Sarah Sobieraj
Academic Leave
Research/Areas of Interest
Media, Political Culture, Extreme Incivility, Digital Abuse and Harassment, Public Discourse, Social Movements
Education
- PhD, Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York, United States, 2002
- MA, Sociology, American University, United States, 1997
- BA, Political Science, State University of New York at Geneseo, United States, 1993
Biography
Sarah Sobieraj is a media sociologist with expertise in US political culture, extreme incivility, digital abuse and harassment, and the mediated information environment. Her most recent book, Credible Threat: Attacks Against Women Online and the Future of Democracy, was honored with the Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award from the National Communication Association's Political Communication Division and the Best Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology.
Professor Sobieraj's other books include The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility (w/ J. Berry), and Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism. She also editied of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology (w/ D. Rohlinger) and A Crisis of Civility?: Political Discourse and Its Discontents (w/ R. Boatright, D. Young, and T. Schaffer). Sobieraj's article-based research appears in journals such as Information, Communication & Society, Social Problems, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Political Communication. Her work has been featured in venues such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Politico, Vox, CNN, NPR, the American Prospect, National Review, and the Atlantic.
Professor Sobieraj is a member of the National Institute for Civil Discourse's Research Network and is a faculty associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
In her free time, Professor Sobieraj can usually be found with her nose in a novel, talking politics, playing cards, or indulging in a good binge-watch.
Professor Sobieraj's other books include The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility (w/ J. Berry), and Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism. She also editied of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology (w/ D. Rohlinger) and A Crisis of Civility?: Political Discourse and Its Discontents (w/ R. Boatright, D. Young, and T. Schaffer). Sobieraj's article-based research appears in journals such as Information, Communication & Society, Social Problems, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Political Communication. Her work has been featured in venues such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Politico, Vox, CNN, NPR, the American Prospect, National Review, and the Atlantic.
Professor Sobieraj is a member of the National Institute for Civil Discourse's Research Network and is a faculty associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
In her free time, Professor Sobieraj can usually be found with her nose in a novel, talking politics, playing cards, or indulging in a good binge-watch.