Qinfeng Zhu, PhD
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD
@qfzhu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @University of Groningen, former Fulbrighter @Univeristy of Michigan, political communication, comparative research, she/her/dr
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🧨new pub! CHAT GROUPS AS LOCAL CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE💬⚙️🆘 w/ @buehling.bsky.social and Emilija Gagrčin
pro-democratic participation on German Telegram, scalable mixed-methods chat log analysis, open access, IT IS NOT JUST ANOTHER PAPER ABOUT COVID: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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July 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🌟New pub led by @yichen1001.bsky.social on how social norms guide interaction in neighborhood groups on instant messaging platforms! If you're interested in meso spaces, online group dynamics or how IM groups function as civic infrastructure, check out our paper in NMS with @mjbroersma.bsky.social🔓👇
Excited to share our new pub in New Media & Society, co-authored with my supervisors @qfzhu.bsky.social @mjbroersma.bsky.social 🎉🎉

We explore how social norms are formed and guide prosocial behaviors within location-based meso-spaces.

Link👉: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨New pub from our cross-country fact-checking project with @xzzhang2.bsky.social & @winsonpeng2011.bsky.social! Survey experiments in HK, US & NL reveal that political predispositions outweigh the impact of debunking messages—whether based on source, framing, or social cues @jmcquarterly.bsky.social
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May 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
With fact-checkers being replaced by Community Notes on platforms, our cross-country comparative study on individual news authentication/verification published on IJPP offers some key insights. Check it out 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with @winsonpeng2011.bsky.social & Xinzhi Zhang
How Do Individual and Societal Factors Shape News Authentication? Comparing Misinformation Resilience Across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and the United States - Qinfeng Zhu, Tai-Quan Peng, Xinzhi Zhan...
In an era of pervasive misinformation, equipping citizens to counter its spread is increasingly critical. This study examines news authentication—individuals’ p...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612251318838🔓
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Excited to start Bluesky with the special issue I edited with Cigdem Bozdag @cogitatiomac.bsky.social! From political unfriending and teen digital detox to migrant boundary-making and state-enforced disconnection, we explore disconnectivity across fields, contexts & disciplines: bit.ly/4aVvNep 🔓
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Disconnectivity in a Changing Media and Political Landscape
Thematic Issue, Vol 12 (2024)
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February 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM