About
I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at University of Connecticut, where I'm part of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. I'm also a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (inCHIP), the Connecticut Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science (IBACS), and the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative (SGCI).
My research primarily focuses on information sharing as communication on social media. Specifically, I investigate the effects of using social media to learn about news, health, and science; and understanding how to address the growing misinformation and disinformation problem.
More recently, starting with my Fulbright Fellowship at Universität Duisburg-Essen in 2021, I have started research on algorithmic literacy. This research focuses on what social media users know about the algorithms that shape their feeds, the predictors and outcomes of this literacy, and how to better inform users about algorithms and their effects through design.
Find me on: Google Scholar, ORCID
News
- Two upcoming presentations at #ica23Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Neubaum, G. (2023, May). Algorithmic divide? Predictors and outcomes of algorithmic literacy of German and U.S. social media users. Paper to be presented at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada. Meier, Y., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Krämer, N. C., (2023, May). Who targets me? Privacy perceptions of […]Posted on March 14, 2023
- Two new graduate student-led publications on social mediaColetti, A., McGloin, R., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Hamlin, E. (2022). Science communication on social media: Examining cross-platform behavioral engagement. The Journal of Social Media in Society, 11(2), 236-263. https://thejsms.org/index.php/JSMS/article/view/995 Pierre, L., Lee, Y., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2022). Exploring the effects of media format and disclosure of native Twitter ads on consumer evaluations and decision-making. Journal of […]Posted on January 16, 2023
- Funding to study algorithmic transparency cues on social mediaSocial media user experience with algorithmic transparency cues (PI). Scholarship Facilitation Fund, Office of the Vice President of Research, UConn, 2023: $2,000.Posted on January 12, 2023
- Two research papers accepted to ICA’s 2023 conference in TorontoOeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Neubaum, G. (2023, May). Algorithmic divide? Predictors and outcomes of algorithmic literacy of German and U.S. social media users. Paper to be presented at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada. Meier, Y., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Krämer, N. C., (2023, May). Who targets me? Privacy perceptions of […]Posted on January 12, 2023
- New publication on eye-tracking of social media newsSrinivasan, P., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Joergensen, G. (2022). “Attention! It’s the News.” Cognitive load and news posts on Facebook: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Communication Technology, 5(3), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec-2022-012Posted on December 7, 2022
Contact me
Phone: | 1 (860) 486-3968 |
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E-mail: | anne.oeldorf-hirsch@uconn.edu |
Address: | Office: 218 Arjona Bldg Mail: 337 Mansfield Rd, Unit 1259 Storrs, CT 06269 |
More: | http://bit.ly/aoh_cv |