Yifei Wang's research examines how social identity and communication technology collectively shape individuals’ reception of media messages and their information behaviors on digital platforms. His recent work focuses on the intersection of communication technology and economic inequality.
Yifei Wang is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests center on political communication, communication technology, and social identity. Using quantitative and computational methods, his work examines how social identity and communication technology can shape individuals' digital engagement, sociopolitical attitudes, and understanding of emerging technologies. His recent work examines how digital exposure to wealth influences individuals' attitudes toward economic inequality. His research has appeared in outlets such as Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Information, Communication & Society, Computational Communication Research, and Social Science Computer Review.
M.A. (2023), National University of Singapore, Communications and New Media
B.S. (2021), Cornell University, Communication