Political Communication
Polarization, misinformation, and political discourse in the U.S. and beyond, including conspiracy theories, agenda-setting, and news perceptions.
Grants & Awards
- "Seeing Polarization: Visual Media, AI Images, and Democratic Resilience," Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, PI, $200,000 (2026–2028)
- "Networks and Pathways of Violent Extremism: Effectiveness of Dis/Misinformation Campaigns," National Institute of Justice, PI, $953,203 (2023–2026)
- "Visual Misinformation, Synthetic Images, and Democratic Trust: A Computational and Experimental Pilot Study," COM Hugo Shong Misinformation Research Grant, PI, $20,000 (2026)
2026
Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends
Meredith L. Pruden, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Heather Stiverson, & Meredith Conroy (Eds.)
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
2026
Media bias and political silos: How the American media covered the January 6 insurrection
Amarasingam, A., Lokmanoglu, A. D., & Celestini, C.
In I. Richards (Ed.), The Far Right and the Media (pp. 78–93). Routledge
2026
The Meanings of News: How US Adults Think About the Word “News”
Stephanie Edgerly, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Chris Dobmeier, & Nathan Walter
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
2026
An Overview of Media Coverage Shifts Before and After the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Ananya Gupta, Tess Hemmila, Amira Jadoon, Bart Knijenburg & Arie Perliger
Journal of Political Marketing
2025
The Digital Spin: Political Agenda Setting on Alternative Social Media Platforms
Amira Jadoon, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Tess Hemmila, Ananya Gupta, Arie Perliger & Bart Knijnenburg
Social Science Quarterly
2025
Media Matters: A Mixed-Method Look into the Research on Misinformation and Communication Over 30 Years
Yotam Ophir, Dror Walter, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu & Nathan Walter
Annals of the International Communication Association
2025
Some assembly required: Unpacking the content and spread of Wayfair conspiracy theory on Reddit and Twitter
Dror Walter, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Yotam Ophir, & Eduard Fabregat
New Media & Society
2024
Heaven Holds a Place for Those Who Pray: Instrumentalizing Religion and Disinformation in the 2022 Brazilian and 2023 Turkish Presidential Campaigns
James Fitzgerald, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Deborah Salles, Marie Santini (All authors are first authors)
The International Journal of Press/Politics
2024
Networks Approach: Trolls and Bots in Malaysia
Munira Mustaffa, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
In S. L. Connaughton & S. Pukallus (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of conflict and peace communication. Routledge
2024
Transnational Network Dynamics of Problematic Information Diffusion
Esteban Villa-Turek, Rod Abhari, Erik C. Nisbet, Yu Xu, and Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu
arXiv
2023
The (International) Politics of Content Takedowns: Theory, Practice, Ethics
James Fitzgerald & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
Policy & Internet, Special Issue