I am going on maternity leave in late July/early August 2020 and will be only intermittently available via email. I will not be taking review requests (books, papers, grants, dissertations), most media requests, student questions, or most speaking engagements until January 2021. For those of you who have been on maternity/paternity leave before, you know

Finally finished the syllabus for my brand-spanking-new class! Description The “network” is the 21st century’s most popular metaphor, used to describe relationships, economies, the movement of people and goods around the globe, technological infrastructures, and politics. In this class, we will delve into the relationship between networked digital technologies (social media, video games, server farms,

Working away on Book Two! A few trips this fall: October 10-13: AOIR in Montreal; participating in the Early Career workshop and presenting on a great panel on disinfo featuring me, Sam Woolley, Francesca Tripodi and Caroline Jack October 17: On the Science of Disinformation panel at the Harvard Data Science Initiative conference, Boston, MA.

I’m really proud of this paper. It’s my attempt to further a new model of media effects that takes into account active audiences, media messages, and technological affordances. I focus on conservative audiences for fake news as a case study. Basically: People share fake news because it furthers partisan narratives that are promoted by mainstream

I’m trying to keep my travel schedule fairly light so I can finish the book, but here’s what’s coming up: June 29- July 1: CSST Decennial Sociotech Futures Symposium – Ann Arbor, Michigan Two personal trips to NYC in July, one including a dissertation defense 🙂 October 10-13: AOIR in Montreal; participating in the Early