Jingbo Meng

Associate Professor in Communication. Social media, social networks, health communication, AI for social support and mental health

[International Communication Association @icahdq]

Congratulations to Jingbo Meng, Jiaqi Qin, Anfan Chen, Cuihua Shen, Kaiping Chen, & Jingwen Zhang, winners of the #ICA23 Top Faculty Poster Award for, “Temporal Collective Legitimacy of Support Seeking and Received Social Support on Social Media During a Public Health Crisis.”

[Jingbo Meng @JingboMeng]

I'm sure we will encounter questions when it gets close to the submission deadline, but a head-up may help some of you to better plan for your submissions.

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Please check out the latest President-Elect's column about the types of sessions that will be offered for #ICA23. https://t.co/3G5O9VYloD

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@CommDeptMSU @MSUComArtSci @YueNancyDai1 Thank you for introducing our study

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Great research opportunity with digital mental health project at UCI, Help@Hand project.

[Stephen Schueller @steveschueller]

We're hiring a postdoc at UCI to help us write up findings from our evaluation of the Help@Hand project. If you have an interest in digital mental health and love writing this could be the position for you!!!
https://t.co/Ep5oYeZ7Vl

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@bobbierath Thank you

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@IttefaqM @icahdq Thank you!

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🌟 I am honored to be elected as the Vice Chair of the Health Communication Division at @icahdq. Looking forward to joining the leadership team and working with brilliant colleagues to build and strengthen a global community of students and scholars in #healthcommunication

[Dr.LeeHumphreys @LeeHumphreys]

Come join us! @CornellUCOMM is hiring!! https://t.co/HMZkmLTECs Please help us spread the word! @icahdq @ICAGLBT @ICA_CAT @ICA_Mobile @icacamdivision @ica_infosys @ICA_FSD

[MSU ComArtSci @MSUComArtSci]

Hey Siri, I’m feeling stressed: Can AI chatbots help fill the empathy gap? Read @JingboMeng ’s research to find out! https://t.co/a6tVf8Y8X8

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However, if a chatbot only reciprocally self-disclosed but offered no emotional support, the outcome was worse than if the chatbot did not respond to people at all. Love to see more work on chatbots for mental health.

[Jingbo Meng @JingboMeng]

📢New pub🔔 in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on comparing chatbots vs humans providing emotional support during a stressful time. We tested which approach could best effectively reduce people's worry and stress. https://t.co/bP6QAph1Ab

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When either a person or a chatbot was able to engage with a stressed individual and tell that individual about their own experiences, they were able to build rapport. We found that this type of reciprocal self-disclosure was effective in calming the worry of the individual.

[Kayla de la Haye @kayladelahaye]

Open position for a methods/stats/psychometrics expert at my academic home, @USC Dept. of Preventive Medicine @USCpm , Division of Health Behavior Research: https://t.co/qHNyIYhhMS

[Jingbo Meng @JingboMeng]

An excellent example of correctly setting the behavior norm. Read @sinanaral Op-Ed: Why public health messaging should emphasize vaccine acceptance, not hesitancy https://t.co/qbNZ1g3g7v

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@PsychNiles How about caregiver networks? They may be interested in helping those who have needs and they are trustworthy sources. Also, some online networks where patients anonymously support each other. If a few patients find apps useful, there could be sharing going on. Just a thought.

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@PsychNiles I see several connections with communication science that studies dissemination over social networks and social influence on adopting a new practice.

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An awesome Conversation article on our paper about covid conspiracy published in HKS Misinformation Review.

[Kaiping Chen (@kaipingchen.bsky.social) @Kaiping_Chen]

We just published a piece in Conversation @ConversationUS, highlighting the nationalism narratives behind COVID-19 conspiracies, and strategies for countering misinformation on social media. #policomm #scicomm https://t.co/7aIiR2bOqj

[Jingbo Meng @JingboMeng]

A new networking hub for digital mental health. Look forward to it.