Whitney Phillips is an American media studies scholar and author. She studies online misinformation.[1]
She is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.[2]
Phillips received a BA in philosophy from Humboldt State University in 2004, a MFA in creative writing from Emerson College in 2007, and a PhD in English from the University of Oregon.[2]
Books
- Phillips, Whitney; Brockway, Mark (2025). The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-Liberal Demonology Possessed US Religion, Media, and Politics. The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262552271.
- Phillips, Whitney; Milner, Ryan (2023). Share Better and Stress Less: A Guide to Thinking Ecologically about Social Media. Candlewick Press/MITeen. ISBN 9781536228748.
- Phillips, Whitney; Milner, Ryan (2021). You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262539913.
- Phillips, Whitney; Milner, Ryan M. (2017). The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online. Polity Press. ISBN 9781509501274.
- Phillips, Whitney (2015). This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262529877.
Reports
- Phillips, Whitney (2018). The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators Online (Report). Data & Society.
References
- Falk, Dan (April 8, 2022). "Interview: Whitney Phillips on Making Sense of Misinformation". Undark Magazine.
- "Whitney Phillips | School of Journalism and Communication". Syracuse University News. July 29, 2024.