Links directly to publisher’s websites. Full pre-press versions of journal papers can be downloaded from my ResearchGate page.
Chan, M., Matthes, J., & Bojić, L. (in press). Examining perceived generative AI valence on social media and its implications on generative AI attitudes and uses among young adults. A cross-national comparison. Online Media and Global Communication.
Matthes, J., Hodzic, S., Stevic, A., Nanz, A., Binder, A., Chan, M., & Bojić, L. (in press). “There Are Risks, but I Will Use it Anyway”. Predicting the Urge to Regulate and the Intended Use of Generative AI Among Youth in Four Countries. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies.
Chan, M., Vaccari, C., & Yamamoto, M. (2026). Cognitive drivers of misinformation belief and sharing on social media: A cross-national comparison. Mass Communication and Society, 29, 142-160. [Link]
Chan, M., Yi, J., Vaccari, C., & Yamamoto, M. (2025). A Cross-national examination of the effects of accuracy nudges and content veracity labels on belief in and sharing of misleading news. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 30, zmaf009. [Link]
Li, X., & Chan, M. (2025). Is availability pressure always detrimental? From availability pressure to relationship satisfaction through compulsive checking of smartphone and need satisfaction. Behaviour & Information Technology, 44, 1681-1694. [Link]
Chan, M., Kuznetsov, D., Yi, J., Lee, F., & Chen, H.-T. (2025). Distributed discovery of news and perceived misinformation exposure: A cross-continent application of the resilience to online disinformation framework. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 30, 277-298. [Link]
Munzir, A. A., Neureiter, A., Matthes. J, Chan, M., & Bojic, L. (2025). From sparks to action: the role of political influencers for young adults’ political efficacy and political participation in Austria, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Serbia. Frontiers in Political Science, 7. [Link]
Lee, F. L. F., Chan, M., & Chen, H.-T. (2025). Paying for online news as political consumption in Hong Kong. Digital Journalism, 13, 1195-212. [Link]
Chan, M., & Yi, J. (2024). Social media use and political engagement in polarized times. Examining the contextual roles of issue and affective polarization in developed democracies. Political Communication, 41, 743-762. [Link]
Chan, M., & Yi, J. (2024). Examining how public service media shapes citizens’ news media attitudes and news avoidance: A cross-national comparative analysis. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1-21. [Link]
Chan, M. (2024). News literacy, fake news recognition, and authentication behaviors after exposure to fake news on social media. New Media & Society, 26, 4669–4688. [Link]
Chan, M., Vaccari, C., & Yamamoto, M. (2024). Examining the relationship between dispositional news literacy and discernment of real and misleading news: Cross-national evidence. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36, [Link]
Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2024). Avoid or authenticate? A multilevel cross-country analysis of the roles of fake news concern and news fatigue on news avoidance and authentication. Digital Journalism, 12, 356-375. [Link]
Chan, M., Yi, J., & Kuznetsov, D. (2024). Government digital repression and political engagement: A cross-national multilevel analysis examining the roles of online surveillance and censorship. International Journal of Press/Politics, 29, 371-393. [Link]
Chan, M. (2024). Virtual Theme Collection: Verification Behaviors and Countermeasures in the Age of Misinformation. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 101, 13-19. [Link]
Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H. T. (2024). Examining the roles of social media use and connections to public actors on democratic engagement: An analysis of young adults in three Asian societies. New Media & Society, 26, 53-70. [Link]
Wu-Ouyang, B., & Chan, M. (2023). Overestimating or underestimating communication findings? Comparing self-reported with log mobile data by data donation method. Mobile Media & Communication, 11, 415-434. [Link]
Chan, M. (2023). Observations on mobile communication and well-being research. Mobile Media & Communication, 11, 101–106. [Link]
Li, X., & Chan, M. (2022). Smartphone uses and emotional and psychological well-being in China: The attenuating role of perceived information overload. Behaviour & Information Technology, 47, 2427–2437. [Link]
Su, C.C., Chan, M., & Paik, S. (2022). Telegram and the Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong: Reshaping networked social movements through symbolic participation and spontaneous interaction. Chinese Journal of Communication, 15, 431-448 [Link]
Mak, M. K. F., Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H.-T. (2022). The mediating role of social recommendation in the relationship between concern over expression and social media news participation: A comparative study of six Asian societies. Asian Journal of Communication, 32, 271–289. [Link]
Chan, M., Hu, P., Mak, K. F. (2022). Mediation analysis and warranted inferences in media and communication research. Examining research design in communication journals from 1996 to 2017. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99, 463-486. [Link]
Chen, H. T., Kim, Y., & Chan, M. (2022). Just a glance, or more? Pathways from counter-attitudinal incidental exposure to attitude (de)polarization through response behaviors and cognitive elaboration. Journal of Communication, 72, 83-110. [Link]
Chan, M., Yi, J., Hu, P., & Kuznetsov, D. (2021). The Politics of Contextualization in Communication Research: Examining the Discursive Strategies of Non-US Research in JCR Journals From 2000 to 2020. International Journal of Communication, 15, 5272–5294. [Link]
Chan, M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, F. L. F. (2021). Cross-cutting discussion on social media and online political participation: A cross-national examination of information seeking and social accountability explanations. Social Media & Society, 7, 1-13. [Link]
Chan, M., Lee, F. L. F., & Chen, H. T. (2021). Examining the roles of multi-platform social media news use, engagement, and connections with news organizations and journalists on news literacy: A comparison of seven democracies. Digital Journalism, 9, 571-588. [Link]
Lee, F. L. F., Chan, M., & Chen, H. T. (2020). Social Media and Protest Attitudes during Movement Abeyance: A Study of Hong Kong University Students. International Journal of Communication, 14, 4932-4951. [Link]
Chan, M., & Li, X. (2020). Smartphones and psychological well-being in China: Examining direct and indirect relationships through social support and relationship satisfaction. Telematics and Informatics, 54, 1-11. [Link]
Chan, M. (2020). Partisan selective exposure and the perceived effectiveness of contentious political actions in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Communication, 30, 279–296. [Link]
Chan, M. (2019). The practicalities of a contextual approach in comparative political communication research. Political Communication, 36, 666-670. [Link]
Chan, M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, F. L. F. (2019). Examining the role of political network and efficacy on social media news engagement: A comparative study of six Asian countries. International Journal of Press/Politics, 24, 127-145. [Link]
Lee, F. L. F., Chan, M., Chen, H. T., Nielsen, R., & Fletcher, R. (2019). Consumptive News Feed Curation on Social Media as Proactive Personalization: A Study of Six East Asian Markets. Journalism Studies, 20, 2277-2292. [Link]
Chan, M. (2018). Networked counterpublics and discursive contestation in the agonistic public sphere: Political jamming a police force Facebook Page. Asian Journal of Communication, 28, 561-578. [Link]
Chan, M. (2018). Mobile-mediated multimodal communications, relationship quality and subjective well-being: An analysis of smartphone use from a life course perspective. Computers in Human Behavior, 87, 254-262. [Link]
Chan, M. (2018). Digital communications and well-being across the life span: Examining the intervening roles of social capital and civic engagement. Telematics and Informatics, 35, 1744-1754 [Link]
Chan, M. (2018). Partisan strength and social media use among voters during the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election: Examining the roles of ambivalence and disagreement, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 95, 343-362. [Link]
Chan, M. (2018). Reluctance to talk about politics in face-to-face and Facebook settings: Examining the impact of fear of isolation, willingness to self-censor, and peer network characteristics, Mass Communication & Society, 21, 1-23. [Link]
Lee, P. S. N., So, C. Y., Lee, F. L. F., Leung, L., & Chan, M. (2018). Social media and political partisanship – A subaltern public sphere’s role in democracy. Telematics and Informatics, 35, 1949-1957.[Link]
Chan, M. (2017). Media use and the Social Identity Model of Collective Action: Examining the roles of online alternative news and social media news, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 94, 663-681. [Link]
Chan, M. (2017). Social identity and the linguistic intergroup bias: Exploring the role of ethnic identification in the context of intergroup relations between Hong Kong and Mainland China. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36, 473-483. [Link]
Chan, M., Chen, H. T., & Lee, F. L. F. (2017). Examining the roles of mobile and social media in political participation: A cross-national analysis of three Asian societies using a communication mediation approach. New Media & Society, 19, 2003-2021. [Link]
Lee, P. S. N., So, C. Y., Leung, L., Lee, F. L. F., & Chan, M. (2017). The Struggle for Hegemony – The Emergence of a Counter-public Sphere in Post-1997 Hong Kong. Chinese Journal of Communication, 10, 338-359. [Link]
Chen, Z. & Chan, M. (2017). Social media use and impact on political participation in China: A cognitive and communication mediation approach. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20, 83-90. [Link]
Lee, F. L. F., Lee, P. S. N., So, C. Y., Leung, L., & Chan, M. (2017). Conditional impact of Facebook as an information source on political opinions: the case of political reform in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Political Science, 25, 365-382. [Link]
Li, X., & Chan, M. (2017). Comparing social media use, discussion, political trust, and political engagement among university students in China and Hong Kong: An application of the O-S-R-O-R model. Asian Journal of Communication, 27, 65-81. [Link]
Lee, F. L. F., Chen, H.T., & Chan, M. (2017). Social media use and university students’ participation in a large-scale protest campaign: The case of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Telematics and Informatics, 34, 457-469. [Link]
Chen, H. T., Chan, M. & Lee, F. L. F. (2016). Social media use and democratic engagement: A comparative study of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 9, 348–366. [Link]
Chan, M. (2016). Social network sites and political engagement: Exploring the impact of Facebook connections and uses on political protest and participation, Mass Communication & Society, 9, 430-451. [Link]
Chan, M. (2016). Psychological antecedents and motivational models of collective action. Examining the role of perceived effectiveness in political protest participation, Social Movement Studies, 15, 305-321.[Link]
Chan, M. (2015). Examining the influences of news use patterns, motivations, and age cohort on mobile news use: The case of Hong Kong, Mobile Media & Communication, 3, 179-195 . [Link]
Chan, M. (2015). Multimodal connectedness and quality of life: Examining the impact of communication technologies on subjective well-being across the life span, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20, 3–18. [Link]
Chan, M. (2015). Mobile phones and the good life: Examining the relationships among mobile use, social capital and subjective well-being. New Media & Society, 17, 96-113. [Link]
Chan, M. (2014). Social identity gratifications of social network sites and impact on collective action participation, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 17, 229-235. [Link]
Chan, M., & Lee, F. L. F. (2014). Selective exposure and agenda-setting: Exploring the impact of partisan media exposure on agenda diversity and political participation, Asian Journal of Communication, 24, 301-314. [Link]
Chan, M. (2014). Exploring the contingent effects of political efficacy and partisan strength on the relationship between online news use and democratic engagement, International Journal of Communication, 8, 1195-1215. [Link]
Chan, M. (2014). (Re)categorizing intergroup relations and social identities through news discourse: The case of the China Daily’s reporting on regional conflict. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 33, 146-166. [Link]
Chan, M., & Guo, J. (2013). The role of political efficacy on the relationship between Facebook use and participatory behaviors. A comparative study of young American and Chinese adults. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16, 460-463. [Link]
Chan, M. (2012). The discursive reproduction of national identities and ideologies in the Chinese and Japanese English-language press. Discourse & Communication, 6, 361-378. [Link]
Chan, M. (2012). Social identity dynamics and emotional labour: The multiple roles of the tuina masseuse in the Shenzhen spa. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 15, 519-534. [Link]
Chan, M., Wu, X., Hao, Y., Xi, R., & Jin, T. (2012). Microblogging, online expression and political efficacy among young Chinese citizens. The moderating role of information and entertainment needs in the use of Weibo. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15, 345-349. [Link]
Chan, M. (2011). Shyness, sociability, and the role of media synchronicity in the use of computer-mediated communication for interpersonal communication, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 14, 84-90. [Link]
Chan, M. (2010). The impact of e-mail on collective action: A field application of the SIDE Model. New Media & Society, 12, 1313-1330. [Link]