Acknowledgments

I would like to express my gratitude To My Wife Liqian, My Parents, Teresa and Walenty, and every Upstander of the Digital Era who inspires this work. To Prof. Ari Kohen, Prof. Adrian Wisnicki, and Prof. Ingrid Haas for enabling me to excel in academia and for introducing me to the world of political philosophy (Prof. Kohen), the world of digital humanities (Prof. Wisnicki), and the world of technological governance and public opinion/attitudes (Prof. Haas). Thanks to Them, as well as Prof. Ross Miller and Prof. Wayne Babchuk, I could stand on the shoulders of Giants. Finally, I am thankful to the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center, which provided generous support and funding that enabled data collection for my research projects, and the Political Attitudes and Cognition (PAC) Lab for generous feedback and support.