Adrienne Massanari Associate Professor Communication Studies
- Additional Positions at 51画鋼
- CTRL Faculty Fellow in Inclusive Pedagogy, AY 24-25 & 25-26
- Degrees
- PhD, University of Washington
MA, University of Washington
BA, Guilford College - Bio
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I am an Associate Professor in the Communication Studies division in SOC. My research interests include digital culture, online communities, platform politics, game studies, pop culture, and gender and race online. I am currently accepting undergraduate, MA, and PhD advisees.
My new book for MIT Press (October 2024), , discusses how Silicon Valleys culture and politics contributed to the rise of the far-right. My 2015 book, (Peter Lang), explored the unique culture of Reddit.com. My work has appeared in New Media & Society, Feminist Media Studies, Social Media + Society, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and First Monday. I also serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Sociotechnical Critique (open-access) and New Review of Hypermedia & Multimedia.
Prior to joining 51画鋼, I was Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and affiliate faculty in Gender and Womens Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before joining 51画鋼 and UIC, I was a faculty member in the School of Communication at Loyola University-Chicago, where I also served as the Director for the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy. I have over ten years of experience working as a user-interface designer, usability consultant, and information architect in corporate and educational settings.
Selected publications
Fox, J., Pearce, K. E., Massanari, A. L., Riles, J. M., Szulc, ., Ranjit, Y. S., Trevisan, F., Soriano, C. R. R., Vitak, J., Arora, P., Ahn, S. J., Alper, M., Gambino, A., Gonzalez, C., Lynch, T., Williamson, L. D., & L. Gonzales, A. (2021). Open Science, Closed Doors? Countering Marginalization through an Agenda for Ethical, Inclusive Research in Communication. Journal of Communication, 71(5), 764-784.
Massanari, A. L. (2020). Reddits Alt-Right: Toxic Masculinity, Free Speech, and/r/The_Donald. In M. Zimdars & K. McLeod (Eds.) Fake News: Understanding media and misinformation in the digital age (pp. 179-190).
Massanari, A. L. (2018). Rethinking research ethics, power, and the risk of visibility in the era of the alt-right gaze. Ethic as method in the era of Big Data (A. Markham & A. Herman, Eds). Special issue of Social Media + Society. Available online:
Massanari, A. L. & Chess, S. (2018). Attack of the 50-Foot Social Justice Warrior: The discursive construction of SJWs in alt-right media. Online Misogyny (D. Ging & E. Siapera, Eds). Special issue of Feminist Media Studies. Available online:
Massanari, A. L. (2017). Come for the period comics. Stay for the cultural awareness.: Reclaiming the troll identity through feminist humor on Reddits /r/TrollXChromosomes. Feminist Media Studies. Available online:
Massanari, A. L. (2016). Contested play: The culture and politics of Reddit bots. In R. Gehl and M. Bakardjievas (Eds.) Socialbots and their friends: Digital media and the automation of sociality (pp. 110-127). New York: Routledge.
Massanari, A. L. (2015). #Gamergate and The Fappening: How Reddits algorithm, community, and culture support toxic technocultures. New Media & Society. Available online:
Massanari, A. L. (2015). Never Alone (Kisima Initchua): Possibilities for participatory game design. Well-Played, 4(3). Available online:
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Teaching
Spring 2024
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COMM-420 Topics in Mass Media: Pop Culture & Communication
Fall 2024
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COMM-365 Digital Media and Culture
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COMM-420 Topics in Mass Media: Pop Culture & Communication