Why Social Media?
Social media data presents valuable opportunities for advancing social science research. Its unprecedented scale enables the exploration of phenomena such as public opinion dynamics, social networks, and shifts in collective ideation with remarkable granularity.
Currently, my research focuses on analyzing text data from Twitter and Weibo to understand public opinion and uncover the underlying dynamics driving its polarization or extremization.
Threads
Currently, I am working on four research threads related to social media opinions:
- Opinion Dynamics on Twitter
- Inferring the Opinions of Silent Users
- Latent Identity Politics in China and the US
- Changes in Parenting Ideation through the Lens of Weibo
Opinion Dynamics on Twitter
Inferring the Opinions of Silent Users
Latent Identity Politics in China and the US
Changes in Parenting Ideation through the Lens of Weibo