CV
Hai Liang
5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: hai.liang [At] my.cityu.edu.hk
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Education
- Ph.D., Web Mining Lab, Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong (Social web data mining, Political communication, Media psychology) (2009-2014)
- BA in Communication, Department of Communication, School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2005-2009)
- BS (2nd) in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2006-2009)
Academic Visiting
- Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute, Australia National University (Feb 2011 – June 2011)
Work Experience
- Applied Researcher, Microsoft, ARD, Bing Data Ming Group & Microsoft Research, China, 2013
- PR & Data Analyst, AGB-Nelson TV Rating, 2008
- Financial Journalist, Shanghai Youth Daily, 2007
Ongoing Projects
- Sociology of time on the Internet
- Cross national comparison of web forum discussion
- Online user behavior
- Computer assisted classification of agreement
- Audience representation and media representation of national images
- Framing adoption and attitude change
Research Skills
- Statistics in Social Science (ANOVA, Regression models, Multilevel modeling, Time series analysis, Survival analysis, Structure equation Modeling etc.)
- Social network analysis (ERGM, Relational event stream modeling, Longitudinal network analysis etc.)
- Big Data Mining, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Web Crawling
- R, Python, C#, SQL, and MS Scope
- Experiment design, Survey, Content analysis
Teaching
- Computational social science for communication research
- Social media analytics
- Digital humanities: Methods and tools
- Applied communication research
Publications
- SSCI Journal Articles
- Liang, H., & Fu, K. W. (2016). Information similarity, overload, and redundancy: Unsubscribing information sources on Twitter. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12178
- Liang, H., Shen, F. & Fu, K. W. (2016). Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies: A study of global Twitter users. New Media & Society. doi: 10.1177/1461444816642210
- Fu, K. W., Liang, H., Saroha, N., Tse, Z. T. H., Ip, P., Fung, I. C. H. (2016). How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis. American Journal of Infection Control.
- Liang, Hai & Fu, King-wa (2015). Testing propositions derived from Twitter studies: Generalization and replication in computational social science. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0134270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134270 [Replication Materials]
- Liang, Hai (2014). The organizational principles of online political discussion: A relational event stream model for analysis of web forum deliberation. Human Communication Research. doi: 10.1111/hcre.12034
- Shen, Fei & Liang, Hai (2014). Cultural difference, social Values, or political systems? Predicting willingness to engage in online political discussion in 75 societies. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. doi: 10.1093/ijpor/edu012
- Liang, Hai (2014). Coevolution of political discussion and common ground in web discussion forum. Social Science Computer Review, 32(2), 155-169. doi: 10.1177/0894439313506844
- Shen, Fei & Liang, Hai (2014). Do Chinese Internet users care about news? Tracking news consumers on the Internet in a metropolis 2009-2011. Chinese Journal of Communication , 7(1), 60-79. doi: 10.1080/17544750.2013.816755
- Publications in Chinese
- Zhu, J. J. H., Peng, T. Q., Liang, H., Wang, C. J., Qin, J., & Chen, H. X. (2014). Computational Social Science in Communication Research. e-Science Technology and Application, 5(2), 3-13. (CSCI)
- Xue, Ke, Liang, Hai, Chen, Xi, & Yu, Ming-Yang (2013). The structure of online public expression and issue rise. Journal of SJTU (Philosophy and Social Science), 21(2), 61-69. (CSSCI)
- Jiang, Ping & Liang, Hai (2011). Media, audience, social-economic environment, and advertising: A structural equation model. In Guoming Yu (Eds.), Annual Report on China’s Media Development Index (2011) (pp.627-637). Beijing: People’s Daily Press.
- Xue, Ke, Chen, Xi, & Liang, Hai (2011). Weibo versus tea-house: The extension of interpersonal communication. Contemporary Communication, 6, 67-70. (CSSCI)
- Xue, Ke, Liang, Hai, & Yu, Ming-Yang (2011). The impact of social interaction on hostile media effect. Journal of SJTU (Philosophy and Social Science), 19 (6), 39-48. (CSSCI)
- Xue, Ke & Liang, Hai (2009). Social cognition of media image: An analysis of NYT reports on Tibet. Journalism and Communication Research, 16(1), 13-18. (CSSCI)
- Xue, Ke, Liang, Hai, & Yu, Ming-Yang (2008). An information-balanced model of communication in online forums. Journal of SJTU (Philosophy and Social Science), 4(6), 48-56. (CSSCI)
- Conference Papers
- Liang, Hai & Shen, Fei (2013). Communicative inequalities in online discussion forums. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), London, UK.
- Shen, Fei & Liang, Hai (2013). Examining societal-level predictors of political discussion in online forums. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), London, UK.
- Liang, Hai (2012). Online public opinion as rationality or social control? A cross-national comparison of public expression in online discussion forum. Paper presented at the 3rd Honours Symposium for Asian Ph.D. Students in Communication Research, Seoul, Korea.
- Liang, Hai (2012). A psychological framework of text mining in media study. Paper presented at the Advances in Psychology and Communication Studies Symposium, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
- Liang, Hai & Shen, Fei (2012). Representation of political discussion in web forums: A cross-national assessment. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Conference of Word Association for Public Opinion (WAPOR), Hong Kong.
- Liang, Hai & Zhu, J. H. Jonathan (2012). A pattern in behavior stream: Transition and repetition of behavior choices. Paper presented at the 62th Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix, USA.
- Liang, Hai (2011). The structure of public expression and issue rise: participation heterogeneity, concentration, and timing in Internet forums. Paper presented at the 3rd Postgraduate Student Symposium of the Chinese Journalism and Communication Consortium, Shanghai, China (Top paper)
- Liang, Hai (2010). The evolutionary process of repetitive behavior: Decision making, social learning, and Incongruity adaptation. Paper presented at the second Postgraduate Symposium of Chinese Journalism and Communication Consortium, Beijing.
- Liang, Hai, & Xue, Ke (2010). The impact of social interaction on the hostile media effect. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Singapore.
Invited Academic Presentations
- Liang, Hai (2012). A psychological framework of text mining in media studies. Reported on August 24 2012, for the Conference of Advances of Psychology and Communication Research at Taiyuan in Shanxi, China.
- Liang, Hai (2012). A problem of self identity: My experience of cross-disciplinary Research. Reported on 19 April 2012, for the Postgraduate Forum at City University of Hong Kong 2012, Hong Kong.
- Liang, Hai (2011). Four approaches to model the change of opinion climate in Web Forums. Reported on May 30 2011, at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia.
- Liang, Hai (2011). The structure of public expression and issue rise: Participation heterogeneity, concentration, and timing in Internet forums. Reported on May 3 2011, at Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI) of Australian National University (ANU), Australia.
- Liang, Hai (2011). Framing research in communication. Reported at the Institute of Arts and Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
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