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Kaiping Zhang
Social Science
Tsinghua University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Chinese Government
Politics
Political Communication
Deliberative Democracy
Computational Social Science
Public Opinion
Media
Social Media
Governance
Policy
Areas of Focus
- Chinese Government and Politics
- Political Communication
- Deliberative Democracy
- Computational Social Science
Work Experience
- 2024.06-present - Tsinghua University - Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
- 2021.6-2024.6 - Tsinghua University - Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
- 2018.8-2021.5 - Tsinghua University - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
- 2017.9-2018.5 - Stanford University - Research Associate, Center for Deliberative Democracy
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2017 Ph.D. in Communication: Stanford University
- 2009-2011 M.A. in Communication: Michigan State University
- 2005-2009 B.A. in Journalism and Communication: Tsinghua University (Outstanding Graduate)
Publications
- Research on Political Communication in the Digital Age: Theoretical Reconstruction, Issue Innovation, and Paradigm Shift, Kaiping Zhang, 2023
- The Rise, Characteristics, and Effects of Soft Propaganda: A Big Data Analysis of Mainstream Media and Government New Media from 2009 to 2023, Kaiping Zhang, Tianguang Meng, Zhongbin Huang, 2023
- Governing China in Digit: A Framework for Assessing the Digital Governance in 101 Chinese Municipalities, Kaiping Zhang, J. Zhao, Tianguang Meng, 2023
- Double Trouble? Effects Of Social Conflict and Foreign Investment on Consultative Authoritarianism in China, Kaiping Zhang, B. He, J. Wu, 2021
- Donation Behavior in Public Health Crises: Social Capital, Political Trust, and Media Choice, Kaiping Zhang, Tianguang Meng, 2021
- Experimental Methods and Their Application in American Political Research, Kaiping Zhang, Feng Tang, 2020
- Encountering Dissimilar Views in Deliberation: Political Knowledge, Attitude Strength, And Opinion Change, Kaiping Zhang, 2019
- Political Elites in Deliberative Democracy: Beliefs and Behaviors Of Chinese Officials, Kaiping Zhang, Tianguang Meng, 2018
- The 'Consultative' Domain and 'Democratic' Mechanism of Social Governance: Institutional Characteristics, Practical Structure, and Theoretical Critique of Grassroots Deliberative Democracy in Contemporary China, Fuguo Han, Kaiping Zhang, 2015
- Anonymity in Social Media: Effects of Content Controversiality and Social Endorsement on Sharing Behavior, Kaiping Zhang, R. F. Kizilcec, 2014
Awards
- Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar (2024-2025)
- Best Paper Award, Political Communication, 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (2023)
- Outstanding Paper Award, 15th Chinese Communication Conference and 40th Anniversary of Chinese Communication Studies (2022)
- Advanced Worker, Tsinghua University (2022)
- Excellence in Online Teaching Award, Tsinghua University (2021)
- Zhongying Young Scholar, Tsinghua University (2019)
- National Outstanding Overseas Student, Ministry of Education (2016)
- Second Prize, Excellent Achievement Award in Research and Promotion of the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Shanghai (2016)
- Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Stanford Center at Peking University (2016)
- Larry Yung Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (2015-2017)
- Graduate Freshman Scholarship, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University (2011)
- Outstanding Graduate, Tsinghua University (2009)
- First Prize, Humanities and Social Sciences Category, Tsinghua University 'Challenge Cup' Student Extracurricular Science and Technology Competition (2008)
- Qian Zhongshu-Yang Jiang 'Good Reading' Scholarship (Comprehensive First Prize Scholarship), Tsinghua University (2008)
