Communication & Media Scholars
An imperfect list of scholars working on (political) communication/media/journalism/news & related topics (this list is a broad church and at max capacity — will add more if limit is raised/create a 2nd list).
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@felixsimon.bsky.social
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social
The Digital Democracy Centre SDU is an interdisciplinary hub at the University of Southern Denmark https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc • #dkmedier #dkpol #dkforsk #democracy #digital #AI •
@danieltrielli.bsky.social
Journalist, researcher, foreigner, brasileiro, inconstant poster in English and Portuguese. Assistant Professor of Media and Democracy at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. https://danieltrielli.com
@britaytrearne.bsky.social
Media studies professor, University of Bergen. News avoidance, technology in everyday life, media and climate change, qualitative methods. OA book: Media Use in Digital Everyday Life. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781802623833
@mattcarlson.bsky.social
Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, USA
@acarson.bsky.social
Professor of political Communication, LaTrobe University. Researching mis and disinformation, media and political trust and campaigns and elections.
@mmosleh.bsky.social
Prof @Oxford, Affiliate @MIT #SocialMedia #Misinformation #Polarization www.MohsenMosleh.com
@commscholar.bsky.social
Associate Dean, Research, College of Communication Associate Professor of #MassCommunication, Director, #Communication Research Center, #BostonUniversity Studying #persuasion, #misinformation, & blurred lines between #advertising, #journalism & #politics
@markdeuze.bsky.social
👨🎓 Professor Media Studies, U of Amsterdam 🎸bass: Skinflower; new music at Bandcamp 📚 latest books: Life in Media (MIT Press), Happiness in Journalism (Routledge) 🔊 🎥 Deuzevlog on YouTube and Spotify 🚴 Ride on! 🎓ORCID: 0000-0002-1986-5050
@joshpasek.com
Prof of Comm & Media and Polisci @Umich studying how people get and use political information and social measurement. Skills/competencies: data sci, DIY solar, election analytics, carpooling, #polcom, #polpsych, survey methods, AI (views are my own)
@shannimcg.bsky.social
Professor at UNC. Principal investigator at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, data, news. BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
@dfreelon.bsky.social
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. & Presidential Prof. of Communication @AnnenbergPenn. If you can't tell the difference between what's true and what you wish were true, take your business elsewhere.
@benjamintoff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
@kirstenaeddy.bsky.social
Senior researcher in news & information at Pew Research Center • Research associate at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford • Affiliate/PhD-ed at UNC CITAP • Lover of ☕🐶📖
@camilambpp.bsky.social
Lecturer in Journalism, Media, and Communication, University of Strathclyde | Previously postdoc at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford Doing research on news consumption, trust in news, and political attitudes
@waqasejaz.bsky.social
Research fellow @risj_oxford | @UniofOxford🇬🇧 | Previously @ NUST 🇵🇰| PhD @IfMk 🇩🇪 | Tweets about climate, media & #rstats.
@amyrossarguedas.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @reutersinstitute.bsky.social | Northwestern University and Universidad de Costa Rica alum | Usual disclaimers
@ftripodi.bsky.social
Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online https://ftripodi.com/
@hugoreasoning.bsky.social
Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/yyh929ns), The Enigma of Reason (http://tinyurl.com/6hbpn84).
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
@ndiakopoulos.bsky.social
Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com
@feloe.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Polcom & Journalism UvA ASCoR | previously NYU CSMaP & VU Amsterdam | PolComm, news selection and effects, social media, digital data (donations)
@matthindman.bsky.social
Professor at SMPA GWU Author of *The Internet Trap* and *The Myth of Digital Democracy* political communication | digital platforms | politics of AI Washington, DC
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social
Communication scholar and media psychologist. Exploring the abyss of digital communications and how to foster democratic resilience. || Associate Professor Digital Democracy Centre University of Southern Denmark || Spokesperson DGPs Media Psychology
@ekvraga.bsky.social
Professor in the J-school at the University of Minnesota, studying health and political misinformation
@benmtappin.bsky.social
• Assistant professor, London School of Economics • Persuasion, technology, experiments • benmtappin.com
@jwyg.bsky.social
🐨 https://jonathangray.org/ 🌱 director @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social + reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london + cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social 🫧 feminist STS, data studies, digital methods, internet studies, poetic computation
@fgilardi.bsky.social
Professor of political science at the University of Zurich • digital technology, AI & politics • resting bitch face • https://fabriziogilardi.org/
@sachaltay.bsky.social
🔎 Misinformation, social media & the news 🗞️ 🇨🇭 Postdoc at the University of Zurich, previously Reuters Institute & ENS 🇫🇷
@acerbialberto.com
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics More info in the pinned post.
@simonchauchard.bsky.social
Social scientist @uc3m @ic3jm.bsky.social & http://pimlab.org | political behavior, misinfo., identity (PI ERC POLARCHATS) | Before: Dartmouth, SIPA, Leiden | Works on 🇮🇳🇧🇷 www.pimlab.org www.simonchauchard.com
@leticiabode.bsky.social
Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening.
@sumitra.bsky.social
assistant professor @AmericanU. working on countering misinformation in developing countries. @penn PhD in polisci & philly sports fan https://sumitrabadrinathan.github.io/
@beccalew.bsky.social
Postdoctoral scholar @ Stanford. I research the history of the right in Silicon Valley and online. Email me at [email protected]. She/her
@sambrook.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
@ryanjgallag.com
Applied scientist trying to make the internet a little better. PhD. Platform manipulation, deceptive behaviors, disinformation, networks, fingerstyle guitar. I use my hair to express myself. He/they
@ajbauer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism at University of Alabama. Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX) Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Our mission is to explore the future of journalism worldwide. Digital News Report digitalnewsreport.org/2024 Our newsletter: https://politics.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=60081b78294f9bbf995e9bcf8&id=0a8e38824f
@natematias.bsky.social
I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @[email protected] natematias.com citizensandtech.org
@chrisbail.bsky.social
Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. Professor at NYU. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
@gordpennycook.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Psychology @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Researching thinking & reasoning, misinformation, social media, AI, belief, metacognition, B.S., and various other keywords. 🇨🇦 https://gordonpennycook.com/
@emilythorson.bsky.social
Political science, Syracuse University Information effects, misperceptions, egg sandwiches My book is "The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public"
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@felixsimon.bsky.social
Research Fellow in AI and News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate & DPhil, Oxford Internet Institute | AI, news, misinfo, tech, democracy | Affiliate Tow Center, CITAP | Media advisor | My views etc… https://www.felixsimon.net/