Researcher

Biography

Xiangyu Wang is a lecturer at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School, Sydney. She holds a PhD in Informatics from the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on data science in social media, including both special-purpose social media (such as online health communities) and general-purpose social media (such as Twitter). Her publications have appeared in the Journal of the Association for Information...view more

Xiangyu Wang is a lecturer at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School, Sydney. She holds a PhD in Informatics from the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on data science in social media, including both special-purpose social media (such as online health communities) and general-purpose social media (such as Twitter). Her publications have appeared in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) and ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. Her work have been recognized as top-cited articles in JASIST 2023 and 2024. 


My Research Activities

Selected Publications:

  • Wang, X., Zhang, M., Fan, W., & Zhao, K. (2022). Understanding the Spread of COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media--The Effects of Topics and a Political Leader’s Nudge. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 73 (5) pp. 726-737. DOI: 10.1002/asi.24576.

  • Wang, X., High, A., Wang, X., & Zhao, K. (2021). Predicting Users' Continued Engagement in Online Health Communities from the Quantity and Quality of Received Support. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 72 (6) pp. 710-722. DOI: 10.1002/asi.24436.

  • Wang, X., Zhao, K., Zhou, X., & Street, W. N. (2020). Predicting User Posting Activities in Online Health Communities with Deep Learning. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. 11 (3) pp. Article 12. DOI: 10.1145/3383780.

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