IN THE MEDIA


2021


Fortune.

On Tik Tok’s attempts to limit misinformation

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Fortune.

On YouTube’s treatment of misinformation

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BBC Radio

A live interview on trust in science and science communication
around vaccines. Available as podcast here

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USA Today

Yahoo News (2021). On persuading college students to get vaccinated for COVID-19

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​Mother Jones

Interview on the connection between misinformation, the Tea Party, and the 2021 Capitol Riots

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Insider

On conservative media’s use of #CancelCulture discourse:

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Insider / Yahoo! News

On conspiracy theories around the Texas power outage

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Yahoo! News

On misinformation regarding the Delta variant and breakthrough outbreaks

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Vice

On conspiracy theories in light of extreme climate crises

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The Telegraph

On Qanon and the future of the conspiracy theory

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​Marker-Medium

On Russian propaganda in 5-minute-crafts videos

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Just the News

On maintaining trust in media in the face of honest mistakes and misinformation:

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Channel News Asia (CNA938), Singapore (January 18th, 2021)

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2020



The New York Times (2020).
Interview on misinformation and partisanship around COVID-19:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/media/steve-bannon-china.html

USA Today (2020).
Interview on misinformation and conspiracy theories:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/18/fact-check-ellen-degeneres-oprah-winfrey-others-not-house-arrest/5333585002/

Philadelphia Inquirer (2020):
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/russian-trolls-elections-vaccines-coronavirus-2020-trump-20200331.html

Yahoo! Finance (2020).
Interview on conspiracy theories:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biggest-conspiracy-theories-2020-why-040346208.html

Also available on
Fortune
(https://fortune.com/2020/12/30/2020-conspiracy-theories-presidential-election-covid-19-coronavirus-qanon/)

Podcast interview with _bandwidth:
coast to coast (2020):
Episode 15 here:
https://linktr.ee/bandwidthpod

ProPublica (2020):
https://www.propublica.org/article/even-after-trump-declared-a-national-emergency-some-talk-radio-hosts-werent-convinced

Buffalo Channel 4 News (2020):
on the media coverage of Coronavirus (COVID19).
March 13th 2020.


Scripps Local Media – broadcasted in 17 local TV channels, including Buffalo’s WKBW (2020).
Interview on social media censorship of misinformation:
https://youtu.be/-8aMcd2mcXg.

ABC6 (2020).
Social media sites under scrutiny as they struggle with election misinformation:
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/social-media-sites-under-scrutiny-as-they-struggle-with-election-misinformation

DW International.
Television Interview on misinformation on social media around the 2020 elections:
https://www.facebook.com/24369314439/videos/813122969423022

The Inverse (2020).
Interview on communicating scientific uncertainty during COVID19:
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/sturgis-coronavirus-report-explained

The Washington Times (2020):
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/16/us-coronavirus-projections-miss-mark-country-ducks/

The Washington Times (2020):
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/coronavirus-timeline-finds-few-heroes-inside-beltw/

The Washington Times (2020):
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/23/coronavirus-more-deadly-men-women-us-data-show/

PopSugar.
Interview on conspiracy theories:
https://www.popsugar.com/family/how-to-talk-to-family-members-about-conspiracy-theories-47730400

WKBW-ABC7 Buffalo (2020).
On misinformation during social unrest:
https://www.wkbw.com/news/beats/experts-say-misinformation-thrives-during-times-of-uncertainty-and-stress

NPR WBFO (2020).
Interview on misinformation during epidemics and social protests:
https://news.wbfo.org/post/ub-professor-discusses-misinformation-and-how-not-be-part-problem

UB News (2020).
Expert: Misinformation about the election is ubiquitous. Here’s how to avoid spreading
it.
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/tipsheets/2020/047.html

The Daily Dot (2020):
Is racism getting more popular on TikTok?
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/tiktok-racist-challenges/

Journalisten.no (2020).
https://journalisten.no/covid-19-forskningsjournalistikk-helsejournalistikk/derfor-hviler-det-et-spesielt-ansvar-pa-journalister-na/410551

Al Shark El Awsat (2020):
Interview on social media effects on mobilization:
https://aawsat.com/node/2572216

2019


Newsweek (2019):
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-uses-language-war-twitter-it-may-have-helped-him-beat-his-republican-rivals-study-finds-1469251



2018


The Conversation (2018):
https://theconversation.com/how-the-media-falls-short-in-reporting-epidemics-101216 (republished in several news outlets, including Salon.com and Nieman Journalism Lab.

High Country News (2018):
https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.22/public-health-no-news-is-bad-news-for-public-health

Inside Science (2018):
https://www.insidescience.org/news/fighting-misinformation-about-novel-disease

EurekAlert (2018):
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/appc-fba031518.php

Futurity (2018):
https://www.futurity.org/zika-vaccine-1705972-2/

ScienceDaily (2018):
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315130717.htm ​

2016



ScienceDaily (2016):
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212105317.htm