Qurban Hussain Pamirzad，助理教授

Qurban Hussain Pamirzad (帕米尔), PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and New Media, Xi’an Jiaotong University. His publications have appeared in top-tier journals including Computers in Human Behavior, Social Media + Society, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Annals of the International Communication Association, the Journal of Information Society (Információs Társadalom), and the Journal of Information Communication and Ethics in Society, among others.

Research directions: Social media and polarization (社交媒体与极化), political communication (政治传播), international communication (国际传播), and AI and communication (人工智能与传播).

Representative works:

Pamirzad, Q. H., & Chen, Q. Exploring the Association of Social Media Connectivity and Interactivity with Ethnic Polarization: An Interdependent Hierarchical Affordance Perspective. Computers in Human Behavior, 2026: 108919. (SSCI Q1, IF = 12.2)

Pamirzad, Q. H., & Chen, Q. The Conjuncture of Intentionality, Facticity, and Identity: Exposure to Disinformation and Malinformation on Social Media and Their Association with Ethnic Polarization. Social Media + Society, 2026, 12(1): 20563051261417516. (SSCI Q1, IF = 5.8)

Chen, Q., Pamirzad, Q. H., & Nabil, N. A. The Impact of Facebook Network Heterogeneity on Ethnic Polarization in Afghanistan: A Serial Mediation Analysis Approach. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2026, 1-16. (SSCI Q1, IF = 2.3)

Pamirzad, Q. H., & Chen, Q. Unpacking the Effects of User Anonymity and User Popularity on the Intensity and Diffusion of Hate Speech on Twitter (X) in Afghanistan. Információs Társadalom, 2026, 25(2): 61-84. (SSCI Q3, IF = 0.6)

Chen, Q., Pamirzad, Q. H., & Susyall, G. A. The State of the Art on Quantitative Exploration of Artificial Intelligence in Communication Research: Key Themes, Core Theories, and Conceptual Framework. Annals of the International Communication Association, 2026. (ESCI Q1, IF = 5.8)

Pamirzad, Q. H. The Politicization and Polarization of the Afghanistan Cricket Team on Twitter (X): A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2025: 10126902251365369. (SSCI Q1, IF = 3)

Chen, Q., Pamirzad, Q. H., Adina, M. S., & Evans, R. Social Media Diplomacy for Social Visibility and Social Approval: Strategic Communication of the Taliban De Facto Government on Twitter. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2025, 1-18. (SSCI Q1, IF = 2.3)

Pamirzad, Q. H., Susyall, G. A., & Hakimi, A. B. A Moderated Mediation Analysis of the Impact of Facebook Network Heterogeneity on Affective Polarization Among Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 2025, 23(3): 415-432. (ESCI Q2, IF = 3.2)

Email: pamirzad@xjtu.edu.cn