Dr. Stella C. Chia

Education

Areas of Research

COMS370

Advertising and Consumer Culture

Peer-review Journal articles

Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Gunther, A. C. (accepted). Could fact-checks intervene directionally motivated reasoning and mitigate social divisions? A case study in Hong Kong. International Journal of Public Opinion Research (SSCI)

Chia, S. C., Sun, Y., Lu, F., & Gudmundsdottir, A. (online, 2023). Doxing, regulation, and privacy protection: Expanding the behavioral consequences of the third-person effect. Asian Journal of Communication (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Gunther, A. C. (online first, 2022). Who fact checks and does it matter?: Examining the antecedents and consequences of audience fact-checking behavior in Hong Kong. The International Journal of Press/Politics (SSCI).

Sun, Y., Chia, S. C., & Shi, Y. (online first, 2022). How Exposure to Online Parenting Content Relates to Mothers’ Self-discrepancy and Postpartum Mental Health. Health Communication (SSCI).

Lu, F., & Chia, S. C. (2023). When virtual makeovers become “real”: How SNS interactions drive selfie-editing and cosmetic surgery. Chinese Journal of Communication, 16, 1, 73-89 (SSCI). 

 Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Sun, Y. (2023). Tracking the influence of misinformation on elderly people’s perceptions and intention to accept COVID-19 Vaccines. Health Communication, 38, 5, 855-865 (SSCI)

 Sun, Y., Chia, S. C., Lu, F., & Oktavianus, J. (2022). The battle is on: Factors that motivate people to combat anti-vaccine misinformation. Health Communication, 37, 3, 327-336 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., & Tu, C. (2021). Screw the majority?: Examining partisans’ outspokenness on social networking sites, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 18, 1, 21-35 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C. (2020). Who speaks out and why? An examination of outspokenness on social networking sites and a reflection on assessing public opinion online (online first). International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32, 3, 421-441(SSCI).

Chia, S. C.  (2019). Seeking justice on the web: How news media and social norms drive the practice of cyber vigilantism. Social Science Computer Review, 38, 6, 655-672 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C. (2019). Crowd-sourcing justice: tracking a decade’s news coverage of cyber vigilantism throughout the Greater China region, Information, Communication, and Society, 22, 14, 2045-2063 (SSCI).

Wen, N., Chia, S. C., & Hao, X. (2017). Does gender matter? Testing the influence of presumed media influence on young people’s attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 76, 436-447 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., & Chang, T-K (2017). Not my horse: Voter preferences, media sources, and hostile poll reports in election campaigns. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 29, 1, 23-45 (SSCI).

Wen, N., Chia, S. C., & Hao, X. (2015). What do social media say about makeovers? A content analysis of cosmetic surgery videos and viewers' responses on YouTube, Health Communication, 30, 933-942 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C. (2014). How authoritarian social contexts inform individuals’ Opinion perception and expression, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 26, 3, 384-396 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., & Cenite, M. (2012). Biased news or biased public? An examination of audiences’ perceived news bias in an authoritarian press system. Journalism Studies, 13, 1, 123-140 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., Chay, Y. T., Cheong, P. K., Chong, W. Y., Lee S. K. (2012). Fair and lovely: How social influence mediates the influence of skin lightening ads on South Asian college women’s desire for fair-skinned appearance. International Journal of Advertising, 31, 1, 189-211 (SSCI).

Wei, R., Chia, S. C., & Lo, V-H. (2011). Third-person effect and hostile media perception influences on voter attitudes toward polls in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 23(2), 169-190 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C. & Wen, N. (2010). College men’s third-person perceptions about idealized body image and consequent behavior. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 63, No.6-7, 542-555 (SSCI).

Liginlal, D. Khansa, L., & Chia, S. C. (2010). Using real options theory to evaluate strategic investment options for mobile content delivery: A case study. International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, 6(1), 17-37.

Chia, S. C. (2010). How social influence mediates the effects of advertising on adolescents’ materialism. Communication Research, 37(3), 401-419 (SSCI).

Jiang R., & Chia, S. C. (2009). The direct and indirect effects of advertising on materialism among college students in China. Asian Journal of Communication, 19(3), 318-335.

Chia, S. C. & Poo Y. L. (2009). Media, celebrities, and fans: An examination of adolescents’ media usage and involvement with entertainment celebrities. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(1), 23-44 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., & Lee, W. (2008). Pluralistic ignorance about sex: The direct and the indirect effects of media consumption on college students’ misperception of sex-related peer norms. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 20(1), 52-73 (SSCI).

 Chia, S. C. (2007). Third-person perceptions about idealized body image and weight-loss behavior. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 84(4), 677-694 (SSCI).

Chia, S. C., Yong, J., Wong, D., & Koh, W. L.  (2007). Personal bias or government bias?: Testing hostile media effect in a regulated press system. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 19(3), 313-330 (SSCI).

 Chia, S. C. & Gunther A. C. (2006). How media contribute to misperception of the social norm. Mass Communication & Society, 9(3): 301-320.

Chia, S. C. (2006). How peers mediate media influence on adolescents’ sexual attitudes and sexual behavior. Journal of Communication, 56, 3, 585-606 (SSCI).

Zhang, W. & Chia, S. C. (2006). The effects of mass media use and social capital on civic and political participation. Communication Studies, 57, 3, 277-197.

Chia, S. C., Li, H., Detenber, B. H., & Lee, W. (2006). Mining the Internet plateau: An exploration of adoption intention among nonusers in Singapore. New Media & Society, 8(4): 591-611 (SSCI).

Li, H., Detenber, B. H., Lee, W., & Chia, S. C.  (2005). E-Government in Singapore: Demographics, usage patterns, and perceptions.  Journal of E-Government, 1(3), 29-54.

Chia, S. C., Lu, K., & McLeod, D. M. (2004). Sex, lies, and video compact disc: A case study on third-person perception and motivations for media censorship. Communication Research, 31(1), 109-130 (SSCI).

Gunther, A. C. & Chia, S. C. (2001). Predicting pluralistic ignorance: The hostile media perception and its consequences. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 78(4): 688-701 (SSCI).

Gunther, A., Christen, C., Liebhart, J. & Chia, S. C. (2001). Congenial public, contrary press: The relative hostile media effect and its consequences. Public Opinion Quarterly, 65(3): 295-320 (SSCI).

Invited Journal Article/Encyclopedia Entry

 Chia, S. C., Tu, C., Jiang, Y. (Eds.) (2015). Perceptions and media effects: From individuals’ subjective reality to media’s role in democracy. Communication & Society, 33, 1-44.

Chia, S. C., & Sun, Y. (2021). Pluralistic ignorance. The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Editorial board membership