Academic Publications

How QAnon Developed from a Fringe Group to a Digital Surrogate for the GOP

Lukito, J., Yang, Y., & Kim, S. J.

Connective Action and the Rise of the Far-Right: Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy

How QAnon Developed from a Fringe Group to a Digital Surrogate for the GOP
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“Bogeyman terms”: Understanding politically conservative Americans’ folk theories about news bias

Masullo, G. M., Kim, S., & Duchovnay, M.

Journalism

“Bogeyman terms”: Understanding politically conservative Americans’ folk theories about news bias
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The Effects of Political Advertising on Facebook and Instagram before the 2020 US Election

Allcott et al.

NBER Working Paper No. 33818

The Effects of Political Advertising on Facebook and Instagram before the 2020 US Election
How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions

How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions

Chebrolu, T., Kumaraguru, P., and Rajadesingan, A.

Websci '25: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025

How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions
How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions

Framing the Fray: Conflict Framing in Indian Election News Coverage

Chebrolu, T., Modepalle, R., Vardhan, N. H., Kumaraguru, P., and Rajadesingan, A.

Websci '25: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025

Framing the Fray: Conflict Framing in Indian Election News Coverage
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“For Your Health” Versus “For the Environment”: Exploring Congruency and Incongruency Between Message Appeals and Temporal Framing

Yun, C. I. H., & Atkinson, L.

Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising

“For Your Health” Versus “For the Environment”: Exploring Congruency and Incongruency Between Message Appeals and Temporal Framing
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Intellectual humility’s effects on political polarization and engagement

Stroud, N. J. & Murray, C.

Human Communication Research

Intellectual humility’s effects on political polarization and engagement
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The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State

Allcott et al.

NBER Working Paper No. 33697

The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State
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Connective Democracy: A New Approach to Fighting Political Divisiveness

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

Social Media + Society, 11(1)

Connective Democracy: A New Approach to Fighting Political Divisiveness
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“My body, my choice” versus “officials say” Examining the effects of solidarity and monitorial reporting

Varma, A., Masullo, G., Limov, B., Graham, E., Kim, M. S., & Malik, K. K.

News Research Journal

“My body, my choice” versus “officials say” Examining the effects of solidarity and monitorial reporting
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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.

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

González-Bailón, S. et. al

Sociological Science

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

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

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

New Media & Society

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

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.

New Media & Society

Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care
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Fact-Checking in the Age of AI: Reducing Biases with Non-Human Information Sources

Moon, W. & Kahlor, L. A.

Technology in Society

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

Social Media + Society, 10(4)

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

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
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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.

Journal of Science Communication

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

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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Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation

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

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation
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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.

Information, Communication & Society, 1–18

Lodging complaints against platform power: how Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation
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Science Communication Spaces as “Pockets of Belonging”: Inviting in a Plurality of Science Identities for Scientists-in-Training

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

Science Communication

Science Communication Spaces as “Pockets of Belonging”: Inviting in a Plurality of Science Identities for Scientists-in-Training
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Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Lukito, J.

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.

Feminist Media Studies

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

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

Allcott, Hunt, et al

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment
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Artificial Intelligence in Influencer Marketing: A Mixed-Method Comparison of Human and Virtual Influencers on Instagram

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

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

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

Mass Communication and Society, 1–27

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

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.

New Media & Society

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