Academic Publications

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out
2020
New Media & Society (in press)

The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians
2020
Praeger

Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting
September 5, 2020
Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means

We can have social media as we know it, or we can have democracy
September 5, 2020
Fast Company

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet
September 5, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute

Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions
2020
Journalism Practice (in press)

Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain
2020
American Behavioral Scientist, 64(11), 1646-1669

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control
August 5, 2020
Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press

Nanoinfluencers are slyly barnstorming the 2020 US election
August 5, 2020
Wired

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation
2020
Science Communication

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title
2020
PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235191

‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists
2020
Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 20(7), 877-895

Amplify the party, suppress the opposition: Social media, bots, and electoral fraud
July 5, 2020
The Georgetown Law Technology Review

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion
2020
Rita Allen Foundation

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic
2020
Journal of Risk Research

The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators
2020
Computers in Human Behavior, 107, 1-9

The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power
June 5, 2020
MIT Technology Review

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location
June 5, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute

Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to privacy: In US politics surveillance was the norm long before the pandemic
May 5, 2020
Foreign Affairs

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking
May 5, 2020
New Media & Society

Encrypted messaging apps are the future of propaganda
May 5, 2020
TechStream, Brookings Institute

Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections
2020
Journalism (in press)

Texts from politicians could be more dangerous than ever
April 5, 2020
Wired

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety
2020
International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 111-131

The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment
2020
New Media & Society, 22(3), 429–448

Social media giants should pay up for allowing misinformation
March 5, 2020
Wired

Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations
March 5, 2020
Hoover Institution

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context
2020
American Journal of Health Promotion

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus
2020
American Journal of Health Education, 1-11

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology
2020
Energy Policy, 139, 111312