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My research interests span political communication, environmental communication, and media psychology. I investigate the news framing of political and environmental topics and its psychological impact, while also exploring the evolution of communication theory in the age of AI.

Environmental Communication

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1. Yufeng Xia, Zheng Yang & Xiaoxiao Cheng (12 Aug 2025): Increasingly politicised framing and the elusive public sphere: Chinese government-led climate communication on social media, Asian Journal of Communication, DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2025.2543782 [link] [SSCI, Q2]
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2. Yufeng Xia. (2023). The Impact of Frames on User Engagement and Citizen Comments in Climate Change Communication: The Case of Chinese Government Social Media. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual ICA Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.
3. Yufeng Xia. (2023). Climate Communication and Citizen Participation in the Climate Change Public Sphere (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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4. Contributed to pre-publication editing and proofreading of Environmental Risk Communication in China (Editors: Prof. Jia Dai & Prof. Fanxu Zeng, Tsinghua University), 2021-2022. </aside>

Political Communication

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1. Yufeng Xia. (2023). Framing Corruption News: The Emotional Effects of News Frames on Corruption Perception, Political Trust and Government Image. Paper presented at the Annual IAMCR Conference 2023, Lyon, France.
2. Yufeng Xia & Fanxu Zeng. (2020). Democratic E-governance Website Evaluation Model for China: Considering Communication as The Effective Approach. Paper presented at the Annual IAMCR Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference). </aside>

Higher Education

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1. Jiuli Ruan, Yin Wu, Yufeng Xia. (2023). Foreign Journalism and Communication Education in the Context of the All-Media Era (in Chinese). Journal of Education and Media Studies, *****(4)*, 28-32. (AMI) [link]
2. Qingwei Lian, Yanni Ren, Yufeng Xia. (2019). A Practical Approach to College Online Ideological and Political Education: An Analysis of A Letter to Youth on the People's Daily‘s Social Media (in Chinese). *Higher Education Exploration, ***(6), 101-105. (CSSCI) [link]
3. Contributed to the writing and proofreading of the textbook Elementary News Writing Course (Editor: Prof. Fanxu Zeng, Tsinghua University), 2020-2022. </aside>

Projects

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1. A Study on the International Communication of Chinese Scientific Culture and the Building of its National Scientific Image, The Key Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province, Participant, 2025
2. A Study on the Effectiveness of China's International Communication on Climate Issues and Strategies for Improvement, National Social Science Fund of China, Participant, 2025
3. Climate Change Audience Classification and Climate Narratives, Funder: U.S. Energy Foundation, Partner Institution: Tsinghua University, Participant, 2022-2023
4. Impact Evaluation Index System for Credit Service Websites, Funder: China's Credit Center, Partner Institution: Tsinghua University, Key Participant, 2020-2021
5. The Influence Mechanisms of Citizens’ Online Anti-Corruption Claims on China’s Anti-Corruption Actions (Co-author: Prof. Tianguang Meng), Researcher, 2018-2019 </aside>

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