I co-authored a chapter with Laura Candidatu for the masterfully edited (by Elisabetta Costa, Patricia G. Lange, Nell Haynes, and Jolynna Sinanan) and incredibly thorough and comprehensive Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology. Here’s the impressive […]
The latest article to come out of our project on trust in scientific expertise is finally published. Here’s what it’s about: Recent attacks on scientific authority have intensified calls for climate scientists to seek out […]
I’ll be giving one of the talks at the Betweter Festival in September. The event will take place at Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht and is an occasion that brings together science, art, and the public. […]
I was one of the five Utrecht University academics to share some of my thoughts on science, media, and public trust in the era of “post-truth” and “fake news” for this article the University’s DUB […]
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being joined by a group of six authors and two co-editors to work on our special issue on the theme of Media, Trust, and Science in the […]
The kind people at Anthropological Quarterly reached out to me to write a review of Sima Shakhsari’s 2020 book, The Rightful Politics of Killing: Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan (Duke University Press).
Ali Honari and I have a new article out together analyzing the manipulative qualities of the online presence of the Iranian exile organization, the Mojaheddin-e Khalqh. We argue that it’s important to look at the […]
I recently received the wonderful news that I’m one of this year’s recipients of the Early Career award. The award is granted to 12 scholars, each year, nationwide, by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts […]
Earlier this month, I was one of the speakers at a medical conference for Dutch virologists and other infectious disease specialists. I was there to speak about the role of social media in the communication […]
The editorial introduction I co-authored together with Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi for a special issue on Somali diaspora and digital media is out now in the Journal of Global Diaspora and Media. The whole issue is […]
Donya Alinejad 