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Faculty: Sarah Sobieraj  
Sarah Sobieraj
Associate Professor
Ph.D. SUNY Albany, M.A. American University
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Expertise:
Political Sociology, Mass Media; Civil Society and the Public Sphere; Sociology of Culture; Social Movements

Biography and Interests:
Sarah Sobieraj is an award-winning teacher and researcher with expertise in media, politics, and culture. She is the author of Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism (NYU 2011), and co-author (with Jeff Berry) of The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility, which will be published this fall by Oxford University Press. Her most recent journal articles can be found in Political Communication, Social Problems, Sociological Theory, Sociological Inquiry, The Sociological Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly. In her free time she enjoys reading, listening to storytelling podcasts (such as The Moth, This American Life, and StoryCorps), talking politics, and eating cookies.


 

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