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updated at June, 2026

2026

  • Our paper will be presented at the 2026 AEJMC annual conference!

    • Yang, X., Hou, Z., Xu, Y. & Peng, T., Competition or Coexistence? Audience Overlap and Competitive Superiority in the Dyadic Relationship Between ChatGPT and Digital Platforms
  • Our paper will be presented at the 2026 ICA annual conference!

    • Yang, X., Peng, Y., Mukerjee, S., & Yang, T. (2026). Mapping Effects with Uneven Practices on Social Media: How Unreliable Information Sources Adopt Clickbait to Gain Visibility?
  • I received Travel Award for the 76th Annual ICA Conference, Political Communication Division. Appreciate!

  • I received Opportunity Scholarship, 2026 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan. Looking forward to dig it in!

    • The ICPSR Summer Program established the Opportunity Scholarship in 2018 with support from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost to promote quantitative training among graduate students from underrepresented groups.

2025

  • Our paper presented at the 2025 ICA annual conference!
    • Yang, T. & Yang, X. (2025). A Synergy Between Platform and Mobile News Traffic? Evidence from Four Societies.

2024

  • I kicked off my Ph.D. journey at the Michigan State University. Go Green!

  • Our paper presented at the 2024 ICA annual conference!

    • Yang, T., Yang, X., Peng, Y. & Mukerjee, S., (2024). Partisan, Unreliable, Digital-Born, and Mass-Oriented Media are More Likely to Thrive on Social Media: A Comparison between Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the Web.
      • Top Paper Award at Political Communication Division