Publications

My research examines digital platforms, journalism, information integrity, migration and diaspora communication, and multilingual media systems. This page highlights selected recent work first, followed by a fuller scholarly record organized by publication type.

Selected & Recent Publications

• From Detection to Counterspeech: Auditing AI Moderation and Fact-Checking Practices in Ethiopia’s Multilingual Online Sphere. Media and Communication (2026). DOI

• Crowdsourcing Rebellion: Digital Fundraising for Ethiopian Rebel Groups. Civil Wars (2026). DOI

• Platform Oversight in Practice: How Language Shapes Procedure, Not Outcome in Meta’s Oversight Board. Journal of Online Trust and Safety (2026).

• Faith, displacement, and intergenerational relationships: a communication accommodation theory approach to the Ethiopian Orthodox diaspora. Language and Intercultural Communication (2026). DOI

• From Multidimensional Safety to Risk Ecologies: A Four-Coordinate Analysis of Journalist Exposure in Ethiopia, 1992–2024. Journalism Practice (2026). DOI

• Internet shutdowns in Ethiopia: Discourses of digital sovereignty and information suppression amid political instability. New Media & Society (2025). DOI

Forthcoming

• Border Narratives: How Overseas Online Discourses are Reshaping Domestic Journalism Practice in Ethiopia. The Routledge Companion to Global Journalism and Media at the Borders. Forthcoming.

• Immigrant Airwaves Reimagined: Institutional Pathways of Ethiopian-Origin Radio Journalism in the United States. American Journalism. Forthcoming.

Full Scholarly Record

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Platform Oversight in Practice: How Language Shapes Procedure, Not Outcome in Meta’s Oversight Board. Journal of Online Trust and Safety (2026).

• From Detection to Counterspeech: Auditing AI Moderation and Fact-Checking Practices in Ethiopia’s Multilingual Online Sphere. Media and Communication (2026). Article / DOI

• Crowdsourcing Rebellion: Digital Fundraising for Ethiopian Rebel Groups. Civil Wars (2026). Article / DOI

• Faith, displacement, and intergenerational relationships: a communication accommodation theory approach to the Ethiopian Orthodox diaspora. Language and Intercultural Communication (2026). Article / DOI

• From Multidimensional Safety to Risk Ecologies: A Four-Coordinate Analysis of Journalist Exposure in Ethiopia, 1992–2024. Journalism Practice (2026). Article / DOI

• Internet shutdowns in Ethiopia: Discourses of digital sovereignty and information suppression amid political instability. New Media & Society (2025). Article / DOI

• Tweeting Democracy: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Social Media Use in the Differing Politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s Newspapers. Journal of African Media Studies (2016). Article / DOI

Book Chapters

• Border Narratives: How Overseas Online Discourses are Reshaping Domestic Journalism Practice in Ethiopia. In The Routledge Companion to Global Journalism and Media at the Borders. Forthcoming.

Reports & Applied Research

• A Clash of Narratives: National Identity and Violent Conflict in Ethiopia. Global Voices Civic Media Observatory (2021). Full report

Research Reviews & Editorial Contributions

• Toolkit for Trust: Strategies for Better Online Communication. MediaWell, Social Science Research Council (2025).

Dissertation

• Diaspora Media, Local Politics: Journalism and the Politics of Homeland among the Ethiopian Opposition in the United States. University of Oregon (2018). University repository

Earlier Research

• Play Station Video Games amongst Ethiopian Children: An Investigation into Popularity of Play Station Video Games amongst Ethiopian Children in Addis Ababa. VDM Verlag (2009).

For journalism and public-facing writing, see Selected Journalism & Public Writing. For a complete professional record, see my CV.