academic papers

2025

  1. Does Country Context Matter? A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of Political Polarizing Effect of Social Media
    Haotian Zhao
    In The 75th International Communication Association Conference, 2025
    🏆 Top Student Paper Award

2024

  1. Can Disagreement Balance Bias? Pathways from Incidental and Selective Exposure to Affective Polarization via Cross-cutting and Like-minded Discussion
    Haotian Zhao, and Mingxin Zhang
    Under Review, 2024
  2. Artificial Intelligence and Communication as an Academic Field: Evolution, Research Agenda, and China’s Approach
    Mingxin Zhang, and Haotian Zhao
    Under Review, 2024
    In Chinese
  3. Harmony-In-Diversity? Examining How Social Media Use Influences Affective Polarization through the Mediating Effects of Cross-Cutting and Like-Minded Discussions
    Haotian Zhao
    In The 74th International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, Jun 2024
  4. Pathways from Incidental and Selective Exposure to Affective Polarization
    Haotian Zhao, and Youmeng Liu
    In International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, Jul 2024

2023

  1. How Social Media Influences the Content and Structure of Youth Political Knowledge: the Moderating Effect of Need for Orientation
    Haotian Zhao
    In The 10th Forum on Political Communication and Social Development, Beijing, China, Nov 2023
    🏆 Student Paper Award, In Chinese
  2. Understanding the Diffusion of ChatGPT
    Mingxin Zhang, and Haotian Zhao
    Nov 2023
    In Chinese