Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

* indicates a graduate student co-author, ‡ indicates a recent graduate (early-career) co-author

1. Hannah, Matthew, Jennifer Hoewe, Hanna Sistek, Taeik Kim*, and Dan Goldwasser. 2024. "A mindfulness-based information literacy framework for the current information environment." Journal of Information Literacy, 18(2).
   Named a Top 20 Article of 2024 by the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association

Working Papers

1. ”Escalating Political Use of Disinformation: A New Reputational Theory Explaining Communication Changes in Democracies” Revise & Resubmit.
2. ”Asymmetric Behavioral Shifts in Political Use of Disinformation: Case Study Interview Evidence From Europe”.
3. ”Asymmetric Accountability: Affective Polarization and Public Responses to Political Disinformation”.
4. “Public Justifications of Political Disinformation in the United States: Comparing Manual Coding and Generative AI Classification” with Normand Péladeau and Priyadevi McNamara‡.

Works in Progress

1. ”Using Large Language Models to practice cross-partisan dialogue” with Daniel Schiff (pre-analysis plan available upon request).
2. ”AI as a Tool Against Partisan Disinformation”.
3. ”The Effect of Disinformation on Twittersphere Sentiment – Not Much When Debunked”.

Research Software & Digital Projects

† indicates an undergraduate student team member

1. ConvoLab: Human-AI interaction application designed to let users practice having difficult political conversations with people they disagree with, using two AI agents. Repository.
   Current team: Nebras Alam†, Brinda Akuthota†, Andrew Le Blanc†, Anuj Nair†, Jaskeerat Singh Khosla† and Rohan Sunchu†