Sarah Oates, Ph.D.

soates@umd.edu


Full Professor

University of Maryland

Year of PhD: 1998

Phone: 3014552332

Address: Knight Hall, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

City: College Park, Maryland - 20742

Country: United States

About Me:

Sarah Oates is a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Senior Scholar at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland (College Park). A scholar in the field of political communication and democratization, a major theme in her work is the way in which the traditional media and the internet can support or subvert democracy in places as diverse as Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Prof. Oates has published many books, articles, chapters, and papers on topics including how the internet can challenge dictatorship, how election coverage varies in different countries, and how national media systems cover terrorism in distinctive ways. Her current work focuses on detecting foreign disinformation in social and traditional media.  

Research Interests

Russia

Ukraine Crisis

Propaganda

Putin

Campaigns And Elections

Protest

News Media

Social Media

Countries of Interest

Russia

Ukraine

United States

United Kingdom

My Research: