Daniel Kreiss
Daniel Kreiss is the Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the faculty director and principal researcher of the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. Kreiss is the author or co-author of five books and the co-editor of Media and January 6th (Oxford University Press, 2024). Kreiss co-edits the Oxford University Press book series Journalism and Political Communication Unbound and is an associate editor of Political Communication. At the Hussman School, Kreiss is the director of the Political Communication Certificate and teaches classes in political communication. Kreiss is an affiliated fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and received a Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University.
Education
- Affiliate Fellow, The Information Society Project at Yale Law School
- Ph.D., Stanford University
- M.A., Stanford University
- B.A., Bates College
Citations
- Kreiss, D., McGregor, S.C., Tromble, R., and White, K. (eds.). (2024). January 6, 2021: Media and the Assault on Democracy in the United States. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Klinger, U., Kreiss, D., and Mutsvairo, B.( (2023). Platforms, Power, and Politics: An Introduction to Political Communication in the Digital Age. New York, NY: Polity Press.
- Hronešová, J. B., & Kreiss, D. (2024). Strategically Hijacking Victimhood: A Political Communication Strategy in the Discourse of Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. Perspectives on Politics, 1-19.
- Jang, H., & Kreiss, D. (2024). Safeguarding the Peaceful Transfer of Power: Pro-Democracy Electoral Frames and Journalist Coverage of Election Deniers During the 2022 US Midterm Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 19401612241235819.
- Jackson, SJ. and Kreiss, D. (2023). “Recentering power: conceptualizing counterpublics and defensive publics.” Communication Theory. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtad004
- Kreiss, D., & McGregor, S. C. (2023). “A review and provocation: On polarization and platforms.” New Media & Society, 14614448231161880.