I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at University of Connecticut, where I study how we communicate via social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X) about news, health, science, and identity.

I have developed graduate and undergraduate courses on social media, and also teach courses on computer-mediated communication, new communication technology, and media effects.

My Fulbright Fellowship at Universität Duisburg-Essen launched my most recent project on algorithmic literacy, which focuses on what social media users know about the algorithms that shape their feeds, with a goal of more transparency through education, design, and policy.

Access my full CV here; permanent link, always up-to-date.

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Schmierbach, M., Appelman, A., & Boyle, M. (In press). Stimulus creation for experiments: A case study using media literacy videos. In M.P. Boyle & A. Rainear (Eds.), Evolving Journalism Research Methods: Applications, Trends, Analyses. Taylor & Francis.

Dreston, J. H., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Neubaum, G. (2025). What is an algorithm? A cross-cultural examination of social media users’ mental associations on algorithms. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000170

Romann, L. R. & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025). Exploring algorithmic cultivation: Sensitive self-disclosure, self-diagnosis, and hazardous mental health communication on TikTok. Journal of Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000474

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025, October). X to Bluesky platform migration: Governance and community. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of The Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Niterói, Brazil.

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Romann, L. R., Witkowich, I., & Chen, J. (2025). Exploring social media users’ experiences with algorithmic transparency cues. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251339493

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Romann, L. R. (2025, September). Social media eras: For friends, for you, for whom? Paper to be presented at MediaPsych 2025, Duisburg, Germany.

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See all publications on Google Scholar; all presentations on my CV.