Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse…
Riedl, M. J., El-Masri, A., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.
April, 2024
New Media & Society
Embodied Political Influencers: How U.S. Anti-Abortion Actors Co-Opt Narratives of Marginalization
Martin, Z., Beacken, G. D., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.
April, 2024
Social Media + Society
What Does CrowdTangle's Demise Signal for Data Access Under the DSA?
Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., & Yang, K.
March, 2024
Tech Policy Press
Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps
Trauthig, I.
January, 2024
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women's Health Disinformation
Martin, Z. C., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.
December, 2023
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research
How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America
Martin, Z. C., Riedl, M. J. & Woolley, S. C.
December, 2023
Big Data & Society
Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution
Lukito, J., Lee, T., Martin, Z., Glover, K., Hu, A. & Cui, Z.
December, 2023
Information, Communication & Society
Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China…
Jia, C., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.
December, 2023
Journalism Studies
‘I get suppressed:’ pro- and anti-abortion activists’ folk theories of platform governance and shadowbanning
Riedl, M. J., Martin, Z. C., Woolley, S. C.
December, 2023
Information, Communication & Society
Scholarly Solidarity: Building an Inclusive Field for Junior and Minority Researchers
Lukito, J.
December, 2023
Political Communication
Digital Disinformation, Electoral Interference, and Systemic Distrust
Lukito, J.
November, 2023
Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security
The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications…
Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., Glover, K. & Woolley, S.
October, 2023
First Monday
“On WhatsApp I say what I want”: Messaging apps, diaspora communities, and networked counterpublics…
Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.
October, 2023
New Media & Society
Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler
Chen, B., Lukito, J., & Koo, G. H.
September, 2023
Social Media + Society, 9(3)
The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive…
Riedl, M. J., Tsyrenzhapova, D., Collier, J. R., Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.
September, 2023
Convergence
What Makes an Influence Operation Malign?
Yadav, K., Riedl, M. J., Wanless, A., & Woolley, S.
August, 2023
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda?
Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., & Woolley, S.
August, 2023
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats
Trauthig, I. K., Martin, Z. C., & Woolley, S. C.
July, 2023
Political Research Quarterly
The World’s Strongmen Continue to Bend Social Media to Their Will
Woolley, S.
July, 2023
The New York Times
Bot-to-bot Communication: Relationships, Infrastructure, and Identity
Xiao, J. & Woolley, S.
July, 2023
The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication
Abortion Activists Are Targets of Violent, Gendered Threats After Overturn of Roe
Martin, Z., Riedl, M., Hollander, E. & Trauthig, I.
July, 2023
Teen Vogue
Attacks Against Journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing Effects and Resilience During Jair Bolsonaro’s Government
Ozawa, J. V. S., Lukito, J., Lee, T., Varma, A., & Alves, R.
July, 2023
The International Journal of Press/Politics
How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’
Martin, Z. & Trauthig, I.
June, 2023
Global Network on Extremism and Technology
The Hindutva-Whatsapp ecosystem: Digital hate against Indian Muslims on Whatsapp
Bansal, S.
June, 2023
Rappler
Representing “The People”: What Can Social Media Images Reveal About Populist Propaganda in Brazil?
Rodarte, A. K., Hyunsik Kim, T., & Lukito, J.
June, 2023
Social Media + Society
As Beijing’s Propaganda Grows More Aggressive, the West Should Take Note
Trauthig, I.
June, 2023
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction
Riedl, M. J., Lukito, J., & Woolley, S. C.
June, 2023
Social Media + Society, 9(2)
TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters
Woolley, S., Riedl, M., & Lukito, J.
June, 2023
The Hill
Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco
Trauthig, I. K.
May, 2023
Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries
Enabling Independent Research Without Unleashing Ethics Disasters
Gilbert, S., Matias, J. N., and Lukito, J.
May, 2023
Tech Policy Press
Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse
Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.
April, 2023
Journal of Online Trust & Safety
Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis
Lukito, J. & Pruden, M. L.
April, 2023
Review of Communication
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“No Reason[.] [I]t /Should/ Happen here”: Analyzing Flynn’s Retroactive Doublespeak During a QAnon Event
Lukito, J., Gursky, J., Foley, J., Yang, Y., Joseff, K. & Borah, P.
March, 2023
Political Communication
How Disinformation on WhatsApp Went From Campaign Weapon to Governmental Propaganda in Brazil
Ozawa, J., Woolley, S., Straubhaar, J., Riedl, M., Joseff, K., & Gursky, J.
March, 2023
Social Media + Society
Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?
Riedl, M. & Woolley, S.
March, 2023
The Hill
The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit
Woolley, S.
February, 2023
Slate
The State of Digital Media Data Research, 2023
Lukito, J., Brown, M. A., Dahlke, R., Suk, J., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, B., Kim, S. J., and Soorholtz, K.
February, 2024
Media & Democracy Data Cooperative
The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now
Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I.
February, 2023
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Political Relational Influencers: The Mobilization of Social Media Influencers in the Political Arena
Goodwin, A., Joseff, K., Riedl, M. J., Lukito, J., & Woolley, S.
February, 2023
International Journal of Communication
Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions
Stroud, T. & Woolley, S.
January, 2023
Austin American-Statesman
How social media platforms can reduce polarization
Staal Bruun Overgaard, S. & Woolley, S.
December, 2022
Brookings
WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of…
Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.
December, 2022
Miami Herald
Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short
Beacken, G., Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.
December, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation
What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?
Iyer, P.
November, 2022
Tech Policy Press
Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and private messages
Trauthig, I. & Glover, K.
October, 2022
The Hill
WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.
Trauthig, I. K. & Mimizuka, K.
October, 2022
Tech Policy Press
The Decentralized Web: Hope or Hype?
Trauthig, I.
August, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan…
Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Lukito, J.
August, 2022
Political Communication
Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case Study from Lebanon
El-Masri, A., Riedl, M. J., Woolley, S.
July, 2022
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
In Many Democracies, Disinformation Targets the Most Vulnerable
Woolley, S.
July, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Electoral Confusion: Contending with Structural Disinformation in Communities of Color
Kumleben, M., Woolley, S., & Joseff, K.
June, 2022
Protect Democracy
Chat Apps and Cascade Logic: A Multi-Platform Perspective on India, Mexico, and the United…
Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.
April, 2022
Social Media + Society
A Growing Threat: The Impact Of Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color
Woolley, S.
April, 2022
Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration
Chat and Encrypted Messaging Apps Are the New Battlefields in the Propaganda War
Trauthig, I. K.
March, 2022
Lawfare
Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 US midterm…
Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., Soorholtz, S., & Woolley, S.
March, 2022
New Media & Society
Computational Propaganda Is Here to Stay: What to Expect in Elections in 2022
Riedl, M. J., Trauthig , I. K., & Woolley, S.
February, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Viber: The next frontier for political propaganda in the Philippines?
Glover, K. & Martin Geurink, Z.
December, 2021
Rappler
Trollfare: How to recognize and fight off online psyops
Doroshenko, L. & Lukito, J.
December, 2021
Defense One
Online propaganda is making inroads in the Middle East and North Africa
Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.
December, 2021
Centre for International Governance Innovation
At the epicenter: Electoral propaganda in targeted communities of color
Woolley, S. & Kumleben, M.
November, 2021
Protect Democracy
Countering digital propaganda: Can former culprits help?
Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.
November, 2021
Centre for International Governance Innovation
The K-Pop fans who have become anti-authoritarian activists in Myanmar
Martin, Z., Glover, K., & Coburn, C.
October, 2021
Slate
Political groups are paying influencers to spread partisan messaging
Goodwin, A. & Woolley, S.
October, 2021
Teen Vogue
It’s time to think beyond disinformation and false news
Woolley, S.
October, 2021
Center for International Governance Innovation
The business of computational propaganda needs to end
Woolley, S.
September, 2021
The Center for International Governance Innovation
An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation
Woolley, S. & Hajdu, D.
August, 2021
TechStream, Brookings Institute
QAnon pivots its exiled online movement to the real world
Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Lukito, J.
July, 2021
Wired
How can we stem the tide of digital propaganda?
Woolley, S.
July, 2021
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications
Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.
June, 2021
Brookings Institute
Building connective democracy: Interdisciplinary solutions to the problem of polarisation
Staal Bruun Overgaard, C., Dudo, A., Lease, M., Masullo, G. M., Stroud, N. J., Stroud, S. R., & Woolley, S. C.
April, 2021
The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism
The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model
Tsyrenzhapova, D. & Woolley, S. C.
March, 2021
The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism
The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps
Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.
March, 2021
TechStream, Brookings Institute
Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity
Guilbeault, D., Woolley, S., & Becker, J.
March, 2021
PLOS ONE 16(3): e0247487
The disturbing implications of increasingly narrow political ad targeting
Joseff, K., Carter, J., & Woolley, S.
February, 2021
TechStream, Brookings Institute
Computational propaganda and the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Antisemitic and anti-Black content on Facebook…
Woolley, S., Kumleben, M., & Engler, M.
October, 2020
Anti-Defamation League
Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists' perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on…
Carter Persen, K. A. & Woolley, S. C.
September, 2020
Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means
We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy
Woolley, S.
September, 2020
Fast Company
How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet
Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.
September, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute
Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control
Woolley, S.
August, 2020
Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press
Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election
Joseff, K., Goodwin, A., & Woolley, S.
August, 2020
Wired
Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud
Woolley, S., & Monaco, N.
July, 2020
The Georgetown Law Technology Review
The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power
Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.
June, 2020
MIT Technology Review
Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location
Woolley, S.
June, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute
Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm…
Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.
May, 2020
Foreign Affairs
From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational…
Shorey, S., Hill, B. M., & Woolley, S.
May, 2020
New Media & Society
Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda
Woolley, S.
May, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute
Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever
Joseff, K., Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.
April, 2020
Wired
Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations
Kumleben, M., & Woolley, S.
March, 2020
Hoover Institution
Who Will Win the Reality Game? A propaganda expert’s lessons from the 2016 presidential…
Woolley, S.
January, 2020
Slate
