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Overview

Silvio Waisbord is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a notable focus on Communication, Sociology and Political Science, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their scholarly work encompasses a range of subfields including:

  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Gender Studies

Waisbord's research addresses significant topics such as:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Communication and COVID-19 Impact
  • Media and Digital Communication
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Their recent publications include:

  • "Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of US Journalists in Times of Digital Hate and Populism" (2020), published in Digital Journalism
  • "¿Es válido atribuir la polarización política a la comunicación digital? Sobre burbujas, plataformas y polarización afectiva" (2020), published in REVISTA SAAP
  • "Trolling Journalists and the Risks of Digital Publicity" (2020), published in Journalism Practice
  • "Can Journalists Be Safe in a Violent World?" (2022), published in Journalism Practice

The frequent publication venues associated with their work are:

  • Digital Journalism
  • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
  • Journalism Practice
  • Journalism Studies
  • Journalism

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Waisbord include:

  • Adriana Amado
  • Martín Becerra
  • Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez
  • Enrique Peruzzotti
  • Adrienne Russell

Waisbord's body of work engages deeply with the intersections of digital media, political communication, and the safety of journalists, often exploring challenges such as online harassment and the impacts of misinformation in contemporary media environments.

Best Publications

  • Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy

    Silvio R. Waisbord

  • Reinventing Professionalism: Journalism and News in Global Perspective

    Silvio R. Waisbord

  • McTV Understanding the Global Popularity of Television Formats

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Truth is What Happens to News

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Latin Politics, Global Media

    Elizabeth Fox;Silvio Waisbord

  • De‐westernizing Communication Studies: A Reassessment

    Silvio Waisbord;Claudia Mellado

  • The elective affinity between post-truth communication and populist politics

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Family Tree of Theories, Methodologies, and Strategies in Development Communication

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Populist communication by digital means: presidential Twitter in Latin America

    Silvio Waisbord;Adriana Amado

  • Introduction: Political Scandals and Media Across Democracies, Volume I

    Howard Tumber;Silvio R. Waisbord

  • Media and globalization : why the state matters

    Nancy Morris;Silvio R. Waisbord

  • The ongoing significance of national media systems in the context of media globalization

    Terry Flew;Silvio Waisbord

  • Advocacy Journalism in a Global Context

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and the Fragility of Networked Protest

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of US Journalists in Times of Digital Hate and Populism

    Silvio Waisbord

  • The institutional challenges of participatory communication in international aid

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Journalism, Risk, and Patriotism

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Between Support and Confrontation: Civic Society, Media Reform, and Populism in Latin America

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Why Populism is Troubling for Democratic Communication

    Silvio Waisbord

  • Media Movements: Civil Society and Media Policy Reform in Latin America

    María Soledad Segura;Silvio Waisbord

  • Communication: A Post-Discipline

    Silvio R. Waisbord

  • The Complexity of Social Mobilization in Health Communication: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Experiences in Polio Eradication

    Rafael Obregón;Silvio Waisbord

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