• Ph.D. student, Media and Communication, Sep 2020-Present
  Department of Media and Communication
  City University of Hong Kong
• Master of Journalism and Communication, Mar 2020
  School of Media and Communication
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• B.A. in Journalism, Jul 2017
  School of Journalism and Communication
  Northwest University

* Corresponding author

• Li, J., Chen, T., Li, S., & Hu, B.* (2024). Honor the contract? Effects of algorithmic recommendation system features on perceived benefits, privacy risk, and continuance intention to use TikTok. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1–12. [SSCI]
• Yan, W., Hu, B., Liu, Y. L., Li, C., & Song, C. (2024). Does usage scenario matter? Investigating user perceptions, attitude and support for policies towards ChatGPT. Information Processing & Management, 61(6), 103867. [SSCI]
• Mao, Y., Hu, B., & Kim, K. J. (2024). Is the Internet to blame for problem behaviours in early adolescents? The effects of different types of Internet use, depression, and self-control. Behaviour & Information Technology, 1-15. [SSCI]
• Mao, Y., & Hu, B.* (2024). From trolling victimization to reactive trolling: Moderated mediation effects of online disinhibition and motivations. Social Science Computer Review. [SSCI]
• Mao, Y., Hu, B., & Kim, K. J. (2024). When AI doctors lie about diagnosis: The effects of varying degrees of prosocial lies in patient–AI interactions. Technology in Society, 102461. [SSCI]
• Liu, Y., Yan, W., Hu, B., Lin, Z., & Song, Y. (2023) Chatbots or humans? Effects of agent identity and information sensitivity on users’ privacy management and behavioral intentions: A comparative experimental study between China and the United States. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. [SSCI]
• Hu, B., Mao, Y., & Kim, K. J. (2023). How social anxiety leads to problematic use of conversational AI: The roles of loneliness, rumination, and mind perception. Computers in Human Behavior, 145, 107760. [SSCI]
• Liu, Y., Hu, B.*, Yan, W., & Lin, Z. (2023). Can chatbots satisfy me? A mixed-method comparative study of satisfaction with task-oriented chatbots in mainland China and Hong Kong. Computers in Human Behavior, 143, 107716. [SSCI]
• Hu, B., Liu, Y., & Yan, W. (2023). Should I scan my face? The influence of perceived value and trust on Chinese users’ intention to use facial recognition payment. Telematics and Informatics, 78, 101951. [SSCI]
• Liu, Y., Yan, W., Hu, B.*, Li, Z., & Lai, Y. L. (2022). Effects of personalization and source expertise on users’ health beliefs and usage intention toward health chatbots: Evidence from an online experiment. Digital Health, 8. [SSCI]
• Li, W., Mao, Y., & Hu, B. (2022). Will exposure to different consequences of prosocial behavior always lead to subsequent prosocial behavior among adolescents: An experimental study of short videos. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 927952. [SSCI]
• Liu, Y., Yan, W., & Hu, B. (2021). Resistance to facial recognition payment in China: The influence of privacy-related factors. Telecommunications Policy, 45(5), 102155. [SSCI]
• Li, W., & Hu, B. (2021). Paying for companionship? An empirical study on audio-knowledge payment decision from the perspective of parasocial relationship. (為“陪伴”買單？準社會關系視角下音頻知識付費決策研究) [in Chinese] Modern Publishing (現代出版), 6, 10-18. [CSSCI]
• Li, W., & Hu, B. (2020). What sounds beautiful is good? An empirical study of the impact of vocal attractiveness on users’ willingness to pay for online knowledge audio. (聲音的傳播魅力：基于音頻知識付費情境的實證研究) [in Chinese] Journalism Research (新聞大學), 12, 49-60. [CSSCI]
• Li, W., & Hu, B. (2020). Lurking or contributing? The relationship among big five personality, online behaviors and identity in online reading community. (性格驅動與認同建立：網絡閱讀社區用戶行為研究) [in Chinese] Modern Communication (現代傳播), 10, 140-147. [CSSCI]
• Li, W., Hu, B., Ji, D. (2018). Understanding the behavioral incentive of using E-book reader apps: an investigation from UTAUT and VAM perspectives. (電子書閱讀客戶端的用戶使用意愿研究——基于UTAUT和VAM理論視角) [in Chinese] Library Tribune (圖書館論壇), 04, 103-110. [CSSCI]

• Outstanding Research Papers Awards, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Mar 2024
• Research Tuition Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong, Sep 2023
• Outstanding Research Papers Awards, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Mar 2023
• Outstanding Academic Performance Award, City University of Hong Kong, Aug 2021
• Outstanding Graduate, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mar 2020
• Post-graduate Direct Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nov 2018
• Merit Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Oct 2018