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Steven Livingston

Professor of Media and Public Affairs Founding Director of the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics

George Washington University

Affiliations

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Political Science

Steven Livingston is currently serving as a Columbian College Of Arts & Sciences Professor of Media and Public Affairs Founding Director of the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics at George Washington University.

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Steven Livingston

George Washington University

Professor of Media and Public Affairs Founding Director of the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics

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journalism political science political communication communication media studies mass communication political analysis political behavior international relations international coverage public policy digital mediums medium culture news analytics foreign policy government information online information international affairs strategic studies geopolitics editorial independence news semantics citizen journalism journalism history government communication information society public opinion crisis management popular medium global networks data journalism global medium digital society medium ownership image size social media content analysis public relations information management medium communication interactive journalism international medium government transparency political power communication research global politics news media television coverage cnn effect united states disinformation age international news criminal justice fake news post-truth disinformation detection misinformation failure analysis information warfare transnational networks case studies e-participation electronic voting crowdsourcing technology governance cyber-geography national security normal democratic order disinformation order hurricane katrina press fails spontaneous event live-event news event-driven news none dare call abu ghraib scandal public governance human rights advocacy international communication information technology public relation strategy

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Connective Action and Digital Surrogate Organizations. (2025)

Steven LivingstonLorcan Neill

political systemspolitical sciencepolitical studiesdigital technologye-democracydigital surrogate organizationsdemocratic theorypolitical processpolitical behaviorpolitical communicationpolitical analysisfar-right surrogate organizationspolitical partiesjournalismdemocracy

Propaganda Feedback Loops as Communication Rituals: Hate Speech on Talk Radio. Media Culture & Society (2025)

Steven LivingstonBabak Bahador

communicationmass communicationcommunication studiesmedium culturecommunication ritualsnarrativecommunication researchpopular mediumpropaganda feedbackpolitical communicationfeedback loopsjournalism

A Brief History of the Disinformation Age: Information Wars and the Decline of Institutional Authority. Springer eBooks (2023)

W. Lance BennettSteven Livingston

political sciencecommunicationinformation societyinformation managementinformation developmentinformation professioninformation overloadinformation warspolitical communicationonline informationdisinformation ageinstitutional authoritymedia studies

The Disinformation Age: Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States. (2021)

W Lance BennettSteven Livingston

political sciencecommunicationmass communicationdigital societysocial mediacommunication researchunited statesdisruptive communicationpolitical communicationdigital mediumsonline informationgovernment communicationdisinformation agemedia studies

The Disinformation Order: Disruptive Communication and the Decline of Democratic Institutions. European Journal of Communication (2018)

W Lance BennettSteven Livingston

fake newspolitical sciencecommunicationmass communicationpost-truthsocial mediapolitical behaviorpolitical communicationpolitical analysisnormal democratic orderdisinformation detectionjournalismmisinformationdisinformation ordermedia studies

Book Review: Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age. The International Journal of Press/Politics (2016)

Steven Livingston

information policycyber conflictpolitical sciencedigital culturecommunicationmass communicationdigital divideinformation societydigital societydigital humanitiesmedium culturedisruptive powerdigital mediumsdigital sustainabilitybook review

Foreign Policy. The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2015)

Steven Livingston

political sciencestrategic studiesglobal strategyneoliberalisminternational organizationsinternationalism (politics)rival schoolscommunication technologypublic policyinternational relation theoryinternational interestinternational relationsgeopoliticsinternational affairsinternational politicsforeign policyglobal politics

The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power. by Andrew Chadwick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 272P. $99.00 Cloth, $27.99 Paper.. Perspectives on Politics (2015)

Steven Livingston

political sciencepoliticspolitical agendaspolitical studiesnew yorkmedium culturepolitical powersocial sciencespolitical processhybrid media systempolitical behaviorpolitical communicationpolitical analysispublic sphereandrew chadwickjournalismmedia studies

Crowdsourcing Accountability in a Nigerian Election. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2014)

Catie Snow BailardSteven Livingston

e-participationpolitical sciencecommunicationinec officialselectronic votingpublic policyinec guidelinesgovernment informationcrowdsourcingpolitical behaviorpolitical communicationpolitical analysisdemocracyonline informationnigerian electionelections

Africa's Information Revolution: Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security. (2013)

Steven Livingston

information revolutioninternational criminologyafrican developmentcriminologypublic policydevelopment economicsviolent crime tendafrican american studiescrime preventionviolent crimeafrican studies

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Steven Livingston

Professor of Media and Public Affairs Founding Director of the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics

George Washington University

Affiliations

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Political Science

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Steven Livingston

George Washington University

Professor of Media and Public Affairs Founding Director of the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Connective Action and Digital Surrogate Organizations. (2025)

Steven LivingstonLorcan Neill

Propaganda Feedback Loops as Communication Rituals: Hate Speech on Talk Radio. Media Culture & Society (2025)

Steven LivingstonBabak Bahador

communicationmass communicationcommunication studiesmedium culturecommunication ritualsnarrativecommunication researchpopular mediumpropaganda feedbackpolitical communicationfeedback loopsjournalism

A Brief History of the Disinformation Age: Information Wars and the Decline of Institutional Authority. Springer eBooks (2023)

W. Lance BennettSteven Livingston

The Disinformation Age: Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States. (2021)

W Lance BennettSteven Livingston

The Disinformation Order: Disruptive Communication and the Decline of Democratic Institutions. European Journal of Communication (2018)

W Lance BennettSteven Livingston

Book Review: Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age. The International Journal of Press/Politics (2016)

Steven Livingston

Foreign Policy. The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2015)

Steven Livingston

The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power. by Andrew Chadwick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 272P. $99.00 Cloth, $27.99 Paper.. Perspectives on Politics (2015)

Steven Livingston

Crowdsourcing Accountability in a Nigerian Election. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2014)

Catie Snow BailardSteven Livingston

Africa's Information Revolution: Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security. (2013)

Steven Livingston

information revolutioninternational criminologyafrican developmentcriminologypublic policydevelopment economicsviolent crime tendafrican american studiescrime preventionviolent crimeafrican studies

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