Jaigris Hodson is the Canada Research Chair in Digital Misinformation, Polarization, and Anti-Social Media. Their research takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how the technologies we use to communicate heighten our vulnerabilities to misinformation, polarization, and other on- and offline anti-social behaviors.
Hodson uses novel, field-building approaches to map the relationships between polarization, misinformation, and online harassment, and to facilitate democratic communication.
Experience
As a Canadian Science Policy Fellow (2018-2019), Jaigris worked with Environment and Climate Change Canada to assist in understanding how to best communicate the science of climate change to the Canadian public. Jaigris is on the editorial board for the Journal of Digital and Social Media Marketing.
Jaigris has also worked as a social media consultant with the private sector for such organizations as the Canadian Country Music Association and GCI Canada, and is a sought-after speaker on topics such as digital or social media communication, diversity, and technological disruption.
Education
2013
PhD
York University
