Research Methods
Meta-analysis:
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Sun, Y., & Pan, Z. (online first). Not published is not perished: Addressing publication bias in meta-analytic studies in communication. Human Communication Research (Special issue on meta-analysis).
Ratcliff, C. L., & Sun, Y.* (online first). Overcoming resistance through narrative communication: Findings from a meta-analytic review. Human Communication Research.
*Authors contributed equally to this work
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Sun, Y., Pan, Z., & Shen, L. (2008). Understanding the third-person perception: Evidence from a meta-analysis. Journal of Communication, 58, 280-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00385.x
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Social Network Analysis:
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Sun, Y. (2019). How conversational ties are formed in an online community: A social network analysis of a tweet chat group. Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1581242
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Sun, Y., DeLuca, K., & Seegert, N. (2017). Exploring environmentalism amidst the clamour of networks: A social network analysis of Utah environmental organizations. Environmental Communication, 11(3), 332-352, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2015.1094101
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Measurement:
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Sun, Y., Liu, M., & Krakow, M. (2016). Health e-mavens: Identifying active online health information users. Health Expectations, 19(5), 1071-1083. DOI: 10.1111/hex.12398
Yale, R. N., Jensen, J. D., Carcioppolo, N., Sun, Y., & Liu, M. (2015). Examining first- and second-order factor structures for news credibility. Communication Methods and Measures, 9(3), 152-169. doi: 10.1080/19312458.2015.1061652
Content Analysis:
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Sun, Y. (2017). “Coding of data.” In M. Allen (Ed). The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods.
Sun, Y. (2017). “Fixed coding.” In M. Allen (Ed). The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods.
Sun, Y. (2017). “Flexible coding.” In M. Allen (Ed). The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods.