Full CV available upon request
Education
Ph.D. in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA, July 2008. Dissertation title: Deliberation and the Disempowered: Access, Experience and Influence.
Master of Philosophy in Communication (Graduation with honors), School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 2003. Thesis title: Subaltern Public Spheres on the Internet: A Case Study of a Chinese Online Discussion Board.
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (Graduation with honors), Department of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University, China, July 2001.
Publications
Zhang, W., Jeong, S. H., & Fishbein, M. (in press). Situational factors competing for attention: The interaction effect between multitasking and sexual explicitness on TV recognition. Journal of Media Psychology
Jeong, S. H., Zhang, W., Fishbein, M., Davis, E., Bleakley, A., Jordan, A., & Hennessy, M. (in press). Multiple media use and multitasking with media among high school and college students: A Diary method. In M.B. Hinner (Ed.). The Influence of Culture in the World of Business: A Forum for General and Intercultural Business Communication, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang GmbH.
Zhang, W. (2008). Noncooperation rate. In P. Lavrakas (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods. London: SAGE.
Zhang, W. & Cao, X. (2008). Nonresponse rates. In P. Lavrakas (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods. London: SAGE.
Zhang, W. (2006). Constructing and disseminating subaltern public discourses in China. Javnost-The Public, 13(2), 41-64.
Zhang, W. (2005). Are online discussions deliberate?: A case study of a Chinese online discussion board. In Masip, P., & Rom, J. (Eds.) Digital Utopia in the Media: From Discourses to Facts. A Balance. Barcelona: Blanquerna Tecnologia i Serveis.
McIntyre, B. T., & Zhang, W. (2003). The communication scene in Hong Kong. In Goonasekera, A., Lee, C. W., & Venkatraman, S. (Eds.) Asian Communication Handbook 2003. Singapore: AMIC.
McIntyre, B. T., Cheng W. S. & Zhang, W. (2002). Cantopop: The voice of Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 12(2), 217-243.
Research grants
Co-Principle Investigator (2009), Citizen Participation and Legitimacy: Issues in the Evaluation of Health Policy-Making, Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Tier 1, National University of Singapore, S$62,100 (US$44,708)
Co-Principle Investigator (2009), IPS-CNM Media Use Surveys, Tote Board, Singapore, S$47,800 (US$34,388)
Principle Investigator (2009), Youth engagement and ICTs in Asia, PANeGov, IDRC, Canada, S$176,000 (US$122,000)
Principle Investigator (2008), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Start-Up Fund, National University of Singapore, S$20,000 (US$12,935)
Principle Investigator (2008), GAPSA-Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, US$6,000
Co-Investigator (2005), Media Arousal and Multitasking Effects Study, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, US$2,500
Invited talk
Multitasking with media: From antecedents to consequences, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, October 21st, 2009
Pushing democracy: Prospects for media and technology, Peace, Human Rights, Good Governance: East Asian Democracies at the Crossroads, The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, September 30th, 2009
In search of collective action: Relationship-oriented vs. interest-oriented social networking sites in China, Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, April 1st, 2009
eDeliberation and the disempowered: Access, experience and influence, Communication and New Media Programme,
National University of Singapore, March 2008
The Internet and disempowered groups, Department of Communication, College of Charleston, January 2008
New media behaviors: What they are and what they do, Department of Advertising, The University of Texas, Austin, November 2007