Media trust in the Americas, 2008–2023
Examines long-term patterns in media trust across the Americas.
Jessica R. Collier
Assistant Professor of Political Communication
Brian Lamb School of Communication
Purdue University
Political Communication Information Quality Social Media Democracy
I study how the information we encounter in digital and social spaces influences our political attitudes and behaviors.
Research insight
Do we see evidence of resilience in communities without local news?
Community resilience factors such as social cohesion and flexibility can help explain how residents respond to diminished local news access.
Selected work
Publications
The composition and amplification of mainstream political memes: Evidence from 4 US election cycles
Analyzes the political actors, issues, and persuasive strategies featured in widely shared partisan memes across four election cycles.
A community resilience approach to understanding news deserts and their residents
Uses a community-resilience framework to understand how residents navigate diminished access to local journalism.