Dr. Bond Benton
Associate Professor, Communication and Media
Email: bentonb@montclair.edu
Faculty Profile
Expert on social media, branding, popular culture, and online hate groups/extremism.
Areas of Expertise
- Online extremism and radicalization
- Internet culture
- Popular culture
- Branding
- Corporate social responsibility and communication
Media
- QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal (NY Times)
- How hate groups are hijacking fashion brands (USA Today)
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Disinformation Researchers Fret About Fallout From Judge’s Order (NY Times)
- As social network Threads grows, voting rights groups worry about misinformation (NPR)
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Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears (Reuters)
- Elon Musk Drove a 9,500-Percent Surge in Pizzagate Content (MSN)
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Why Taylor Swift is the media’s favorite subject — even when the story isn’t about her (CNN)