T.A. Experience:
COM 309, Quantitative Research Methods, Summer 2017, Instructor
COM 309, Quantitative Research Methods, Fall 2014, Fall 2017 TA
COMSTRAT 380, Advertising Principles and Practices, Spring-Fall, 2016, TA
COMSTRAT 485, PR Management and Campaign Design, Spring 2016, Guest Lecture
COMSTRAT 312, Principles of Public Relations, Spring-Fall 2015, TA
COMSOC 301, Foundations of Persuasion, Spring 2015, TA
COMSOC 321, Intercultural Communication, Spring, 2016, TA
COM 210, Multimedia Content Creation, Fall 2016, Lab instructor
COM 102, Public Speaking in the Digital Age, Spring 2017, Lab instructor
COM 101, Media and Society, Spring-Fall 2015, TA
R.A. Experience:
Political Advertisement Project
Work with Dr. Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Research Assistant, May 2017 – Present
Seed Grant Project
Work with Dr. Poristima Borah, Washington State University
Research Assistant, September 2015 – Present
Research Interests:
Political information processing, misperception/false information, incivility, applied statistical methods
Education:
Master’s student in statistics (2015-Present), Washington State University
M.A. in communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
B.A. in Chinese language and literature, Beijing Normal University
Bachelor of Law, Beijing Normal University
Refereed Publications:
Wang, Y., Hmielowski, J. D., Hutchens, M. J., & Beam, M. A. (Accepted). Extending the Spiral of Silence: Partisan Media, Perceived Support, and Sharing Opinions Online. Journal of Information Technology and Politics.
Conference Presentations:
Bailey, R., Borah, P., Wang, Y., & Donaway, R. (September, 2017). It is disgusting: A study of emotional effects of presidential campaign ads. Paper presented at annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Division), San Francisco, CA.
Wang, Y. & Bailey, R. (August, 2017). Who cares about fact check? Attitudes towards presidential candidates after viewing fact checking information. Paper presented at annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (Political Communication Pre-conference), San Francisco, CA.
Ridout, N.T., Fowler, E.F., Franz, M.M., & Wang, Y. (August, 2017). Comparing digital and television advertising strategy in the 2016 presidential campaign. Paper presented at annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (Political Communication Pre-conference), San Francisco, CA.
Wang, Y., Borah, P. & Rhodes, S. (August, 2017). Express yourself during the election season: Study on effects of seeing disagreement in Facebook news feeds. Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Mass Communication and Society Division), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y., & Silva, D. (August, 2017). A slap or a jab: An experiment on viewing uncivil political discussions on Facebook. Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communication Technology Division), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y., Himelboim, I. & Borah, P. (August, 2017). Vaccine conversation on Twitter: Group dynamic, emotional support, and cognitive dissonance in HPV social networks. Paper presented at the annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk division), Chicago, IL.
Borah, P. & Wang, Y. (August, 2017). Liking on Facebook might be more important than we think: Social Endorsement, credibility perceptions of campaign information, and engagement. Paper presented at annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Political Communication Interest Group), Chicago, IL.
Borah, P., Lorenzano, K., Sari, M., & Wang, Y. (August, 2017). Being young but not reckless: A study on young adults’ social media flight-or-fight to hostility during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Paper presented at annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Political Communication Interest Group), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y. (May, 2017). Don’t mock the dog when it’s down: Experiments on incivility effects on perception of political discussion quality in competitive contexts. Paper presented at annual Conference of the International Communication Association (Communication and Technology Division), San Diego, CA.
Wang, Y. (September, 2016). Structural invariance of political participation and social/political involvement. Paper presented at annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (Political Methodology Division), Philadelphia, PA.
Wang, Y., Hmielowski, J.D., & Donaway, R. R. (August, 2016). Expanding the RISP Model: examining the conditional indirect effects of cultural cognitions. Paper presented at annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk division), Minneapolis, MN.
Hmielowski, J.D., Donaway, R. R., & Wang, Y. (August, 2016). Examining the differential effects of emotions: anxiety, despair, and informed futility. Paper presented at annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk division), Minneapolis, MN.
Wang, Y., Hmielowski, J. D., Hutchens, M. J., & Beam, M. A. (June, 2016). Extending the Spiral of Silence: Partisan media, perceived support, and sharing opinions online. Paper presented at annual Conference of the International Communication Association (Political Communication Division), Fukuoka, Japan.
Borah, P. & Wang, Y. (June, 2016). Political Facebook use in presidential campaigns: incivility and political participation. Paper presented at annual Conference of the International Communication Association (Political Communication Division), Fukuoka, Japan.
Jeong, M., Lorenzano, K., & Wang, Y., (November, 2015). Relationship of news media consumption, political efficacy and the moderating effect of political interest in the U.S. 2012 Presidential Election. Paper presented at annual Conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.
Awards:
Top Three Student Paper, Jung-Sook Lee Student Research Paper Competition, Communication Technology Division, AEJMC, August, 2017.
Honourable Mention for Doris Graber Student Paper Award for Best Public Opinion Paper, MAPOR, November, 2015.