Tag: Kaiping Chen

Bridging Digital Divides in Wisconsin: An Examination of Policy Efforts and Effectiveness Over the Past Five Years

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Information, Communication & Society (2024) Authors: Ashley Cate, Steven Moen, and Kaiping Chen Abstract: The digital divide, generally characterized by unequal Internet access, represents the gap between individuals who benefit from the use of digital technologies and those who do not. Many social inequalities are associated with the prevalence of the digital divide, particularly across the …

Uncovering How Black and Latinx Communities Perceive Environmental Justice: Integrating a Public Deliberation Quasi-Experiment and Computational Methods

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Public Relations Review (2024) Authors: Kaiping Chen, Isabel Villanueva, Amanda Molder Abstract: This research aims to address gaps in the knowledge and practice of engaging underrepresented communities in public communication and policymaking on environmental justice issues. Through a quasi-field experiment conducted in Madison, Wisconsin, we investigate how Black and Latinx communities perceive environmental justice issues …

The Impact of Public Deliberation and Identity-Based Storytelling on Civic Empowerment among Latinx Communities on Environmental Issues

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Environmental Communication (2024) Authors: Amanda Molder, Isabel Villanueva, Kaiping Chen Abstract: Environmental issues already disproportionately impact communities of color in the U.S., where there is a long and well-established history of environmental racism. Despite efforts to diversify voices in deliberation, engaging marginalized populations remains a key challenge. Drawing from environmental communication, civic empowerment, and social identity …

Badger Herald: Kaiping Chen shares research into relationship between gender, race, education inequality, technology

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December 6, 2023, by Anna Smith The Computational Demography Working Group held a forum Dec. 6 during which assistant professor in computational communications at the University of Wisconsin Kaiping Chen discussed her research on equity within science communication. Specifically, three main topics within Chen’s research were covered — how inequality was represented through digital content creation, stereotypes …