Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Office of Politics, Communication and Media, University of Alabama
I'm Jess Maddox, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. I am also Co-director of the Office of Politics, Communication and Media in the Institute for Communication and Information Research and graduate faculty affiliate in the College of Communication and Information Science's doctoral program. I research social media platforms, internet popular culture, and feminist media studies through qualitative research methods. When not working, you can find me reading, hiking, cooking, baking, doing yoga, or playing with my dogs.
Social Media Revolution Series
Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
Mar 12, 2022 11:16 am UTC| Technology
TikToks of cats in cardboard tanks. Flirty comments on Instagram accounts dedicated to Vladmir Putin, begging him to stop Russias attacks on Ukraine. Memes bemoaning what its like to live during a pandemic and...
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Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects