Mengyu Li
Assistant Professor - Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology
Office: 2066A Weimer
Email: mengyu.li1@ufl.edu
Mengyu Li
Assistant Professor - Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology
Li’s research examines how emerging media technologies shape public attention, collective responses and democratic participation around political and social justice issues. Using computational and quantitative methods, she studies communication processes across networked, cross-platform and multimodal media environments. Her work explores topics including digital media, political communication, media effects, AI, social media activism and health communication.
Her scholarship has appeared in leading journals including Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, Information, Communication & Society and Social Media + Society.
Education
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin
M.Phil. in Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
M.A. in Global Communication from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor’s from Renmin University of China
News
- Mengyu Li to join UFCJC as a Media Production, Management, and Technology assistant professor in fall 2026 (July 15, 2026)
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