hu, Beijing Normal U; Wenbing Chen, Beijing Normal U
When Algorithms Meet Journalism: The User Response to Automated News in a Cross-Cultural Context - Bu Zhong, Pennsylvania State U; Yue Zheng, Jinan U; Fan Yang, U at Albany, SUNY
Group Chats on Wechat and Online Civic Participation in China - Ruoyu Sun, University of Miami; Cong Li, U of Miami
Chinese Emerging Adults’ Family Communication and Privacy Management in the Digital Era: An Exploration of Grounded Theory - Xiuqin Zeng, Xiamen U; Shanshan Lou, Appalachian State U; Haiyi Wu, Xiamen Shidian Culture And Communication Company
Viewing Mechanism of Lonely Audience: Evidence From an Eye Movement Experiment on Barrage Video - Guangyao Chen, Jinan U; Shuhua Zhou, Missouri School of Journalism, U of Missouri
Influencing Innovation Adoption From the Outside World: Predicting Online Shopping Behavior in Underdeveloped Countries - Jiaying Le, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Sivchhe Chheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong U; Yi Mou, Shanghai Jiao Tong U, Department of Journalism & Communication
Online Emotional Expression in Response to an Emergency: A Sentiment Analysis of Public Discourse on Micro-blogs in Response to a Heavy Rainfall in Wuhan, China - Li Zhou, Central China Normal U; Lu Cai, Wuhan College of Communication; Yinjiao Ye, U of Rhode Island
The Prosocial Behavior in the Process of Digital Music Communication in Chinese Virtual Communities - Yifan Ou, University of Cambridge; Tobias Linné, Lund U
Same Candidates, Different Faces: Applying Computer Vision Techniques to the Analysis of Bias in Visual Portrayals of Politicians - Yilang Peng, Annenberg School for Communication / U of Pennsylvania
Different Ways, Different Effects: City Image Shaped by Newspapers in Different Regions - Mingyang Yu, Shanghai Jiaotong U; Mengfei Luan, Shanghai Jiao Tong U; Laura Gomez Aurioles, Shanghai Jiao Tong U
A Comparative Research About Audiences’ Gratifications to Automated Journalism Based on Uses and Gratifications Theory - Yulong Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong U; Tao Hua, Shanghai Jiao Tong U; Mingyang Yu, Shanghai Jiaotong U
The Impact of the OTT Services on the Media Industry and Policy in China - Baoguo Cui, Tsinghua University
Does the digital era witness public relations’ status transition? A systematic review of the interrelationship between PR practitioners and journalists - Fan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiao Shen, Shanghai Jiatong University; Ke Xue, Shanghai Jiao Tong U
Second screening use and its political effects in China: An O-S-R-O-R model - Yiben Liu