Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Badurak, M., Mushtarin, N, Ramirez, F., Booth, H., Hewitt, C., Barclay, A., Jensen, G., Porter, L. (2026). ‘A necessary evil’: The appeal of TikTok and the emergence of the conflicted user. Mass Communication and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2026.2714434
Badurak, M. & Ramirez, F. (2026). From Red Scare to RedNote: TikTok refugees and the rejection of U.S. digital hegemony. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2026.2699844
Oh, H., Lee, J., Choi, R., Alkhazali, S., Amini, A., Badurak, M., Hewitt, C., Nguyen, M., and Truong, T. (2026). From Fear to Punishment: Experimental Evidence on How Point-of-View in Short-Form Crime Video Shapes Punitive Attitudes. Journal of Experimental Criminology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-026-09765-1
Flynch, M., He, L., Badurak, M., and Bakken, S. (2025). Mapping social media analytics in firearm injury exposure research: a scoping review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 33(2), 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf202
Publications Under Review
Revise and Resubmit
Wippell, J., and Badurak, M. “Making an Enemy: Digital State Propaganda and the Symbolic Boundaries of Immigration Enforcement.” British Journal of Sociology.
Choi, J. R., Lee, J. J., Oh, H., Badurak, M., Hewitt, C., Diep, U., Nguyen, M., and Truong, T. “Classifying Visual Perspective and Social Distance in Short-form News Videos: A Multimodal Framework.” Computational Communication Research.
Under Review
Badurak, M., Hewitt, C., and Sanders, M. “Stay in Your Lane? Political Expectancy Violations and Gen Z’s Relationship with Social Media Influencers.” Convergence.
Badurak, M., Ramirez, F., and Jensen, G. “Cyber Exile: Social Media Bans and the Rejection of Social Media Regulation.” Global Media and Communication.
Badurak, M., Hewitt, C., Baffour, A., Shustova, K., Lepisto, M., Booth, H., Mushtarin, N., Narh, J., Chapman-Sanchez, N., Chen, C., Lee, J., and Ramirez, F. “Peer Networks of Accountability: Location Sharing and Collective Safety Among College Students.” New Media & Society.
Ramirez, F., Badurak, M., and Bolaños-Carpio, A. “Feeling Safe or Being Safe? Personal Privacy Strategies Among Women of Color on Social Media.” Howard Journal of Communication.
Wippell, J., Zimmerman, J., Badurak, M., Movahed, M., and Torhan, S. “New York has Fallen... in Love with Zohran Mamdani”: Progressive Insurgencies and the Fracturing of Left-Wing Publics. American Politics Research.
Booth, H., Hewitt, C., Ramirez, F., Badurak, M., Mustarin, N., Chen, C., and Lee, J. “The TikTok Ban as a Breakup Story: Digital Mourning, State Paternalism, and Community.” Information, Communication, & Society.
Other Publications
Badurak, M. (2026). “Whose Rules? Platform Governance, AI, and the Politics of Digital Sovereignty.” Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/milton-wolf-seminar-on-media-and-diplomacy/whose-rules-platform-governance-ai-and-politics-digital-sovereignty
LSU Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs (2026). Louisiana Common Ground Survey. https://www.lsu.edu/reillycenter/files/louisiana_common_ground_survey_2026_results.pdf
Quay-de la Vallee, H., Badurak, M. and Thakur, D. (2025). “Opening the Book: A Rubric to Support Effective Transparency for EdTech Products That Incorporate AI.” Center for Democracy & Technology. https://cdt.org/insights/opening-the-book-a-rubric-to-supporteffective-transparency-for-edtech-products-that-incorporate-ai/
Badurak, M. (2024). “Internal Social Advocacy through Union Support as a means to Connect with Gen-Z Stakeholders.” Cision Insights Fellowship. https://instituteforpr.org/how-can-brands-engage-with-gen-z/
