Michael Koliska

Dr. Michael Koliska is an associate professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University. His research explores among other things on the practices, performances, theories and effects of transparency and trust in analog, digital, automated and AI journalism. Specifically, he explores how technology and discourses about technology alter the newsroom sociology including production and accountability processes that influence public perception of journalism’s legitimacy. Dr. Koliska’s work on these issues has appeared in the International Journal of Communication, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journal of Media Ethics, and others. Prior to joining Georgetown, Dr. Koliska was an assistant professor at Auburn University. He worked for more than a decade as a broadcast and multimedia journalist in Germany, China, the UK, and the US. He also studied and worked in India and Ireland.