Associate Professor @MurrowCollege. I study immigration, forced migration, refugees, marginalized populations, virtual reality, emergent media.
Joined November 2015
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I'm so excited for our special issue on Global Mis & Disinformation with the fabulous @JosephineLukito as the guest editor. The first special issue since I joined @IJPOR_Journal as EIC! Check out the articles here👇
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This week on CAVRN, @borah, @leedaniellekl, @dimu233, @_avishnevskaya_, @bsirom, Ron Price, @OnurRamazan_, and @YoonJoo4 investigate the associations between VR, empathy, and information sharing intention. Check it out here: cavrn.org/virtual-reality-an…
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CAVRN welcomes @bsirom to explore the promises and dangers of VR use for humanitarian practice from a critical-cultural perspective. Check it out here: cavrn.org/exploring-proper-d…
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📢 Very happy to share that the article by Claudia Soler and myself on UNHCR’s (@Refugees) Instagram communication strategies for the Ukrainian and Syrian crises has been published #openaccess in the @JRefugeeStudies! 😊 academic.oup.com/jrs/advance… 1/
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New investigation from @bsirom on how #localnews journalists responded to the "Syrian refugee rape case" disinformation campaign in Twin Falls, Idaho, 2016. Discover how journalistic techniques shaped public perceptions and learn steps to combat #disinformation.
Link below.
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Excited about the first paper from @MurrowCollege's renovated #VR lab in New Media & Society. We examine the dynamics of VR, empathy/sympathy, and the moderating role of political ideology in the case of the #Syrian refugee crisis.
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New in Cultural Politics: @berylpong on the visualization of humanitarian events through drone technology. read.dukeupress.edu/cultural…
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Friends! My book WRONGED: THE WEAPONIZATION OF VICTIMHOOD is now available: cup.columbia.edu/book/wronge… @ColumbiaUP
Read about how two major U.S. newspapers visually covered the Afghan evacuation at the end of 'the longest war.' Published in Critical Studies in Media Communication.
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Very excited to be working with this stellar team on this special issue. Please consider submitting an abstract! We want to capture the broadest possible range of scholarship - topically, conceptually, methodologically!
SPECIAL ISSUE — 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦!
Reimagining Visual Journalism. Theory and Practice in the Digital Age
Special Issue Editors: @Cenevox, @ryanjthomas83, @iuliia_alieva, @ShangyuanWu
🗓️ Deadline: June 1, 2024
📥Abstract submission form: forms.gle/wktu4JGXHT4ytWNi6
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Join Us! Tues, Mar 19th @pcbrewery w/ @borah, @amir_asim & @bsirom for their pub talk, “Navigating Misinformation in the Digital Age: Media Influence and Cultivating our Relationship to Critical Reading” Dtls: efa.wsu.edu/category/efa-eve… @MurrowCollege @wsucoe @wsupullman #GoCougs !
What minefields do local newspapers negotiate while responding to disinformation? My study of the @twinfallstn response to the "Syrian refugee rape case" in Twin Falls, ID suggests steps local journalists can consider to engage with disinformation. tinyurl.com/2jfpj453
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Look at this awesome poster by @bsirom @tanianachrin 👀
“From evacuees to refugees: Themes and frames in the U.S. newspaper coverage if Afghan resettlement after ‘the endless war.’”
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New paper on #WhiteFeminism published in @SocialMedia_Soc with a group of brilliant, diverse, female scholars @shreenita_ghosh @jiyoun_suk @darshana_mini @luhang_sun. We examine criticism against the #feminist movement on 5 social media platforms. shorturl.at/arzN7
New publication on remediations and remixes of the iconic visual of Christine Blasey Ford by Instagram users. Check out my latest paper in Online Information Review: tinyurl.com/yck9nhcn
How was the Rohingya refugee crisis visually framed by prominent newspapers in South and Southeast Asia? Find out from my latest publication in Visual Communication @Sage_VCJ :
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How was the #Rohingya refugee crisis represented in two major U.S. newspapers? Find out from my latest study with @borah and Gibbons in @jmcquarterly using visual semiotics.
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Thank you so much for the shout-out, Dr.Schulz @WSU_Cougar_Pres. We are all honored and excited to receive this award from @NSF.
Happy to see the research of @MurrowCollege associate professor Porismita Borah (@borah) receive a second grant from the @NSF. She is working with other researchers across the country to develop a tool to identify and combat misinformation online. #WSU bit.ly/3f0VHEV
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Super excited to be a co-PI on a $5 million grant funded by the @NSF. Working with a dream team @prowag @dvshah @sijiayang_camer @munmun10 @srijankedia @katieharbath @LeticiaBode @ekvraga to help journalists fight misinformation.
A group of researchers has recently received a $5 million Phase II Convergence Accelerator cooperative agreement award from the NSF.
The group plans to continue developing Course Correct, a tool to help journalists identify and combat misinformation.
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