Wang, Weirui

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Wang, Weirui Graduate Faculty

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Associate Professor, Communication , School of Communication and Journalism

weirwang@fiu.edu

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biography

Weirui Wang (Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Florida International University. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on information processing and persuasion, with a special emphasis on understanding narrative persuasion, stigmatization/destigmatization and misinformation correction in communicating health, science and risk. Her work has been published in Public Understanding of Science, Science Communication, Information, Communication and Society, Computers in Human Behavior, Media Psychology, and Health Communication, among others. Dr. Wang currently serves as an Associate Editor for Asian Journal of Communication.

research interests

Health Communication and New Media

selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2022
  
  Effects of health misinformation on misbeliefs: understanding the moderating roles of different types of knowledge
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1108/JICES-02-2022-0015 Web of Science: 000869085100001
- 2022
  
  Examining the Effects of Celebrity (Vs. Noncelebrity) Narratives on Opioid Addiction Prevention: Identification, Transportation, and the Moderating Role of Personal Relevance. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 27:271-280.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2022.2097752 Web of Science: 000825456400001
- 2021
  
  The influence of sensitive health disclosure on liking and likelihood of response in a non-health-related context, Facebook. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 120.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106752 Web of Science: 000641330900008
- 2020
  
  When a story contradicts: correcting health misinformation on social media through different message formats and mechanisms. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY. 25:1192-1209.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1851390 Web of Science: 000594036100001
- 2020
  
  Countering the "Harmless E-Cigarette" Myth: The Interplay of Message Format, Message Sidedness, and Prior Experience With E-Cigarette Use in Misinformation Correction. SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. 43:170-198.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1075547020974384 Web of Science: 000599261100001
- 2020
  
  The use of legal and social sanctions as a norming influence on texting while driving. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION. 60:133-148.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2020.1819855 Web of Science: 000567959400001
- 2020
  
  Benefits and risks of genetically modified mosquitoes: news and Twitter framing across issue-attention cycle
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2020.1801808 Web of Science: 000555221400001
- 2020
  
  Exemplification and Stigmatization of the Depressed: Depression as the Main Topic versus an Incidental Topic in National US News Coverage. HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 35:1033-1041.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1606874
- 2019
  
  Exemplification and Stigmatization of the Depressed: Depression as the Main Topic versus an Incidental Topic in National US News Coverage. HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 35:1033-1041.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1606874 Web of Science: 000469663100001
- 2019
  
  Stigma and Counter-Stigma Frames, Cues, and Exemplification: Comparing News Coverage of Depression in the English- and Spanish-Language Media in the US. HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 34:172-179.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1399505 Web of Science: 000452856100005
- 2018
  
  Framing genetically modified mosquitoes in the online news and Twitter: Intermedia frame setting in the issue-attention cycle
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0963662518799564 Web of Science: 000448262400003
- 2017
  
  Reciprocal Communication in Online Health Support Groups: Effects of Message Format and Social Support on Individual Responses to Health Issues. MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY. 20:240-266.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2016.1142381 Web of Science: 000402972200004
- 2016
  
  Beyond Disaster and Risk: Post-Fukushima Nuclear News in US and German Press. COMMUNICATION CULTURE & CRITIQUE. 9:417-437.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cccr.12119 Web of Science: 000383385400006
- 2016
  
  Discussing mental illness in Chinese social media: the impact of influential sources on stigmatization and support among their followers. HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 31:355-363.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2014.957376 Web of Science: 000364556000011
- 2015
  
  Coping with a New Health Culture: Acculturation and Online Health Information Seeking Among Chinese Immigrants in the United States. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 17:1427-1435.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0106-8 Web of Science: 000360911300017
- 2015
  
  Use of social networking sites for product communication: A comparative study of Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 49:86-93.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.051 Web of Science: 000355351800012
- 2015
  
  Acting on surprise: emotional response, multiple-channel information seeking and vaccination in the H1N1 flu epidemic. SOCIAL INFLUENCE. 10:137-148.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2015.1011227 Web of Science: 000353508400002
- 2015
  
  LOL in Non-mediated Communication Contexts? Investigating Perceived Appropriateness and Frequency of Using Text Speak in Verbal Communication
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15340/2147336612857
- 2015
  
  Communication message cues and opinions about people with depression: an investigation of discussion on Weibo. ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION. 25:33-47.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2014.989238 Web of Science: 000349670400003
- 2015
  
  The Effects of Gain Versus Loss Message Framing and Point of Reference on Consumer Responses to Green Advertising
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10641734.2014.912600
- 2014
  
  Communicating health problems online: An investigation of frame selection and the cognitive effects of health disclosures
- 2014
  
  The effects of ad-context congruency on responses to advertising in blogs Exploring the role of issue involvement. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING. 33:17-36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2501/IJA-33-1-017-036 Web of Science: 000332048100002
Book Chapter
- 2022
  
  Framing: Equivalency. 1-6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0640

principal investigator on

Correcting Health Misinformation through Narratives: Investigating the Interplay of Correction Message, Mechanism and Time awarded by Pennsylvania State University 2019 - 2020

co-principal investigator on

Grant
- Campaign for Health Information Empowerment (CHIME) awarded by Research Triangle Institute Int'l 2019

investigator on

Communicating Conservation: Students and audiences and advocates awarded by National Geographic Society 2019 - 2020

full name

Weirui Wang

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-737X (confirmed)

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