Academic Publications

Strategically Hijacking Victimhood: A Political Communication Strategy in the Discourse of Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump

March 25, 2024

The concept of “hijacked victimhood” illustrates how politicians and others in elite positions craft narratives strategically portraying dominant groups as victims

Authors: Jessie Barton Hronešová, Daniel Kreiss

Publisher: Perspectives on Politics

Topic: Political Processes

Presidential Authority and the Legitimation of Far-Right News

March 18, 2024

How did Trump use the power of the presidency to contribute to the rise of far-right news outlets among Republican legislators and mainstream American media?

Authors: Allison M. N. Archer, Carolyn E. Schmitt, Shannon C. McGregor, Heesoo Jang

Publisher: The International Journal of Press/Politics

Topic: Mis/Disinformation

Ms. Categorized: Gender, notability, and inequality on Wikipedia

June 27, 2021

Francesca Tripodi writes to understand how inequalities in whose biographies are flagged as potentially non-notable itself entrenches gender inequality—and perpetuates a culture where women’s accomplishments are systematically devalued and rendered invisible

Authors: Francesca Tripodi

Publisher: New Media & Society

Topic: (In)Equity

Media and January 6th

March 11, 2024

Media and January 6th brings together a diverse group of leading scholars to help us more clearly understand the relationship between media and the attempted coup.

Authors: Edited by Khadijah Costley White, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Tromble

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Topic: Mis/Disinformation, Political Processes

What’s in your PIE?

January 24, 2024

showcase the capabilities of PIEGraph to provide unique insight into the kinds of content users encounter on X.

Authors: Deen Freelon, Meredith L. Pruden, Daniel Malmer, Qunfang Wu, Yiping Xia, Daniel Johnson, Emily Chen, Andrew Crist

Publisher: Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology

Topic: Mis/Disinformation

Data Controllers as Data Fiduciaries

April 7, 2023

Noelle Wilson and Amanda Reid examine two common regulatory models discussed in the context of U.S. consumer privacy law.

Authors: Amanda Reid, Noelle Wilson

Publisher: University of Colorado Law Review

Topic: Political Processes

Platforms, Power, and Politics

December 1, 2023

How does the recent proliferation of digital media shape our approach to political communication?

Authors: Ulrike Klinger, Daniel Kreiss, Bruce Mutsvairo

Publisher: Polity

Topic: Digital Infrastructures

Transparency reports as CSR reports

June 12, 2023

How can we understand the motivations, audiences, and meanings of transparency reports produced by information and communications technology (ICT) companies?

Authors: Amanda Reid, Evan Ringel, Shanetta M. Pendleton

Publisher: Social Responsibility Journal

CNN Can Kiss My As$

September 6, 2023

Who in the United States consumes far-right news media, and what does this consumption mean for American democracy?

Authors: Andrea Lorenz, Carolyn Schmitt, Shannon McGregor, Daniel Malmer

Publisher: Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

Topic: Mis/Disinformation

Regulating Facial Recognition Technology

March 10, 2023

We analyze the regulatory patchwork used by state and local policymakers to govern facial recognition technology in the absence of federal legislation.

Authors: Evan Ringel, Amanda Reid

Publisher: Communication Law and Policy

Topic: Digital Infrastructures

Platforms are Abandoning U.S. Democracy

June 29, 2023

Bridget Barrett and Daniel Kreiss argue platforms risk repeating the mistakes of the 2016 election nearly eight years on

Authors: Bridget Barrett, Daniel Kreiss

Publisher: Tech Policy Press

Topic: Digital Infrastructures

A review and provocation: On polarization and platforms

April 11, 2023

Is increasing polarization—the distance between politically meaningful groups in society—inherently bad for democracy?

Authors: Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor

Publisher: New Media & Society

Topic: Political Processes