Publications

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation

Copple, J., Bennett, N., Dudo, A., et al.

2025

Science Communication

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title

Entradas, M., Bauer, M.W., O'Muircheartaigh, C., Marcinkowski, F., Okamura, A., Pellegrini, G., et al.

2025

PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235191

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion

Dudo, A., Besley, J., Bennett, N.

2025

Rita Allen Foundation

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic

Ahn, J., Kahlor, L., & Noh, G.

2025

Journal of Risk Research

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

Hasell, A., & Stroud, N.J.

2025

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 111-131

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Nevarez, L., Hovick, S., Enard, K., Lloyd, S., & Kahlor, L.

2025

American Journal of Health Promotion

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus

Hughes, C. T., Kirtz, S., Ramondetta, L., Lu, Q., Cho, D., Katzin, C. & Kahlor, L.

2025

American Journal of Health Education, 1-11

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology

Moon, W., Kahlor, L. & Olson, H

2025

Energy Policy, 139, 111312

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology

Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Kahlor, L., Olson, H., Markman, A., & Wang, W.

2025

Environment and Behavior, 52, 187-218

Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas

Kahlor, L., Yang, J., Li, X., Wang, W., Olson, H. & Atkinson, L.

2025

Environmental Communication, 1-18

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Besley, J. C., O’Hara, K., & Dudo, A.

2025

PloS one, 14(10)

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

Suldovsky, B., Landrum, A., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Public Understanding of Science, 28(7), 797–811

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change

Yang, J. Z., Chu, H., & Kahlor, L.

2025

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96, 742-766

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science

Dudo, A. & Besley, J.

2025

Rita Allen Foundation

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science

Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., Yuan, S., & Besley, J. C.

2025

In T. Newman (Ed.), Theory and best practices in science communication training (pp. 9-31). Routledge

Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science

Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message

Kang, E. Y., & Atkinson, L.

2025

Journal of Marketing Communications, 1-21

Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement

Newman, T., Volpe, C., Lindenfeld, L., Besley, J., Dudo, A., & Leavey, N.

2025

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement

No regrets when it comes to health: Anticipated regret, informational subjective norms, information insufficiency and intent to seek information from multiple sources

Ahn, J. & Kahlor, L

2025

Health Communication, 1-8

No regrets when it comes to health: Anticipated regret, informational subjective norms, information insufficiency and intent to seek information from multiple sources

Public Perceptions and Information Seeking Intentions Related to Seismicity in Five Texas Communities

Kahlor, L., Wang, W., Olson, H., Li, X. & Markman, A.

2025

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 37, 101147

Public Perceptions and Information Seeking Intentions Related to Seismicity in Five Texas Communities

The ethics of nanotechnology: Pilot testing an evidence-based training module

Kahlor, L., Li, X., & Jones, J.

2025

Nano Ethics, 13, 37-52

The ethics of nanotechnology: Pilot testing an evidence-based training module

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and message appeal in developing effective corporate apologies

Lee, S. Y., & Atkinson, L.

2025

Public Relations Review

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and message appeal in developing effective corporate apologies

Scientific societies’ support for public engagement: an interview study

Yuan, S., Dudo, A., & Besley, J. C.

2025

International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 9(2), 140-153

Scientific societies’ support for public engagement: an interview study

Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model

Deline, M. & Kahlor, L.

2025

Communication Theory, 29, 360-382

Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model

Portrayal and Impacts of Climate Change in Advertising and Consumer Campaigns

Atkinson, L.

2025

In M. C. Nisbet (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. Oxford University Press

Portrayal and Impacts of Climate Change in Advertising and Consumer Campaigns

A comparison between scientists’ and communication scholars’ views about scientists’ public engagement activities

Yuan, S., Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.

2025

Public Understanding of Science. 28(1): 101-118

A comparison between scientists’ and communication scholars’ views about scientists’ public engagement activities

Understanding scientists’ willingness to engage

Besley, J. C., Dudo, A., Yuan, S., & Lawrence, F.

2025

Science Communication, 40(5), 559-590

Understanding scientists’ willingness to engage

Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs

Lyons, B. A., Hasell, A., Stroud, N.J.

2025

Environmental Communication, 12(7), 876-894

Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs

Risky Politics: Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Kahlor, L., Yang, J., & Liang, M-C.

2025

Mass Communication and Society, 21, 697-719

Risky Politics: Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Intensifying the burden: The implications of individual responsibility messages in black female-targeted HIV/AIDS public service announcements

Morris, A. & Kahlor, L.

2025

Sex Education, 18 (5), 571-586

Intensifying the burden: The implications of individual responsibility messages in black female-targeted HIV/AIDS public service announcements

Scientists’ views about communication objectives

Besley, J. C., Dudo, A., & Yuan, S.

2025

Public Understanding of Science, 27(6), 708-730

Scientists’ views about communication objectives

Microbiologists’ public engagement views and behaviors

Dudo, A., Besley, J., Kahlor, L. A., Koh, H., Copple, J., & Yuan, S.

2025

Journal of microbiology & biology education, 19(1)

Microbiologists’ public engagement views and behaviors

Visual assertions: Effects of photo manipulation and dual processing for food advertisements

Lazard, A. J., Mackert, M. S., Bock, M. A., Love, B., Dudo, A., & Atkinson, L.

2025

Visual Communication Quarterly, 25(1), 16-30

Visual assertions: Effects of photo manipulation and dual processing for food advertisements

Entertainment Film and TV Portrayals of Climate Change and Their Societal Impacts

Dudo, A., Copple, J., & Atkinson, L.

2025

In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science

Entertainment Film and TV Portrayals of Climate Change and Their Societal Impacts

Two-way communication between scientists and the public: A view from science communication trainers in North America

Yuan, S., Oshita, T., AbiGhannam, N., Dudo, A., Besley, J. C., & Koh, H. E.

2025

International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 7(4), 341-355

Two-way communication between scientists and the public: A view from science communication trainers in North America

Scientists’ views about public engagement and science communication in the context of climate change

Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.

2025

In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science

Scientists’ views about public engagement and science communication in the context of climate change

Fact-Checking in the Age of AI: Reducing Biases with Non-Human Information Sources

Moon, W. & Kahlor, L. A.

November 2, 2025

Technology in Society

Fact-Checking in the Age of AI: Reducing Biases with Non-Human Information Sources

The challenge of identifying behavioral goals for communication in the context of basic science

Besley, J. C., Yeo, S. K., Newman, T. P., & Dudo, A.

October 2, 2025

Journal of Science Communication

The challenge of identifying behavioral goals for communication in the context of basic science

Science Communication Spaces as “Pockets of Belonging”: Inviting in a Plurality of Science Identities for Scientists-in-Training

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., & Besley, J.

August 2, 2025

Science Communication

Science Communication Spaces as “Pockets of Belonging”: Inviting in a Plurality of Science Identities for Scientists-in-Training

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: A Survey of Journalists and Scientists Who Use SciLine’s Service

Dudo, A., Anderson, J., & Bushee, A.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: A Survey of Journalists and Scientists Who Use SciLine’s Service

Artificial Intelligence in Influencer Marketing: A Mixed-Method Comparison of Human and Virtual Influencers on Instagram

Looi, J., & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

Journal of Interactive Advertising, 1–20

Artificial Intelligence in Influencer Marketing: A Mixed-Method Comparison of Human and Virtual Influencers on Instagram
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The Landscape of Art-Science Collaboration Programs

Bennett, N. & Dudo, A.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

The Landscape of Art-Science Collaboration Programs
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Climate Change Articles

2025

Climate Change Articles

Race-evasive ideology in U.S.-based science communication fellowship director discourse

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., Besley, J. & Irizarry, Y.

2025

JCOM 23(01), A06

Race-evasive ideology in U.S.-based science communication fellowship director discourse

The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US gulf coast region

Atkinson, L., Dankel, D. J., & Romanak, K. D.

2025

Frontiers in Marine Science

The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US gulf coast region

The Planned Risk Information Seeking Model Applied to Vaccine Information Avoidance and the Role of Affect, Emotion and Perceived Benefits

Link, E. & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

Health Communication

The Planned Risk Information Seeking Model Applied to Vaccine Information Avoidance and the Role of Affect, Emotion and Perceived Benefits

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Cameroon: The Role of Medical Mistrust and Social Media Use

Nah, S., Williamson, L. D., Kahlor, L. A., Atkinson, L., Ntang-Beb, J., & Upshaw, S. J.

2025

Journal of Health Communication

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Cameroon: The Role of Medical Mistrust and Social Media Use

The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: The RISP Model Perspective

Nah, S., Williamson, L.D., Kahlor, L. A., Atkinson, L., Upshaw, S. J., & Ntang-Beb, J.

2025

Health Communication

The Roles of Social Media Use and Medical Mistrust in Black Americans’ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: The RISP Model Perspective

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: Interviews With Scientists Who Use Sciline’s Service

Anderson, J., Dudo, A., & Terrell, R.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: Interviews With Scientists Who Use Sciline’s Service

A Google Trends Analysis of Interest in Nonbinary Identities

Holland, M. R. & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

A Google Trends Analysis of Interest in Nonbinary Identities

Interactive Health Messages Work Better for Those Who Feel Less in Control: The Role of External Health Locus of Control and Risk Perception

Nah, S., Oh, J., & Atkinson, L.

2025

Journal of Health Communication

Interactive Health Messages Work Better for Those Who Feel Less in Control: The Role of External Health Locus of Control and Risk Perception

A View From the Trenches: Interviews With Journalists About Reporting Science News

J. Anderson & A. Dudo

2025

Science Communication

A View From the Trenches: Interviews With Journalists About Reporting Science News

The form and function of U.S.-based science communication fellowship programs: interviews with program directors

A. Dudo & J. C. Besley

2025

International Journal of Science Education

The form and function of U.S.-based science communication fellowship programs: interviews with program directors

STEM Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Science Communication and their Sense of Belonging in these Space

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., & Besley, J.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

STEM Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Science Communication and their Sense of Belonging in these Space

When Experts Offer Conflicting Information: A Study of Perceived Ambiguity, Information Insufficiency, Trustworthiness and Risk Information Behaviors

Ahn, J. & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

Health Communication

When Experts Offer Conflicting Information: A Study of Perceived Ambiguity, Information Insufficiency, Trustworthiness and Risk Information Behaviors

Housing-based Inequities in Microbial Exposure and Respiratory Infection Risk

Gold, D. R., Bryant-Stephens, T., Matsui, E. C., & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

The Bridge

Housing-based Inequities in Microbial Exposure and Respiratory Infection Risk

Strategic Science Communication: A Guide to Setting the Right Objectives for More Effective Public Engagement

Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.

2025

Johns Hopkins University Press

Strategic Science Communication: A Guide to Setting the Right Objectives for More Effective Public Engagement

Strategic communication as planned behavior for science and risk communication: A theory-based approach to studying communicator choice

Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.

2025

Risk Analysis

Strategic communication as planned behavior for science and risk communication: A theory-based approach to studying communicator choice

Psychological distance, risk perception, and affect: Texas residents’ support for carbon capture and storage

Shah, P., Yang, J. Z., Kahlor, L.

2025

Journal of Risk Research

Psychological distance, risk perception, and affect: Texas residents’ support for carbon capture and storage

Framing climate change mitigation technology: The impact of risk versus benefit messaging on support for carbon capture and storage

Shah, P., Wang W., Yang, J. Z., Kahlor, L., Anderson J.

2025

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Framing climate change mitigation technology: The impact of risk versus benefit messaging on support for carbon capture and storage

Science communication fellowship programs as gatekeepers

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., Besley, J. C.

2025

Public Understanding of Science

Science communication fellowship programs as gatekeepers

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: Interviews with Journalists Who Use SciLine’s Service

Anderson, J., Dudo, A., & Terrell, G.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

The State of Science Reporting in Today’s Digital Media Landscape: Interviews with Journalists Who Use SciLine’s Service
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Avoiding Covid-19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists

Wang W., Atkinson L., Kahlor L. A., Jamar P., Sally Lim H.

2025

Risk Analysis

Avoiding Covid-19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists

Understanding high-achieving publicly engaged scientists’ commitment to engage: push, pull, and drag forces

AbiGhannam, N. & Dudo, A.

2025

JCOM 21

Understanding high-achieving publicly engaged scientists’ commitment to engage: push, pull, and drag forces

Exploring low-income African American and Latinx caregiver perspectives on asthma control in their children and reactions to messaging materials

Zheang, M., Rodriguez, E., Alvarado, C., Correa, R., Kahlor, L. A., & Matsui, E. C.

2025

Journal of Asthma

Exploring low-income African American and Latinx caregiver perspectives on asthma control in their children and reactions to messaging materials

US American Scholars Are Finding Paths to Engagement through their Research Institutes and Centers

Besley, J. C. & Dudo, A.

2025

Public Communication of Research Universities

US American Scholars Are Finding Paths to Engagement through their Research Institutes and Centers

Perceived Successfulness of Public Engagement at Research Institutes

Besley, J. C. & Dudo, A.

2025

Public Communication of Research Universities

Perceived Successfulness of Public Engagement at Research Institutes

Nanoscientists’ perceptions of serving as ethical leaders within their organization: Implications from ethical leadership for responsible innovation

Moon, W. & Kahlor, L. A.

2025

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Nanoscientists’ perceptions of serving as ethical leaders within their organization: Implications from ethical leadership for responsible innovation

Effect of Context on Scientists’ Normative Beliefs

Tiffany, L.A., Hautea, S., Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., & Dudo, A.

February 2, 2025

Science Communication, 44(1), 86–107

Effect of Context on Scientists’ Normative Beliefs

Risk perception, affect, and information avoidance during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

Moon, W., Kahlor, L. A., Yang, J. Z., Lim, H. S.

2025

Journal of Risk Research

Risk perception, affect, and information avoidance during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

Comparing the Literature of Science, Risk, and Environmental Communication

Bennett, N., Moon, W., Besley, J., and Dudo, A.

2025

The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication

Comparing the Literature of Science, Risk, and Environmental Communication

The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison

Ahn, J., Kim, H.K., Kahlor, L.A., Atkinson, L., & Noh, G.

2025

Journal of Health Communication

The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison

Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists, and awardees

AbiGhannam, N. & Dudo, A.

2025

International Journal of Science Education, Part B

Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists, and awardees

Landscape of the UK Science Engagement Training Community

Heslop, C., Dudo, A., & Besley, J.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

Landscape of the UK Science Engagement Training Community

Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative beliefs

Kemp, D., Mackert, M., Bouchacourt, L., Lazard, A.J., Wolfe, J.O., Stewart, B., Kahlor, L., George, C., Wagner, J.H., & Wilcox, G.

2025

The Journal of the American Dental Association

Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative beliefs

“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in green advertising

Hong, J.M., Lim, R.E., & Atkinson, L.

2025

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in green advertising

Communicating Science Across Political Divides

Heslop, C., Dudo, A., & Copple, J.

2025

Center for Media Engagement

Communicating Science Across Political Divides

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.

2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Building Connective Democracy: Interdisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of Polarisation

American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics

Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., Dud,o A., & Tiffany, L.A.

2025

Science Communication

American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication

Moon, W.K., Atkinson, L., Kahlor, L.A., Yun, C., & Son H.

2025

Health Communication

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication

Social media conversations about community water fluoridation: formative research to guide health communication

Mackert, M., Bouchacourt, L., Lazard, A., Wilcox, G. B., Kemp, D., Kahlor, L. A., George, C., Stewart, B., & Wolfe, J.

2025

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Social media conversations about community water fluoridation: formative research to guide health communication

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes

Jin, E. & Atkinson, L.

2025

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking

Wang, W., Kahlor, L.A., Moon, W-K., & Olson, H.C.

2025

Science Communication

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Lee, S., Atkinson, L., & Sung, Y. H.

2025

New Media & Society

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?

Dudo, A., Besley, J.C., & Yuan, S.

2025

Science Communication

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?

Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

Kim, H.K., Ahn, J., Atkinson, L., & Kahlor, L.A.

2025

Science Communication

Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., Dudo, A., & Tiffany, L.A.

2025

Public Understanding of Science

Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Exploring the influence of comment tone and content in response to misinformation in social media news

Kim, J., & Chen, G. M.

2025

Journalism Practice, 15:4, 456-470

Exploring the influence of comment tone and content in response to misinformation in social media news

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.

2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Building connective democracy: Interdisciplinary solutions to the problem of polarisation

The effects of journalistic transparency on credibility assessments and engagement intentions

Curry, A., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism, 2021;22(4):901-918

The effects of journalistic transparency on credibility assessments and engagement intentions

How news images affect clicking on subscription appeals

Collier, J., Kim, Y., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism Practice, 15:4, 489-507

How news images affect clicking on subscription appeals

The effectiveness of gain and loss frames in news subscription appeals

Yujin K., Collier. J., & Stroud N. J.

2025

Digital Journalism, 9:3, 300-318

The effectiveness of gain and loss frames in news subscription appeals

The story behind the story: Examining transparency about the journalistic process and news outlet credibility

Masullo, G. M., Curry, A. L., Whipple, K. N. & Murray, C.

2025

Journalism Practice (in press)

The story behind the story: Examining transparency about the journalistic process and news outlet credibility

What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility

Peacock C., Masullo G. M., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism (in press)

What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility

The effects of news site design on engagement and learning

Stroud, N. J., Curry, A. L., & Peacock, C.

2025

Journalism Practice (in press)

The effects of news site design on engagement and learning

Exploring “angry” and “like” reactions on uncivil Facebook comments that correct misinformation in the news

Masullo, G. M. & Kim, J.

2025

Digital Journalism, 9:8, 1103-1122

Exploring “angry” and “like” reactions on uncivil Facebook comments that correct misinformation in the news

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out

Masullo, G. M., Lu, S., & Fadnis, D.

2025

New Media & Society (in press)

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out

Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions

Masullo, G. M., Riedl, M. J., & Huang, E. Q.

2025

Journalism Practice (in press)

Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions

Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections

Van Duyn, E., & Muddiman, A.

2025

Journalism (in press)

Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections

Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media

Masullo, G. M., Riedl, M. J., Tenenboim, O.

2025

Social Media + Society, 6(4)

Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media

The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians

Masullo, G. M.

2025

Praeger

The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians

Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain

Sobieraj, S., Masullo, G. M., Cohen, P. N., Gillespie, T., & Jackson, S. J.

2025

American Behavioral Scientist, 64(11), 1646-1669

Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain

‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists

Chen, G. M., Pain, P., Chen, V. Y., Mekelburg, M., Springer, N., & Troger, F.

2025

Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 20(7), 877-895

‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists

The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators

Riedl, M. J., Masullo, G. M., & Whipple, K. N.

2025

Computers in Human Behavior, 107, 1-9

The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators

The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment

Scacco, J. M., & Muddiman, A.

2025

New Media & Society, 22(3), 429–448

The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment

Enacted journalism takes the stage: How audiences respond to reporting-based theater

Tenenboim, O., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism Studies, 21(6), 713-730

Enacted journalism takes the stage: How audiences respond to reporting-based theater

The effects of mobile push notifications on news consumption and learning

Stroud, N. J., Peacock, C., & Curry, A.

2025

Digital Journalism, 8(1), 32-48

The effects of mobile push notifications on news consumption and learning

Exploring how online political quizzes boost interest in politics, political news, and political engagement

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2025

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 17(1), 33-47

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Shut down or turn off? The interplay between news overload and consumption

Chen, V. Y., & Chen, G. M.

2025

Atlantic Journal of Communication, 28(2), 125-137

Shut down or turn off? The interplay between news overload and consumption

Can we talk about race? Exploring online comments about race-related shootings

Chen, G. M., Fadnis, D., & Whipple, K. N.

2025

Howard Journal of Communications, 31(1), 35-49

Can we talk about race? Exploring online comments about race-related shootings

Social media engagement with strategy- and issue-framed political news

Stroud, N. J., & Muddiman, A.

2025

Journal of Communication, 69(5), 443-466

Social media engagement with strategy- and issue-framed political news

The gender gap in online news comment sections

Van Duyn, E., Peacock, C., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Social Science Computer Review. 2021;39(2):181-196

The gender gap in online news comment sections

The deliberative influence of comment section structure

Peacock, C., Scacco, J. M., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism, 20(6), 752–771

The deliberative influence of comment section structure

Breakdown of democratic norms? Understanding the 2016 US presidential election through online comments

Chen, G. M., Riedl, M. J., Shermack, J. L., Brown, J., & Tenenboim, O.

2025

Social Media + Society, 5 (2)

Breakdown of democratic norms? Understanding the 2016 US presidential election through online comments

The president is in: Public opinion and the presidential use of Twitter

Pain, P., & Chen, G. M.

2025

Social Media + Society, 5(2)

The president is in: Public opinion and the presidential use of Twitter

We should not get rid of incivility online

Chen, G. M., Muddiman, A., Wilner, T., Pariser, E., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Social Media + Society, 5(2)

We should not get rid of incivility online

The consequences of forced versus selected political media exposure

Stroud, N. J., Feldman, L., Wojcieszak, M., & Bimber, B.

2025

Human Communication Research, 45(1), 27–51

The consequences of forced versus selected political media exposure

‘A chance for me to do good, make a real difference’: how citizen journalists in India view their role in social transformation

Pain, P., & Chen, G. M.

2025

Media Practice and Education, 20(4), 334-349

‘A chance for me to do good, make a real difference’: how citizen journalists in India view their role in social transformation

Using controlled and field experiments to create and test digital news quizzes

Scacco, J. M., & Muddiman, A.

2025

SAGE Research Methods Cases

Using controlled and field experiments to create and test digital news quizzes

(Re)Claiming our expertise: Parsing large text corpora with manually validated and organic dictionaries

Muddiman, A., McGregor, S. C., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Political Communication, 36(2), 214-226

(Re)Claiming our expertise: Parsing large text corpora with manually validated and organic dictionaries

Twitter versus Facebook: Comparing incivility, impoliteness, and deliberative attributes

Oz, M., Zheng, P., & Chen, G. M.

2025

New Media & Society, 20(9), 3400–3419

Twitter versus Facebook: Comparing incivility, impoliteness, and deliberative attributes

“Hashtag feminism”: Activism or slacktivism?

Chen G. M., Pain P., Barner B.

2025

In: Harp D., Loke J., Bachmann I. (eds) Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research

“Hashtag feminism”: Activism or slacktivism?

Explaining media choice: The role of issue-specific engagement in predicting interest-based and partisan selectivity

Feldman, L., Wojcieszak, M., Stroud, N. J., & Bimber, B.

2025

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 62(1), 109-130

Explaining media choice: The role of issue-specific engagement in predicting interest-based and partisan selectivity

#NastyWomen: Reclaiming the twitterverse from misogyny

Masullo Chen G., Pain P., Zhang J.

2025

In: Vickery J., Everbach T. (eds) Mediating Misogyny

#NastyWomen: Reclaiming the twitterverse from misogyny

Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections

Stroud, N. J., Muddiman, A., & Scacco, J. M.

2025

New Media & Society, 19(11)

Like, recommend, or respect? Altering political behavior in news comment sections

News values, cognitive biases, and partisan incivility in comment sections

Muddiman, A., Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journal of Communication, 67(4), 586‐609

News values, cognitive biases, and partisan incivility in comment sections

Attention as a valuable resource

Stroud, N. J.

2025

Political Communication, 34(3), 479-489

Attention as a valuable resource

Digital divisions: Organizational gatekeeping practices in the context of online news

Scacco, J. M., Curry, A., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

#ISOJ, The Official Research Journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism, 5(1), 106‐123

Digital divisions: Organizational gatekeeping practices in the context of online news

The influence of online quizzes on the acquisition of public affairs knowledge

Scacco, J. M., Muddiman, A., Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 13(4), 311-325

The influence of online quizzes on the acquisition of public affairs knowledge

The presence and use of interactive features on news websites

Stroud, N. J., Scacco, J. M., Curry, A. L.

2025

Digital Journalism, 4(3), 339-358

The presence and use of interactive features on news websites

Partisan news and political participation: Exploring mediated relationships

Wojcieszak, M., Bimber, B., Feldman, L., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Political Communication, 33(2), 241-260

Partisan news and political participation: Exploring mediated relationships

Changing deliberative norms on news organizations’ Facebook sites

Stroud, N. J., Scacco, J. M., Muddiman, A., Curry, A. L.

2025

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20 (2), 188–203

Changing deliberative norms on news organizations’ Facebook sites

Seeing media as out‐group members: An evaluation of bias perceptions

Stroud, N. J., Muddiman, A., & Lee, J. K.

2025

Journal of Communication, 64(5), 874‐894

Seeing media as out‐group members: An evaluation of bias perceptions

Exposure to ideological news and perceived opinion climate: Testing the media effects component of spiral‐of‐silence in a fragmented media landscape

Tsfati, Y., Stroud, N. J., & Chotiner, A.

2025

International Journal of Press/Politics, 19(1), 3‐23

Exposure to ideological news and perceived opinion climate: Testing the media effects component of spiral‐of‐silence in a fragmented media landscape

Partisan paths to exposure diversity: Differences in pro‐ and counter‐ attitudinal news consumption

Garrett, R. K., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journal of Communication, 64(4), 680‐701

Partisan paths to exposure diversity: Differences in pro‐ and counter‐ attitudinal news consumption

News media fragmentation, attribute agenda setting, and political beliefs about Iraq

Muddiman, A., Stroud, N. J., & McCombs, M.

2025

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 58(2), 215‐233

News media fragmentation, attribute agenda setting, and political beliefs about Iraq

Psychology of agenda‐setting effects: Mapping the paths of information processing

McCombs, M., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Review of Communication Research, 2(1), 68‐93

Psychology of agenda‐setting effects: Mapping the paths of information processing

The influence of President Obama’s middle name on Middle Eastern and U.S. perceptions

Waismel‐Manor, I., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Political Behavior, 35(3), 621‐641

The influence of President Obama’s middle name on Middle Eastern and U.S. perceptions

Assessing selective exposure in experiments: The implications of different methodological choices

Feldman, L., Stroud, N. J., Bimber, B., & Wojcieszak, M.

2025

Communication Methods & Measures, 7(3), 198‐220

Assessing selective exposure in experiments: The implications of different methodological choices

Selective exposure, tolerance, and comedic news

Stroud, N. J., & Muddiman, A.

2025

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 25(3), 271‐290

Selective exposure, tolerance, and comedic news

Perceptions of cable news credibility

Stroud, N. J., & Lee, J. K.

2025

Mass Communication & Society, 16(1), 67‐88

Perceptions of cable news credibility

Ethics, Engagement, and Echo Chambers: Exploring Frontiers of Digital Communication and Conversation in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

Masullo, G. M., Kalman, Y. M., Lewis, S. C.

2025

Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Ethics, Engagement, and Echo Chambers: Exploring Frontiers of Digital Communication and Conversation in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election

The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election

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2025

Sociological Science

The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election

Who Can Say What? Testing the Impact of Interpersonal Mechanisms and Gender on Fairness Evaluations of Content Moderation

Weber, I., Gonçalves, J., Masullo, G. M., Torres da Silva, M., & Hofhuis, J.

2025

Social Media + Society, 10(4)

Who Can Say What? Testing the Impact of Interpersonal Mechanisms and Gender on Fairness Evaluations of Content Moderation

Comparing a BERT Classifier and a GPT classifier for Detecting Connective Language Across Multiple Social Media

Lukito, J., Chen, B., Masullo, G. M., and Stroud, N. J.

2025

Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing

Comparing a BERT Classifier and a GPT classifier for Detecting Connective Language Across Multiple Social Media

“What Flipping Right Does a Teacher Have to Say Being [LGBTQ+] is Okay?”: Understanding Twitter Discourse Around U.S. Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation

Koo, G. H., Masullo, G. M., Orr, B., & Huang, E.

2025

Howard Journal of Communications, 1–17

“What Flipping Right Does a Teacher Have to Say Being [LGBTQ+] is Okay?”: Understanding Twitter Discourse Around U.S. Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation
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The Manifestation of Affective Polarization on Social Media: A Cross-Platform Supervised Machine Learning Approach

Overgaard, C. S. B., Lukito, J., & Soorholtz, K.

2025

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

The Manifestation of Affective Polarization on Social Media: A Cross-Platform Supervised Machine Learning Approach

The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment

Allcott, Hunt, et al

2025

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment

Journalist Identity and Selective Exposure: The Effects of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in News Staff

Van Duyn, E., Jennings, J., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Mass Communication and Society, 1–27

Journalist Identity and Selective Exposure: The Effects of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in News Staff

Perceiving Affective Polarization in the United States: How Social Media Shape Meta-Perceptions and Affective Polarization

Overgaard, C. S. B.

2025

Social Media + Society, 10(1)

Perceiving Affective Polarization in the United States: How Social Media Shape Meta-Perceptions and Affective Polarization

Conceptualizing feminist solidarity through resistance in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement

Varma, A. and Shaban, S.

2025

Communication, Culture and Critique

Conceptualizing feminist solidarity through resistance in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement

The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage

Murray, C., Varma, A., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journalism

The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage

Introduction to the Minitrack on Mediated Conversation

Masullo, G., Kalman, Y. & Lewis, S.

2025

Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Introduction to the Minitrack on Mediated Conversation

Deciding to Delete Posts on Reddit: What Factors Influence Content Removal

Vargo, C., Masullo, G., & Hopp, T.

2025

Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Deciding to Delete Posts on Reddit: What Factors Influence Content Removal

Missed opportunities: Discursively dismantling hyper-wokeness of the sitcom Community.

Masullo, G., Campbell, C. (Ed.)

2025

Race, Representation, and Satire (book)

Missed opportunities: Discursively dismantling hyper-wokeness of the sitcom Community.

Shells, Fronts, Astroturfing, and Beyond: Examining Concealment Strategies of Proxy Organizations

Scott, C. R. & Kang, K. K.

2025

Management Communication Quarterly

Shells, Fronts, Astroturfing, and Beyond: Examining Concealment Strategies of Proxy Organizations

GuesSync!: An Online Casual Game To Reduce Affective Polarization

Rajadesingan, A., Choo, D., Zhang, J., Inakage, M., Budak, C., & Resnick, P.

2025

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 7, Issue CSCW2

GuesSync!: An Online Casual Game To Reduce Affective Polarization

“They Always Get Our Story Wrong”: Addressing Social Justice Activists’ News Distrust Through Solidarity Reporting

Varma, A., Limov, B., & Cabas-Mijares, A.

2025

Media and Communication, 11(4)

“They Always Get Our Story Wrong”: Addressing Social Justice Activists’ News Distrust Through Solidarity Reporting

Shifting the protest paradigm? Legitimizing and humanizing protest coverage lead to more positive attitudes toward protest, mixed results on news credibility

Masullo, G. M., Brown, D. K., & Harlow, S.

2025

Journalism

Shifting the protest paradigm? Legitimizing and humanizing protest coverage lead to more positive attitudes toward protest, mixed results on news credibility

How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

Guess, A. M. et al.

2025

Science 381, 398-404

How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook

González-Bailón, S. et al.

2025

Science 381, 392-398

Asymmetric ideological segregation in exposure to political news on Facebook

Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions

Guess, A. M. et al.

2025

Science 381, 404-408

Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing

Nyhan, B., Settle, J., Thorson, E. et al.

2025

Nature

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing

Curbing the decline of local news by building relationships with the audience

Stroud, N. J. & Van Duyn, E.

2025

Journal of Communication

Curbing the decline of local news by building relationships with the audience

A new solution to political divisiveness: Priming a sense of common humanity through Facebook meme-like posts

Masullo, G. M.

2025

New Media & Society

A new solution to political divisiveness: Priming a sense of common humanity through Facebook meme-like posts

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 2, 2025

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Attacks Against Journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing Effects and Resilience During Jair Bolsonaro’s Government

Partisan Memes as a Catalyst for Homophilous Networks

Kim, Y., Collier, J. R., Murray, C., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Political Communication

Partisan Memes as a Catalyst for Homophilous Networks

In different worlds: The contributions of polarization and platforms to partisan (mis)perceptions

Overgaard, C. S. B., & Collier, J. R.

2025

New Media & Society

In different worlds: The contributions of polarization and platforms to partisan (mis)perceptions

Using Facebook Messenger versus Groups for News Engagement

Murray, C., Riedl, M. J., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Digital Journalism

Using Facebook Messenger versus Groups for News Engagement

Solidarity Reporting on Marginalization: A Grounded Alternative to Monitorial Reporting’s Emphasis on Officials

Varma, A.

2025

Journalism Practice

Solidarity Reporting on Marginalization: A Grounded Alternative to Monitorial Reporting’s Emphasis on Officials

User comments as news quality: Examining incivility in comments on perceptions of news quality

Lu, S., Liang, H., & Masullo, G. M.

2025

News Quality in a Digital Age

User comments as news quality: Examining incivility in comments on perceptions of news quality
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As Mediated Conversation Expands and Diversifies, so do Anti-Social Risks

Lewis, S. C., Kalam, Y. M. & Masullo, G. M.

2025

Proceedings of the Digital and Social Media track of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 56

As Mediated Conversation Expands and Diversifies, so do Anti-Social Risks

What Social Media Could Be: Normative Frameworks for Evaluating Digital Public Spaces

Masullo, G. M., Wilner, T., Stroud, N. J.

2025

Social Media + Society

What Social Media Could Be: Normative Frameworks for Evaluating Digital Public Spaces

Selective Avoidance: Understanding How Position and Proportion of Online Incivility Influence News Engagement

Lu, S., Liang, H., Masullo, G. M.

2025

Communication Research

Selective Avoidance: Understanding How Position and Proportion of Online Incivility Influence News Engagement

Fake news by any other name: phrases for false content and effects on public perceptions of U.S. news media

Collier, J. R., Van Duyn, E.

2025

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Fake news by any other name: phrases for false content and effects on public perceptions of U.S. news media

Signaling news outlet trust in a Google Knowledge Panel: A conjoint experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States

Masullo, G. M., Wilhelm, C., Lee, T., Gonçalves, J., Riedl, M. J., Stroud, N. J.

2025

New Media & Society

Signaling news outlet trust in a Google Knowledge Panel: A conjoint experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States

Theorizing Connective Democracy: A New Way to Bridge Political Divides

Staal Bruun Overgaard, C., Masullo, G. M., Duchovnay, M., & Moore, C.

2025

Mass Communication and Society

Theorizing Connective Democracy: A New Way to Bridge Political Divides

Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America

Masullo, G. M.

2025

Newspaper Research Journal

Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America

Extending the Spiral of Silence: Theorizing a Typology of Political Self-Silencing

Masullo, G. M., and Duchovnay, M.

2025

Communication Studies

Extending the Spiral of Silence: Theorizing a Typology of Political Self-Silencing

Indexing theory during an emerging health crisis: how U.S. TV news indexed elite perspectives and amplified COVID-19 misinformation

Muddiman, A., Budak, C., Murray, C., Kim, Y., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Annals of the International Communication Association

Indexing theory during an emerging health crisis: how U.S. TV news indexed elite perspectives and amplified COVID-19 misinformation

Facebook reactions as heuristics: Exploring relationships between reactions and commenting frequency on news about COVID-19

Masullo, G. M.

2025

First Monday

Facebook reactions as heuristics: Exploring relationships between reactions and commenting frequency on news about COVID-19

Who Do You Think Wrote It?: Stakeholder Tensions in a Case of Anonymous Organizational Whistleblowing

Richardson, Brian K., Scott, Craig R.

2025

Western Journal of Communication

Who Do You Think Wrote It?: Stakeholder Tensions in a Case of Anonymous Organizational Whistleblowing
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Passive learning and incidental exposure to news

Stroud, N. J., Scacco, J. M., Kim Y.

2025

Journal of Communication

Passive learning and incidental exposure to news

Moral solidarity as a news value: Rendering marginalized communities and enduring social injustice newsworthy

Varma, A.

2025

Journalism

Moral solidarity as a news value: Rendering marginalized communities and enduring social injustice newsworthy

Conservative News Audiences A Lack of Media Trust and How They Think Journalism Can Improve

Collier, J. R., Masullo, G. M., & Duchovnay, M.

2025

The Future of the Presidency, Journalism, and Democracy: After Trump

Conservative News Audiences A Lack of Media Trust and How They Think Journalism Can Improve

Effects of a high-person-centered response to commenters who disagree on readers’ positive attitudes toward a news outlet’s Facebook page

Masullo, G. M., Ziegele, M., Riedl, M. J., Jost, P., & Naab, T. K.

2025

Digital Journalism

Effects of a high-person-centered response to commenters who disagree on readers’ positive attitudes toward a news outlet’s Facebook page

Online political comments: Americans talk about the election through a “horse-race” lens

Masullo, G. M., Shermak, J., Riedl, M. J., Brown, J., & Tenenboim, O.

2025

Proceedings of the Digital and Social Media track of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [HICSS]

Online political comments: Americans talk about the election through a “horse-race” lens

Negotiating sociomateriality and commensurability: Human and algorithmic editorial judgment at social media platforms

Riedl, M. J.

2025

Journalism Studies

Negotiating sociomateriality and commensurability: Human and algorithmic editorial judgment at social media platforms

Signaling news outlet credibility in a Google search

Masullo, G. M., Lee, T., & Riedl, M. J.

2025

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Signaling news outlet credibility in a Google search

“It’s just not the whole story”: Black perspectives of protest portrayals

Brown, D. K., Wilner, T., & Masullo, G. M.

2025

Howard Journal of Communications

“It’s just not the whole story”: Black perspectives of protest portrayals

“Toxic atmosphere effect”: Uncivil online comments cue negative audience perceptions of news outlet credibility

Masullo, G. M., Tenenboim, O., & Lu S.

2025

Journalism

“Toxic atmosphere effect”: Uncivil online comments cue negative audience perceptions of news outlet credibility

Measure newsroom effectiveness differently

Kim, Y. & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Fixing American Politics

Measure newsroom effectiveness differently

News engagement: The roles of technological affordance, emotion, and social endorsement

Park, S., Sang, Y., Jung, J., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Digital Journalism, 9:8, 1007-1017

News engagement: The roles of technological affordance, emotion, and social endorsement

Journalism as a profession of conditional permeability: A case study of boundaries in a participatory online news setting

Riedl, M. J.

2025

Journalism

Journalism as a profession of conditional permeability: A case study of boundaries in a participatory online news setting

Constructive journalism in the face of a crisis: The effects of social media news updates about COVID-19

Staal Bruun Overgaard, C.

2025

Journalism Studies

Constructive journalism in the face of a crisis: The effects of social media news updates about COVID-19

“To me, there’s always a bias”: Understanding the public’s folk theories about journalism

Wilner, T., Montiel Valle, D. A., & Masullo, G. M.

2025

Journalism Studies

“To me, there’s always a bias”: Understanding the public’s folk theories about journalism

“Crisis coverage gap”: The divide between public interest and local news’ Facebook posts about COVID-19 in the United States

Masullo, G. M., Jennings, J., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Digital Journalism

“Crisis coverage gap”: The divide between public interest and local news’ Facebook posts about COVID-19 in the United States

Pathways to deeper news engagement: Factors influencing click behaviors on news sites

Collier, J. R., Dunaway, J., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Volume 26, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 265–283

Pathways to deeper news engagement: Factors influencing click behaviors on news sites

Common sense or censorship: How algorithmic moderators and message type influence perceptions of online content deletion

Gonçalves, J., Weber, I., Masullo, G. M., Torres da Silva, M., Hofhuis, J.

2025

New Media & Society

Common sense or censorship: How algorithmic moderators and message type influence perceptions of online content deletion

Asymmetric adjustment: Partisanship and correcting misinformation on Facebook

Jennings, J. & Stroud, N. J.

2025

New Media & Society

Asymmetric adjustment: Partisanship and correcting misinformation on Facebook

COVID-19 coverage by cable and broadcast networks

Budak, C., Muddiman, A., Kim, Y., Murray, C. C., & Stroud, N. J.

2025

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 15(1)

COVID-19 coverage by cable and broadcast networks

Who is responsible for interventions against problematic comments? Comparing user attitudes in Germany and the United States

Riedl, M. J., Naab, T., Masullo, G. M., Jost, P., & Ziegele M.

2025

Policy Internet, 13, 433– 451

Who is responsible for interventions against problematic comments? Comparing user attitudes in Germany and the United States

WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.

Trauthig, I. K. & Mimizuka, K.

October 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.

رسائل في زجاجات

Trauthig, I. K. & Whitlock, A.

September 2, 2025

زينيت

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Messages in a Bottle

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September 2, 2025

zenith

Messages in a Bottle

The Decentralized Web: Hope or Hype?

Trauthig, I. K.

August 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Decentralized Web: Hope or Hype?

Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan Influencers on Twitter

Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Lukito, J.

August 2, 2025

Political Communication

Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan Influencers on Twitter

Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case Study from Lebanon

El-Masri, A., Riedl, M. J., Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case Study from Lebanon

In Many Democracies, Disinformation Targets the Most Vulnerable

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

In Many Democracies, Disinformation Targets the Most Vulnerable

Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Journal of Democracy

Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers

Electoral Confusion: Contending with Structural Disinformation in Communities of Color

Kumleben, M., Woolley, S., & Joseff, K.

June 2, 2025

Protect Democracy

Electoral Confusion: Contending with Structural Disinformation in Communities of Color

Bots

Monaco, N., Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

Digital Media and Society Series

Bots

Chat Apps and Cascade Logic: A Multi-Platform Perspective on India, Mexico, and the United States

Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

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Chat Apps and Cascade Logic: A Multi-Platform Perspective on India, Mexico, and the United States

A Growing Threat: The Impact Of Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color

Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration

A Growing Threat: The Impact Of Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color

Chat and Encrypted Messaging Apps Are the New Battlefields in the Propaganda War

Trauthig, I. K.

March 2, 2025

Lawfare

Chat and Encrypted Messaging Apps Are the New Battlefields in the Propaganda War

Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 US midterm election

Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., Soorholtz, S., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 US midterm election

Computational Propaganda Is Here to Stay: What to Expect in Elections in 2022

Riedl, M. J., Trauthig , I. K., & Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Computational Propaganda Is Here to Stay: What to Expect in Elections in 2022

Viber: The next frontier for political propaganda in the Philippines?

Glover, K. & Martin Geurink, Z.

December 2, 2025

Rappler

Viber: The next frontier for political propaganda in the Philippines?

Trollfare: How to recognize and fight off online psyops

Doroshenko, L. & Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Defense One

Trollfare: How to recognize and fight off online psyops

Online propaganda is making inroads in the Middle East and North Africa

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

December 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Online propaganda is making inroads in the Middle East and North Africa

At the epicenter: Electoral propaganda in targeted communities of color

Woolley, S. & Kumleben, M.

November 2, 2025

Protect Democracy

At the epicenter: Electoral propaganda in targeted communities of color

Countering digital propaganda: Can former culprits help?

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

November 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Countering digital propaganda: Can former culprits help?

The K-Pop fans who have become anti-authoritarian activists in Myanmar

Martin, Z., Glover, K., & Coburn, C.

October 2, 2025

Slate

The K-Pop fans who have become anti-authoritarian activists in Myanmar

Political groups are paying influencers to spread partisan messaging

Goodwin, A. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

Teen Vogue

Political groups are paying influencers to spread partisan messaging

It’s time to think beyond disinformation and false news

Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

Center for International Governance Innovation

It’s time to think beyond disinformation and false news

The business of computational propaganda needs to end

Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

The Center for International Governance Innovation

The business of computational propaganda needs to end

An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation

Woolley, S. & Hajdu, D.

August 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation

QAnon pivots its exiled online movement to the real world

Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Lukito, J.

July 2, 2025

Wired

QAnon pivots its exiled online movement to the real world

Global democracies need to align to fight disinformation

Woolley, S. & Sawiris, M.

July 2, 2025

Wired

Global democracies need to align to fight disinformation

How can we stem the tide of digital propaganda?

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

How can we stem the tide of digital propaganda?

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

Brookings Institute

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

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 2, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Building connective democracy: Interdisciplinary solutions to the problem of polarisation

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model

Tsyrenzhapova, D. & Woolley, S. C.

March 2, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model

The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps

Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity

Guilbeault, D., Woolley, S., & Becker, J.

March 2, 2025

PLOS ONE 16(3): e0247487

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity

The disturbing implications of increasingly narrow political ad targeting

Joseff, K., Carter, J., & Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

The disturbing implications of increasingly narrow political ad targeting

We need to know who’s surveilling protests—and why

Woolley, S. & Carter, J. M.

November 2, 2025

Wired

We need to know who’s surveilling protests—and why

Computational propaganda and the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Antisemitic and anti-Black content on Facebook and Telegram

Woolley, S., Kumleben, M., & Engler, M.

October 2, 2025

Anti-Defamation League

Computational propaganda and the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Antisemitic and anti-Black content on Facebook and Telegram
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Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting

Carter Persen, K. A. & Woolley, S. C.

September 2, 2025

Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means

Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting

We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy

Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Fast Company

We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control

Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control

Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election

Joseff, K., Goodwin, A., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Wired

Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election

Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud

Woolley, S., & Monaco, N.

July 2, 2025

The Georgetown Law Technology Review

Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud

The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power

Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

MIT Technology Review

The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm long before the pandemic

Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

Foreign Affairs

Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm long before the pandemic

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Shorey, S., Hill, B. M., & Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

New Media & Society

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda

Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda

Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever

Joseff, K., Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Wired

Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever

Social media giants should pay up for allowing misinformation

Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Wired

Social media giants should pay up for allowing misinformation

Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations

Kumleben, M., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Hoover Institution

Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations

Who Will Win the Reality Game? A propaganda expert’s lessons from the 2016 presidential campaign.

Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

Slate

Who Will Win the Reality Game? A propaganda expert’s lessons from the 2016 presidential campaign.

The demand for deceit: How the way we think drives disinformation

Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

National Endowment for Democracy

The demand for deceit: How the way we think drives disinformation

We are fighting fake news AI bots with more AI: That’s a mistake

Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

MIT Technology Review

We are fighting fake news AI bots with more AI: That’s a mistake

The Mad Men Are Now Math Men: A New Playbook for Political Marketing in the Age of AI

Sifaoui, A.

January 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

The Mad Men Are Now Math Men: A New Playbook for Political Marketing in the Age of AI
Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Rodarte, A. K., & Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Political Communication

Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care

Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., Pruden, M. L., & Riedl, M. J.

December 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care

On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information

Mimizuka, K., Rodarte, A. K., & Arif, A.

December 2, 2025

New Media & Society

On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

Olaizola Rosenblat, M., Trauthig, I. K., and Woolley, S. C.

October 2, 2025

Just Security

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation

Olaizola Rosenblat, M., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

October 2, 2025

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation

We Can Harness Digital Citizenship to Confront AI Risks

Santana, L. E., Trauthig, I., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

We Can Harness Digital Citizenship to Confront AI Risks

Lodging complaints against platform power: how Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation

El-Masri, A., Riedl, M. J., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

September 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society, 1–18

Lodging complaints against platform power: how Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation

Self-Regulation Won’t Prevent Problematic Political Uses of Generative AI

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

July 2, 2025

Lawfare

Self-Regulation Won’t Prevent Problematic Political Uses of Generative AI

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Lukito, J.

July 2, 2025

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Genocide, surveillance, and babies: “embodied propaganda” and the anti-abortion to conspiracy pipeline

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I. K., Woolley, S. C.

June 2, 2025

Feminist Media Studies

Genocide, surveillance, and babies: “embodied propaganda” and the anti-abortion to conspiracy pipeline

Forget Deepfakes: Social Listening Might be the Most Consequential Use of Generative AI in Politics

Jackson, D. & Martin, Z.

June 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Forget Deepfakes: Social Listening Might be the Most Consequential Use of Generative AI in Politics

Digital Media Research Changes Will Alter Election Studies

Lukito, J. & Brown, M. A.

June 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Digital Media Research Changes Will Alter Election Studies

India’s TikTok ban didn’t even slow disinformation. We need a better solution.

Trauthig, I.

May 2, 2025

The Hill

India’s TikTok ban didn’t even slow disinformation. We need a better solution.

Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp

Riedl, M. J., El-Masri, A., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

April 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp

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 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

Embodied Political Influencers: How U.S. Anti-Abortion Actors Co-Opt Narratives of Marginalization

What Does CrowdTangle’s Demise Signal for Data Access Under the DSA?

Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., & Yang, K.

March 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

What Does CrowdTangle’s Demise Signal for Data Access Under the DSA?

Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps

Trauthig, I.

January 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps

Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women’s Health Disinformation

Martin, Z. C., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

December 2, 2025

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research

Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women’s Health Disinformation

How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America

Martin, Z. C., Riedl, M. J. & Woolley, S. C.

December 2, 2025

Big Data & Society

How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America

Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Lukito, J., Lee, T., Martin, Z., Glover, K., Hu, A. & Cui, Z.

December 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society

Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China and the United States

Jia, C., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Journalism Studies

Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China and the United States

‘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 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society

‘I get suppressed:’ pro- and anti-abortion activists’ folk theories of platform governance and shadowbanning

Scholarly Solidarity: Building an Inclusive Field for Junior and Minority Researchers

Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Political Communication

Scholarly Solidarity: Building an Inclusive Field for Junior and Minority Researchers

Digital Disinformation, Electoral Interference, and Systemic Distrust

Lukito, J.

November 2, 2025

Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security

Digital Disinformation, Electoral Interference, and Systemic Distrust

The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., Glover, K. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

First Monday

The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere

“On WhatsApp I say what I want”: Messaging apps, diaspora communities, and networked counterpublics in the United States

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

New Media & Society

“On WhatsApp I say what I want”: Messaging apps, diaspora communities, and networked counterpublics in the United States

Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler

Chen, B., Lukito, J., & Koo, G. H.

September 2, 2025

Social Media + Society, 9(3)

Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler

The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive it

Riedl, M. J., Tsyrenzhapova, D., Collier, J. R., Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Convergence

The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive it

What Makes an Influence Operation Malign?

Yadav, K., Riedl, M. J., Wanless, A., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

What Makes an Influence Operation Malign?

What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda?

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda?

Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats

Trauthig, I. K., Martin, Z. C., & Woolley, S. C.

July 2, 2025

Political Research Quarterly

Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats

The World’s Strongmen Continue to Bend Social Media to Their Will

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

The New York Times

The World’s Strongmen Continue to Bend Social Media to Their Will

Bot-to-bot Communication: Relationships, Infrastructure, and Identity

Xiao, J. & Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication

Bot-to-bot Communication: Relationships, Infrastructure, and Identity

Abortion Activists Are Targets of Violent, Gendered Threats After Overturn of Roe

Martin, Z., Riedl, M., Hollander, E. & Trauthig, I.

July 2, 2025

Teen Vogue

Abortion Activists Are Targets of Violent, Gendered Threats After Overturn of Roe

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 2, 2025

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Attacks Against Journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing Effects and Resilience During Jair Bolsonaro’s Government

How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’

Martin, Z. & Trauthig, I.

June 2, 2025

Global Network on Extremism and Technology

How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’

The Hindutva-Whatsapp ecosystem: Digital hate against Indian Muslims on Whatsapp

Bansal, S.

June 2, 2025

Rappler

The Hindutva-Whatsapp ecosystem: Digital hate against Indian Muslims on Whatsapp

Representing “The People”: What Can Social Media Images Reveal About Populist Propaganda in Brazil?

Rodarte, A. K., Hyunsik Kim, T., & Lukito, J.

June 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

Representing “The People”: What Can Social Media Images Reveal About Populist Propaganda in Brazil?

As Beijing’s Propaganda Grows More Aggressive, the West Should Take Note

Trauthig, I.

June 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

As Beijing’s Propaganda Grows More Aggressive, the West Should Take Note

Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction

Riedl, M. J., Lukito, J., & Woolley, S. C.

June 2, 2025

Social Media + Society, 9(2)

Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction

TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters

Woolley, S., Riedl, M., & Lukito, J.

June 2, 2025

The Hill

TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters

Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco

Trauthig, I. K.

May 2, 2025

Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries

Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco

Enabling Independent Research Without Unleashing Ethics Disasters

Gilbert, S., Matias, J. N., and Lukito, J.

May 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Enabling Independent Research Without Unleashing Ethics Disasters
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Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Journal of Online Trust & Safety

Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse

Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis

Lukito, J. & Pruden, M. L.

April 2, 2025

Review of Communication

Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis

“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 2, 2025

Political Communication

“No Reason[.] [I]t /Should/ Happen here”: Analyzing Flynn’s Retroactive Doublespeak During a QAnon Event

Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms

Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Democracy Journal

Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms

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 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

How Disinformation on WhatsApp Went From Campaign Weapon to Governmental Propaganda in Brazil

Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?

Riedl, M. & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

The Hill

Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?

The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit

Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

Slate

The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit

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 2, 2025

Media & Democracy Data Cooperative

The State of Digital Media Data Research, 2023

The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I.

February 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now

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 2, 2025

International Journal of Communication

Political Relational Influencers: The Mobilization of Social Media Influencers in the Political Arena

Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions

Stroud, T. & Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

Austin American-Statesman

Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions

How social media platforms can reduce polarization

Staal Bruun Overgaard, C. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Brookings

How social media platforms can reduce polarization

WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of fake news | Guest opinion

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Miami Herald

WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of fake news | Guest opinion

Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short

Beacken, G., Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short

What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?

Iyer, P.

November 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?

Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and parivate messages

Trauthig, I. & Glover, K.

October 2, 2025

The Hill

Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and parivate messages

Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case Study from Lebanon

El-Masri, A., Riedl, M. J., Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case Study from Lebanon

In Many Democracies, Disinformation Targets the Most Vulnerable

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

In Many Democracies, Disinformation Targets the Most Vulnerable

Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Journal of Democracy

Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers

Electoral Confusion: Contending with Structural Disinformation in Communities of Color

Kumleben, M., Woolley, S., & Joseff, K.

June 2, 2025

Protect Democracy

Electoral Confusion: Contending with Structural Disinformation in Communities of Color

Bots

Monaco, N., Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

Digital Media and Society Series

Bots

Chat Apps and Cascade Logic: A Multi-Platform Perspective on India, Mexico, and the United States

Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

Chat Apps and Cascade Logic: A Multi-Platform Perspective on India, Mexico, and the United States

A Growing Threat: The Impact Of Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color

Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration

A Growing Threat: The Impact Of Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color

Chat and Encrypted Messaging Apps Are the New Battlefields in the Propaganda War

Trauthig, I. K.

March 2, 2025

Lawfare

Chat and Encrypted Messaging Apps Are the New Battlefields in the Propaganda War

Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 US midterm election

Riedl, M. J., Joseff, K., Soorholtz, S., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 US midterm election

Computational Propaganda Is Here to Stay: What to Expect in Elections in 2022

Riedl, M. J., Trauthig , I. K., & Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Computational Propaganda Is Here to Stay: What to Expect in Elections in 2022

Viber: The next frontier for political propaganda in the Philippines?

Glover, K. & Martin Geurink, Z.

December 2, 2025

Rappler

Viber: The next frontier for political propaganda in the Philippines?

Trollfare: How to recognize and fight off online psyops

Doroshenko, L. & Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Defense One

Trollfare: How to recognize and fight off online psyops

Online propaganda is making inroads in the Middle East and North Africa

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

December 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Online propaganda is making inroads in the Middle East and North Africa

At the epicenter: Electoral propaganda in targeted communities of color

Woolley, S. & Kumleben, M.

November 2, 2025

Protect Democracy

At the epicenter: Electoral propaganda in targeted communities of color

Countering digital propaganda: Can former culprits help?

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

November 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Countering digital propaganda: Can former culprits help?

The K-Pop fans who have become anti-authoritarian activists in Myanmar

Martin, Z., Glover, K., & Coburn, C.

October 2, 2025

Slate

The K-Pop fans who have become anti-authoritarian activists in Myanmar

Political groups are paying influencers to spread partisan messaging

Goodwin, A. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

Teen Vogue

Political groups are paying influencers to spread partisan messaging

It’s time to think beyond disinformation and false news

Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

Center for International Governance Innovation

It’s time to think beyond disinformation and false news

The business of computational propaganda needs to end

Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

The Center for International Governance Innovation

The business of computational propaganda needs to end

An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation

Woolley, S. & Hajdu, D.

August 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation

QAnon pivots its exiled online movement to the real world

Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Lukito, J.

July 2, 2025

Wired

QAnon pivots its exiled online movement to the real world

Global democracies need to align to fight disinformation

Woolley, S. & Sawiris, M.

July 2, 2025

Wired

Global democracies need to align to fight disinformation

How can we stem the tide of digital propaganda?

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

How can we stem the tide of digital propaganda?

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

Brookings Institute

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

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 2, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Building connective democracy: Interdisciplinary solutions to the problem of polarisation

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model

Tsyrenzhapova, D. & Woolley, S. C.

March 2, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model

The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps

Gursky, J., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity

Guilbeault, D., Woolley, S., & Becker, J.

March 2, 2025

PLOS ONE 16(3): e0247487

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity

The disturbing implications of increasingly narrow political ad targeting

Joseff, K., Carter, J., & Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

The disturbing implications of increasingly narrow political ad targeting

We need to know who’s surveilling protests—and why

Woolley, S. & Carter, J. M.

November 2, 2025

Wired

We need to know who’s surveilling protests—and why

Computational propaganda and the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Antisemitic and anti-Black content on Facebook and Telegram

Woolley, S., Kumleben, M., & Engler, M.

October 2, 2025

Anti-Defamation League

Computational propaganda and the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Antisemitic and anti-Black content on Facebook and Telegram
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Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting

Carter Persen, K. A. & Woolley, S. C.

September 2, 2025

Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means

Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting

We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy

Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Fast Company

We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control

Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control

Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election

Joseff, K., Goodwin, A., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Wired

Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election

Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud

Woolley, S., & Monaco, N.

July 2, 2025

The Georgetown Law Technology Review

Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud

The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power

Gursky, J. & Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

MIT Technology Review

The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Woolley, S.

June 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm long before the pandemic

Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

Foreign Affairs

Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm long before the pandemic

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Shorey, S., Hill, B. M., & Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

New Media & Society

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda

Woolley, S.

May 2, 2025

TechStream, Brookings Institute

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda

Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever

Joseff, K., Gursky, J., & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Wired

Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever

Social media giants should pay up for allowing misinformation

Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Wired

Social media giants should pay up for allowing misinformation

Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations

Kumleben, M., & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Hoover Institution

Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations

Who Will Win the Reality Game? A propaganda expert’s lessons from the 2016 presidential campaign.

Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

Slate

Who Will Win the Reality Game? A propaganda expert’s lessons from the 2016 presidential campaign.

The demand for deceit: How the way we think drives disinformation

Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

National Endowment for Democracy

The demand for deceit: How the way we think drives disinformation

We are fighting fake news AI bots with more AI: That’s a mistake

Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

MIT Technology Review

We are fighting fake news AI bots with more AI: That’s a mistake

On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information

Mimizuka, K., Rodarte, A. K., & Arif, A.

December 2, 2025

New Media & Society

On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

Olaizola Rosenblat, M., Trauthig, I. K., and Woolley, S. C.

October 2, 2025

Just Security

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation

Olaizola Rosenblat, M., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

October 2, 2025

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation

We Can Harness Digital Citizenship to Confront AI Risks

Santana, L. E., Trauthig, I., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

We Can Harness Digital Citizenship to Confront AI Risks

Lodging complaints against platform power: how Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation

El-Masri, A., Riedl, M. J., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

September 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society, 1–18

Lodging complaints against platform power: how Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation

Self-Regulation Won’t Prevent Problematic Political Uses of Generative AI

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I. K.

July 2, 2025

Lawfare

Self-Regulation Won’t Prevent Problematic Political Uses of Generative AI

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Lukito, J.

July 2, 2025

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Genocide, surveillance, and babies: “embodied propaganda” and the anti-abortion to conspiracy pipeline

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I. K., Woolley, S. C.

June 2, 2025

Feminist Media Studies

Genocide, surveillance, and babies: “embodied propaganda” and the anti-abortion to conspiracy pipeline

Forget Deepfakes: Social Listening Might be the Most Consequential Use of Generative AI in Politics

Jackson, D. & Martin, Z.

June 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Forget Deepfakes: Social Listening Might be the Most Consequential Use of Generative AI in Politics

Digital Media Research Changes Will Alter Election Studies

Lukito, J. & Brown, M. A.

June 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Digital Media Research Changes Will Alter Election Studies

India’s TikTok ban didn’t even slow disinformation. We need a better solution.

Trauthig, I.

May 2, 2025

The Hill

India’s TikTok ban didn’t even slow disinformation. We need a better solution.

Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp

Riedl, M. J., El-Masri, A., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

April 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp

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 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

Embodied Political Influencers: How U.S. Anti-Abortion Actors Co-Opt Narratives of Marginalization

What Does CrowdTangle’s Demise Signal for Data Access Under the DSA?

Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., & Yang, K.

March 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

What Does CrowdTangle’s Demise Signal for Data Access Under the DSA?

Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps

Trauthig, I.

January 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Diaspora Communities and Computational Propaganda on Messaging Apps

Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women’s Health Disinformation

Martin, Z. C., Trauthig, I. K., & Woolley, S. C.

December 2, 2025

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research

Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women’s Health Disinformation

How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America

Martin, Z. C., Riedl, M. J. & Woolley, S. C.

December 2, 2025

Big Data & Society

How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America

Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Lukito, J., Lee, T., Martin, Z., Glover, K., Hu, A. & Cui, Z.

December 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society

Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China and the United States

Jia, C., Riedl, M. J., & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Journalism Studies

Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China and the United States

‘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 2, 2025

Information, Communication & Society

‘I get suppressed:’ pro- and anti-abortion activists’ folk theories of platform governance and shadowbanning

Scholarly Solidarity: Building an Inclusive Field for Junior and Minority Researchers

Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Political Communication

Scholarly Solidarity: Building an Inclusive Field for Junior and Minority Researchers

Digital Disinformation, Electoral Interference, and Systemic Distrust

Lukito, J.

November 2, 2025

Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security

Digital Disinformation, Electoral Interference, and Systemic Distrust

The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., Glover, K. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

First Monday

The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere

“On WhatsApp I say what I want”: Messaging apps, diaspora communities, and networked counterpublics in the United States

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

October 2, 2025

New Media & Society

“On WhatsApp I say what I want”: Messaging apps, diaspora communities, and networked counterpublics in the United States

Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler

Chen, B., Lukito, J., & Koo, G. H.

September 2, 2025

Social Media + Society, 9(3)

Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler

The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive it

Riedl, M. J., Tsyrenzhapova, D., Collier, J. R., Gursky, J., Joseff, K., & Woolley, S.

September 2, 2025

Convergence

The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive it

What Makes an Influence Operation Malign?

Yadav, K., Riedl, M. J., Wanless, A., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

What Makes an Influence Operation Malign?

What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda?

Martin, Z., Trauthig, I., & Woolley, S.

August 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

What Role Do Messaging Apps Play in Autocrats’ Propaganda?

Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats

Trauthig, I. K., Martin, Z. C., & Woolley, S. C.

July 2, 2025

Political Research Quarterly

Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats

The World’s Strongmen Continue to Bend Social Media to Their Will

Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

The New York Times

The World’s Strongmen Continue to Bend Social Media to Their Will

Bot-to-bot Communication: Relationships, Infrastructure, and Identity

Xiao, J. & Woolley, S.

July 2, 2025

The SAGE Handbook of Human–Machine Communication

Bot-to-bot Communication: Relationships, Infrastructure, and Identity

Abortion Activists Are Targets of Violent, Gendered Threats After Overturn of Roe

Martin, Z., Riedl, M., Hollander, E. & Trauthig, I.

July 2, 2025

Teen Vogue

Abortion Activists Are Targets of Violent, Gendered Threats After Overturn of Roe

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 2, 2025

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Attacks Against Journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing Effects and Resilience During Jair Bolsonaro’s Government

How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’

Martin, Z. & Trauthig, I.

June 2, 2025

Global Network on Extremism and Technology

How Gen Z is Changing Anti-Abortion Extremism Through ‘Queering’

The Hindutva-Whatsapp ecosystem: Digital hate against Indian Muslims on Whatsapp

Bansal, S.

June 2, 2025

Rappler

The Hindutva-Whatsapp ecosystem: Digital hate against Indian Muslims on Whatsapp

Representing “The People”: What Can Social Media Images Reveal About Populist Propaganda in Brazil?

Rodarte, A. K., Hyunsik Kim, T., & Lukito, J.

June 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

Representing “The People”: What Can Social Media Images Reveal About Populist Propaganda in Brazil?

As Beijing’s Propaganda Grows More Aggressive, the West Should Take Note

Trauthig, I.

June 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

As Beijing’s Propaganda Grows More Aggressive, the West Should Take Note

Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction

Riedl, M. J., Lukito, J., & Woolley, S. C.

June 2, 2025

Social Media + Society, 9(2)

Political Influencers on Social Media: An Introduction

TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters

Woolley, S., Riedl, M., & Lukito, J.

June 2, 2025

The Hill

TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters

Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco

Trauthig, I. K.

May 2, 2025

Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries

Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco

Enabling Independent Research Without Unleashing Ethics Disasters

Gilbert, S., Matias, J. N., and Lukito, J.

May 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

Enabling Independent Research Without Unleashing Ethics Disasters
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Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

April 2, 2025

Journal of Online Trust & Safety

Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse

Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis

Lukito, J. & Pruden, M. L.

April 2, 2025

Review of Communication

Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis

“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 2, 2025

Political Communication

“No Reason[.] [I]t /Should/ Happen here”: Analyzing Flynn’s Retroactive Doublespeak During a QAnon Event

Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms

Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

Democracy Journal

Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms

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 2, 2025

Social Media + Society

How Disinformation on WhatsApp Went From Campaign Weapon to Governmental Propaganda in Brazil

Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?

Riedl, M. & Woolley, S.

March 2, 2025

The Hill

Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?

The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit

Woolley, S.

February 2, 2025

Slate

The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit

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 2, 2025

Media & Democracy Data Cooperative

The State of Digital Media Data Research, 2023

The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now

Woolley, S. & Trauthig, I.

February 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now

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 2, 2025

International Journal of Communication

Political Relational Influencers: The Mobilization of Social Media Influencers in the Political Arena

Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions

Stroud, T. & Woolley, S.

January 2, 2025

Austin American-Statesman

Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions

How social media platforms can reduce polarization

Staal Bruun Overgaard, C. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Brookings

How social media platforms can reduce polarization

WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of fake news | Guest opinion

Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Miami Herald

WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of fake news | Guest opinion

Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short

Beacken, G., Trauthig, I. & Woolley, S.

December 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short

What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?

Iyer, P.

November 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?

Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and parivate messages

Trauthig, I. & Glover, K.

October 2, 2025

The Hill

Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and parivate messages

WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.

Trauthig, I. K. & Mimizuka, K.

October 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.

رسائل في زجاجات

Trauthig, I. K. & Whitlock, A.

September 2, 2025

زينيت

رسائل في زجاجات

Messages in a Bottle

Trauthig, I. K. & Whitlock, A.

September 2, 2025

zenith

Messages in a Bottle

The Decentralized Web: Hope or Hype?

Trauthig, I. K.

August 2, 2025

Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Decentralized Web: Hope or Hype?

Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan Influencers on Twitter

Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Lukito, J.

August 2, 2025

Political Communication

Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan Influencers on Twitter

The Mad Men Are Now Math Men: A New Playbook for Political Marketing in the Age of AI

Sifaoui, A.

January 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

The Mad Men Are Now Math Men: A New Playbook for Political Marketing in the Age of AI
Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Rodarte, A. K., & Lukito, J.

December 2, 2025

Political Communication

Does Social Media Level the Political Field or Reinforce Existing Inequalities? Cartographies of the 2022 Brazilian Election

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care

Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., Pruden, M. L., & Riedl, M. J.

December 2, 2025

New Media & Society

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care