Dr. Sarah Sobieraj

Biography

Sarah Sobieraj is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center and a Professor of Sociology at Tufts University. Her expertise lies in political culture, extreme incivility, and the digital abuse harassment within mediated information environments. Sobieraj is the author of the influential book "Credible Threat: Attacks on Women Online and the Future of Democracy," which received the Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award. She has also been honored with the National Communication Association’s Political Communication Division Book Award and the American Sociological Association’s Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Book Award. In addition to her seminal work, she has co-authored texts such as "Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility" and "Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism." As an editor, she has contributed to the "Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology" and "Crisis of Civility?: Political Discourse and Discontents." Her research is published in prestigious journals including Information, Communication & Society, Social Problems, and Political Communication, and her work has featured in major media outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Vox, CNN, and NPR.

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