ArticleAuthors: Zifei Fay Chen; Ruoyu Sun; Weiting Tao (2024)
Asian American communities have experienced an uptick of anti Asian discrimination, racism, and hate incidents in recent years since the outbreak of COVID-19, yet anti-Asian discrimination and racism have historically been overlooked. Drawing on interdisciplinary insights from psychological empowerment, social media engagement, and collective action, this study examines if and how Asian Americans’ various forms of social media engagement activities could lead to their collective action in combating anti-Asian discrimination and racism, as well as mental well-being, and the role of psychological empowerment in these processes. Results revealed a nuanced view on how social media engagem... 
