Qin Li, Ph.D.

Dr. Qin Li is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at University of Missouri, affiliated with Political Communication Institute (PCI) and The Media and Diversity Center (MDC). She completed her PhD in Communication at The Ohio State University, focusing on on Political Communication and Computational Social Science.

Her research investigates how emerging media and technologies contribute to information disorders and facilitate identity-based, group communication that inhibits social justice and undermines democracy. Speicifically, she asks 1) how the polluted information environment within and beyond social media impacts the public’s beliefs, attitudes, and behavior, 2) how people leverage communication technologies to construct collective identity and form defensive publics, and 3) the role of identity-based mis/disinformation in the above processes.

Her work has published in leading journals including Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, and PLOS ONE, with several manuscripts forthcoming or under review in top political communication journals. Her novel theoretical contribution to the field of Political Communication has been recognized through Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award at National Communication Association’s Political Communication Division.

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