Thomas Struett – “Scraping the Web for Democracy: Examining Common Crawl’s Purpose”
Fritz Kessler – “Building the New Herald: A Political Economy Analysis of PragerU’s role in replacing local journalism to advance hegemonic right-wing power”
Ashia Aubrey – “Pop Culture, Politics, and Platforms: The Trending Kamala Harris’s ‘Coconut Tree’ Remark and Its Impact on Public Discourse and Digital Democracy”
Audience members were invited to ask questions and provide comments following each presentation.
Our PhD students presented at the 2025 Tri-School PhD Conference at American University. They shared research on topics ranging from digital democracy to media power structures with peers across disciplines.
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