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Media & public commentary
Selected interviews, coverage, and public-facing work related to technology, online harms, platform accountability, and the intersection of technology and society.
Inside the Rage Machine
A recent documentary exploring how platform incentives, algorithmic systems, and product decisions can contribute to outrage, division, and real-world harm.
Watch on BBC Two →
With BBC’s Marianna Spring during filmingMeta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement
Mar 2026
Efforts to Rein In AI Tap Lesson From Social Media: Don't Wait Until It's Too Late
Jul 2023
AI-generated election misinformation on social media
Jul 2023
Facebook's angry emoji algorithm
Oct 2021
Independent Australia
'Inside the Rage Machine' exposes social media's dangerous grip on democracy
May 2026
The Guardian
Inside the Rage Machine review — 'we are all doomed'
Mar 2026
The Times
The age of rage: why tech titans are exploiting our capacity to hate
Mar 2026
The Telegraph
Inside the Rage Machine, BBC Two, review
Mar 2026
Cybernews
Meta and TikTok knowingly turned ragebait into revenue
Mar 2026
Wall Street Journal
Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead
Sep 2021
Wall Street Journal
How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg's Bid to Get America Vaccinated
Sep 2021
Wall Street Journal
Is Facebook Bad for You? It Is for About 360 Million Users, Company Surveys Suggest
Nov 2021
Vox
Motivated ignorance: why we avoid the other side's perspective
May 2017
Oprah Magazine
How to Talk With People You Disagree With Politically
2017
Pacific Standard
Why We Shut Ourselves Off From Opposing Viewpoints
Apr 2017
Science Friday
Life in the Wrong Political Bubble
2017
The Guardian
Are you a 'la la la, I can't hear you' liberal?
Jan 2017
LA Times
Liberals and conservatives have one thing in common: Zero interest in opposing views
Jan 2017
Live Science
Best and Worst States for Love
Jan 2017
New York Times
The Trump Voter Paradox
Sep 2017
The Outline
America needs a dose of real talk
Feb 2017
Chicago Magazine
UIC study busts stereotype that liberals don't hold anything sacred
Jan 2017
Chicago Tribune
This Thanksgiving, Should You Go Cold Turkey on Political Talk?
Nov 2016
New York Times
Bernie Sanders, Consistent Over Decades, in His Call for Revolution
Mar 2016
Newsweek
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton — Election 2016 Lies
2016
Voice of America
Trump Appealing to Voters' 'Stone Age' Brains
Mar 2016
New York Times
95,000 Words, Many of Them Ominous, From Donald Trump's Tongue
Dec 2015
Washington Post
Doom and gloom of current GOP crop contrasts with Reagan's glowing optimism
Dec 2015
FiveThirtyEight
How to Tell Good Studies From Bad? Bet on Them
Nov 2015
National Journal
The War on Partisanship: How fighting polarization became its own cause
Nov 2015
The New Yorker
Who's Happy Now?
Jun 2015
Metro News
After NDP Win in Alberta, Toronto Leftists Joke of Western Dreams
May 2015
Chicago Tribune
The right of happiness. Now shut up about it.
Mar 2015
CBS News
Who are happier, liberals or conservatives?
Mar 2015
New York Times
The Data-Driven Home Search: Using Data to Find a New York Suburb That Fits
Jul 2014
Pacific Standard
Why We Live in Ideological Enclaves
2014
Time
Why the Torture Report Won't Actually Change Anyone's Views on Torture
Dec 2014
Kansas City Star
Your Block May Say a Lot About Your Politics
Sep 2014
Salon
Secrets of the Right-Wing Brain
Jul 2014
Mother Jones
Scientists Are Beginning to Figure Out Why Conservatives Are… Conservative
Jul 2014
Nature
Scientific Method: Statistical Errors — P-Values Are Not as Reliable as Many Scientists Assume
Feb 2014
NPR
How Republicans And Democrats Ended Up Living Apart
Nov 2013
Daily Kos
Big John Cornyn Gets Big Mouth Primary Challenger
Dec 2013
Boston Review
Segregation by Culture
Dec 2013
Salon
Forget States — Neighborhoods Are Red and Blue
Nov 2013
CBS Radio
The Psychology of the Government Shutdown
Oct 2013
Live Science
Gov't Shutdown Science: Why Human Nature Is to Blame
Oct 2013
Pacific Standard
Accepting a Warming Planet May Cool the Urge to Go to War
Nov 2012
Live Science
Left and Right: Can We Ever Get Along?
Nov 2012
The Daily Beast
How Do We Respond to Images of War?
Jun 2012
National Affairs
Daily Roundup of Academic Studies: Provocative
May 2012
Pacific Standard
Facebook: Saving Lives, One Kidney at a Time
May 2012
BBC World
Predicting Young Voter Turnout
Nov 2008