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American University Media, Technology & Democracy
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Official account for the American University School of Communication PhD and MA programs in Media, Technology, & Democracy.

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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.

#PhDLife #TriSchool2025 #AUResearch #CommunicationStudies
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.
May 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Georgetown University hosted the Music Sustainability Forum, co-organized by AU’s Prof. Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social. Cultural policy leaders from government, industry, CSOs & academia joined. His Media Law & Policy students attended & took part in the discussion.
#AUStudents #MediaPolicy
May 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM