Dr. Morgan Wack is a postdoctoral scholar in the University of Zurich’s Department of Communication & Media Research (IKMZ). His research is focused on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by motivated actors for the purpose of influencing voter perceptions and electoral outcomes. He is currently working on several projects looking at how elections serve as consensus signals for citizens living under authoritarian regimes as well as how governments use new forms of disinformation and propaganda to influence global perceptions.

Recent Publications:

Wack, M., Magistro, B., & Aslett, K. (2025). “Silence in the Stands: Assessing the Impact of Russian “Sportswashing” on Online Fan Behavior Following the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine”. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 0, 0.

Schafer, J.S., Duskin, K., Prochaska, S., Wack, M., Beers, A., Bozarth, L., Agajanian, T., Caulfield, M., Spiro, E.S. and Starbird, K. (2025). “ElectionRumors2022: A dataset of election rumors on Twitter during the 2022 US midterms.” Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media. Vol. 5.

Wack, M. & Jalbert, M. (2024). “Social Truth Queries as a Novel Method for Combating Misinformation: Evidence From Kenya.” International Journal of Press/Politics. Vol. 0, 0. 1-25.

Jalbert, M., Wack, M., Arya, P., & Williams, L. (2023). “Social truth queries: Development of a new user-driven intervention for countering online misinformation”. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Other Publications:

Parsons, S., Kennedy, I., Bentley, Q., & Wack, M. (2025). “Telling My Sons How Angel Reese Stood Toe to Toe with the KKK and Won”: Colorblind Racism and Intersectionality in Sports Discourse on Social Media. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 23326492251319712.

Magistro, B., & Wack, M.* (2022). “Racial Bias in Fans and Officials: Evidence from the Italian Serie A.” Sociology. Vol. 0, 0. *Co-First Author.

Bak-Coleman, J., Kennedy, I., Wack, M., Beers, A., Schafer, J.S., Spiro, E., Starbird, K. & West, J. (2022). “Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation.” Nature Human Behavior: 1-9.

Kennedy, I., Wack, M.*, Schafer, J.S., Beers, A., Spiro, E., Starbird, K. (2022). “Repeat Spreaders and Election Delegitimization: A Comprehensive Dataset of Misinformation Tweets from the 2020 U.S. Election.” Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, Vol. 2. *Co-First Author.

Himanshu, Z., Wack, M.*, Zhang, Y., Schafer, J.S., Beers, A., Starbird, K., Calo, R., & West, J. (2022). “Auditing Google’s Search Headlines as a Potential Gateway to Misleading Content: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Election.” Journal of Online Trust and Safety, Vol. 1, 4. *Co-First Author

Ziegler, M., Wack, M., Ingutia, N., Muiruri, I., Njogu, N., Muriithi, K., Njoroge, W., Long, J. & Heimerl, K. (2020). “Can Phones Build Relationships? A Case Study of a Kenyan Wildlife Conservancy's Community Development.” In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies: 219-230. Best Paper Award.