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Media 

"Social media’s role in fueling extremism and misinformation in a divided political climate" PBS News Hour, September 11, 2024.

"An AI-risk expert thinks governments should act to combat disinformation." The Economist, February 6, 2024. 

"Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic" Business Insider, November 2023.

"Hundreds of chatbots could show us how to make social media less toxic" New Scientist, October 19, 2023.

"TikTok is Opening a Parallel Dimension in Europe." The Atlantic, August 16, 2023.

"New study shows just how Facebook's algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles" National Public Radio, July 28, 2023 

"What was Twitter, Anyway?" The New York Times, April 18, 2023

"The new 'Transparent' Twitter isn't Very Transparent," The Atlantic, April 5th, 2023.

"Twitter pushes hate speech, extremist content into "For You" Pages." The Washington Post, March 30, 2023

"Social Media can be polarizing, A New Type of Algorithm Aims to Change That." The Washington Post, January 11, 2023.

"What's behind Elon's Twitter Disaster?" Salon, November 12, 2022.

"We Know Less About Social Media Than We Think" The New Yorker, June 3, 2022.

"Why it's so hard to Count Twitter Bots." Wired, May 18, 2022.

"Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?" Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2022 

"Today's social media is a dumpster fire, but scientists are building something better from scratch." BBC, April 12, 2022

"Having Putin as a Common Enemy Won't Unite Americans." Washington Post, March 23, 2022

"Will Trump's startup play by Big Tech's Rules?" NBC News, January 28, 2022

"How Politics got so Polarized." The New Yorker, December 27, 2021

"We should all know less about each other." The New York Times, November 2, 2021

"Centrism may yet save us from our divisions." The Times, January 4, 2022

"In a Divided Country, Communal Living Redefines TogethernessThe New Yorker, June 28, 2021

"Are we really so polarized?" The Guardian, November 16, 2021

"The story of Carol and Karen: Two experimental Facebook accounts show how the company helped divide America." USA Today, October 25, 2021

"How to go viral on social media: Attack a political opponent, study saysNBC, June 27, 2021

"How social media is impacting the political divide" NBC, May 10, 2021.

"Donald Trump exerts eerie grip on GOP" CNN, May 9, 2021

How are some Americans Breaking out of Political Echo Chambers?Wired, June 14, 2021

Can Disinformation be Stopped? Harvard Magazine, July-August 2021.

"How social media is fueling the political divide." NBC Nightly News, May 9, 2021.

"Growing calls for social media companies to address political polarization" CBS News, May 8, 2021

 

"Facebook's decision about banning Trump" CNN, May 5, 2021

 

"Should Facebook Ban Trump?" BBC, May 5, 2021

 

"Social networks focus attention on the more extreme sections of society and make the moderate majority invisible" Philosophie, May 21, 2021

"There is more to the story of Facebook's Trump decision" CNN, May 5, 2021

"Why Political Sectarianism Is a Growing Threat to American Democracy" The New York Times, April 19, 2021

"We like the idea that algorithms or misinformation polarize because it is easy to deal with" El Pais, May 4, 2021

"The Dawn of Twitter Sociology" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 25, 2021

"A new book explains how social media promotes political polarisation," The Economist, March 29, 2021

"Democracy is Weakening Right in Front of Us," The New York Times, February 17, 2021

"America, we have a problem: the rise of 'political sectarianism' is putting us all in danger," The New York Times, December 16, 2020

 

"Democracy Reform in America?" The New York Times, November 3, 2020.

 

""We've Built the Most Toxic Marriage Ever': Why Political Opposites in the U.S. Despise Each Other." Time, October 29, 2020.

Trump-Biden presidential election race nears end, but America's divide continues." Chicago Sun Times, October 30, 2020.

"Americans hate political opponents more than they love their own party, study finds." CNN, October 29, 2020

"Fed up with the election? Science explains how politics got so awful." Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2020.

"Why Hatred and 'Othering' of Political Foes has Spiked to Extreme Levels." Scientific American, October 29, 2020.

"Why Social Media is so Good at Polarizing Us" Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2020.

"Why the media is so polarized, and how it polarizes us" Vox, January 29, 2020.

"What if Russian Disinformation Isn't as Effective as we Thought?" Forbes, December 6, 2019.

 

"The Real News Crisis Isn't Fake News" The New Republic, December 2, 2019.

"Study finds 'No Evidence" Russian Trolls Strongly Swayed Americans on Social Media- At least in 2017" Yahoo News,  November 26, 2019.

"Study: Russian Trolls Don't Actually Influence Americans in a Meaningful Way" The Daily Wire, November 27, 2019.

The Russian Trolls of Twitter..." National Review, November 26, 2019

 

"Les trolls russes sur Twitter ne servent (vraiment) a rien" L'Express, November 25, 2019.

"Russian disinformation campaigns on Twitter might actually not work" New Scientist, November 27, 2019

"Russian Trolls Aren't Actually Persuading Americans on Twitter, Study Finds" One Zero, November 25, 2019

"Laut einer Studie haben die Twitter-Trolle der "Internet Research Agency" die Haltung von Republikanern und Demokraten in den USA nicht Grob andern konnen" Heise Online, November 25, 2019

"A Russian Troll Farm May not be Very Good at its Job" MIT Technology Review, November 25, 2019.

"Russian Twitter Bot Study Reveals a Counter Intuitive Effect of Trolling." Inverse, November 25, 2019.

"Russian trolls may have failed in their mission to Divide America, but this is no feel good story." MarketWatch, November 25, 2019

"U.S. study downplays Russian Trolls' Influence on American Politics." The Moscow Times, November 25, 2019.

"Want to bridge divides? Clean your own Twitter House First." CNN, November 22, 2019.

"How Trump's Angry Tweets can Ripple Across Social Media." National Public Radio (National), April 11th, 2019.


"Hi Democrat, I'm a Republican, let's not hate each other: The quixotic movement to get opposing voters to talk." Washington Post, January 4, 2019.


"7 bad science and health ideas that should die with 2018" Vox, December 26, 2018.


"Obama's evolution from downplaying identity politics to acknowledging the prevalence of tribalism." Washington Post, November 30, 2018.


"Mas comunicacion, mas discordia." El Pais, November 25, 2018.


"Polarizing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research", Nieman Lab, November 20, 2018.


"How Political Opinions Change," Scientific American, November 20, 2018.


"El enfermo apego a las opiniones propias" El Spectador, November 11, 2018.


"Cuanto odio hay en Twitter? No mucho, pero es constante y hay para todos" El Pais, October 31, 2018.


"On the Division of American Society" NHK News, Japan, Nov 1, 2018.


"Why People Ignore Facts" Psychology Today, October 25, 2018.


"Don't blame social media for the state of our politics" The Spectator, October 24, 2018.


"When Twitter users hear out the other side, they become more polarized" Vox, October 18th, 2018


"Exposure to Opposing Points of View made Polarization Worse, Not Better" NPR, October 1st, 2018.


"Opposing Opinions could Make your Echo Chamber even Tighter," Spark (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), September 28, 2018.


"Air pollution rots our brains. Is that why we don't do anything about it?" The Guardian, September 24, 2018.


"Research on political polarization on social media and the U.S. Congress" New Jersey Tribune, September 17, 2018


"Stay in Your Bubble" Daily Kos, September 15th, 2018


"Is Democracy Dying" The Atlantic, September 13th, 2018.


"How to burst your political filter bubble" Financial Times, September 13th, 2018.


"How Facebook and Twitter can use your data for good" Washington Examiner, September 12th, 2018.


"Twitter Users Widen Divide When Met with Opposing Views." Fortune, September 10th, 2018.


"The Problem with Twitter's Efforts to Pop our Information Bubbles" Quartz, September 10th, 2018.


"Twitter's Flawed Solution to Political Polarization." The New York Times, September 9th, 2018.


"Bursting people's political bubbles could make them even more partisan." The Washington Post, September 7th, 2018.


"Can Exposure to Opposing Views on Social Media Shape Your Politics." WUNC National Public Radio, September 5, 2018.


"Caught in a Political Echo Chamber? Listening to the opposition can make partisanship even worse." Los Angeles Times, August 31st, 2018


"Republicans who follow liberal Twitter bots become more conservative." Nieman Lab, August 30, 2018.


"The Danforth shooting: how the Toronto Sun helped the far-right exploit a tragedy." Now Toronto, August 16, 2018.


"Premieres preuves empiriques d'un lien entre islamophobie et radicalisation" Le Soleil, June 7, 2018


"Attacking Muslim Americans may Drive them to Seek Out ISIS, study says" NBC, June 6, 2018.


"Study links anti-Muslim discrimination with radicalization" Religion News Service, July 12, 2018.


"The Myth of the Online Echo Chamber" BBC, April 17, 2018


"9 Essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump Era." Vox, April 11, 2018


"Fear the Monopsony" Boston Globe, April 6, 2018


"Exposure to opposing views on Twitter might actually increase polarization" Salon, March 27, 2018


"The Handshake: Why did Yousef Muslet Face life in prison for an everyday gesture?" New Republic, August 2, 2017.


"The Denationalization of American Muslims," The Atlantic, March 19, 2017


"America on Edge: Voting with their fears," Boston Globe, October 2, 2016.


"What to Read on Trump(ism)," Huffington Post, September 23, 2016.


"Anti-Muslim Discourse in America," C-Span, February 26, 2016.

"Who will stop Republican Islamophobia?" New Republic, December 18, 2015


"Islamophobia: ISIS's Not-So-Secret Weapon," National Public Radio (WBUR), December 8, 2015.


"Donald Trump is America's dangerous new future- whether or not he wins," Salon, December 8, 2015

"The Islamophobe behind Trump's Hate," Slate, December 8, 2015.


"Germany to Contribute Forces to Islamic State Coalition," Foreign Policy, December 4, 2015

"How Fringe Attacks on American Muslims Became Mainstream", The Washington Post, December 3, 2015.


"The Rise of the Populist Right in Norway", Boston Review, June 3, 2015.


"The Rise of the Anti-Muslim Fringe", Boston Review, April 17, 2015.


"An Interactive Project Explores What Happened After the Chapel Hill Shooting", Good Magazine, April 7, 2015.


"This is how Fox News spreads hate: How right-wing media tells lies about Islam", Salon, March 17, 2015.


"Local teen speaks out on behalf of the Muslim community", The Washington Post, March 1, 2015.


"In aftermath of Chapel Hill shootings a community still searches for answers", the Guardian, February 16, 2015.


"What I learned Trying to Write a Muslim-American Cop Show for HBO", the Atlantic, February 6, 2015.


"The GOP's Anti-Muslim Wing is in Retreat" Mother Jones, January 3, 2013.


"Acts of Terror: Immigration Reform in Jeopardy," Video Interview with Huffington Post Live, April 24, 2013.


"Negative Portrayals of Muslims Get More Media Attention" NBC News, November 29, 2012.


"Study finds fringe activists have big influence on anti-Muslim sentiment in media" National Public Radio, December 6, 2012.


"A Look Back at Media Coverage of Islam and Islamic Law in 2012" The Huffington Post, December 27, 2012.


"Michele Bachmann wins: How the anti-Muslim fringe hacked the media" The Huffington Post, December 5, 2012.


"Negative Portrayals of Muslims Get More Media Attention" Yahoo! News, November 29, 2012.


"Michele Bachmann wins: How the anti-Muslim fringe hacked the media" Salon, December 5, 2012.


"Death by Brown Skin" Salon, December 31, 2012.


"US media helped anti-Muslim bodies gain influence, distort Islam" Wired, November 30, 2012


"Study: News stories aid anti-Muslim groups," United Press International, November 29, 2012.


"Study: Anti-Islam Messages Dominate Media Coverage" Think Progress (Center for American Progress), December 1, 2012.


"Study shows increase in negative messages about Muslims in the media" The Herald-Sun, November 30, 2012. 


"Plagiarism software tracks anti-Muslim bias" Futurity, November 30, 2012.


"Study Shows Rising Tide Of Anti-Muslim Sentiment In Mainstream U.S. Media" Newsroom America, November 29, 2012.


"Negative Portrayals of Muslims Get more Media Attention" Live Science, November 29, 2012.


"Increase in Negative Messages About Muslims" The Albany Times Union, November 29, 2012.


"Anti-Muslim messages abound: 12-1/2-12" Kansascity.com, December 1, 2012.
"Les médias américains ont favorisé la montée en puissance des groupes islamophobes"Oumma.com (France), December 12, 2012.


"Mass media contributed in spreading negative messages about Islam, finds study" Yahoo! News India, November 29, 2012.


"Islam/ Usa, su media boom messaggi negativi su musulmani" Affari Italiani (Italy), November 29, 2012


"Islamofobie in media toegenomen sinds 9/11" Fok! (Netherlands), December 1 2012.


"US Media Bias Distorts Islam Image" OnIslam.net (Egypt), December 2, 2012.


Studi: Pesan Anti-Islam Mendominasi Pemberitaan Media Amerika, DDHK News (Hong Kong), December 4, 2012.


"Islamofobia Lahir karena Absennya Organisasi Muslim" Republika (Indonesia), December 3, 2012.


"Increase in negative messages about Muslims in the media" Science Blog, November 29, 2012.


"Increase in negative messages about Muslims in the media: study" Homeland Security News Wire, November 29, 2012


"Study shows increase in negative messages about Muslims in the media" UNC News, November 29, 2012.


"Study Finds Negative Portrayals of Muslims Get More Media Attention" Color Lines, November 30, 2012.


"UNC study shows large increase in negative media messages about Muslims" Wilmington Favs, November 30, 2012.









 

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