Dr. Miriam Brinberg

About

Miriam Brinberg is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University in the United States. Her research focuses on examining interpersonal interactions in everyday life and developing methods to better understand those interactions.

The overarching theme of Brinberg’s research is describing the dynamics of interpersonal interaction – in face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts – and how those dynamics are associated with individual and relational characteristics. She applies and advances “traditional” dyadic methods and work with intensive longitudinal data from interactions in the lab, ecological momentary assessments, and unobtrusive digital monitoring (e.g., long sequences of temporally ordered screenshots, text messages). Brinberg’s collaboration at the Weizenbaum Institute integrates her experiences with intensive longitudinal trace data with the Digital News Dynamics group's expertise on digital methodologies, particularly linking digital observations with self-reported outcomes (e.g., attitudes, beliefs, opinions).

Brinberg’s work has been published in a range of peer-reviewed journals including Psychological Methods, Communication Methods and Measures, and the Journal of Communication. Her work has been funded by the Mental Research Institute (US), the National Science Foundation (US), and the National Institutes of Health (US).

Research Group: Digital News Dynamics (12.-25.3.2026)