Recommendations for Media Covering the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
When covering elections at a time when their legitimacy is being undermined, journalists need to follow these crucial stepsDaniel Kreiss, Kathleen Searles, Michael W. Wagner, David C. Wilson
Bulletin of Technology & Public Life
Political Processes
Elections, Journalism
Democratic Tradeoffs: Platforms and Digital Political Advertising
Lack of standardization among platform political ad policies and products is causing problems for democracyDaniel Kreiss, Bridget Barrett
The Ohio State Technology Law Journal
Digital Infrastructures, Political Processes
Advertising, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube
Media Studies and the Pitfalls of Publicity
Publicity and self-branding can backfire against academic researchers who study mediaAlice E. Marwick
Television & New Media
(In)Equity
Education, Harassment, Identity, Social Media
“Taking the Temperature of the Room”: How Political Campaigns Use Social Media to Understand and Represent Public Opinion
Minding the gap between public opinion and social media dataShannon McGregor
Public Opinion Quarterly
Political Processes
Methods, Qualitative, Social Media
Black Trolls Matter: Racial and Ideological Asymmetries in Social Media Disinformation
Digital blackface spreads disinformation through "sockpuppet" Twitter accountsDeen Freelon, Michael Bossetta, Chris Wells, Josephine Lukito, Yiping Xia, Kirsten Adams
Social Science Computer Review
Mis/Disinformation, Political Processes
Race, Twitter
Political Identity Ownership: Symbolic Contests to Represent Members of the Public
Political identities are communicatively constructed through candidates' attempts to woo constituentsDaniel Kreiss, Regina G Lawrence, Shannon C McGregor
Social Media & Society
Political Processes
Identity, Political Communication
The Evolving Journalistic Roles on Social Media: Exploring “Engagement” as Relationship-Building between Journalists and Citizens
How we define social media engagement shapes relationships between journalists and audiencesYiping Xia, Sue Robinson, Megan Zahay, Deen Freelon
Journalism Practice
Digital Infrastructures
Journalism, Social Media
Whose Side are Ethics Codes On? Power, Responsibility, and the Social Good
February 4, 2020
Anne L. Washington, Rachel Kuo
arXiv
(In)Equity
Critical Discourse Analysis, Organizing
Russian Twitter Disinformation Campaigns Reach Across the American Political Spectrum
Political content from Russian trolls appears crafted to exploit intergroup distrust and enmity - on both sides of the aisleDeen Freelon, Tetyana Lokot
Harvard Kennedy Misinformation Review
(In)Equity, Digital Infrastructures
Identity, Race, Twitter
Two Brief Points on Publication Impact
Calculating publication impact by citations is deeply flawed, Deen Freelon arguesDeen Freelon
International Journal of Communication
(In)Equity
Communication Studies, Methods
The Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: How Russia’s Internet Research Agency Tweets Appeared in U.S. News as Vox Populi
U.S. news media amplified disinformative tweets by quoting them as representative of public sentimentJosephine Lukito, Jiyoun Suk, Yini Zhang, Larissa Doroshenko, Sang Jung Kim, Min-Hsin Su, Yiping Xia, Deen Freelon, Chris Wells
The International Journal of Press/Politics
Mis/Disinformation
Journalism, Twitter
Platform Transcience: Changes in Facebook’s Policies, Procedures, and Affordances in Global Electoral Politics
Platform change is fast and continual; this ephemerality makes it difficult to hold platforms accountableBridget Barrett, Daniel Kreiss
Internet Policy Review
Digital Infrastructures
Elections, Facebook