Pengfei Zhao
Graduate Student, Department of Communication

Education
- M.A., Communication, University of Arizona
- M.A., Radio Broadcast and TV, Communication University of China
- B.A., Advertising Design, Communication University of China
Interests
Computer-mediated communication; technology and relationship; online self-disclosure and self-presentation; online dating; social networks; psychological and social effects of new communication technology
Contact Information
pz259 [at] cornell.edu
- Zhao, P., & Yan, K. (2022). “Not as attractive and communicatively competent as I expected”: The effects of expectancy violations on relational outcomes during modality switching in online dating. Computers in Human Behavior, 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107203
- Taylor, S., Zhao, P., & Bazarova, N. N. (2022). Social media and close relationships: A puzzle of connection and disconnection. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.004
- Zhao, P., Lapierre, M.A., Rains, S.A., & Segrin, C. (2021). When and why we disclose distress on SNSs: Perceived affordances, disclosure goals, and anticipated negative evaluations. Computers in Human Behavior, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106964
- Lapierre, M.A., Zhao, P., & Custer, B.E. (2019). Short-term longitudinal relationships between smartphone use/dependency and psychological well-being among late adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(5), 607-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.06.001
- Zhao, P., & Yan, K. (2020, May). “Is your partner as physically attractive as you expected?”: The effects of expectancy violations on relational outcomes during modality switching in online dating. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA; converted from Australia to virtual due to COVID-19).
- Zhao, P., & Lapierre, M.A. (2020, May). Smartphones and social support: Longitudinal associations between smartphone use/dependency and types of support. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA; converted from Australia to virtual due to COVID-19).
- Zhao, P., & Lapierre, M.A. (2019, November). Stress, dependency, and depression: A longitudinal examination of the reciprocal effects of perceived stress and smartphone dependency on depression. Paper presented at the 105th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA; Human Communication and Technology Division), Baltimore, MD.
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News
Conferences & Invited Lectures Assistant Professor Neil Lewis, Jr., is presenting the talk “Whose Health Guidance Can I Trust? Context, Culture, and Identity-Based Motivation” at the COVID-19 and Policy Conference: Looking Backward & Looking...
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