Communication University of China

Geographic Differences in Place Signaling, Inquiry, and Replies: Evidence from Douyin Comments on the Jiangsu City Football League

Background: When a local sports event attracts attention beyond its home region, viewers may participate in different ways. This study examined geographic differences in expressions of connection to the host region, questions, and associations with receiving replies. Methods: We...

Effects of Human-AI Voice Interaction in Sports Commentary on Perceived Credibility, Emotional Response, and Cognitive Recall

This study examines how commentary source (human vs. artificial intelligence [AI]), commentator gender, and accent shape perceived credibility, affective responses, and cognitive recall in sports broadcasting. A 2 (source) × 2 (commentator gender) × 2 (accent) between-subjects ex...

A Sociotechnical System Approach to Multimodal Emotion Propagation in Disaster Governance: Lessons from the 2021 Zhengzhou Flood

Short-video platforms provide multimodal records of public affect during natural disasters and offer new opportunities for crisis-oriented social-media analysis. Using the 2021 Zhengzhou Flood as a single-event case study, we construct DMAC, which, to the best of our knowledge, i...

MuralsNet: Dunhuang Decorative Mural Image Inpainting Based on BiFormer and GLM Fusion

Diverse costume and decorative patterns in Dunhuang murals have significant historical and cultural value. However, natural erosion and material aging have caused cracks, flaking, and missing regions. Existing image restoration methods are still challenged by complex decorative p...