Yiming Wang Ph.D. in Mass Communications University of Wisconsin-Madison
I am a social scientist who studies how information systems structure attention, expression, and behavior. I received my Ph.D. in Mass Communications, with a doctoral minor in Political Science, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and I am currently a Senior Policy Researcher at APPRISE and a Research Fellow at Public Tech Media Lab.
My research focuses on how elites and the mass adapt to changing media and technology environments, and with what consequences for a healthy democracy. My work has been published in Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism, and Telematics and Informatics.
Methodologically, I use surveys, experiments, computational methods, and causal inference to identify mechanisms and estimate effects. At APPRISE, I extend this approach to policy evaluation, studying how programs and interventions perform in real-world settings.
Before coming to Wisconsin, I received my M.A. in Journalism and Communication from Fudan University and my B.A. in Philosophy from Renmin University of China.