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Wenhong Chen
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 58
Citations - 3376
Wenhong Chen is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & Digital divide. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2791 citations. Previous affiliations of Wenhong Chen include Duke University & University of Toronto.
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The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism
Barry Wellman,Anabel Quan-Haase,Jeffrey Boase,Wenhong Chen,Keith N. Hampton,Isabel Isla de Diaz,Kakuko Miyata,Kakuko Miyata +7 more
TL;DR: The studies show that the Internet is used for connectivity locally as well as globally, although the nature of its use varies in different countries, and Internet use is adding on to other forms of communication, rather than replacing them.
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Digital inequalities and why they matter
Laura Robinson,Shelia R. Cotten,Hiroshi Ono,Anabel Quan-Haase,Gustavo S. Mesch,Wenhong Chen,Jeremy Schulz,Timothy M. Hale,Michael J. Stern +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present current research on multiple aspects of digital inequality, defined expansively in terms of access, usage, skills, and self-perceptions, as well as future lines of research.
The global digital divide - within and between countries
Wenhong Chen,Barry Wellman +1 more
TL;DR: The digital divide between North American and developed countries elsewhere is narrowing, but remains substantial as discussed by the authors, and is widening even as the number and percentage of Internet users increases, as newcomers to the Internet are demographically similar to those already online.
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Sharing, Liking, Commenting, and Distressed? The Pathway Between Facebook Interaction and Psychological Distress
Wenhong Chen,Kye-Hyoung Lee +1 more
TL;DR: Drawing on a survey of college students, this research uses structural equation modeling to assess the relationship between Facebook interaction and psychological distress and two underlying mechanisms: communication overload and self-esteem.
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The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World
TL;DR: Cao et al. as discussed by the authors compared how people in different parts of the world use the Internet and found that frequent users tend to use the internet in multiple ways - socially, instrumentally and recreationally and to combine it with faceto face and telephone contact.