About

headshotI’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at University of Connecticut, where I study how we communicate via social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X) about news, health, science, and identity.

I have developed graduate and undergraduate courses on social media, and also teach courses on computer-mediated communication, new communication technology, and media effects.

My Fulbright Fellowship at Universität Duisburg-Essen launched my most recent project on algorithmic literacy, which focuses on what social media users know about the algorithms that shape their feeds, with a goal of more transparency through education, design, and policy.

Access my full CV here; permanent link, always up-to-date.

Contact me

anne.oeldorf-hirsch@uconn.edu
Address: 337 Mansfield Rd Unit 1259
Storrs CT 06269
More: https://communication.uconn.edu/person/anne-oeldorf-hirsch/

Recent/Upcoming Publications & Presentations

Pappas, S., McNamara, Oeldorf-Hirsch A., & Lachlan, K. (2026, April). “(You) should have known the risks”: Gen Z’s perceptions of image-based sexual abuse threats and coping strategies. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Pappas, S., Oeldorf-Hirsch A., & Quigley, B. (2026, April). Is Kamala brat? Counteracting persuasion resistance with authenticity on TikTok. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Suk, J., Holland Levin, S., Steinke, J., Schnitzer, K., Coletti, A., Gilbert, C., & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (Accepted for publication). Trending women in STEM: Visual space-making on TikTok. New Media & Society.

Romann, L. R., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Andalibi, N. (2026). The balancing act: User responsibility and platform accountability in the context of mental illness-related content consumption. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261435958

Pierre, L. & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025). Investigating how algorithmic awareness predicts passive and active social media content engagement behavior. Journal of Communication Technology, 7(3), 96-123. https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec.7.3.2025.05

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Schmierbach, M., Appelman, A., & Boyle, M. (2025). Stimulus creation for experiments: A case study using media literacy videos. In M.P. Boyle & A. Rainear (Eds.), Evolving Journalism Research Methods: Applications, Trends, Analyses. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032621548-27

Dreston, J. H., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Neubaum, G. (2025). What is an algorithm? A cross-cultural examination of social media users’ mental associations on algorithms. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000170

Romann, L. R. & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025). Exploring algorithmic cultivation: Sensitive self-disclosure, self-diagnosis, and hazardous mental health communication on TikTok. Journal of Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000474

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2025, October). X to Bluesky platform migration: Governance and community. Paper presented at the annual conference of The Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Niterói, Brazil.

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Romann, L. R., Witkowich, I., & Chen, J. (2025). Exploring social media users’ experiences with algorithmic transparency cues. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251339493

Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. & Romann, L. R. (2025, September). Social media eras: For friends, for you, for whom? Paper presented at MediaPsych 2025, Duisburg, Germany.

See all publications on Google Scholar; all presentations on my CV.