kayo mimizuka
@kmzkk.bsky.social
Ph.D candidate at UT Austin | Media & communication studies
Based on 61 in-depth interviews, this article examines how members of three diaspora communities in the U.S. encounter and respond to political news and misinformation on encrypted spaces of WhatsApp and WeChat. Happy to share a free copy if you're interested, feel free to DM me :) shorturl.at/hriRD
“I Don’t Even Watch News (Voluntarily) on WeChat” – Socially-Compelled Exposure to Misinformation Among U.S. Diaspora Communities
Online news sharing and political talk occur increasingly within encrypted messaging apps (EMAs), but these spaces are understudied, especially in the U.S. Relying on a total of 61 semi-structured ...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Based on 61 in-depth interviews, this article examines how members of three diaspora communities in the U.S. encounter and respond to political news and misinformation on encrypted spaces of WhatsApp and WeChat. Happy to share a free copy if you're interested, feel free to DM me :) shorturl.at/hriRD