Zhang, R. Li., H., Meng, H., Zhan, J., Gan, H., Lee, Y-C. 2025. The dark side of AI companionship: A taxonomy of harmful algorithmic behaviors in human-AI relationships. CHI 2025 forthcoming. https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.20130
Li., H.*, Zhang, R. 2024. Finding love in algorithms: Deciphering the emotional contexts of close encounters with AI chatbots. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/29/5/zmae015/7742812
Zhang, R. Li., H., Chen, A., Liu, Z., Lee, Y-C. 2024. AI privacy in context: A comparative study of public and institutional discourse on conversational AI privacy in the US and China. Social Media + Society. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241290845
Li, H.*, Xu, Y. 2024. Unraveling the cross-cultural differences in online expression of social anxiety in online support communities. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2023.0539
Liu, Z., Li, H., Chen, A., Zhang, R., Lee, Y-C. Understanding public perceptions of AI conversational agents: A cross-cultural analysis. In Proceddings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'24), May 11-16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642840
Li, H., Zhang, R., Lee, Y-C. Kraut, R.E., Mohr, D. C. Systematic review and meta-analysis of AI-based conversational agents for promoting mental health and well-being. npj Digit. Med. 6, 236 (2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-023-00979-5
Li, H.*, Kraut, R. E., & Zhu, H. (2021). Technical features of asynchronous and synchronous community platforms and their effects on community cohesion: a comparative study of forum-based and chat-based online mental health communities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 26(6), 403-421. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmab016
Kraut, R. E., Li, H., & Zhu, H. (2022). Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts of disease, social isolation, and financial stressors. PloS one, 17(11), e0277562. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277562
Liao S., Fang Y., Li, H., Gao, Y. (2019). A Closer look at news websites' networked communication structure and media influence in China, Journalism Research (新闻大学)(CSSCI Journal), 01:75-89+119.
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Li, H., Zhang, R. Online conversations fuel emotion regulation and generalized reciprocity. ICA 2025.
Gan, H., Li, H., Zhan, J., Zhang, R. Navigating uncertainty in human-AI relationships: User practices and strategies in interactive community challenges. ICA 2025.
Li., H., Zhang, R., Hwang, L., Feng, B., Li, H., Relational communication in AI companionship: An examination of self-disclosure and support-seeking in human-Replika interactions. ICA 2025.
Li, H., Zhang, R. (2024). Finding love in algorithms: Unraveling the emotional contexts of human-AI interactions. ICA 2024.
Zhang, R., Li, H., Zhan, J., Gan, H., Lee, Y-C. (2024). Identifying and categorizing harms in human-AI social interactions. 1st HEAL workshop at CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing System, May 12, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2024.
Li, H., Xu Y. (2023). Social anxiety or “cultural” anxiety: A cross-cultural study of online communities for social anxiety disorder. Extended Abstract. ICA 2023.
Li, H., Liao, S. (2023). Understanding the social support dynamics in online mental health communities: A comparative study of forum-based and chat-based support communities. Extended Abstract. ICA 2023.
Li, H. (2018). A new mode of news production in the age of big data: the concept and practice of news recommendation. 2018 People.cn Paper Award.
Li, H. (2016). Locating university public art in the lens of hegemony: A case study of SFU Comfort Controversy. Critical Studies Conference (CSC) 2016 Program "Dialectics of Space: Enclosure and Resistance". Oral Presentation.
Li, H. (2019). North America: A house of political cards and a pluralistic model of anticorruption communication. In Ji, D.Q (Eds.), Anti-Corruption Communication: International Perspectives (pp.27-70). Beijing: People’s Daily Publishing House.