Social Media & Opinion Dynamics

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:

1. Opinion Dynamics on Twitter
2. Inferring the Opinions of Silent Users
3. Latent Identity Politics in China and the US
4. Changes in Parenting Ideation through the Lens of Weibo

Research Thread 1Research Thread 2Research Thread 3Research Thread 4

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

Related Posts

1. Silent Users on Social Media-Why they are Silent? How to Infer Their Opinion?