Dr. Ng’s research interests include media psychology, media effects, and social impacts of new media technologies. Recently he studies the psychological impacts of and motivations for using new media technologies, human-AI interaction, and AI-mediated communication. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, and obtained a Ph.D. in Communication from the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Big Data Analytics for Media and Communication
Communication Theory
Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery for Digital Media
Digital Media Research Project
Research Methods in Communication
Media psychology
Social impacts of new media technologies
Social media mining
Communication research methods
- Ng, Y.-L. (2022). Exploring the association between use of conversational artificial intelligence and social capital: Survey evidence from Hong Kong. New Media & Society, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/
14614448221074047 - Ng, Y.-L. & Lin, Z. (2022). Exploring conversation topics in conversational artificial intelligence–based social mediated communities of practice. Computers in Human Behavior, 107326. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.chb.2022.107326 - Ng, Y.-L., Song, Y., & Huang, Y. (2022). Supportive and uncivil expressions in discussions on out-groups by in-group members in anonymous computer-mediated communication. Telematics and Informatics, 69, 101785. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.tele.2022.101785 - Ng, Y.-L. (2020). Uses and gratifications of and exposure to nature 2.0 and associated interdependence with nature and pro-environmental behavior. Social Science Computer Review, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439320901490
- Ng, Y.-L., Song, Y., Kwon, K. H., & Huang, Y. (2020). Toward an integrative model for online incivility research: A review and synthesis of empirical studies on the antecedents and consequences of uncivil discussions online. Telematics and Informatics, 47, 101323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2019.101323
- Ng, Y.-L. (2019). Active and passive Facebook use and associated costly off-line helping behavior. Psychological Reports, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119860262
- Ng, Y.-L. (2019). Toward an evolutionary perspective on social media use for cooperation. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000172
- Ng, Y.-L., Chan, K., Balwicki, L., Huxley, P., & Chiu, Y.L. (2019). The digital divide, social inclusion, and health among persons with mental illness in Poland. International Journal of Communication, 13, 1652-1672.
- Ng, Y.-L., Ma, F., Ho, F., Ip, P., & Fu, K.W. (2019). Effectiveness of virtual and augmented reality-enhanced exercise on physical activity, psychological outcomes, and physical performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Computers in Human Behavior, 99, 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.026
- Luqiu, L. R., Schmierbach, M., & Ng, Y.-L. (2019). Willingness to follow opinion leaders: A case study of Chinese Weibo. Computers in Human Behavior, 101, 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.07.005
- Ng, Y.-L., & Zhao, X. (2018). The human alarm system for sensational news, online news headlines, and associated generic digital footprints: A uses and gratifications approach. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650218793739
- Ng, Y.-L. (2016). More than social-cultural influences: A research agenda for evolutionary perspectives on prosocial media effects. Review of General Psychology, 20, 317-335. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000084
- “Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” (George E. P. Box)