Zhu et al.’s new article on computational social science in communication research

Zhu et al.’s new article on computational social science in communication research

Jonathan Zhu and five other members of the lab have published a lead article in the latest issue of e-Science Technology and Application, entitled “Computational Social Science in Communication Research” . In the article, they reviewed and discussed how computational social science has been employed in communication research. In particular, following the classic 5W model in communication research, they described key studies of computational social science on the process of “who (communicators), says what (content), to whom (audiences), through what (channel), with what (effects)”. They also discussed major contributions and existing problems of computational social science and online big data in these research areas. Zhu, J. J. H. Zhu, Peng, T. Q., Liang, H., Wang, C. J., Qin, J., & Chen, H. X. (2014, in Chinese). Computational Social Science in Communication Research. e-Science Technology and Application , 5(2), 3-13. 计算社会科学在新闻传播研究中的应用 祝建华、彭泰权、梁海、王成军、秦洁、陈鹤鑫 (2014). 计算社会科学在新闻传播研究中的应用. 《科研信息化技术与应用》, 5(2), 3-13. (JZ)