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Research Methods

Meta-analysis: 

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

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

Social Network Analysis:

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

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

Measurement: 

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: 

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. 

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