Dr Chen Qiang is professor at School of Journalism and New Media, Xi’an Jiaotong University. Dr Chen's research focuses on government social media, especially the effects of government social media on citizens’ political attitudes and behaviors. His publications appeared in SSCI and SCI journals, such as Computers in Human Behavior, Social Media+Society, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Health Communication, Government Information Quarterly, Internet Research, Journal of Environmental Management, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Frontiers in Public Health, BMC Public Health, Behaviour & Information Technology, and The Electronic Library.
Research interests
Government social media communication
Social media and political communication
Social media and government communication
Selected peer-reviewed SSCI/SCI journal articles
Chen, Q., Pamirzad, Q. H., Adina, M. S., & Evans, R. (2025). Social media diplomacy for social visibility and social approval: strategic communication of the Taliban de facto government on Twitter. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2548462
Chen, Q., Min, C., Zhang, W*., Wang, G., Ma, X., & Evans, R. (2020). Unpacking the Black Box: How to Promote Citizen Engagement through Government Social Media during the COVID-19 Crisis. Computers in Human Behavior,110, 106380.
Chen, Q., Zhang Y., Liu, H., Zhang, W*., & Evans, R. (2023). Dialogic communication on local government social media during the first wave of COVID-19: Evidence from the health commissions of prefecture-level cities in China. Computers in Human Behavior, 143, 107715.
Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., & Evans, R. (2024). Local government social media use, citizen satisfaction, and citizen compliance: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 101, 104238.
Chen Q., Min C, Zhang W*, Ma X, Evans R. (2021). Factors Driving Citizen Engagement with Government TikTok Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Model Development and Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2): e21463.
Chen, Q*., Xu, X., Cao, B., & Zhang, W. (2016). Social media policies as responses for social media affordances: The case of China. Government Information Quarterly, 33(2), 313-324.
Chen, Q., Hu, J., Zhang, W*., Evans, R., & Ma, X. (2021). Employee use of public social media: theories, constructs and conceptual frameworks. Behaviour & Information Technology, 40(9), 855-879.
Pamirzad, Q. H., & Chen, Q*. (2026). Exploring the Association of Social Media Connectivity and Interactivity with Ethnic Polarization: An Interdependent Hierarchical Affordance Perspective. Computers in Human Behavior, 178, 108919.
Pamirzad, Q. H., & Chen, Q*. (2026). The Conjuncture of Intentionality, Facticity, and Identity: Exposure to Disinformation and Malinformation on Social Media and Their Association With Ethnic Polarization. Social Media + Society, 12(1).
Ren, W., & Chen, Q*. (2025). Prior Parental Mediation, Privacy Perceptions and Privacy Protection Behaviors Among Emerging Adults: Testing the Mediating Effect and its Gender Difference. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 69(4), 454-471.
Huang, F#., Chen, Q#*., Ma, W., & Evans, R. (2022). Promoting public engagement with household waste separation through government social media: A case study of Shanghai. Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115825.
Zhang, W., Yuan, H., Zhu, C., Chen, Q*., & Evans, R. (2022). Does citizen engagement with government social media accounts differ during the different stages of public health crises? An empirical examination of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10:807459.
Zou X., Chen, Q*., & Evans, R. (2023). Why do Chinese youth seek cancer risk information online? Evidence from four cities. Health Communication, 39(2), 258-269.
Zhu, X., Ren, W., Chen, Q*., Evans, R. (2021). How does internet usage affect the credit consumption among Chinese college students? A mediation model of social comparison and materialism. Internet Research, 31(3), 1083-1101.
Zou X#., Chen, Q*#., Zhang Y., & Evans, R. (2023). Predicting COVID-19 vaccination intentions: the roles of threat appraisal, coping appraisal, subjective norms, and negative affect. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 230.
Wang, G., Chen, Q*., Xie, S. (2021). Determining the types of Internet plus government platform usage behaviour in selected cities of China. The Electronic Library, 39(5): 782-799.
Zhang, W., Yuan, H., Zhu, C., Chen, Q*., Evans, R.D. and Min, C. (2024). Factors influencing public engagement in government TikTok during the COVID-19 crisis. Electronic Library, 42(2): 210-229.
Wang, G., Chen, Q., Xu, Z*., & Leng, X. (2020). Can the use of government Apps shape citizen compliance? The mediating role of different perceptions of government. Computers in Human Behavior,108, 106335.
Notes: *equals corresponding author
Contact information
E-mail: hustcq@163.com; cqiang2@xjtu.edu.cn
