Xie, W. (2016). “I am blogging…”: A qualitative study of bloggers’ motivations of writing blogs. In Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management (edited by I. Lee), pp.2007-2016. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.    

Veenstra, A., Iyer, N., Xie, W., Lyons, B., Park, C., & Feng, Y. (2016). Come Together, Right Now: Retweeting in the Social Model of Protest Mobilization. In Hashtag Publics: The Power and Politics of Networked Discourse Communities (edited by Rambukkana, N.), pp.89-99. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 

Karan, K., Park, C., & Xie, W. (2016). Online women’s magazines: Differences in perceptions between print and online magazines among female readers. Advances in Journalism and Communication, 4, 31-42.

Xie, W. & Kang, C. (2015). See you, see me: Teenagers’ self-disclosure and regret of posting on social network site. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 398-407.

Feng, Y. & Xie, W. (2015). Digital divide 2.0: The role of social networking sites in seeking health information online from a longitudinal perspective. Journal of Health Communication, 20, 60-68.

Xie, W. & Zhao, Y. (2014). Is seeing believing? Comparing media credibility of traditional and online media in China. China Media Research, 10, 64-73.

Xie, W. (2014). Social network site use, mobile personal talk and social capital among teenagers. Computers in Human Behavior, 41, 228-235.

Xie, W. & Newhagen, J. (2014). The effects of communication interface proximity on user anxiety for crime alerts received on desktop, laptop and hand-held devices. Communication Research, 41, 375-403.

Feng, Y. & Xie, W. (2014). Teens’ concern for privacy when using social networking sites: An analysis of socialization agents and relationships with privacy-protecting behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 153-162.

Karan, K., Xie, W. & Fu, T. (2017). The “Big Brother”: Social media marketing strategies in the era of Big Data. Paper presented at New Media Expressions Conference. Bengaluru, India. July 28-29, 2017.

Fowler A., Xie, W., & Tavuri, A. (2016). What is beneath the Facebook iceberg? Revealing the relationship between privacy paradox and the belief of fatalism. Paper presented at the annual convention of AEJMC. Minneapolis, MN. August, 2016.

Xie, W. & Karan, K. (2016). How do you manage your privacy? Consumers’ privacy concern and privacy protection on social network sites in the era of Big Data. Paper presented at the annual convention of ICA, Fukuoka, Japan. June 2016.

Xie, W. & Karan, K. (2015). Smoking and health in India: A content analysis of Indian anti-smoking advertisements alerting second-hand smoking on Youtube. Paper presented at the DC Health Communication Conference 2015. Fairfax, VA. April, 2015.

Xie, W. (2015). “I am anxious when disconnected with Facebook”: College students’ use of social media, mobile phone, and psychological well-being. Paper presented at the annual convention of ICA, Puerto Rico 2015.

2018
1st Place Paper Award
Marketing, Management & Programming Division, Broadcasting Education Association

2016
Distance Education Development Grant
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2015
College-Level Outstanding Research Award
College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, SIUC

2014
William A. Minor Grant
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2012
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2011
New Online Course Development Grant
Southern Illinois University Carbondale