Journal Papers

  1. Zhang, Y., Law, M., Wee, S., Lee, B., Chew, B., Teo, W., Lee, E. W. J. (forthcoming). Design, implementation, and evaluation of a community-based phygital telemonitoring program for older adults: A multi-site retrospective pilot study in Singapore. JMIR Formative Research.
  2. Bao, H., Meena, S. S. S., Pai, S. G. S., Singh, N., Tan, K.Z., Pham, B. T. P., Feihong, P., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (forthcoming). Design and evaluation of a digital health app (SingaporeWALK) for active ageing: Intervention study. JMIR Formative Research.
  3. Bao, H., Pai, S. G. S., Singh, N. B., Pham, B. T. P., Siva Subramaniam, S. M., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Single or multiplayer mode? Examining the effects of exergames in improving physical health and well-being among older adults. Games for Health Journal, 14(2), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2023.0241
  4. Bao, H., Wong, Y. J., Singh, N., Pai, S. G. S., Pham, B. T. P., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Data absenteeism in digital health technology research for older adults: A systematic review. BMC Digital Health, 3(14), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-025-00152-w
  5. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Meena, S. S. S., Singh, N., Pai, S. G. S. Pham, B. T. P., & Theng, Y. L. (2025) Implementing an inclusive digital health ecosystem for healthy aging: A case study on project SingaporeWALK. JAMIA Open, 8(1), ooae148. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae148
  6. Withers, M., Castillo-Carandang, N. T., Rimon II, J. G., Calimag, M. M. P., McCool, J., Lee, E. W. J., Guillemot, J. R., Portus, L. M. (2024). The role of social scientists in global health crises. Journal of Public Health and Emergency. 1-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jph
  7. Bai, S. Y., & Lee, E. W. J. (2024). Examining media’s coverage of COVID-19 vaccines and social media sentiments on vaccine manufacturers’ stock prices. Frontiers in Public Health, 12(1411345), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1411345
  8. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Wu, Y. S., Wang, K., Viswanath K. (2024). Examining health apps and wearable use in improving physical and mental well-being across U.S., China, and Singapore. Scientific Reports, 14 (10779), 1-12.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61268-z
  9. Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., Dryer, E. (2024). Social media and vaccination: Some critical questions about data absenteeism, communication inequalities and evidence gaps. BMJ.
  10. Lee, E. W. J., Tan, W. W., Kawaja, A., Pham, B. T. P., Theng Y. L. (2024). Addressing the twin problem of technology and data absenteeism in the use of wearable gloves and virtual exercise games to improve exercise adherence among seniors and stroke patients: A usability study. JMIR Serious Games, 12(e47600), 1-11. doi: 10.2196/47600
  11. Ma, H., Lee, E. W. J., Xie, L., Lee, H. H., Hui, K. H. Xin. M., Mo, P. K. H., Xin, M. (2024). Examining the roles of social media information exposure and seeking on COVID-19 vaccination through the S-O-R Model: A two-wave panel in Hong Kong. Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108243
  12. Zhang, T. H., Tham, J. S., Lee, E. W. J., Waheed, M. (2024). Linking pathways from perceived absolute and comparative risk to colorectal cancer screening intention: Towards an extended cognitive mediation model. Mass Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2024.2331812
  13. Kang, H., Lee, J. Y., Lee, E. W. J., Toh, C. W. T. (2024). The roles of trust in government and sense of community in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy calculus: Mixed method study using a 2-wave survey and in-depth interviews. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 12(e48986), 1-17 doi: 10.2196/48986
  14. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2024). Examining the antecedents and health outcomes of health apps and wearables use: An integration of the technology acceptance model and communication inequality. Behavior & Information Technology, 43(4), 695-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2183062
  15. Lee, E. W. J., Zheng, H., Goh, D. H. L., Lee, C. S., & Theng, Y. L. (2024). Examining COVID-19 tweet diffusion using an integrated social amplification and risk and issue-attention cycle framework. Health Communication, 39(3), 493-506. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2170201
  16. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Examining Theoretical frameworks and antecedents of health apps and wearables use: A scoping review. Health Communication. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2283655
  17. Lee, S., Jones-Jang, S. M., Lee, E. W. J., Diehl, T. (2023). Examining the role of distrust in science and social media use: Effects on susceptibility to COVID misperceptions with panel data. Mass Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2268053
  18. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Examining antecedents of factual knowledge and perceived familiarity of COVID-19 contact tracing app: A modified cognitive mediation model. Journal of Health Communication, 28, 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2231372
  19. Yao, Y., Wu, Y. S., Weng, X., Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., Wang, M. P. (2023). Socioeconomic disparities in exposure to and endorsement of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and the associations with vaccine hesitancy and vaccination. Public Health, 223, 217-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.08.005
  20. Qian, Y., Liu, Z., Lee, E. W. J., Wang, Y., Ni, Z. (2023). Exploring the incentive function of virtual academic degrees in a Chinese online smoking cessation community: Qualitative content analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(e42260), 1-13. doi: 10.2196/42260
  21. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Wang, Y., & Lim, Y. T. (2023). From pandemic to Plandemic: Examining the amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Social Science & Medicine, 328(115979), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115979
  22. Zhang Y., Lee, E. W. J., Teo, W. P. (2023) Health-seeking behavior and its associated technology use: Interview study among community-dwelling older adults. JMIR Aging, 6(e43709), 1-16. doi: 10.2196/43709
  23. Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2023). Toward an extended infodemiology framework: Leveraging social media data and web search queries as digital pulse on cancer communication. Health Communication, 38(2),335-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1951957
  24. Lee, E. W. J., Lim, V. S. H., Ng, C. K. (2022). Understanding public perceptions and intentions to adopt traditional versus emerging investment platforms: The effect of message framing and regulatory focus theory on the technology acceptance model. Telematics and Informatics Reports, 8(100024), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2022.100024
  25. Lee, S., Tandoc Jr, E., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Social media may hinder learning about science; social media’s role in learning about COVID-19. Computers in Human Behavior 138 (107487), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107487.
  26. Xie, L., Lee, E. W. J., Fong, V. W. I., Hui, K., Xin, M., & Mo, P. K. H. (2022). Perceived information distortion about COVID-19 vaccination and addictive social media use among social media users in Hong Kong: The moderating roles of functional literacy and critical literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8550), 1–13.
  27. Li, B. J., Lee, E. W. J., Goh, Z. H., & Tandoc Jr, E. (2022). From frequency to fatigue: Exploring the influence of videoconference use on videoconference fatigue in Singapore. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 7(100214), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100214
  28. Viswanath, K., McCloud, R. F, Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A. (2022). Measuring what matters: Data absenteeism, science communication and the perpetuation of inequalities. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political & Social Sciences, 700(1), 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162221093268
  29. Zhou, X., Lee, E. W. J., Wang, X., Lin, L., Xuan, Z., Wu, D., Lin, H., & Shen, P. (2022). Infectious diseases prevention and control using an integrated health big data system in China. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07316-3
  30. Han, Z., Goh, D. H-L., Lee, E. W. J., Lee, C. S., & Theng, Y-L. (2022). Understanding the effects of message cues on COVID-19 information sharing on Twitter. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 73, 847-862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.24587
  31. Vanden Abeele, M. M. P., Halfmann, A., & Lee, E. W. J. (2022). Drug, demon or donut? Theorizing the relationship between social media use, digital wellbeing and digital disconnection. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45(101295), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.007
  32. Vanden Abeele, M. M. P., Halfmann, A., & Lee, E. W. J. (2022). Drug, demon or donut? Theorizing the relationship between social media use, digital wellbeing and digital disconnection. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45(101295), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.007
  33. Lee, E. W. J., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2022). Designing effective ehealth interventions for underserved communities: Five perennial lessons from a decade of ehealth interventions design and deployment. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(1), e25419. doi: 10.2196/25419
  34. Lu, J., & Lee, E. W. J. (2021). Examining Twitter discourse on electronic cigarette and tobacco consumption during the 2018 National Cancer Prevention Month: A topic modelling and geospatial approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(12),  e28042. doi: 10.2196/28042
  35. Lee, E. W. J. & Shi, J. (2021). Examining the roles of fatalism, stigma, and risk perception on cancer information seeking and avoidance among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1-16https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2021.1957061
  36. Wang, X., & Lee, E. W. J. (2020). Negative emotions shape the diffusion of cancer tweets: Toward an integrated social network-text mining. Internet Research, 31(2), 401-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/INTR-04-2020-0181
  37. Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., & Pinnamaneni, R. (2020). We need the lens of equity in COVID-19 communication. Health Communication, 35, 1743-1746. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1837445
  38. Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R. F., Vallone, D., Arya, M., Osgood, N., Li, X., Minsky, S., & Viswanath, K. (2020). The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities: Longitudinal observational study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e17451. doi:10.2196/17451
  39. Lee, E. W. J., Han, Z., Aung, H. H., Seidmann, V., Li, C., Aroor, M. R.,…Theng, Y. L. (2020). Examining organizational, cultural, and individual-level factors related to workplace safety and health awareness and risks: A systematic review and metric analysis. Health Communication, 36(5), 529-539. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1731913
  40. Lee, E. W. J., & Yee, A. Z. H. (2020). Toward data sense-making in digital health technologies research: Why theory matters in the age of big data. Frontiers in Communication, 5(11), 1-10. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2020.00011
  41. Lee, E. W. J., & Viswanath, K. (2020). Big data in context: Addressing the twin perils of data absenteeism and chauvinism in the context of health disparities research. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(1), e16377. doi: 10.2196/16377
  42. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2018). Are photographs worth more than a thousand words? Examining the effects of photographic–textual and textual-only frames on public attitude toward nuclear energy and nanotechnology. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 95, 948-970. doi: 10.1177/1077699017741090
  43. Ho, S. S., Lwin, M. O., Yee, A. Z. H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2017). Understanding factors associated with Singaporean adolescents’ privacy protection behavior using an extended theory of planned behavior. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20, 572-579. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2017.0061
  44. Ho, S. S., Lwin, M. O., & Lee, E. W. J. (2017). Till logout do us part? Comparison of factors predicting excessive social network sites use and addiction between Singaporean adolescents and adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 632-642. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.002 
  45. Yang, X., Chua. H., & Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2017). Extending the cognitive mediation model: Examining factors associated with perceived familiarity and factual knowledge of nanotechnology. Mass Communication and Society, 20, 403-426. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2016.1271436
  46. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., & Lwin, M. O. (2017). Extending the social cognitive model—Examining external and personal antecedents of social network sites use among Singaporean adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior, 67, 240-251. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.030 
  47. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., & Lwin, M. O. (2017). Explicating problematic social network sites use—A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks and future direction for communication theorizing. New Media & Society, 19, 308-326. doi: 10.1177/1461444816671891 [Best Published Article Award 2019 from the Children, Adolescents, and the Media Division at International Communication Association] 
  48. Ho, S. S., Lee, E. W. J., & Liao, Y. (2016). Social network sites, friends, and celebrities: The roles of social comparison and celebrity involvement in adolescents’ body image dissatisfaction. Social Media + Society, 2(3), 1-11. doi:10.1177/2056305116664360
  49. Lee, E. W. J., Shin, M. C., Kawaja, A., & Ho, S. S. (2016). The augmented cognitive mediation model: Examining antecedents of factual and structural breast cancer knowledge among Singaporean women. Journal of Health Communication, 21, 583-592. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1114053
  50. Ho, S. S., Lee, E. W. J., Ng, K., Leong, G., Tham, T. (2016). For fit’s sake: A norms-based approach to healthy behaviors through influence of presumed media influence. Health Communication, 31, 1072-1080. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1038772 
  51. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2015). The perceived familiarity gap hypothesis: Examining how media attention and reflective integration relate to perceived familiarity with nanotechnology in Singapore. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17(228), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11051-015-3036-z
  52. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2015). Staying abreast of breast cancer: Examining how communication and motivation relate to Singaporean women’s breast cancer knowledge. Asian Journal of Communication, 25, 422-442. doi:10.1080/01292986.2014.976580 
  53. Ho, S. S., Detenber, B. H., Sonny, R., & Lee, E. W. J. (2014). Seeking information about climate change: Effects of media use in an extended PRISM. Science Communication, 36, 270-295. doi: 10.1177/1075547013520238
  54. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., Chow, J. K., Wu, Y. Y., & Yang, Z. X. (2013). Communication and knowledge as motivators: Understanding Singaporean women’s perceived risks of breast cancer and intentions to engage in preventive measures. Journal of Risk Research, 16, 879-902. doi:10.1080/13669877.2012.761264