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Martin Riedl, School of Journalism and Media assistant professor and faculty fellow with CCI’s Information Integrity Institute, co-authored a new opinion piece in\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0with Samuel Woolley titled,\u00a0\u201cPaid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency.\u201d<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece draws on the pair’s recently published\u00a0book chapter<\/u><\/a>\u00a0examining ethics and transparency in political influencer practices, as well as survey-based research on attitudes toward disclosure of paid political influencer content. The research, conducted through CCI\u2019s Information Integrity Institute, published in\u00a0Social Media + Society<\/u><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Martin Riedl, School of Journalism and Media assistant professor and faculty fellow with CCI’s Information Integrity Institute, co-authored a new opinion piece in\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0with Samuel Woolley titled,\u00a0\u201cPaid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency.\u201d The piece draws on the pair’s recently published\u00a0book chapter\u00a0examining ethics and transparency in political influencer practices, as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,64,70,66,1],"tags":[],"locations":[],"class_list":["post-16840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cci-research-innovation-center","category-faculty-news","category-information-integrity-institute","category-school-of-journalism-media","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nInstitute Fellow Martin Riedl Publishes 'Guardian' Piece on Transparency in Paid Political Influencer Practices - CCI Research & Innovation Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/ric\/2026\/09\/21\/institute-fellow-martin-riedl-publishes-guardian-piece-on-transparency-in-paid-political-influencer-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Institute Fellow Martin Riedl Publishes 'Guardian' Piece on Transparency in Paid Political Influencer Practices - CCI Research & Innovation Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Martin Riedl, School of Journalism and Media assistant professor and faculty fellow with CCI’s Information Integrity Institute, co-authored a new opinion piece in\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0with Samuel Woolley titled,\u00a0\u201cPaid influencers are everywhere in US politics. 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