Fanjing Tu

Fangjing Tu received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in Journalism from Tsinghua University. Her research examines the challenges and solutions for citizens to stay informed in today’s media landscape, marked by the rampant spread of misinformation, widespread distrust in media and science, and the advancement of AI technology. Her research spans misinformation, media psychology, political communication, journalism, and science communication. Fangjing's dissertation explores the public’s susceptibility to and involvement in the spread of misinformation on social media and investigates scalable interventions to mitigate this issue. Currently, she is working on projects to develop digital literacy interventions to combat misinformation among marginalized populations and to investigate how political identity interacts with generative AI to influence individuals’ news judgment and engagement on social media.