University of Illinois Chicago

Studies the social and commercial uses of the internet and new and mobile media, and the social changes they bring.

Studies the social and political consequences of online and social media, with recent books on democracy's political future, connective AI, and digital media and democracy.

Studies communication in political movements, racial politics, and globalization in American politics, increasingly using NLP-based textual analysis.

Studies how the internet and digital platforms mediate cultural practices and social change in China, and disinformation among Chinese Americans.

Studies persuasion and campaigns involving social media in health and political communication, including humor as a reaction to fear appeals.

Studies how people use media to express themselves and participate in democratic life, combining social science with engineering and design perspectives.

Studies access and advocacy in digital peer production spaces such as Wikipedia, including digital literacy, video games, data ethics, and media manipulation.

Studies political communication and networked journalism on social media, using network analysis, automated content analysis, and NLP to test agenda setting and framing.

Studies how social media, AI, and mobile technologies affect personal relationships and mental health, and designs tools supporting connection and social media analytics.

Studies the digital lives, identities, and activism of Indigenous and other underserved communities, Indigenous rhetorics, AI ethics, and gender and sexuality online.

Studies persuasion, credibility, and conflict management in public, business, and intercultural settings, along with nonverbal communication and humor.

Studies playful digital cultures and mediated social interaction across physical, virtual, and hybrid places, plus Korean digital feminism and popular media.

Studies the sociocultural and ethical implications of algorithmic social media, AI, and creator culture, focusing on power, inequity, and identity expression.

Studies tensions between media and tech industries and their audiences, including audience measurement, platform politics, digital fandom, and LGBTQ+ users.