Media & Cognitive Science

Zheng Joyce Wang

wang.1243@osu.edu
 

Assis. Professor

School of Communication
The Ohio State University
3142C Derby Hall Tel: (614)247-8031
154 N. Oval Mall                                              

Columbus, OH 43210

Education

Ph.D. Mass Communication & Cognitive Science, double-major (2007)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Dissertation:
Motivational Processing and Choice Behavior during Television Viewing:
An Integrative Dynamic Approach
Committee: Annie Lang, Jerome Busemeyer, Julia Fox, & Robert Potter

M.A. Mass Communication (2006)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

B. A. Journalism & Mass Communications (2001)
China Youth University for Political Sciences, Beijing, China


Research Interests

Emotion and motivation in mediated information processing, and how they are related to cognition (e.g., attention, memory, perceived reality and risk, attitude, and decision making) and choice behavior (e.g., channel changing, media use, substance use);

Quantitative research methods;

Psychophysiological measures; and

Dynamic cognitive/mathematical modeling and time series modeling.