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Under Review

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Xun Cao, Yu-ru Lin and Bruce A. Desmarais. “Where Legislators Speak Changes What They Say: Platform Conditions Climate Attention and Framing.” Abstract
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra and Qunhua Li. “When F1 Is Not Enough: Auditing Codebooks for LLM-Assisted Annotation.” Abstract
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Nitheesha Nakka and Bruce A. Desmarais. “AI Use in U.S. Local Government Communications: Prevalence and Reach on Social Media.” Abstract
  • Ko, Hyein, and Yuehong Cassandra Tai (co-lead author). “Can We Trust LLM-Generated Data? The CRAFT Framework for Measurement and Inference in Political Science.” Abstract code  software
  • Mishra, Viraj, Shubham Gupta, Dhruv Gupta, Yuehong Cassandra Tai and Qunhua Li (with undergraduate students). “Definitions, Label Names, or Demonstrations? Auditing What Governs LLM Annotation.” Abstract
  • Iyer, Pooja and Yuehong Cassandra Tai. “From Adoption to Accountability: Mapping Societal Impacts of AI in Advertising Research.” Abstract

Select Works in Progress

  • “Who Speaks for AI? Local Newspapers and AI Policy News Frames.” (with Hyein Ko).
  • “Surprise Me, But Not Too Much: Style Deviation and Public Engagement among U.S. State Legislators on X.” (with Weihua Ma) [with graduate students].
  • “Deliberation About AI in Local Government.”
  • “How Does Public Opinion Affect Climate Change Policies?” (with Xun Cao and Fred Solt) [Lead Author].
  • “Personalist Parties and Trust in Institutions.” (with Jia Li and M. Rosemary Pang).
  • “Political Discontent and Regime Instability.” (with Jeongho Choi, Haofeng Ma, Yue Hu, and Frederick Solt).
  • “AI and Democratic Legitimacy.” (with Jia Li, M. Rosemary Pang, Erico Yu).