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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
NRJ Volume 45, Fall 2024 cover with featured article titles on media representation and journalism.

“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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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
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Reporting from the Outside While Looking In: Iranian Diaspora Journalists and #WomanLifeFreedom

Shaban, S., & Kafiliveyjuyeh, S.

The International Journal of Press/Politics, 30(2)

Reporting from the Outside While Looking In: Iranian Diaspora Journalists and #WomanLifeFreedom
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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 Representation of Afghans in the American Sitcom United States of Al: Examining the Burden of Representation and Challenges of Media Visibility

Hatef, A.

Howard Journal of Communications, 1-17

The Representation of Afghans in the American Sitcom United States of Al: Examining the Burden of Representation and Challenges of Media Visibility
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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
Discourse & Communication, Volume 19, Number 4, August 2025, red cover with large gray letters.

The virus and an enemy within: Construction of an invidious news discourse by the mainstream press in India

Kaliyarakath, R.

Discourse & Communication, 19(2)

The virus and an enemy within: Construction of an invidious news discourse by the mainstream press in India
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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, 36(3)

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction
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Climate Change Articles

Climate Change Articles
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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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From Concept to Community: Unpacking the Work of Designing Educational and Activist Toolkits

Wilner, T., Adavi, K. A. K., Mandava, S., Bhimdiwala, A., Frluckaj, H., Turns, J., & Arif, A.

Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-15)

From Concept to Community: Unpacking the Work of Designing Educational and Activist Toolkits
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Journalistic storytelling for social justice: A CDA of global news coverage of the Otodo Gbame forced evictions in Nigeria

Amah, M.

African Journalism Studies, 45(1)

Journalistic storytelling for social justice: A CDA of global news coverage of the Otodo Gbame forced evictions in Nigeria
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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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Fighting for Their Voice: Understanding Indian Muslim Women’s Responses to Networked Harassment

Bhimdiwala, A., Adavi, K. A. K., & Ahmer, A.

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Fighting for Their Voice: Understanding Indian Muslim Women’s Responses to Networked Harassment
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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