Jianing
Li
Assistant Professor of Communication
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- DeWitt 303
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- jianing.li.phd@rutgers.edu
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Jianing Li’s work asks: How do people make informed decisions in today’s digital communication environment, especially with growing concerns over mis/disinformation, social inequalities, and contentious politics? She uses computational, quantitative, and mixed methods to study how mis/disinformation is shared and mitigated, emphasizing the interaction between technology, identity, and community.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Journalism and Mass Communication
Peking University
B.A., Journalism and Sociology
Research
Jianing Li’s research focuses on addressing the challenge of mis/disinformation by (1) identifying the spread of and discourses around mis/disinformation on digital platforms; (2) examining efforts aimed at mitigating mis/disinformation, e.g., fact-checking, content moderation, social media skepticism, and cross-community solidarity building in the face of divisive disinformation; and (3) studying how media use, identity, and disparities across communities together shape misperceptions, policy support and social attitudes. Her research uses computational social science to advance theory building in how people communicate about and believe in truth and falsehoods.
Research Groups
Selected Publications
Li, J. (2023). Not All Skepticism is “Healthy” Skepticism: Theorizing Accuracy- and IdentityMotivated Skepticism towards Social Media Misinformation. New Media & Society, 0(0).
Li, J. & Wagner, M. W. (2024). How Do Social Media Users and Journalists Express Concerns about Social Media Misinformation? A Computational Analysis. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 5(3).
Duan, Z., Li, J., Lukito, J., Yang, K.-C., Chen, F., Shah, D. V., & Yang, S. (2022). Algorithmic Agents in the Hybrid Media System: Social Bots, Selective Amplification, and Partisan News about COVID-19. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 516–542.
Li, J., & Wagner, M. W. (2020). The Value of Not Knowing: Partisan Cue-Taking and Belief Updating of the Uninformed, the Ambiguous, and the Misinformed. Journal of Communication, 70(5), 646–669.
Li, J. (2020). Toward a Research Agenda on Political Misinformation and Corrective Information. Political Communication, 37(1), 125–135.