Introduction

Yiping Xia is an ACES assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University. He is interested in news engagement and disinformation. His research employs qualitative and mixed methods, focusing on contexts and meaning-making. Combining in-depth interviews and the news diary method, his dissertation takes a lifeworld approach to the study of news engagement, with fieldwork conducted in the Chinese-Canadian community in Toronto.

Dr. Xia received his PhD in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with minors in Sociology and STS. Prior to joining TAMU, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.