Michael Christensen, Carleton University

Research

Misinformation Vaccines Culture Media Literacy Computational Social Science

Latest funding

I Saw it on TikTok: How Social Media Videos Elicit Trust and Shape our Evaluative Judgement
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$241,300
A Cultural Typology of Vaccine Misinformation
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$70,790

All 2 grants and awards

I Saw it on TikTok: How Social Media Videos Elicit Trust and Shape our Evaluative Judgement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Christensen, Michael

$241,300

A Cultural Typology of Vaccine Misinformation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Christensen, Michael

Keywords: Misinformation; Vaccines; Culture; Media Literacy; Computational Social Science

$70,790

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Misinformation Dear Professor Christensen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on misinformation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "I Saw it on TikTok: How Social Media Videos Elicit Trust and Shape our Evaluative Judgement" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]