Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
I received my Ph.D. in Communication from Columbia University and my M.Sc. in Comparative Media Studies from MIT. At both institutions, I studied the role of social media in the emergence of new cultural paradigms. This continues to be an important part of my research agenda.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Journalism
Assistant Professor, Institute of Communications Research
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Recent Publications
Xiao, W., & Gonçalves, A. (2026). The price of play: A scoping review of ethical, privacy, and regulatory challenges in AI toys. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 22, Article 101015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101015
Xiao, W., & Gonçalves, A. (2025). Intelligent toys, complex questions: A literature review of artificial intelligence in children's toys and devices. Big Data and Society, 12(4), Article 20539517251389860. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251389860
Gonçalves, A., Schiffrin, A., & Fabricatorian, S. (2024). Shining a Light on Tax Avoidance: How the Panama Papers Created Salience in a World Crowded with Good Causes. In J. Weber, & R. S. Dunham (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Business Journalism (pp. 20-33). (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003298977-4
Wojcieszak, M., Menchen-Trevino, E., Clemm von hohenberg, B., De leeuw, S., Gonçalves, J., Davidson, S., & Gonçalves, A. (2024). Non-News Websites Expose People to More Political Content Than News Websites: Evidence from Browsing Data in Three Countries. Political Communication, 41(1), 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2023.2238641
Wojcieszak, M., von Hohenberg, B. C., Casas, A., Menchen-Trevino, E., de Leeuw, S., Gonçalves, A., & Boon, M. (2022). Null effects of news exposure: a test of the (un)desirable effects of a ‘news vacation’ and ‘news binging’. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), Article 413. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01423-x