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“Bogeyman terms”: Understanding politically conservative Americans’ folk theories about news bias

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

2025

Journalism

“Bogeyman terms”: Understanding politically conservative Americans’ folk theories about news bias

The Effects of Political Advertising on Facebook and Instagram before the 2020 US Election

Allcott et al.

2025

NBER Working Paper No. 33818

The Effects of Political Advertising on Facebook and Instagram before the 2020 US Election

Intellectual humility’s effects on political polarization and engagement

Stroud, N. J. & Murray, C.

2025

Human Communication Research

Intellectual humility’s effects on political polarization and engagement

The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State

Allcott et al.

2025

NBER Working Paper No. 33697

The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State

Connective Democracy: A New Approach to Fighting Political Divisiveness

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

2025

Social Media + Society, 11(1)

Connective Democracy: A New Approach to Fighting Political Divisiveness

“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.

2025

News Research Journal

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

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

González-Bailón, S. et. al

2024

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.

2024

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.

2024

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.

2024

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

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

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

2024

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

2024

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.

2024

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.

2024

Social Media + Society, 10(1)

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

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

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

2024

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.

2024

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.

2024

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.)

2024

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.

2023

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.

2023

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

GuesSync!: An Online Casual Game To Reduce Affective Polarization

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.

2023

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.

2023

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.

2023

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.

2023

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.

2023

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.

2023

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.

2023

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 5, 2023

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.

2023

Political Communication

Partisan Memes as a Catalyst for Homophilous Networks