Zhihuai (Randy) Lin

MPhil Candidate
School of Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University
Email: zhihuailin [at] life.hkbu.edu.hk

Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Ng, Y.-L., & Lin, Z.* (2024). Between Technological Utopia and Dystopia: Online Expression of Compulsory Use of Surveillance Technology. Science and Engineering Ethics, 30(3), 19. [*co-first author] (DOI)

  2. Ng, Y.-L., & Lin, Z.* (2022). Exploring conversation topics in conversational artificial intelligence–based social mediated communities of practice. Computers In Human Behavior, 134, 107326. [*co-first author] (DOI)

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Lin, Z. & Ng, Y. -L. (2024, June). Why Are Users Drawn to ChatGPT? Unraveling the Motivations, Concerns, and Acceptance of Generative Artificial Intelligence. Paper will be presented at ICA 2024 - 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

  2. Lin, Z. (2024, June). Exploring the Impact of Media Use on Trust in Chinese Government: The Mediating Role of Authoritarian Personality. Paper will be presented at ICA 2024 - 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

  3. Ng, Y. -L., & Lin, Z. (2024, June). Biophilia Gratification: Evidence from Nature-related Posts and Images on Social Media. Paper will be presented at ICA 2024 - 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

  4. Lin, Z. (2024, March). Perceived Self-Efficacy, Governmental Paternalism, and Trust in Government: Navigating the Credibility of Government Debunking Efforts in China. Paper presented at the Emerging Media for Communicating SDGs Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

  5. Lin, Z. (2023, May). The “Othered” Africa: African Narratives Construction by Chinese Self-Media. Paper presented at ICA 2023 - 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.

  6. Ng, Y. -L., & Lin, Z. (2023, May). Anonymous Online Expression of Society-wide, Compulsory Contact Tracing App Use: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach. Paper presented at ICA 2023 - 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.

  7. Zhang, Y., Lin, Z., Tong, C., & Ho, S. (2023, May). How Dynamic Patterns Help? A Cumulative Logic for Improving Tokenization Data Pre-processing of Online User-generated Content. Paper presented at ICA 2023 - 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.

  8. Ng, Y. -L., & Lin, Z. (2022, May). Exploring Conversation Topics in Conversational Artificial IntelligenceBased Communities of Practice: A Latent Dirichlet Allocation Approach. Paper to be presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual.