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Technology in Society journal cover, September 2024, Volume 78, published by Elsevier, available on ScienceDirect.

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
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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.

Social Media + Society

Embodied Political Influencers: How U.S. Anti-Abortion Actors Co-Opt Narratives of Marginalization
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Race-evasive ideology in U.S.-based science communication fellowship director discourse

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

JCOM 23(01), A06

Race-evasive ideology in U.S.-based science communication fellowship director discourse
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Perceiving Affective Polarization in the United States: How Social Media Shape Meta-Perceptions and Affective Polarization

Overgaard, C. S. B.

Social Media + Society, 10(1)

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

Media & Democracy Data Cooperative

The State of Digital Media Data Research, 2023
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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.

Frontiers in Marine Science

The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US gulf coast region
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The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage

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

Journalism

The impact of using person-centered language to reference stigmatized groups in news coverage
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Introduction to the Minitrack on Mediated Conversation

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

Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Introduction to the Minitrack on Mediated Conversation
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Deciding to Delete Posts on Reddit: What Factors Influence Content Removal

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

Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Deciding to Delete Posts on Reddit: What Factors Influence Content Removal
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Missed opportunities: Discursively dismantling hyper-wokeness of the sitcom Community.

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

Race, Representation, and Satire (book)

Missed opportunities: Discursively dismantling hyper-wokeness of the sitcom Community.
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Shells, Fronts, Astroturfing, and Beyond: Examining Concealment Strategies of Proxy Organizations

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

Management Communication Quarterly

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

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

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

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research

Feminist Queen or Conspiracy Theorist? Female Spreaders of Women’s Health Disinformation
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How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America

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

Big Data & Society

How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America
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Connective action in Myanmar: a mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

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

Information, Communication & Society

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

Journalism Studies

Promises and Perils of Automated Journalism: Algorithms, Experimentation, and “Teachers of Machines” in China and the United States
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‘I get suppressed:’ pro- and anti-abortion activists’ folk theories of platform governance and shadowbanning

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

Information, Communication & Society

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