Dr Pu Yan is a researcher at Oxford Internet Institute. Her research interests include online information behaviour, digital divides, and the use of digital media in everyday life. She is currently working on the project “What Do ‘the People’ Want? “, which combines traditional social science approaches and computational social science methods to understand the use of digital media and the rise of populism in six countries. Before joining the Oxford Internet Institute, she obtained an undergraduate degree (Honour) in Journalism and Communication from Tsinghua University in 2014, and a master’s degree (Distinction) in Social Science of the Internet from Oxford Internet Institute in 2015.
Information seeking practices; digital media; computational social science; Chinese Internet; digital divides
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12 January 2021
A study by Oxford University, carried out in partnership with the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany, has found clear evidence of a link between people supporting right-wing political parties and climate change scepticism.
The Atlantic, 19 August 2021
The Atlantic, 11 August 2021
As the world reckons with the grim reality of the climate crisis, right-wing populists are adapting their message. Digital Politics and Government|frontpage-pressThe AtlanticProfessor Ralph Schroeder|Pu Yan
Phys Org, 13 January 2021
Evidence of a link between people supporting rightwing political parties and climate-change scepticism has been identified in a new study from Oxford and the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.
