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Chinese Name
張昕之
Research Interests
Political communication, digital journalism, public health communication campaign, digital humanities, computational social science
Biography
Dr. Xinzhi Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interactive Media at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research focuses on political communication, digital journalism, and public health communication campaigns, using computational methods, online experiments, and comparative social surveys. His work has appeared in top-tier journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Social Media + Society, Digital Journalism, Social Science Computer Review, Health Communication, International Journal of Communication, and Journalism. He was awarded two competitive research grants under the General Research Fund (GRF) from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Hong Kong SAR (in 2019 and 2020, respectively). He was also awarded a grant from the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR) from the then Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO) of the Hong Kong Government (2021). He serves as the Editorial Board Member of Digital Journalism. He is the recipient of HKBU’s Performance Award as Young Researcher in 2021 and HKBU's Teaching Award in 2022.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Media Studies, PhD, City University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 2 Oct 2013
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Hong Kong media's coverage of political polarization and its effects on people's political attitudes and behaviors
1/01/21 → 30/11/21
Project: Research project
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The Making and Unmaking of the Public Sphere: Outcomes of Political Disagreement, Expression Avoidance, and a Filtered Information Repertoire
1/09/19 → 31/08/21
Project: Research project
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A Pilot Study for Understanding Users’ Attitudes Towards a Conversational Agent for News Recommendation
Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X. & Zhao, L., 26 Jul 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Codes, Collaboration, and Communities: A Network Analysis of the Online Communities of Data-driven Journalism on a Social Coding Platform
FU, X. & ZHANG, X., 26 May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Exploring the Fragmentation of the Representation of Data-Driven Journalism in the Twittersphere: A Network Analytics Approach
ZHANG, X. & Ho, J. C. F., 1 Feb 2022, In: Social Science Computer Review. 40, 1, p. 42-60 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Expression Avoidance and Privacy Management as Dissonance Reduction in the Face of Online Disagreement
Zhang, X., Aug 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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FALSE! Read about it here!” Fact-Checkers’ Social Media Language Feature and Its Effects on User Engagement
FU, X., ZHANG, X., ZHU, R., PING, H. Y. & CHANG, Y., 26 May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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HKBU's Faculty/School/Academy of Visual Arts Performance Award in Teaching
ZHANG, Xinzhi (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Honorary award
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HKBU’s Faculty/School/Academy of Visual Arts Performance Award for Young Researcher
ZHANG, Xinzhi (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Honorary award
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Xinzhi ZHANG (Member of editorial board)
1 Jan 2022Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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The 19th Chinese Internet Research Conference
Leanne CHANG (Organiser), Daya Kishan THUSSU (Member of programme committee), Rose L W LUQIU (Member of programme committee), Celine SONG (Member of programme committee), Xinzhi ZHANG (Member of programme committee) & Stephanie Jean TSANG (Member of programme committee)
23 May 2022 → 24 May 2022Activity: Participating in/organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...