Research

Publications

Selected peer-reviewed work at the intersection of human–computer interaction, computational social science, and communication studies.

2026

Journalism Studies

Junheng Qian, Zhi-Jin Zhong

A diachronic text-mining study of Chinese media on Twitter that examines how news convergence has evolved and what it means for the media ecosystem.

Computational CommunicationNews ConvergenceText Mining

2026

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Junheng Qian, Zhi-Jin Zhong

Three online experiments on how Chinese users perceive and forgive moral failures in GenAI chatbots, with a particular focus on gender bias.

HCIGenAIMoral FailureForgiveness