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.
Selected Publications
Zhang, W. & Wang, R. (2010). Interest-oriented versus relationship-oriented social network sites in China. First Monday, 15(8).
Zhang, W., Jeong, S. H., & Fishbein, M. (2010). Situational factors competing for attention: The interaction effect between multitasking and sexual explicitness on TV recognition. Journal of Media Psychology, 22(1), 2-13.
Jeong, S. H., Zhang, W., Fishbein, M., Davis, E., Bleakley, A., Jordan, A., & Hennessy, M. (2010). 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. (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 (2009-2011), 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 (2009-2011), IPS-CNM Media Use Surveys, Tote Board, Singapore, S$47,800 (US$34,388)
Principle Investigator (2009-2011), Youth engagement and ICTs in Asia, PANeGov, IDRC, Canada, S$176,000 (US$122,000)
Principle Investigator (2008-2011), 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
Youth Engagement and ICTs in Asia: A Comparative Analysis, Young Scholar Forum 2010, School of Journalism, Renming University, July 10th, 2010
Youth Engagement and ICTs in Asia: A Comparative Approach, The Joint Summer School by Chinese University of Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Westminster and University of Pennsylvania, Chinese University of Communication, July 8th, 2010
Youth, ICTs and Political Engagement in Asia, Workshop on Potential for Mobile 2.0 in Emerging Asia, LIRNEAsia, June 22nd, 2010
Multitasking with (new) media, Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, April 14th, 2010
Communication and values on political engagement, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, December 7th, 2009
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