Tianen Chen

Journal Publications

• Chen, T., Dai, M., & Harrington, N. G. (2023). Understanding the audience in framing research: Empirical evidence from three studies examining HIV framing in China. Frontiers in Public Health.
• Dai, M., & Chen, T. (2023). Stress contagion and proliferation in diverse cisgender gay couples: Influences of sexual minority stressors and race on high-risk behaviors. Sex Roles.  
• Chen, T., Hong, A., Meekajit, P., Wang, Y., & Liao, Z. (2022). The prosocial and cathartic potential of immersive media on eudaimonic entertainment experiences. Psychology of Popular Media.
• Chen, T., Dai, M., & Xia, S. (2022). Perceived facilitators and barriers to intentions of receiving the COVID-19 vaccines among elderly Chinese adults. Vaccine.
• Chen, T., Dai, M., Xia, S., & Zhou, Y. (2021). Do messages matter? Investigating the combined effects of framing, outcome uncertainty, and number format on COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and intention. Health Communication.
• Dai, M., & Chen, T. (2021). They are just lightbulbs, right? The personality antecedents of household energy-saving intention among young millennials and gen Z. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
• Xia, S., & Chen, T. (2021). Attribution of responsibility for pick up artist issues in China: The impacts of journalist gender, geographical location, and publication range. Journal of Communication Inquiry.

Book Chapter

• Dai, M., Wright, L., Chen, T., & Calabrese, C. J. (forthcoming). Sexually transmitted illnesses. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, J. C. van Weert, I, Basnyat, N. Bol, & M. Dean (Eds.), International encyclopedia of health communication. Wiley-Blackwell.

• Chen. T., Dai, M., & Niederdeppe, J. (2024, June). Exploring the roles of interpersonal conversations and received social support in the persuasiveness of messages informed by the extended parallel process model. Paper  presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia. 
• Dai, M., & Chen. T. (2023, November). Individual and dyadic influences of sexual minority stressors and race on high-risk behaviors among diverse cisgender male couples. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, National Harbor, MD.
• Dai, M., Chen, T., Calabrese, C., & Merrill, K. (2023, May). Dyadic and longitudinal influences of sexual communication on relationship satisfaction, intimacy, and daily affect among same-sex male couples. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
• Chen, T., Dai, M., & Harrington, N. G. (2022, November). Understanding the audience in framing research: Empirical evidence from three studies examining HIV framing in China. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Chen, T., & Dai, M. (2021, November). They are just lightbulbs, right? The personality antecedents of household energy-saving intention among young millennials and gen Z. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Seattle, Washington.
• Chen, T. (2020, November). Setting the public health agenda in Mainland China: News articles related to human immunodeficiency virus. Paper presented at the Medicine, Humanity and Media – “Healthy China” and Health Communication International Conference, Beijing, China.
• Giger, J. T., Barnhart, S., Feltner, F., Slone, M. & Chen, T. (2020, November). Are happiness and sadness specific pathways linking gender and life satisfaction in adolescents living in a rural U.S. region? Paper presented at the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development, Rimini, Italy.
• Xia, S., & Chen, T. (2020, July). Influences of journalist gender on framing of pickup artists: A content analysis. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, Tampere, Finland.
• Cliggett, L., Chen, T., Fawcett, K., Kilgore, G., Mays, A., Orzolek, L., & Swab, J. (2020, February). Ten years of DOPE: In the classroom and beyond. Abstract presented at the Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington, KY, United States.
• Roberson, L., Chen, T., Drobney, C., & Kowalski, N. (2019, November). Influence of journalist gender and political ideology on attribution of responsibility in news coverage of sexual assault victims - A content analytical comparison of the Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh accusations. Abstract presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.