Electric vehicles (EVs) provide significant benefits in economic development, environmental and public health. As various government agencies promote EVs, abundant misinformation and misperceptions about EVs prevail on social media. My team welcomes talented first-year students to work on analyzing messages from a variety of social media platforms, such as Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, about EVs to identify potential misinformation and misperceptions about EVs.
| Advisor Name: | Bryan Wang | |
| Email: | mwang10@unl.edu | |
| Website: | https://journalism.unl.edu/bryan-ming-wang | |
| Advisor College: | Journalism and Mass Communication | |
| Advisor Department: | Journalism and Mass Communications | |
| Potential Student Tasks: | Responsibilities include reading or watching social media messages my team has collected about EVs, and categorizing these messages based on a protocol provided. You don’t need to come to a physical lab; work can be done completely remotely on your own computer. However, weekly check-in meetings either in person or via Zoom are expected. | |
| Student Qualifications: | Excellent reading skills. Familiarity with social media. Responsible and detail oriented. Students from any major can apply. |
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| Training, Mentoring, and Workplace Community: | I will provide training for all skills required for completing the research expected. I have worked with multiple FYRE and UCARE students before on similar projects. I have experience mentoring students of various levels, from high school students, college students, to graduate students. | |
| Available Positions | 2 | |
