Publications

Focus groups in journalism research: A reappraisal
Riedl MJ, Masullo GM, Wilner T
Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp
Riedl MJ, El-Masri A, Trauthig IK, Woolley S
Extreme speech in encrypted messaging: Recommendations for holistic policy
Udupa S, Riedl MJ, Garimella K, Alphonso A, Barbosa S, Clifford C, Hickok E, Saka E, Wasserman H
Policy directions on encrypted messaging and extreme speech
Alphonso A, Barbosa S, Clifford C, Garimella K, Hickok E, Riedl MJ, Saka E, Wassermann H, Udupa S
Encrypted messaging and extreme speech: Policy directions
Alphonso A, Barbosa S, Clifford C, Garimella K, Hickok E, Riedl MJ, Saka E, Wassermann H, Udupa S
Connective democracy: A new approach to fighting political divisiveness
Masullo GM, Riedl MJ
Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care
Brown M, Lukito J, Pruden ML, Riedl MJ (all authors contributed equally)
Lodging complaints against platform power: How Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation
El-Masri A, Riedl MJ, Trauthig IK, Woolley SC
“I get suppressed:” Pro- and anti-abortion activists’ folk theories of platform governance and shadowbanning
Riedl MJ, Martin ZC, Woolley S
Political deepfakes and misleading chatbots: Understanding the use of GenAI in recent European elections
Riedl MJ
Signaling news outlet trust in a Google Knowledge panel: A conjoint experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States
Masullo GM, Wilhelm C, Lee T, Gonçalves JFF, Riedl, MJ, Stroud, NJ
Using Facebook Messenger versus Groups for news engagement
Murray C, Riedl MJ, Stroud NJ (first two authors contributed equally)
Platformed antisemitism on Twitter: Anti-Jewish rhetoric in political discourse surrounding the 2018 U.S. Midterm Election
Riedl MJ, Joseff K, Soorholtz S, Woolley S
Promises and perils of automated journalism: Algorithms, experimentation, and ‘teachers of machines’ in China and the United States
Jia C, Riedl MJ, Woolley S (first two authors contributed equally)
How pro- and anti-abortion activists use encrypted messaging apps in post-Roe America
Martin ZC, Riedl MJ, Woolley S
The role of geolocation data in U.S. political campaigning: How digital political strategists perceive it
Riedl MJ, Tsyrenzhapova D, Collier JR, Gursky J, Joseff K, Woolley S (first two authors contributed equally)
What makes an influence operation malign?
Yadav K, Riedl MJ, Wanless A, Woolley S
Abortion activists are targets of violent, gendered threats after overturn of Roe
Martin Z, Riedl MJ, Hollander E, Trauthig I
Political influencers on social media: An introduction
Riedl MJ, Lukito J, Woolley S
TikTok has a political influencer problem targeted at Gen Z voters
Woolley S, Riedl MJ, Lukito J
Journalism as a profession of conditional permeability: A case study of boundaries in a participatory online news setting
Riedl MJ
How disinformation on WhatsApp went from campaign weapon to governmental propaganda in Brazil
Ozawa JVS, Woolley S, Straubhaar J, Riedl MJ, Joseff K, Gursky J
Will the FEC finally rein in political influencers on social media?
Riedl MJ, Woolley S
Political relational influencers: The mobilization of social media influencers in the political arena
Goodwin A, Joseff K, Riedl MJ, Lukito J, Woolley S (first two authors contributed equally)
Talking politics on WhatsApp: A survey of Cuban, Indian, and Mexican American diaspora communities in the United States
Riedl MJ, Ozawa JVS, Woolley S, Garimella K
Reverse-engineering political protest: The Russian Internet Research Agency in the Heart of Texas
Riedl MJ, Strover S, Cao T, Choi J, Limov B, Schnell M
Signaling news outlet credibility in a Google search
Masullo GM, Lee T, Riedl MJ
Antecedents of support for social media content moderation and platform regulation: The role of presumed effects on self and others
Riedl MJ, Whipple KN, Wallace R
Audio misinformation on WhatsApp: A case study from Lebanon
El-Masri A, Riedl MJ, Woolley S
Chat apps and cascade logic: A multi-platform perspective on India, Mexico, and the United States
Gursky J, Riedl MJ, Joseff K, Woolley S
Computational propaganda is here to stay: What to expect in elections in 2022
Riedl MJ, Trauthig I, Woolley S
Effects of a high-person-centered response to commenters who disagree on readers’ positive attitudes toward a news outlet’s Facebook page
Masullo GM, Ziegele M, Riedl MJ, Jost P, Naab T
Negotiating sociomateriality and commensurability: Human and algorithmic editorial judgment at social media platforms
Riedl MJ
Online political comments: Americans talk about the election through a “horse-race” lens
Masullo GM, Shermak J, Riedl MJ, Brown J, Tenenboim O
Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions
Masullo GM, Riedl MJ, Huang QE
Location-based targeting: History, usage, and related concerns
Iyer P, Riedl MJ, Trauthig IK, Woolley S
Affective affordances: Exploring Facebook Reactions as emotional responses to hyperpartisan political news
Wilkerson HS, Riedl MJ, Whipple KN
Who is responsible for interventions against problematic comments? Comparing user attitudes in Germany and the United States
Riedl MJ, Naab TK, Masullo GM, Jost P, Ziegele M
The psychological well-being of content moderators: The emotional labor of commercial moderation and avenues for improving support
Steiger M, Bharucha TJ, Venkatagiri S, Riedl MJ, Lease M
Scoping new policy frameworks for local and community broadband networks
Strover S, Riedl MJ, Dickey S
The disinformation threat to diaspora communities in encrypted chat apps
Gursky J, Riedl MJ, Woolley S
How to signal trust in a Google search
Lee T, Wilhelm C, Masullo GM, Riedl MJ, Gonçalves J, Stroud NJ
Encrypted propaganda: Political manipulation via encrypted messaging apps in the United States, India, and Mexico
Gursky J, Glover K, Joseff K, Riedl MJ, Pinzon J, Geller R, Woolley S
Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media
Masullo GM, Riedl MJ, Tenenboim O
A primer on Austria’s ‘Communication Platforms Act’ draft law that aims to rein in social media platforms
Riedl MJ
Emotional appeals and news values as factors of shareworthiness in Ice Bucket Challenge coverage
Brown DK, Lough K, Riedl MJ
The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators
Riedl MJ, Masullo GM, Whipple KN
Exploring how online political quizzes boost interest in politics, political news, and political engagement
Masullo GM, Ng YMM, Riedl MJ, Chen VY
What influences media effects on public perception? A cross-national study of comparative agenda setting
Vu HT, Jiang L, Cueva Chacón LM, Riedl MJ, Tran DV, Bobkowski PS
Moderating uncivil comments hurts trust in news
Riedl MJ, Masullo GM, Whipple KN
Breakdown of democratic norms? Understanding the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election through online comments
Masullo GM, Riedl MJ, Shermak JL, Brown J, Tenenboim O
Reddit’s veil of anonymity: Predictors of engagement and participation in media environments with hostile reputations
Brown DK, Ng YMM, Riedl MJ, Lacasa-Mas I
Who put the 'social' in mobile and social payment platforms? Re-reading Simmel and colleagues in light of the Cambrian explosion
Riedl MJ
Removals of online hate speech in numbers
Gollatz K, Riedl MJ, Pohlmann J