Qin Li
Dr. Qin Li investigates how communication technologies shape the reception and circulation of mis/disinformation, with particular attention to individual susceptibility to political misinformation and online engagement of identity-based and anti-democratic narratives. She frequently uses digital trace data and computational methods (natural language processing and network analysis) in her work. Her work has appeared in Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, International Journal of Communication, PLOS One, among others.
Comm 4473 - Political Communication
Comm 8610 - Political Communication
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#Li, Q., #Bond, R. M., Dixon, G. N., Hovick, S. R., Na, K., Nisbet, C. E., Wegener, D. T., & Garrett, R. K. (Forthcoming). The limited effect of social media use on political and health misperceptions: Evidence from digital trace data and panel surveys. PLOS ONE.
Li, Q., Warner, B., & Madrigal, G. (Forthcoming). “They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats:” Presidential Debates as a Megaphone for Identity-based Disinformation. International Journal of Communication.
Warner, B., Li, Q., Gillespie, B., de Braganca Peixoto, J., Winfrey, & K. Madrigal, G. Podcasts, Conservative Identity Politics, and the 2024 Election. Journal of Radio & Audio Media.
Li, Q., Bond, R. M., & Garrett, R. K. Misperceptions in Sociopolitical Context: Belief Sensitivity’s Relationship with Battleground State Status and Partisan Segregation. Journal of Communication.
Li, Q., Hassell, H. J. G., & Bond, R. M. Journalists’ networks: Homophily and peering over the shoulder of other journalists. PLOS ONE.
Li, Y., Wang, Z., & Li, Q. Presidential Communication and Its Relationship with Partisan Perceptions and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Examination. Human Communication Research.
Nisbet, E. C., Mortenson, C., & Li, Q. The presumed influence of election misinformation on others reduces our own satisfaction with democracy. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review.