2023

Risk perception, acceptance, and trust of using artificial intelligence in gastroenterology practice: Survey from the Asia Pacific Region. JMIR. Click here

Examining theoretical frameworks and antecedents of health Apps and wearables use: A scoping review. Health Communication.  Click here

Motivating physical activity with fitness tracking and the interpersonal context. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Click here

Attrition in conversational agent delivered mental health interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Click here  

Opening the black box of fitness tracking: understanding the mechanisms of feedback in motivating physical activity among older Singaporeans. Behaviour & Information Technology. Click here 

Examining the antecedents and health outcomes of health apps and wearables use: an integration of the technology acceptance model and communication inequality. Behaviour & Information Technology.  Click here 

Editorial: VR/AR and wellbeing: The use of immersive technologies in promoting health outcomes. Frontiers in Virtual Reality. Click here 

Filters uncovered: Investigating the impact of AR face filters and self-view on videoconference fatigue and affect. Telematics and Informatics Reports. Click here 

2022

Decision-Making factors towards adoption of smart home sensors by older adults: An intervention study in Singapore. JMIR Aging. Click here 

Health-seeking behavior and its associated technology utilization among community-dwelling older adults in Singapore: Qualitative study. JMIR Aging. Click here 

Designing effective eHealth interventions for underserved groups: Five lessons from a decade of eHealth intervention design and deployment. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Click here 

2021

Virtual game changers: How avatars and virtual coaches influence exergame outcomes through enactive and vicarious learning. Behaviour & Information Technology. Click here 

Wii or Kinect? A pilot study of the exergame effects on older adults’ physical fitness and psychological perception. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Click here 

2023

Growing natural connections: The effects of modality and type of nature on connectedness to nature. Environmental Communication, 1–17. Click here 

Environmental debates in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: Media, communication, and the public. Environmental Communication, 17(3), 209–217. Click here  

2022

Influence of public hesitancy and receptivity on reactive behaviours towards releases of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes for dengue control. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Click here 

Communicating the future of energy use: Qualitative insights into the efforts of environmental groups in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Environmental Communication. Click here 

Mapping risk and benefit perceptions of energy sources: Comparing public and expert mental models in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Energy Research & Social Science. Click here 

Fake news, real risks: How online discussion and sources of fact‐check influence public risk perceptions toward nuclear energy. Risk Analysis. Click here 

Avoiding real news, believing in fake news? Investigating pathways from information overload to misbelief. Journalism. Click here 

Examining the cultural dimension of contact-tracing app adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-country study in Singapore and Switzerland. Information, Communication & Society.  Click here 

Infectious diseases prevention and control using an integrated health big data system in China. BMC Infectious Diseases. Click here 

Can press freedom enhance the effect of news exposure on COVID-19 health beliefs? A Health Belief Model Perspective. Health Communication. Click here 

The evolution of public sentiments during the COVID-19 pandemic: Case comparisons of India, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. JMIR Infodemiology. Click here 

2021

Discovering optimal strategies for mitigating COVID-19 spread using machine learning: Experience from Asia. Sustainable Cities and Society. Click here 

Influence of Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Development on Vaccine Hesitancy. Vaccine.  Click here 

Understanding the effects of message cues on COVID‐19 information sharing on Twitter. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Click here 

Effects of bin proximity and informational prompts on recycling and contamination. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Click here 

If Others Care, I Will Fight Climate Change: An Examination of Media Effects in Addressing the Public Goods Dilemma of Climate Change Mitigation. International Journal of Communication. Click here to download it

Mainstream news media’s role in public health communication during crises: Assessment of coverage and correction of COVID-19 misinformation. Health Communication. Click here 

2020

Government trust, perceptions of COVID-19 and behaviour change: Cohort surveys, Singapore. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Click here 

2022

Health-seeking behavior and its associated technology utilization among community-dwelling older adults in Singapore: Qualitative study. JMIR Aging. Click here 

Decision-making factors towards adoption of smart home sensors by older adults: An intervention study in Singapore. JMIR Aging. Click here 

2021

Wii or Kinect? A pilot study of the Exergame effects on older adults’ physical fitness and psychological perception. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Click here 

An investigation on psychosocial factors Impacting frailty in older adults: A case of Singapore. Juniper Online Journal of Public Health. Click here 

A digital mobile community App for caregivers in Singapore: Predevelopment and usability study. JMIR Nursing. Click here 

Conversational agent for healthy lifestyle behaviour change: An online feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research. Click here 

Effectiveness of eHealth nutritional interventions for middle-aged and older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research.  Click here 

2023

Extending the knowledge gap hypothesis to narrative persuasion: Parents’ information-seeking intention and learning about adolescent children’s COVID-19 vaccination. Health Education & Behavior.  
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Cancer fatalism in the information age: A meta-analysis of communicative and behavioral correlates. Communication Research. Click here 

Examining the role of distrust in science and social media use: Effects on susceptibility to COVID misperceptions with panel data. Mass Communication and Society, 1–26. Click here 

Socio-economic disparities in exposure to and endorsement of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and the associations with vaccine hesitancy and vaccination. Public Health. Click here 

From pandemic to plandemic: Examining the amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Social Science & Medicine. Click here 

Communication, social norms, and the intention to get vaccinated against Covid-19. European Journal of Health Communication. Click here

Profile identification and characterization of risk perceptions and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. Click here

Examining COVID-19 tweet diffusion using an integrated social amplification of risk and issue-attention cycle framework. Health Communication. Click here 

Social media may hinder learning about science; social media’s role in learning about COVID-19. Computers in Human Behavior. Click here 

Does knowledge make a difference? Understanding how the lay public and experts assess the credibility of information on novel foods. Public Understanding of Science. Click here 

2022

Perceived behavioral control as a moderator: Scientists’ attitude, norms, and willingness to engage the public. PLOS ONE. Click here 

Exploring channels and gaps in information dissemination and acquisition among energy scientists and the public: The southeast Asian context. PLOS ONE. Click here 

Perceived information distortion about COVID-19 vaccination and addictive social media use among social media users in Hong Kong: The moderating roles of functional literacy and critical literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Click here 

Measuring what matters: Data absenteeism, science communication, and the perpetuation of inequities. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Click here 

Thinking, not talking, predicts knowledge level: Effects of media attention and reflective integration on public knowledge of nuclear energy. Public Understanding of Science. Click here 

2021

A meta-analysis of factors related to health information seeking: An integration from six theoretical frameworks. Communication Research. Click here 

Heuristic cues as perceptual filters: Factors influencing public support for nuclear research reactor in Singapore. Energy Policy. Click here

Why support nuclear energy? The roles of citizen knowledge, trust, media use, and perceptions across five Southeast Asian countries. Energy Research & Social Science. Click here 

2020

Let’s nab fake science news: Predicting scientists’ support for interventions using the influence of presumed media influence model. Journalism. Click here

2023

Does knowledge make a difference? Understanding how the lay public and experts assess the credibility of information on novel foods. Public Understanding of Science. Click here 

Exploring the effects of habituation and scent in first-person 360-degree videos on consumption behavior. Scientific Reports. Click here 

2022

Development of diet score for identifying the relationship between diet patterns and dietary guidelines in Singapore. Health and Primary Care. Click here 

Understanding public willingness to pay more for plant-based meat: Environmental and health consciousness as precursors to the influence of presumed media influence model. Environmental Communication.  
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The associations between mobile media use and food consumption in parent-child dyads. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Click here 

Feed for thought: Factors predicting public support for funding and labeling preferences of alternative aquafeed. Environmental Communication. Click here