Email: wuyou.wtu@qq.com

Biography

You Wu is a lecturer at the School of Management, Wuhan Textile University. She earned her Ph.D. from Wuhan University and has published her research in journals such as Information Processing & Management, Telematics & Informatics, Information Technology & People, Health Communication, etc. She is currently serving as a reviewer for SSCI-indexed journals, including Information Processing & Management, Internet Research, Information Technology & People, Scientific Reports, Online Information Review, Electronic Commerce Research, Electronic Markets, Data and Information Management, etc.

Research Interests

Online misinformation,

User information behavior,

Deviant online behavior,

Deepfake technology abuse.

Research Grants

[1] Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 72504212
[2] Principal Investigator, Hubei Provincial Department of Education Research Grant, Project No. 24Q107
[3] Principal Investigator, Category A Project of the Scientific and Technological Innovation Program of Wuhan Textile University
[4] Principal Investigator, Special Fund Project of Wuhan Textile University

Academic Papers

[1] Zhang, X., Tong, A., Wu, J., & Wu, Y*. From Personal Pleas to Public Persuasion: The Role of Appeals and Channels in Driving Medical Crowdfunding Shares. Health Communication, 2025, 1-13. (SSCI, JCR Q1)

[2] Shen X L, Wu Y*. From whispers to warriors: Public atmosphere’s role in mobilizing social media users against rumors[J]. Telematics and Informatics, 2024, 90: 102133. (SSCI, JCR Q1)

[3] Wu Y, Shen X L, Sun Y. Establishing the typology and the underlying structure of rumor-combating behaviors: a multidimensional scaling approach[J]. Information Technology & People, 2023, 36(7): 2661-2686. (SSCI, FMS B)

[4] Wu Y, Zhang X, Xiao Q. Appeal to the Head and Heart: The Persuasive Effects of Medical Crowdfunding Charitable Appeals on Willingness to Donate[J]. Information Processing & Management, 2022, 59(1): 102792. (SSCI, JCR Q1, FMS B)

[5] Zhang X, Wu Y, Liu S. Exploring short-form video application addiction: Socio-technical and attachment perspectives[J]. Telematics and Informatics, 2019, 42: 101243. (SSCI, JCR Q1, ESI Highly Cited Papers)

[6] Zhang X, Wu Y*, Xia H S. A Research on the Spreading Willingness of Online Health Rumors: The Role of Source, Type and Epistemic Belief[J]. Naikai Business Review, 2020, 23(1): 200-212. (CSSCI, FMS T1)

[7] Shen X L, Wu Y*, Ding Y T, Kang Y. Inhibition Effect and Mitigation Mechanism of Neutralization Techniques on the Sharing of Rumor-refuting Information[J]. Journal of Management Science, 2022, 35(06): 70-82. (CSSCI, FMS T1)

[8] Shen X L, Wu Y*, Sun Y Q. The Combined and Dynamic Effects of Information Literacy on Online Rumor Verification: A Three-Phase Mixed-Methods Study[J]. Documentation, Information & Knowledge, 2025, 42 (05):87-100. (CSSCI, FMS T2)

[9] Zhang X, Wu Y*, & Liu S. Analysis of Factors Affecting Browsing and Creation Behavior of Users in Mobile Short Video[J]. Library and Information Service, 2019, 63(06): 103-115. (CSSCI, FMS T2)

[10] Zhang X, Wu Y*, Xia H S, Zhao Y. A Study of Influencing Factors of Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Online Health Communities based on S－O－R Model[J]. Journal of Modern Information, 2018, 38(08): 18-26. (CSSCI)

[11] Shen X L, Wu Y. The Impact of Nudge Strategies on Rumor Disengagement Behavior: The Asymmetric Moderating Effect of Social Endorsement and the Design Intervention Vulnerability, The 2025 Annual Conference on Information Science of China & Forum on the Development of Information Science and Information Work, July 11–13, 2025, Xi'an, China.

[12] Shen X L, Wu Y, Sun Y Q. User Information Literacy and Rumor Verification Intention: A Configuration and Dynamic Perspective, in iConference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Changchun, China.

[13] X.L. Shen and Y. Wu. Multidimensional Information Literacy and Fact-Checking Behavior: A Person-Centered Approach Using Latent Profile Analysis, in iConference 2024, April 15-18, 2024, Changchun, China.

[14] Shen X L, Wu Y. Emphasizing Severity over Susceptibility: The Impact of Threat Warnings in Health Rumor Rebuttals. in Proceedings of the 27th Pacific Asia Conference on Information System (PACIS-27), July 8-12, 2023, Nanchang, China.

[15] Shen X L, and Wu Y. Self-others (In)congruence and Intention to Correct Misinformation: A Polynomial Regression with Response Surface Analysis, CNAIS 2023, October 20-22, 2023, Hangzhou, China.

[16] Shen X L, Wu Y, Ding Y T. Online Information Pollution: Conceptual Connotation, Extension Definition, and Multidimensional Classification. The 2023 Annual Conference on Information Science of China & Forum on the Development of Information Science and Information Work, July 12–14, 2023, Changsha, China.