Scholars@Duke
Christopher Andrew Bail

Christopher Andrew Bail CV

Professor of Sociology
Sociology
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Featured Works

Emotional Feedback and the Viral Spread of Social Media Messages About Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Journal article American journal of public health · July 2016 Featured Publication ObjectiveTo determine whether exchanges of emotional language between health advocacy organizations and social media users predict the spread of posts about autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).MethodsI created a Facebook application that tra ... Full text Cite

The Fringe Effect: Civil Society Organizations and the Evolution of Media Discourse about Islam since the September 11th Attacks

Journal article American Sociological Review · December 1, 2012 Featured Publication Numerous studies indicate that civil society organizations create cultural change by deploying mainstream messages that resonate with prevailing discursive themes. Yet these case studies of highly influential organizations obscure the much larger populatio ... Full text Cite

The configuration of symbolic boundaries against immigrants in Europe

Journal article American Sociological Review · January 1, 2008 Featured Publication Recent studies report significant cross-national variation in the conceptual distinctions or "symbolic boundaries" used by majority groups to construct notions of "us" and "them." Because this literature compares only a handful of countries, the macro-leve ... Full text Cite