assistant professor, university at buffalo, social media & computational social sciencehttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3mdftopfwwk2bNew Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Pretti Shooting https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010668660/new-video-analysis-reveals-flawed-and-fatal-decisions-in-shooting-of-pretti.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Jan 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdftopfwwk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3mbw5vk2a7c27Using facts to provide clarity. This is what good journalism is all about. “Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html?smid=bs-share”08 Jan 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbw5vk2a7c27https://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3m53ewbvtzc2bOur latest paper on how #metoo got entangled in partisan discourse, explained in a two-minute AI generated video! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53ewbvtzc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3m4ajraoq222mTimely research on news creators and their influence across the globe! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ajraoq222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3lnyu6jur6c2yCouldn’t agree more! @shannimcg.bsky.social's amazing talk at UB last Friday and this clip really helped clarify the current presidential-press relationship for me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyu6jur6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3lnvipfbzjc2m🚨 New paper out in @journalqd.bsky.social! 🚨 How do different social media platforms connect to each other? In our latest study, we propose that social media can be understood as a system made up of differentiated yet interconnected platforms, shaped by how users share information. #socialmedia🧵28 Apr 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvipfbzjc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3lj3kw2qetc2uThis makes our understanding of “trading up the chain” a mockery. Conservative activists have direct access to power via Twitter: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-x-accounts-activists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=g&pvid=3D7CE83B-74F7-4AD2-AAF0-B2BE43A8B47D26 Feb 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3kw2qetc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinizhang.bsky.social/post/3lfrvnpp3kk2yThe social media landscape is shifting so quickly these days that there will be so many things to talk about in my social media class. From Musk’s instrumentalization of Twitter in the 2024 election, Zuckerberg’s sudden turn against fact-checkers, to the TikTok ban and migration to Red Note.15 Jan 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:63uloxyifnxdn3ecmnuzolsk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrvnpp3kk2y