About me

I’m Eunchae Jang, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Mass Communications at Penn State University.

My research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction, generative AI, social virtual reality (social VR), and computational social science. Specifically, I’m interested in addressing issues related to ethics, trust, and inclusion in emerging technologies.

Affiliations
Publications/Proceedings
  • Chen, C., Lee, S., Jang, E., & Sundar, S.S. (2024). Is your prompt detailed enough? Exploring the effects of prompt coaching on users’ perceptions, engagement, and trust in text-to-image generative AI tools. TAS ’24: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (pp. 1-12). DOI: 10.1145/3686038.3686060
  • Jung, Y., Chen, C., Jang, E., & Sundar, S. S. (2024). Do we trust ChatGPT as much as Google Search and Wikipedia? In CHI’24 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-9). DOI: 10.1145/3613905.3650862
  • Sun, Y., Jang, E., Ma, F., & Wang, T. (2024). Generative AI in the wild: Prospects, challenges, and strategies. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-16), DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642160
  • Myrick, J. G., Chen, J., Jang, E., Norman, M. P., Liu, Y., Medina, L., Blessing, J. N., & Parhizkar, H. (2023). An experimental test of the effects of public mockery of a social media health campaign: Implications for theory and health organizations’ social media strategies. Health Communication. 1-13. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2282833  
  • Park, N., Choi, E., Lee, J., & Jang, E. (2022). Factors and Outcomes of Smartphone Divide: The Role of Users’ Personal Traits and Smartphone Attitude. Korean Journal of Broadcasting & Telecommunications Research. 119(22). 7-41. (in Korean)
  • Park, N., Kim, Y., Jang, E., Lee, J., & Choi, E. (2021). Effects of social competence on social use of AI chatbot and self-disclosure: Mediation effects of loneliness and perceived humanlikeness toward AI chatbot. Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies. 65(5), 367–401. DOI: 10.20879/kjjcs.2021.65.5.010 (in Korean).
  • Kim, Y., Park, N., Shin, E., & Jang, E. (2020). The effects of message strategies and donation methods via mobile donation applications on mobile donation intention, Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies, 64(6), 5–42. DOI: 10.20879/kjjcs.2020.64.6.001 (in Korean)
Conferences
  • Chen, C., Jang, E., & Sundar, S. S. (2024). Racial Bias in AI: How Does Training Data Representativeness Affect Layperson Perceptions of Fairness?. Paper presented at the 2024 annual conference of International Communication Association. Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Jang, E. & Liu, Y. (2023, August). Can an in-group AI therapist that provides high interactive messages increase disclosure intention of mental health problem?. Paper presented at the 106th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C.
  • Jang, E. (2023, August). Extension of theory of psychological reactance: Fear and anxiety as additional affective Responses & information seeking as coping response. Paper presented at the 106th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C.
  • Myrick, J., Chen, J., Jang, E., Norman, M., Liu, Y., Medina, L., Parhizkar, H., & Blessing, J. (2023, August). An experimental test of the effects of public mockery of a social media health campaign: Implications for health organizations’ social media strategies (Extended Abstract). Paper presented at the 106th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C.
  • Jang, E. & Park., N. (2022, May). Effects of moral emotions provided by a smartphone AI chatbot and its anthropomorphism on persuasion in an unethical situation: The mediating role of psychological reactance. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.

Invited Talks
  • Invited Talk entitled “Textual and Comparative Analysis on AI Policies: How Do Organizations Discuss Responsibility?” at the Symposium on Technology Ethics and Media Practices Hosted by The Davis Program for Ethical Leadership, Pennsylvania State University (October, 2024), State College, PA.
  • Invited Panelist for a session entitled “Navigating the Ethical Landscapes of Designing and Implementing the Intervention Programs Using Immersive Technology: Privacy, Media Literacy, and Inclusivity” at the 2024 annual conference of International Communication Association (June, 2024), Gold Coast, Australia.

Teaching Experiences

[Instructor of Record]

  • COMM 420.007: Research Methods in Ad/PR (2024, Fall)

 

[Teaching Assistant]

  • COMM 517: Psychological Aspects of Communication Technology (2024, Spring)
  • COMM 506: Research Methods in Communications (2023, Fall)