Andrew Selepak, Ph.D.

Program Coordinator - Master's program with specialization in Social Media
Instructional Assistant Professor - Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology

Office: 3053 Weimer Phone: 352-294-0879 Email: aselepak@ufl.edu Twitter: @aselepak

Areas of Expertise

Disinformation / Misinformation, Media Psychology and Media Effects, Political Communication, Pop Culture, Social Media

Education

Ph.D., Mass Communications, University of Florida
M.A., Communications, George Mason University
B.A., American History, University of Virginia

News

Andrew Selepak Comments on Possible UF TikTok Ban and Request to Reinstate Trump’s Social Media Accounts (January 30, 2023)
Andrew Selepak Comments on a Decline in Twitter Usage and the Possible Harmful Effects of Social Media on the Mental Health of Teens (January 20, 2023)
Andrew Selepak Comments on Elon Musk’s Concerns About Apple App Store Policies (December 6, 2022)
Andrew Selepak Comments on TikTok National Security Risks (November 18, 2022)
Andrew Selepak Comments on the Impact of Slumping Digital Advertising Sales on Tech and Social Media Companies (November 1, 2022)
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Publications

Selepak, A. G. (2018). Exploring anti-science attitudes among political and Christian conservatives through an examination of American universities on Twitter. Cogent Social Sciences, 4(1).

Selepak, A.G., & Cain, J. (2015). Manufacturing white criminals: Depictions of criminality and violence on Law & Order. Cogent Social Sciences, 1(1).

Martinez Jr., B. A., & Selepak, A. (2014). The sound of hate: Exploring the use of hate core song lyrics as a recruiting strategy by the White Power Movement. Intercom-Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, 37(2), 153-175.

Martinez Jr., B. A., & Selepak, A. (2013). Power and violence in Angry Aryans song lyrics: A racist skinhead communication strategy to recruit and shape a collective identity in the White Power Movement. Comunicação & Sociedade, 35(1), 153-180.

Selepak, A., & Sutherland, J. (2012). The Ku Klux Klan, conservative politics and religion: Taking extremism to the political mainstream. Politics, Religion, & Ideology, 13(1), 75-98.

Selepak, A. (2010). Skinhead Super Mario Brothers: An examination of racist and violent games on White Supremacist Web Sites. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 17(1), 1-47.

Courses

Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:

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