Academic Publications

Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?
March 5, 2023
The Hill

The Everyday People Spreading Political Propaganda Online for Fun and/or Profit
February 5, 2023
Slate

The Time to Prevent a Toxic Metaverse Is Now
February 5, 2023
Centre for International Governance Innovation

Political Relational Influencers: The Mobilization of Social Media Influencers in the Political Arena
February 5, 2023
International Journal of Communication

A View From the Trenches: Interviews With Journalists About Reporting Science News
2023
Science Communication

User comments as news quality: Examining incivility in comments on perceptions of news quality
2023
News Quality in a Digital Age

As Mediated Conversation Expands and Diversifies, so do Anti-Social Risks
2023
Proceedings of the Digital and Social Media track of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 56

Opinion: Why the TikTok ban needs university exemptions
January 5, 2023
Austin American-Statesman

The form and function of U.S.-based science communication fellowship programs: interviews with program directors
2022
International Journal of Science Education

What Social Media Could Be: Normative Frameworks for Evaluating Digital Public Spaces
2022
Social Media + Society

How social media platforms can reduce polarization
December 5, 2022
Brookings

WhatsApp is how a lot of Latinos connect, but it’s also a hotbed of fake news | Guest opinion
December 5, 2022
Miami Herald

Platforms’ Efforts to Block Antisemitic Content Are Falling Short
December 5, 2022
Centre for International Governance Innovation

When Experts Offer Conflicting Information: A Study of Perceived Ambiguity, Information Insufficiency, Trustworthiness and Risk Information Behaviors
2022
Health Communication

Selective Avoidance: Understanding How Position and Proportion of Online Incivility Influence News Engagement
2022
Communication Research

Fake news by any other name: phrases for false content and effects on public perceptions of U.S. news media
2022
Journal of Applied Communication Research

Signaling news outlet trust in a Google Knowledge Panel: A conjoint experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States
2022
New Media & Society

Theorizing Connective Democracy: A New Way to Bridge Political Divides
2022
Mass Communication and Society

What Does Europe’s Digital Services Act Mean for Targeted Political Advertising in the U.S.?
November 5, 2022
Tech Policy Press

Disinformation’s next frontier: your texts and parivate messages
October 5, 2022
The Hill

WhatsApp, Misinformation, and Latino Political Discourse in the U.S.
October 5, 2022
Tech Policy Press

Housing-based Inequities in Microbial Exposure and Respiratory Infection Risk
2022
The Bridge

Strategic Science Communication: A Guide to Setting the Right Objectives for More Effective Public Engagement
2022
Johns Hopkins University Press

Strategic communication as planned behavior for science and risk communication: A theory-based approach to studying communicator choice
2022
Risk Analysis

Psychological distance, risk perception, and affect: Texas residents’ support for carbon capture and storage
2022
Journal of Risk Research

Framing climate change mitigation technology: The impact of risk versus benefit messaging on support for carbon capture and storage
2022
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America
2022
Newspaper Research Journal

Extending the Spiral of Silence: Theorizing a Typology of Political Self-Silencing
2022
Communication Studies

Indexing theory during an emerging health crisis: how U.S. TV news indexed elite perspectives and amplified COVID-19 misinformation
2022
Annals of the International Communication Association