Jiaqi Liu’s research lies at the intersection of media psychology, mobile and interpersonal communication, with a focus on children and adolescents. He seeks to explore the psychological, interpersonal, and socio-technical processes and effects of new communication technologies in everyday life, including well-being, problematic use, and social relationships.
Jiaqi is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His primary interest is how people interact with new communication technologies (e.g., smartphones, wearables, AI) in everyday life as well as their social and psychological consequences. To do this, he employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine momentary and long-term effects, including experience sampling method, longitudinal analysis, and experiments. His current research spans two key themes: (1) people's digital and emotional well-being at the convergence of everyday technology use and social interactions, and (2) understanding digital media effects on adolescents to foster positive and inclusive media socialization.
M.A. (2025), Tsinghua University, Communication
B.A. (2022), Tongji University, Journalism and Communication