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Assistant Professor in Communication, Culture and Media at Howard University đź“š Political Comm | Misinformation | Comm Tech | Ph.D. in Journalism UT Austin https://sites.google.com/view/ghkoo
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What content characteristics drove user engagement during the Stop the Steal riot on conservative social media? Our latest JITP study analyzed how Parler users leveraged moral appeals, group identity, and #BlackLivesMatter to capture attention. đź”— Claim one of 50 free copies: shorturl.at/ve3m5

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We have no clue what’s going to happen to TikTok, and neither do you. Here’s how to prepare for a potential app shutdown as soon as Sunday.

submitted 46 days ago • 22 comments

🚨In Nature🚨 Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias? We this test empirically & find that conservatives * ARE suspended more * BUT share more misinfo So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 55 days ago • 99 comments

✨Out now: The Fall Issue (Nr. 30) of the Political Communication Report!✨ “What does PolComm Stand for? Normative Dimensions of Political Communication Research & Theorizing” 📖 Full issue: politicalcommunication.org/issue/fall-2... A 🧵 on the essays featured in this issue:

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

The first woman of color to lead a major ticket lost. What will Harris' legacy be? www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...

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Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

submitted 90 days ago • 114 comments

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

submitted 90 days ago • 213 comments

The South Korean president (also a former prosecutor general) abruptly declared martial law around 10 PM (KST) to counter "anti-state forces." This event is far more than a fleeting six-hour episode—it carries profound historical significance.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Follow our wonderful UMass colleague / GloTech Fellow @heesoojang.bsky.social for thought analysis of political situation in South Korea. Her CNN interview 👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-X...

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon. Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵

submitted 96 days ago • 63 comments

A bunch of terrific scholars, practitioners, writers, and more are joining together on Dec. 6 for an online conference exploring some of the social, political, and environmental contexts & consequences of AI. Free to attend (register by Dec. 5): uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-t...

submitted 98 days ago • 46 comments

"People’s ability to evaluate crime relative to the trends has been completely broken. And it’s a new thing, in terms of the level of brokenness."

submitted 97 days ago • 14 comments

After some great conversations with my Communication Theory students yesterday, I’ve decided to make the move to Bluesky for a more secure online space!

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