Email: weixiao8@Illinois.edu Research Interests Wei Xiao is a Ph.D student in ICR. She is broadly interested in exploring alternative approaches to the reasoning behind sharing dis/misinformation to debunk dis/misinformation or inoculate people against misinformation. Her research also involves technology policy topics, such as data privacy, free expression, and AI governance. While fighting traditional disinformation, Wei is equally […]
Email: nisapr2@illinois.edu Research Interests Nisa Rahman is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Communications Research. Nisa’s research interest lies in emerging technologies and their effect on social behavior in the context of health communication. This exploration takes shape through studies utilizing anthropomorphic conversational agents, i.e., “chatbots” to debunk health misinformation and persuade behavior change, as […]
Email: niniz2@illinois.edu Research Interests Courses Taught MACS 100: Intro to Popular TV & Movies Academic Roles Teaching Assistant for MACS 100
Email: yanliu10@illinois.edu Research Interests Anna studies emerging technologies, data and quantification, persuasion, and strategic communication. Her research follows two lines: (1) Broadly, how emerging technologies transform content generation and media exposure in strategic communication. More specifically, how AI-generated summaries (AIGS) synthesize information, how they transform strategic communication message and media strategies in the contexts of […]
Email: smg8@illinois.edu Research Interests Stephanie is a PhD Candidate in Communications & Media at the Institute of Communications Research, where her work broadly encompasses mediated Latine/x teen girlhoods, quinceañera ontologies, and streaming media and platform consolidation. Her current projects merge media studies, girlhood studies, Latine/x studies, and cultural studies with reconceptualizations of visibility, presence, resonance, nationhood, […]