jianing_li

Jianing
Li

Assistant Professor of Communication

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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 information accuracy, social inequalities, and contentious politics? She uses computational social science methods, quantitative methods, and mixed methods to study how people seek, understand, and discuss information, 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 examining the challenges in the digital communication environment by (1) identifying how people communicate about information accuracy online; (2) examining efforts aimed at improving information accuracy, e.g., corrective messages, social media skepticism, and solidarity building; and (3) studying how media use, identity, and disparities across communities together shape beliefs, social attitudes, and policy support. 

Jianing Li's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, New Media & Society, Political Communication, Information, Communication & Society, Social Science & Medicine, Mass Communication and Society, Social Media + Society among others. She has received the Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Paper of the Year award from Mass Communication and Society, and several Top Paper awards from the International Communication Association and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

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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.

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