Josephine Lukito

Affiliation: School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research focus: Political communication, disinformation campaigns, social media dynamics, strategic communication.

Key publications

• Coordinating a Multi-Platform Disinformation Campaign: Internet Research Agency Activity on Three U.S. Social Media Platforms, 2015 to 2017 — Analyzes Internet Research Agency's coordinated disinformation strategy across Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit (2015–2017).

Research interests

Lukito's work examines state-sponsored and strategic disinformation in the digital environment, with particular attention to how actors coordinate message strategies across multiple social media platforms to influence domestic political discourse. Her research combines computational methods (time series analysis, content analysis) with strategic communication theory.