Transnational Information Systems

How do we talk about news and politics across generations and languages within Asian diasporic communities? This research study examines mis/disinformation in transnational, intergenerational, and multilingual communications networks - specifically within Asian diasporas. In this project, we aim to learn more about how personal histories of migration connect with political engagement and media use by co-creating methods and processes for intergenerational conversations. We invite self-identified Asian Americans who grew up in the U.S. to hold one-on-one conversations about news, social media use, and personal history with a family member and/or close friends from a previous generation who may use communications platforms, such as WhatsApp, WeChat, Kakao, and Line, and Asian language media outlets, including newspapers and news shows.