Research

My research interests lie in repression, social movements, and authoritarian politics.

Publications

Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Zhifan Zhang, and Ling Liu. 2024. “Is Partisan Selective Exposure an American Peculiarity? A Comparative Study of News Browsing Behavior in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.” Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502241289109

Conferences

Kobayashi, Tetsuro (presenter), Zhifan Zhang, and Ling Liu. 2023. “Is Partisan Selective Exposure an American Peculiarity? A Comparative Study of News Browsing Behavior in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong.” Presented at the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada, May 2023.

Kobayashi, Tetsuro (presenter), Zhifan Zhang, and Ling Liu. 2023. “Cognitive Dissonance Explains Selective Exposure in the US but Not in East Asia.” Presented at the Preconference of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada, May 2023.

Zhang, Zhifan. 2021. “Protest in Newspapers: Discrepancies in Reporting the 2019–20 Hong Kong Movement between Mainland and Hong Kong.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2021.

Research Experience

Research Assistant to Professor Roseanne McManus, Pennsylvania State University, 2025 – Present
Project on International Reputation

Research Assistant to Professor Cyanne Loyle, Pennsylvania State University, 2025
Project on Domestic Lawfare

Research Assistant to Professor Joseph Wright, Pennsylvania State University, 2025
Project on Remittances

Research Assistant to Professor Tetsuro Kobayashi, Waseda University, 2022 – 2024
Project on Selective Exposure

Research Specialist, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, University of Chicago, 2023 – 2024

Research Assistant to Dr. Fred Gui, Center for Effective Lawmaking, University of Virginia, 2023
Project on Lobbying Effects

Research Assistant to Professor Jonathan Abel, Asia Program, Wilson Center, 2022 – 2023
Project on the #MeToo Movement in Japan