Daniel Johnson on Ukraine as the “most documented war”
CITAP student affiliate Daniel Johnson spoke with ABC News about the role of social media in documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented speed of information updates. “For the first time in history, a large-scale account of war is being livestreamed minute by minute, battle by battle, and death by death to the…
Deen Freelon on Racialized Disinformation
ABC News covered how extremists target Black communities with disinformation designed to reduce their political voice and trust in institutions. The piece drew in part on Deen Freelon’s work: The Russian trolls that spread disinformation during the 2016 election, as outlined in the Mueller report, also targeted Black Americans specifically, according to research by Deen…
Daniel Kreiss on the Personalization of Politics
Daniel Kreiss spoke with The Boston Globe about Mayor Michelle Wu’s use of Twitter in office and how it illustrates a broader trend in politics and social media. “What social media does is give politicians access to audiences in a much more immediate way and a much greater way, in terms of scale, [a way…