Dr. Rebecca Coates Nee is a Professor of Journalism in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University. Her teaching and research center around how social media is changing media, politics, and audience behaviors. Dr. Nee has authored an academic textbook, Social Media in the Digital Age, more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles, and has presented numerous academic conference papers.
Dr. Nee has spoken internationally about the problem of disinformation (fake news) on social media and the consequences for democratic political elections.
She earned her doctorate in educational technology from Pepperdine University in 2011. Prior to entering academia, she worked as a television news anchor/reporter at network affiliates across the United States. A native of Santa Barbara, Calif., Dr. Nee received her master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and bachelor’s in political science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Email: RNee@sdsu.edu
Twitter: @rcnee
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Scientists say X marks the spot where they lose faith in Twitter. KPBS Radio/TV. October 19, 2023
Facebook and Instagram Down, CBS-8, San Diego, October 2021 https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/facebook-services-instagram-global-outage/507-24ffc9e1-1226-49a7-ac61-d4383ade99d8
Defending Your Online Reputation, KGTV-10 Nov. 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1DN9k7hzk
Facebook is Even Worse than We Thought, San Diego Union Tribune Nov. 2018
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