Research

Information Integrity, Technology, and Democracy

Li, Q. (2026). Is It Just About the Facts? The Case for a Critical, Pro-Democracy Approach to Information Integrity. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 54(1), p.61-66.

Li, Q. (2026, in press). Not All Falsehoods Are Equal: A Critical Examination of Mis- and Disinformation during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. In B. R. Warner, D. G. Bystrom, M. S. McKinney, & M. C. Banwart (Eds.), Democracy on the line: The turbulent 2024 presidential election.

Warner, B., Li, Q., Gillespie, B., de Braganca Peixoto, J., Winfrey, & K. Madrigal, G. (accepted). Race and gender politics in the podcast sphere and their consequences. Journal of Radio and Media Research.

Li, Q., Bond, R. M., & Garrett, R. K. (2023). Misperceptions in Sociopolitical Context: Belief Sensitivity’s Relationship with Battleground State Status and Partisan Segregation. Journal of Communication, 73(5), p.439–451. Replication data and R code

Nisbet, E. C., Mortenson, C., & Li, Q. (2021). The presumed influence of election misinformation on others reduces our own satisfaction with democracy. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 1(7). Appendix A, Appendix B, Data

Computational Methods

Li, Q., Hassell, H. J. G., & Bond, R. M. (2023). Journalists’ networks: Homophily and peering over the shoulder of other journalists. PLOS ONE, 18(10).

Li, Y., Wang, Z., & Li, Q. (2023). Presidential Communication and Its Relationship with Partisan Perceptions and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Examination. Human Communication Research, 49(4), p.433-447.