Briana M. Trifiro

My research is situated at the intersection of media psychology and political communication. Broadly, my work seeks to understand the widespread ramifications of digital media consumption, ranging from social media use to the internalization of narratives in partisan media. Alongside my collaborators, I have published dozens of articles in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, I have published two book reviews in Mass Communication and Society and Journal of Communication Inquiry. My empirical research has been published in journals such as Telematics and Informatics, Social Media + Society, Mass Communication and Society, and Journal of Communication in Healthcare.

I have been fortunate enough to travel around the world presenting my research. I have had dozens of conference papers accepted since starting at BU in 2019 and have presented at International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR), American Political Science Association (APSA), International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) and Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). I have also been fortunate to moderate and participate in panels covering a wide range of topics across the globe.

I am a member of the International Communication Association (ICA) and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Within AEJMC, I previously served as Teaching Chair and Vice Head of the Commission on Graduate Student Education and most recently served as Head of the Commission. In this role, I had the honor of serving on AEJMC’s Board of Directors and contributing to the leadership and future direction of the organization.

For more about my research, publications, conference presentations & service positions, please download my CV below (updated as of 8/10/26). Click here to visit my Google Scholar page.