Kevin Zheng

Research Areas

Biography

I am a PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information, advised by Eric Gilbert and Christian Sandvig. I develop research tools to collect and analyze data from online social platforms like YouTube and TikTok, and use the tools to study platforms' overall characteristics and the prevalence of online harms.

Pronouns

he/they

Areas of interest

social media, digital infrastructures, platform accountability, research software engineering

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.A. with individual concentration in Science, Technology, and Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst

News about Kevin Zheng

UMSI Research Roundup. Focus on AI. Robot Power, Emotion AI, Superchats. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Robot Power | Emotion AI | Superchats: AI in Focus

UMSI research on artificial intelligence.

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Featured by The Washington Post. Professor Christian Sandvig. PhD Candidate Kevin Zheng. Social media users want more raw and unfiltered content on their feeds.

Sandvig: People are searching for authenticity on social media

UMSI professor Christian Sandvig says people on social media are going to “great lengths to make themselves appear casual and unprofessional.”

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