Dr. Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

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., Roman, L. R., Witkowich, I., & Chen, J. (In press). Exploring social media users’ experiences with algorithmic transparency cues. New Media & Society.

Romann, L. R. & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (In press). Exploring algorithmic cultivation: Sensitive self-disclosure, self-diagnosis, and hazardous mental health communication on TikTok. Journal of Media Psychology.

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.

Romann, L. R. & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025, June). Be your own advocate: Inquiring about user perceptions of trauma-informed design on social media. Paper to be presented at the 75^th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO. 

Suk, J., Steinke, J., Holland Levin, S., Schnitzer, K.A., Gilbert, C., Oeldorf-Hirsch, & A., Coletti, A. (2025, June). Trending women in STEM: Digital space-making and visual presentation of identities on TikTok. Paper to be presented at the 75^th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.

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