Research

In addition to collaborating on the Data Library, MDDC members also conduct research together.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026

Lukito, J., Pruden, M. L., Suk, J., Yang, Y., & Zhong, W. (2026). Political Communication Special Issue Introduction: Multi-Platform Research. Political Communication, 43(2), 175–191. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.2649632

Brown, M. A., Macdonald, M., Lukito, J., Hickey, C., Dowling, K., & Miranda, M. (2026). Candidata: United States 2024 Elections Candidates and Social Media Handles. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 20(1), 2747–2755. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v20i1.42779

Dahlke, R., Yang, Y., Lukito, J., Greenfield, J., Chen, B., Brown, M. A., & Lewis, R. (2026). Style and substance on The Alex Jones Show predict InfoWars sales: a multi-modal analysis of a media empire. Information, Communication & Society, 29(4), 1386–1405. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2642851

Brown, M. A., Lukito, J., Pruden, M. L., & Riedl, M. J. (2026). Making academia suck less: Supporting early career researchers studying harmful content online through a feminist ethics of care. New Media & Society, 28(3), 977-1000.

2025

Zhang, Y., Lukito, J., Suk, J., & McGrady, R. (2025). Trump, Twitter, and Truth Social: how Trump used both mainstream and alt-tech social media to drive news media attention. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 22(2), 229–242. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2024.2328156

Lukito, J., Macdonald, M., Chen, B., Brown, M. A., Prochaska, S., Yang, Y., Greenfield, J., Suk, J., Zhong, W., Dahlke, R., & Borah, P. (2025). Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections. Social Media + Society, 11(2).

2024

Chen, B., Borah, P., Dahlke, R., & Lukito, J. (2024). Battle for Inbox and Bucks: Comparing Email Fundraising Strategies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 4. https://doi.org/10.51685/jqd.2024.012

Lukito, J., Greenfield, J., Yang, Y., Dahlke, R., Brown, M. A., Lewis, R., & Chen, B. (2024). Audio-as-Data Tools: Replicating Computational Data Processing. Media and Communication, 12. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7851

Chen, B., Borah, P., Dahlke, R., & Lukito, J. (2024). Battle for Inbox and Bucks: Comparing Email Fundraising Strategies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2020 US Presidential Election. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 4. https://journalqd.org/article/download/4299/4532

2023

Zhang, Y., Chen, F., & Lukito, J. (2023). Network Amplification of Politicized Information and Misinformation about COVID-19 by Conservative Media and Partisan Influencers on Twitter. Political Communication, 40(1), 24–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2022.2113844

Lukito, J., & Pruden, M. L. (2023). Critical computation: mixed-methods approaches to big language data analysis. Review of Communication, 23(1), 62–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2022.2125821

Chen, B., Lukito, J., & Koo, G. H. (2023). Comparing the #StopTheSteal Movement across Multiple Platforms: Differentiating Discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler. Social Media + Society, 9(3).

Lukito, J., Gursky, J., Foley, J., Yang, Y., Joseff, K., & Borah, P. (2023). “No Reason [.][I] t/Should/Happen here”: Analyzing Flynn’s Retroactive Doublespeak During a QAnon Event. Political Communication, 40(5), 576-595. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2023.2185332