Deana Rohlinger

Deana Rohlinger is a Professor of Sociology at Florida State University. She does research on mass media, political participation, and politics. She is the author of Abortion Politics, Mass Media, and Social Movements in America (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and dozens of scholarly and book publications that look at everything from the kinds of emails individuals sent Jeb Bush about the Terri Schiavo case to the Tea Party Movement. She currently is writing a book for New York University Press on how digital technology changes our relationships with one another and shapes our interactions with politicians, law enforcement, teachers, and religious leaders. Rohlinger has two masters’ degrees (communication and social science) and received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Irvine in 2004. She has been interviewed on a range of topics including Black Lives Matter (BBC Magazine) and controversies involving Planned Parenthood (Morning Edition and All Things Considered) and written commentaries for U.S. News & World Report as well as Fortune.