Gina M. Masullo is a professor of journalism and assistant director of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin; author of Online Incivility and Public Debate: Nasty Talk; and editor of Scandal in a Digital Age. She contributes to API's Research Review series, which highlights academic research that could be relevant and useful to the news industry.
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