Yiping Xia

Yiping Xia is a media sociologist interested in the sociotechnical study of journalism and digital media. Using primarily qualitative, interpretive methodologies, he has conducted and published research on topics including everyday news engagement, shifting journalistic norms in the digital era, and online political disinformation.

Yiping Xia is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University. He is a teacher and scholar of journalism, audience studies, and mis/disinformation. Using qualitative, interpretive methodologies, Dr. Xia studies how people – especially diasporic and otherwise marginalized groups – navigate the contemporary news ecosystem. He is working on a book project, tentatively titled “Becoming Audiences: How Everyday Life Shapes News Engagement” based on fieldwork he conducted in the Chinese community in Toronto, Canada.

Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Dr. Xia received his PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with minors in Sociology and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Prior to joining Texas A&M, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Courses Taught

• COMM 665: Communication and Technology 
• COMM375: Media Audiences

Syllabus

• COMM 665