Faculty and Staff Profile

Darren L Linvill

Educational Background

Ph.D.
Clemson University 2008

M.A.
Wake Forest University 2002

B.A.
Wake Forest University 1999

Profile

Darren studies the tactics, strategies, and impacts of foreign information manipulations and interference. In addition to his academic publications he has written for The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Foreign Affairs, and Lawfare. Darren is a 2021 National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow and a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

Research Publications

Selected Publication:

Wack, M., Linvill, D. L., & Warren, P. L. (2025). Generative propaganda: Evidence of AI’s impact from a state-backed disinformation campaign. PNAS Nexus.

Linvill, D., Warren, J., Warren, P. L., & White, D. (2024). Where do trolls say they are? Understanding the use of place claims in nation state influence operations. International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

Cranmer, G. A., Linvill, D. L., Smith, H., Denham, B., Bober, J.*, Nutt, K.*, & Seaton, W.* (2023). Social media trolls as faux third-party agents of image repair: China’s disinformation campaign and statecraft in the Daryl Morey affair. Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Lees, J., Banas, J., Linvill, D. L., Meirick, P. C., & Warren, P. L. (2024). The Spot the Troll Quiz game increases accuracy in discerning between real and inauthentic social media accounts. PNAS Nexus.

Ehrett, C., Linvill, D. L., Smith, H., Warren, P. L., Bellamy, L. **, Moawad, M. **, Moran, O. **, & Moody, M. ** (2022). Inauthentic newsfeeds and agenda setting in a coordinated inauthentic information operation. Social Science Computer Review.

Linvill, D. L., Warren, P. L., & Moore, A. E. (2021). Talking to trolls—How users respond to a coordinated information operation and why they’re so supportive. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Linvill, D. L. & Warren, P. L. (2020). Troll factories: Manufacturing specialized disinformation on Twitter, Political Communication, 37, 447-467.

Linvill, D. L., Boatwright, B. C.*, Grant, W. J., & Warren, P. L. (2019). “THE RUSSIANS ARE HACKING MY BRAIN!” investigating Russia’s internet research agency twitter tactics during the 2016 United States presidential campaign. Computers in Human Behavior, 99, 292-300.