Janet Yang

PhD

Janet Yang.

Janet Yang

PhD

Janet Yang

PhD

Research Topics

Science, Health, Environmental, and Risk Communication

Overview Background Publications

Publications in 2023 (*graduate students co-authors)

Shah, P.*, & Yang, J. Z. (2023). It takes two to tango: How ability and morality shape consumers’ willingness to refill and reuse. Environmental Management.

Yang, J. Z. (2023). Comparative risk perception of the Monkeypox outbreak and the Monkeypox vaccine. Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14154.

Wong, J. C. S., & Yang, J. Z. (in press). Risk perception of the COVID-19 vaccines: Revisiting the psychometric paradigm. Journal of Risk Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2023.2208142 .

Ho, S., Singer, N. R., Yang, J. Z., Post, S., Shih, T., Chen, L., Kristiansen, S., & Takahashi, B. (2023). Environmental debates in the time of the COVDI-19 pandemic: Media, communication, and the public. Environmental Communication, 17(3), 209-217.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2193025 .

Dong, X.*, & Yang, J. Z. (in press). PFAS contamination: Pathway from communication to behavioral outcomes. Journal of Health Communication. https:// doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2193144.

Liu, Z., & Yang, J. Z. (2023). Communicating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination to the public through personal relevance. Journal of Health Communication,28(2), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2183284

Liu, S., & Yang, J. Z. (in press). Narrative persuasion and psychological distance: Analyzing the effectiveness of distance-framed narratives in communicating ocean plastic pollution. Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14111

Shah, P.*, Yang, J. Z., & Kahlor, L. A. (2023). Psychological distance, risk perception, and affect: Texas residents’ support for carbon capture and storage. Journal of Risk Research, 26(2), 184-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2022.2116084.

Liu, Z., & Yang, J. Z. (2023). Public support for COVID-19 responses: Cultural cognition, risk perception, and emotions. Health Communication, 38(4), 648-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1965710

Wong, J. C. S., Yang, J. Z., Liu, Z. (2023). It’s the thoughts that count: How psychological distance and affect heuristic influence support for aid response measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2109394