Yiming Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a minor in Political Science. Her research explores the evolving digital media ecosystem and its implications for democracy, focusing on how today’s informational environment shapes both political elites’ communication strategies and the public’s news behaviors, and the broader societal consequences of these interactions.
Her work has appeared in journals including Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, and she has received external recognition and support from sources including the Meta Foundational Integrity Research Award.
Before coming to the University of Wisconsin, she received an MA in Journalism and Communication from Fudan University and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Renmin University of China. Additional information about Yiming’s work can be found on her personal website.