Jessica Roberts

Assistant Professor

Bio

Jessica Roberts, PhD, is an assistant professor of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is co-author of the 2018 book, American journalism and “fake news”: Examining the facts, and her recent research on citizen journalism and social media has been published in Journalism and the International Journal of Communication. Roberts earned her PhD at the University of Maryland and her MA at the University of Southern California.

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Epistemology of Fact Checking: An Examination of Practices and Beliefs of Fact Checkers Around the World

Jessica Roberts (with Michael Koliska). 2025. Digital Journalism
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Gregory P. Perreault, Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2025. International Journal of Communication
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Social media users’ perceptions of roles and responsibilities

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2025. The Journal of Social Media in Society
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Effective journalism

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2024.
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Epistemology of fact checking: an examination of practices and beliefs of fact checkers around the world

Jessica Roberts (with Michael Koliska). 2023. Association of International Educators 2023
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Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2022. Cultures of authenticity
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Citizen Journalism

Jessica Roberts 2022. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism
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Gerard Goggin, Apps: From Mobile Phones to Digital Lives, 2021, Cambridge, UK: Polity, 166 pp., $23.95 (paperback), $64.95 (hardcover), $18.00 (e-book)

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2022. International Journal of Communication
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The psychological toll of fighting misinformation: A multi-national study of fact-checkers

Jessica Roberts (with Roberts, Jessica). 2022. 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference
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User-Created Content

Jessica Roberts 2022. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism
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Attacks on the American Press

Jessica Roberts 2021. ABC-Clio
Book

Attacks on the American Press: a documentary and reference guide

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2021. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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Empathy Cultivation through (Pro)Social Media: A Counter to Compassion Fatigue

Jessica Roberts 2021. Journalism and Media
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Empathy cultivation through social media? A counter to compassion fatigue

Jessica Roberts (with Roberts, Jessica). 2021. European Communication Research and Education Association Conference
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Role theory and situating the social media user

Jessica Roberts (with Roberts, Jessica). 2021. IAMCR 2021 - Rethinking borders and boundaries
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Space, place and the self: Reimagining selfies as Thirdspace

Jessica Roberts (with Koliska, Michael). 2021. 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference
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Space, Place, and the Self: Reimagining Selfies as Thirdspace

Jessica Roberts 2021. Social Media + Society
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‘Humans of New York’ during the pandemic: Giving users a voice

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2021. Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
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A typology of content creators

Jessica Roberts (with Roberts, Jessica). 2020. What is Information?
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Citizen Journalism

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2019. The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy
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Social Action and Advocacy

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2019. The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy
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The erosion of ethics

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2019. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
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The erosion of ethics: from citizen journalism to social media

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2019. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
Book

American Journalism and "Fake News"

Jessica Roberts 2018. ABC-Clio
Book

American journalism and "Fake News": examining the facts

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Stewart Roberts). 2018. ABC-CLIO
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Maria Soledad Segura and Silvio Waisbord, media movements: civil society and media policy reform in Latin America

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Stewart Roberts). 2018. USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
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Jessica Roberts (with Rulon Wood). 2017. Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, & ethical public relations: strengthening synergies with human resources
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Comparing the use of space in selfies on Chinese Weibo and Twitter

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2017. Global Media and China
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Corporate social responsibility, volunteerism, and social identity

Jessica Roberts 2017. Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, & ethical public relations: Strengthening synergies with human resources
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From the street to public service: ‘Humans of New York’ photographer’s journey to journalism

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2017. Journalism
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Selfies: witnessing and participatory journalism with a point of view

Jessica Roberts (with Michael Koliska). 2015. International Journal of Communication
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The effects of ambient media: What unplugging reveals about being plugged in

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Roberts). 2014. First Monday
Book Chapter

Ethics of citizen journalism sites

Jessica Roberts (with Jessica Stewart Roberts). 2012. Digital ethics: Research and practice
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«The world unplugged» and «24 hours without media»

Jessica Roberts (with Susan Moeller). 2012. Comunicar
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Philosophical linkages between public journalism and citizen journalism

Jessica Roberts 2011. Media perspectives for the 21st century