Communication and Cognition Dynamics
Fudan University, Shanghai
Featured Publications
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In-person, Video Conference, or Audio Conference?
Examining Individual and Dyadic Information Processing
As a Function of Communication System
The wide use of virtual communication has raised a need to understand its effect on communication effectiveness and the ways its different forms influence users' information processing. This study examined how visual information influences physiological patterns, known to underlie information processing, during in-person, video, and audio-only conferences. The study shows the importance of investigating interpersonal communication simultaneously across multiple systems and at the intra- and inter-personal levels.
It’s a journey:
from media effects to dynamic systems
This paper aims to demonstrate how an analytical paradigm shift from the General Linear Model (GLM) to dynamic systems theory (DST, a nonlinear mathematical theory), fundamentally changes one’s research assumptions and research questions and leads to novel approaches to research design, data collection, and analysis.
Can media synchronize our physiological responses?
Skin conductance synchrony as a function of message valence, arousal, and emotional change rate
Guided by nonlinear dynamical systems theory, this study examined the degree to which media can synchronize individuals’ emotional arousal responses (as indicated by skin conductance) during video viewing as a function of message valence, arousal, and emotional change rate.
A Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Approach to Emotional Attractor States during Media Viewing
This study examined dynamic attractor states in skin conductance activity during resting baselines and media viewing in order to determine if there are qualitatively distinct dynamics during information processing and whether those dynamics vary based on features of task stimuli.
The influence of form and presentation attributes of traditional media on emotion
Adopting a dimensional view of emotion, this chapter reviews how formal features and presentation attributes of print and broadcast media affect emotions. Attributes such as color, motion, pacing, screen size, and image quality are discussed in terms of the affective responses they elicit and alter.