Nicholas Alexander Diakopoulos

Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, Communication Studies
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Communication Studies PhD Program
Media, Technology, and Society PhD Program
Technology and Social Behavior PhD Program

Emailnad@northwestern.edu

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Research Interests

Nicholas Diakopoulos' research is in computational and data journalism with emphases on algorithmic accountability and social computing in the news.

Education/Academic qualification

BS, Brown University

MS, Georgia Institute of Technology

PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

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CAREER: Computational Journalism: Integrating Algorithms and People in the Production of News Information
Diakopoulos, N. A.
National Science Foundation
2/1/19 → 1/31/24
Project: Research project
CHS: Small: Assessing the Role of Platform Algorithms in Shaping News Attention
Diakopoulos, N. A.
National Science Foundation
9/1/17 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project

2110 Citations
36 Conference contribution
21 Article
1 Chapter
1 Review article

Anticipating and addressing the ethical implications of deepfakes in the context of elections
Diakopoulos, N. & Johnson, D., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: New Media and Society.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterizing Communication Patterns between Audiences and Newsbots
Gómez-Zará, D. & Diakopoulos, N., Nov 2020, In: Digital Journalism. 8, 9, p. 1093-1113 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Computational News Discovery: Towards Design Considerations for Editorial Orientation Algorithms in Journalism
Diakopoulos, N., Aug 8 2020, In: Digital Journalism. 8, 7, p. 945-967 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Negotiated autonomy: The role of social media algorithms in editorial decision making
Peterson-Salahuddin, C. & Diakopoulos, N., 2020, In: Media and Communication. 8, 3, p. 27-38 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Scopus citations
Partisan search behavior and Google results in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections
Trielli, D. & Diakopoulos, N., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Information Communication and Society.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Research Interests

Education/Academic qualification

CAREER: Computational Journalism: Integrating Algorithms and People in the Production of News Information

CHS: Small: Assessing the Role of Platform Algorithms in Shaping News Attention

Anticipating and addressing the ethical implications of deepfakes in the context of elections

Characterizing Communication Patterns between Audiences and Newsbots

Computational News Discovery: Towards Design Considerations for Editorial Orientation Algorithms in Journalism

Negotiated autonomy: The role of social media algorithms in editorial decision making

Partisan search behavior and Google results in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections