Science & Crisis Communication
Communication under conditions of conflict, extremism, crisis, and state power — including public diplomacy, radicalization, and health communication.
Grants & Awards
- "Disinformation & Security Dynamics in Partner States Pakistan and the Philippines," Defense Security Cooperation University #HQ00342410073, Consultant, $584,440 (2024–2026)
- "Win, lose or disinform?," Knight Foundation Media Forensics Hub Seed Grant, Co-PI, $20,000 (2024)
- "Using culturally-centered narratives to eliminate COVID-19 vaccination disparities among Congolese and Somalian refugees in the U.S.," Delaney Family Foundation, Co-PI, $38,750 (2022)
- "Discourses of a Pro-Suicide Web Forum and a Companion Survey: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study," Radow College Seed Grant Program, Co-PI, $7,133 (2025)
Apocalyptic Climate Change Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation in White-Nationalist Communities Online: An Analysis of 25 Years of Discourse on Stormfront
Yotam Ophir, Hanna E. Morris, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu & Dror Walter
Environmental Communication
Adapting to China’s currency valuation shifts: CGTN’s economic public diplomacy on Facebook and Instagram
Keyu Alexander Chen Glanz, Carol Kay Winkler, Sonny Patel, Virginia Massignan, Kareem El Damanhoury, Vithika Salomi Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
Health Communication for Displaced Populations| Health Communication for Displaced Populations—Introduction
Stefanie Z. Demetriades, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu & Nathan Walter
International Journal of Communication
Digital Influence Strategies in Information Warfare: A Multimodal, Cross-Platform Comparative Analysis of RT and CGTN
Virginia Massignan, Carol Winkler, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu & Sonny Patel
JSOU Press
Performative State Building in the Digital World
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
In N. Stremlau & C. V. Casabó, Technology and Governance Beyond the State. Taylor & Francis
Mediated Public Diplomacy and RT on Instagram: Role of International Institutions, Audience Engagement, and Online Account Bans
Carol Kay Winkler, Virginia Massignan, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mor Yachin, Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu, and Kayla Denise McMinimy
Journalism Studies
Signalling media professionalism: comparative social constructions of RT and CGTN
Kareem El Damanhoury, Carol Kay Winkler, Virginia Massignan, Keyu Alexander Chen, Katerina Papatheodorou, & Ayse Lokmanoglu
The Journal of International Communication
The Economy and Public Diplomacy: An Analysis of RT’s Economic Content and Context on Facebook
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Carol K. Winkler, Kareem El Damanhoury, Virginia Massignan, Esteban Villa-Turek, and Keyu Alexander Chen
arXiv
Montevideo Convention and CGTN: Defining Statehood for Global Outreach
Keyu Alexander Chen, Virginia Massignan, Mor Yachin, Carol Winkler, & Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu
International Journal of Communication
Social Media Sentiment about COVID-19 Vaccination Predicts Vaccine Acceptance Among Peruvian Social Media Users the Next Day
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Erik C. Nisbet, Matthew T. Osborne, Joseph Tien, Sam Malloy, Lourdes Cueva Chacón, Esteban Villa Turek, & Rod Abhari
Vaccines
Monetary Economics, Illicit Economies, and Legitimation: The Case of Islamic State
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Alexandra Phelan
In The Rule Is for None but Allah: Islamist Approaches to Governance, edited by Joana Cook and Shiraz Maher. Oxford University Press
Gendered Radicalisation and “Everyday Practices”: An Analysis of Extreme Right and Islamic State Women-Only Forums
Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, Alexandra Phelan, & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
European Journal of International Security
Weaponizing Reproduction Rights: A Mixed-Method Analysis of White Nationalists' Discussion of Abortions Online
Yotam Ophir, Meredith L. Pruden, Dror Walter, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Catherine Tebaldi, & Rui Wang
Information, Communication & Society
Vaccine discourse in white nationalist online communication: A mixed-methods computational approach
Dror Walter, Yotam Ophir, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Meredith L. Pruden
Social Science & Medicine
ISIS Media and Troop Withdrawal Announcements: Visualizing Community and Resilience
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Carol K. Winkler, Kayla McMinimy, & Monerah Almahmoud
International Journal of Communication
Birds of a Feather: A Comparative Analysis of White Supremacist and Violent Male Supremacist Discourses
Meredith L. Pruden, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Anne Peterscheck, & Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
In Far-Right Extremism in North America, edited by Barbara Perry, Jeff Gruenwald, and Ryan Scrivens. Palgrave
Vaccine Hesitancy Under the Magnifying Glass: A Systematic Review of the Uses and Misuses of an Increasingly Popular Construct
Yotam Ophir, Nathan Walter, Dror Walter, Raphaela M. Velho, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Meredith L. Pruden, & Emily A. Andrews
Health Communication
White Nationalism, Stormfront, and the Extremist Politicisation of Science
Yotam Ophir, Meredith L. Pruden, Dror Walter, & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
Global Network on Extremism & Terrorism (GNET) (blog)
Online Platforms as Gendered Sites: Why We Should Pay Attention to Women-Only Forums
Alexandra Phelan, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu & Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
Global Network on Extremism & Terrorism (GNET) (blog)
The Framing of COVID-19 in Italian Media and Its Relationship with Community Mobility: A Mixed-Method Approach
Yotam Ophir, Dror Walter, Daniel Arnon, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Michele Tizzoni, Joëlle Carota, Lorenzo D’Antiga, & Emanuele Nicastro
Journal of Health Communication
Censoring Extremism: Influence of Online Restriction on Official Media Products of ISIS
Kayla McMinimy, Carol K. Winkler, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Monerah Almahmoud
Terrorism and Political Violence
Targeting Top Terrorists: Understanding Leadership Removal in Counterterrorism Strategy
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
South African Journal of International Affairs
Bibliography: Rebel Governance
David Teiner, Marta Furlan, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Brody McDonald
Perspectives on Terrorism
From Pawn to Knights: The Changing Role of Women’s Agency in Terrorism?
Mia Bloom, & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Coin as Imagined Sovereignty: A Rhetorical Analysis of Coins as a Transhistorical Artifact and an Ideograph in Islamic State’s Communication
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Conducting Field Work in a Virtual Space, Exploring ISIS’ Encrypted Messaging on Telegram
Mia Bloom, & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
In Stories from the Field A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science, edited by Peter Krause and Ora Szekely. Columbia University Press
Hatred She Wrote: A Comparative Topic Analysis of Extreme Right and Islamic State Women-Only Forums
Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
In Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization, edited by Derek M.D. Silva and Mathieu Deflem. Emerald Publishing Limited
Definitions Matter: A Comparison of the Global Terrorism Database and the U.S. Governmental Reports of Terrorist Incidents in Western Europe, 2002-2016
Wojciech Kaczkowski, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, & Carol K. Winkler
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Communicating Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Carol K. Winkler, & Ayse D. Lokmanoglu
In The Handbook of Communication and Security. Routledge