Alice Marwick (PhD, New York University) is a Data & Society advisor, research affiliate with the Media Manipulation project, and Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on far-right media manipulation, online privacy, and internet celebrity. Her current book project examines how the networked nature of online privacy disproportionately impacts marginalized individuals in terms of gender, race, and socio-economic status. She is the author of Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and Branding in the Social Media Age (Yale 2013), an ethnographic study of the San Francisco tech scene which examines how people seek social status through attention and visibility online. Marwick was previously Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies and the Director of the McGannon Center for Communication Research at Fordham University. She has written for popular publications such as The New York Times, The New York Review of Books and The Guardian in addition to academic publications.
Alice E. Marwick

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Columbia Journalism ReviewWhile many conspiracies encourage readers to doubt mainstream sources, QAnon takes things one step further by building an entire knowledge-making institution of its own. And that takes some serious effort. Read on Columbia Journalism ReviewOctober 2020 -
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Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationIn this study, Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd, Affiliate Alice Marwick, and Researcher Mikaela Pitcan interviewed ask, how do young people of low socio-economic status in NYC manage their impressions online... Read on Journal of Computer-Mediated CommunicationApril 2018 -
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Feminist Media StudiesAlice Marwick and Robyn Caplan identify the networked elements of online harassment. Read on Feminist Media StudiesMarch 2018 -
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DatabitesAlice Marwick presents the major findings from her recently published report, Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Her talk describes how disinformation campaigns occur following major news events and explains how the ... Read moreJune 2017 -
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Sage JournalsHow do young people of low socio-economic status (SES) view online privacy? D&S fellow Alice Marwick, researcher Claire Fontaine, and president and founder danah boyd examine this question in their study. " Framing online ... Read on Sage JournalsMay 2017 -
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Data & Society"Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online" delves into how various internet subcultures leverage both the techniques of participatory culture and the affordances of social media to spread their various beliefs. Read moreMay 2017 -
KinfolkD&S fellow Alice Marwick discusses narcissism and the attention economy in this interview with Kinfolk. Read on KinfolkApril 2017
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Washington University Law ReviewD&S researcher Mary Madden, Michele Gilman, D&S affiliate Karen Levy, and D&S fellow Alice Marwick examine how poor Americans are impacted by privacy violations and discuss how to protect digital privacy for the vul... Read on Washington University Law ReviewMarch 2017 -
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Data & SocietyData & Society Affiliate Amanda Lenhart presents on the prevalence and potential effects of online harassment, and Data & Society Fellow Alice Marwick shares best practices for conducting risky research. ... Read moreMarch 2017 -
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PointsData & Society releases six new essays on the networked public sphere written by danah boyd, Robyn Caplan, Caroline Jack, and Alice Marwick. Read on PointsJanuary 2017