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Mengyao Yuan

Mengyao Yuan
Name
Mengyao Yuan
Title
Organisation
Sociology School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh
Address
Edinburgh UK
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Research Interests
Social media, Political identities and citizenship
URL
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/community_and_representation/research_student_profiles/sociology/mengyao_yuan

PhD Title

Political imaginary presented by online narratives

Supervisors

Dr. Kate Orton-Johnson

Professor Lynn Jamieson 

Qualifications

BA   Sociology, Lanzhou University, China

MSc Sociology, Lanzhou University, China

Current Research

Political imaginary presented by online narratives: How social media change people's political belief

This project will examine if using social media will reshape people's perceptions of political situation by using mixed methods. It will also show how Chinese Internet users imagine their relationship between the authority and the society.