Mary Chayko

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| occupation = Professor at Rutgers School of Communication and Information[https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/chayko-mary Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at Rutgers University's School of Communication]

| alma_mater = Seton Hall University, Rutgers University

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Mary Chayko is an American sociologist and Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information at Rutgers University.{{cite web |title=Mary Chako |url=https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/chayko-mary |website=Rutgers School of Communication and Information |accessdate=3 June 2019}} She is the director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information and she was a six-year Faculty Fellow in Residence at the Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College (2017–2023).{{cite web |title=Mary Chayko |url=https://honorscollege.rutgers.edu/mary-chayko |website=Rutgers Honors College |accessdate=3 June 2019}} She is an affiliated faculty member of the [https://sociology.rutgers.edu/ Sociology Department] and [https://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/ Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department] at Rutgers.

Mary Chayko was one of the earliest social scientists to study the social implications of the internet and digital technologies. Her research focuses on the impact of the internet, digital technology, and social media on community, society, and the self. She is the author of multiple academic books and many articles on communication and sociology, exploring the impact of technology from the micro (self, relationships) to the macro (community, society).{{Cite web|date=2011-10-18|title=Writing|url=https://marychayko.com/writing/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Mary Chayko, Ph.D.|language=en}} With the Behavioral Informatics Lab at the School of Communication and Information, she conducts, publishes, and presents research examining the prevalence of gender bias and stereotypes on social media and in household “smart” devices. With the [https://newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/idea Rutgers Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy] and physicians at [https://www.rwjbh.org/ Robert Wood Johnson - Barnabas Hospital], she is exploring ways in which social media and digital technology can be used to help connect patients in need of organ transplants with prospective donors. She also shares her research with the general public, as in the NBC News article, “[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-50-years-spent-internet-worth-humanity-ncna1073656 What is 50 Years Spend on the Internet Worth to Humanity?]”

She was honored with the Rutgers University Presidential Award

for Excellence in Teaching (2019){{cite web |title=MARY CHAYKO AWARDED RUTGERS UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING |url=https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/mary-chayko-awarded-rutgers-universitys-presidential-award-excellence-teaching |website=Rutgers School of Communication and Information |accessdate=3 June 2019}} and as a Rutgers Faculty of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Contributor to Undergraduate Education (1994). She also created the first course to be honored with the Quality Matters (QM) “Seal of Approval” at Rutgers University, “Digital Technology and Disruptive Change,”” which was jointly designed and submitted for certification by instructional designer Denise Kreiger (2015).

Early life

Mary Chayko grew up in Woodbridge, NJ and went to Woodbridge High School. A musician, she played the flute and sang in school, state, and regional orchestras and choirs. Her interest in music led her to pursue a career as a radio announcer and disc jockey, beginning at Seton Hall University (WSOU-FM), and continuing at such local radio stations as WNNJ-AM (Newton, NJ), WMTR-AM (Morristown, NJ), WDHA-FM (Dover, NJ), WMGQ-FM (New Brunswick, NJ), and WNEW-AM (New York, NY). She has also worked extensively as a voice-over announcer.

Education

Mary Chayko graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University with a B.A., double majoring in Communication and Psychology. After receiving an Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology at Rutgers University, she completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers. Her dissertation “Technology and Togetherness: How We Create and Live in a World of Mental Connections” focused on how people use technology to form social bonds and communities without ever having had face-to-face contact.{{Cite web|date=2011-10-18|title=Research|url=https://marychayko.com/research/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Mary Chayko, Ph.D.|language=en}}

Career

= Saint Elizabeth University =

Mary Chayko served as Chairperson of the Sociology Department at Saint Elizabeth University (then The College of Saint Elizabeth) from 2001 to 2013. She began at the college as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor, and was tenured and promoted to Professor of Sociology in 2008.

= Rutgers University =

She joined the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University in 2014 as an Interdisciplinary Teaching Professor. She chaired the Social Media and Society Research Cluster at SC&I from 2014 to 2019. In 2017, she was appointed Faculty Fellow in Residence at the Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College, where she has mentored dozens of honors students and teaches first-year Byrne seminars, entitled “Selfies and Digital Culture,” highlighting her research.{{Cite web|title=Rutgers Today|url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.rutgers.edu|language=en}}

As of 2021, she is the Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information and the director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at Rutgers SC&I. She directs the [https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/undergraduate-programs/digital-communication-information-and-media-minor Digital Communication, Information and Media (DCIM) Minor] and the [https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/undergraduate-programs/gender-and-media-minor Gender and Media Minor] at SC&I. The DCIM minor program provides undergraduate students across the Rutgers academic spectrum with the technical, analytical, interpersonal, and entrepreneurial skills to work and lead effectively in digital spaces.{{Citation|title=Digital Communication, Information, and Media (DCIM) Minor - Overview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-2PpUc49Y|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14}} The Gender and Media minor program, a partnership with the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, provides students with the ability to critically analyze and positively impact power imbalances in the media.{{Citation|title=Gender and Media Minor Overview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhqi7wuQoI|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14}}

Selected publications

Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media and Techno-Social Life (Third Edition, 2021, translations in English, Korean, Serbian, and Turkish; Second Edition, 2018; First Edition, 2016). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications {{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Superconnected : the internet, digital media, and techno-social life |isbn=978-1506394855 |edition=Second |oclc=1033828492 |date=2018-01-10 }}
Pioneers of Public Sociology: Thirty Years of Humanity and Society. (With Corey Dolgon). 2010. Cambridge, MA: Sloan Publishing{{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Pioneers of public sociology : thirty years of Humanity and society |date=2011 |publisher=Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Sloan Publishing |location=NY |oclc=874922586 }}
Portable Communities: The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness. 2008. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press {{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Portable communities : the social dynamics of online and mobile connectedness |date=2009 |publisher=State University of New York Press |location=New York |oclc=799960512 }} Portable Communities named Best Paper by the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research Conference in 2014; Book of the Year Runner-Up by the Association for Humanist Sociology in 2009; and Social Science Bestseller ranked sixth nationally by Library Journal in 2009.
Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age. 2002. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press{{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Connecting : how we form social bonds and communities in the Internet age |url=https://archive.org/details/connectinghowwef0000chay |url-access=registration |date=2002 |publisher=State University of New York Press |location=New York |oclc=49225477 }}

Scholarly articles, reviews, and book chapters

“The Practice of Identity: Development, Expression, Performance, Form.” 2021. pp. 115–125 in Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Communication. Edited by Leah A. Lievrouw and Brian D. Loader. Routledge.
“Female Librarians and Male Computer Programmers? Gender Bias in Occupational Images on Digital Media Platforms.” 2020. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. (With Singh, Vivek, K., Inamjar, R., and Floegel, D.) doi: 10.1002/asi.24335
“Rethinking Community in Communication and Information Studies: Digital Community and Community ‘To Go’.” 2020. Chapter 5, Pp. 99-110 in Rethinking Community Through Transdisciplinary Research. Edited by Bettina Jansen. Palgrave.{{Cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030310721|title=Rethinking Community through Transdisciplinary Research|date=2020|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-3-030-31072-1|editor-last=Jansen|editor-first=Bettina|language=en}}
“[http://www.sociologija.org/admin/published/2019_61/4/648.pdf Reality, Emotionality, and Intimacy in Digital Social Connecting: The Experience of Being Superconnected].” 2019. Sociologjia. LXI:4:513-519.
“What is 50 Years Spent on the Internet Worth to Humanity?” Oct. 20, 2019. NBC News Online.{{Cite web|title=Opinion {{!}} What is 50 years spent on the internet worth to humanity?|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-50-years-spent-internet-worth-humanity-ncna1073656|access-date=2021-08-14|website=NBC News|language=en}}
“Digital Technology, Social Media, and Techno-Social Life.” 2019. Chapter 22, pp. 377–397, in Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology, 2nd edition. Edited by George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft-Murphy. Wiley-Blackwell.
"In Sync, But Apart": Temporal Symmetry and Digital Connectedness." 2018. Networks, Hacking, and Media: Emerald Studies in Media and Communication. 17:63-72.{{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Networks, Hacking, and Media – CITA MS@30: Now and then and Tomorrow |volume=17 |pages=63–72 |chapter=Chapter 4 In Sync, but Apart: Temporal Symmetry, Social Synchronicity, and Digital Connectedness |date=2018 |publisher=Emerald Publishing Limited |doi=10.1108/S2050-206020180000017004 |series=Studies in Media and Communications |isbn=978-1-78769-666-2 |s2cid=150273075 }}
"The First Web Theorist? Georg Simmel and the Legacy of 'The Web of Group-Affiliations'" 2015. Information, Communication and Society{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=The first web theorist? Georg Simmel and the legacy of 'The web of group-affiliations' |journal=Information, Communication & Society |date=11 May 2015 |volume=18 |issue=12 |pages=1419–1422 |doi=10.1080/1369118X.2015.1042394 |s2cid=143322899 }}
"Techno-Social Life: The Internet, Digital Technology, and Social Connectedness." 2014. Sociology Compass. 8:7:976-991{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Techno-Social Life: The Internet, Digital Technology, and Social Connectedness |journal=Sociology Compass |date=July 2014 |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=976–991 |doi=10.1111/soc4.12190 }}
"Book Review: Networked: The New Operating System by Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman." 2014. Sociological Forum. 29:2:517-521.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Networked |journal=Sociological Forum|volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=517–521 |doi=10.1111/socf.12100 |year=2014 }}
"Book Review: The Engaged Sociologist by Kathleen Korgen and Jonathan White." 2012. Humanity and Society. 36:1.85-86.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Book Review: The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community |journal=Humanity and Society |date=2012 |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=85–86 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/dfc865abdf2cf5eefa6ae1e5598a4591/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=396501 |accessdate=3 June 2019|doi=10.1177/0160597611433267 |s2cid=144150598 }}
"Live Tweeting in the Classroom With a Guest Speaker-Tweeter." 2012. Cyborgology. Nov.{{cite web |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Live-Tweeting in the Classroom…With a Guest Speaker-Tweeter |url=https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/11/30/live-tweeting-in-the-classroom-with-a-guest-speaker-tweeter/ |website=The Society Pages |accessdate=3 June 2019|date=2012-11-30 }}
"I'll Take My Community To Go." 2009. Vodafone Receiver. May, lead article.{{cite web |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=I'll Take My Community To Go |url=http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/ill-take-my-community-to-go} |website=Vodafone Receiver |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
"The Portable Community: Envisioning and Examining Mobile Social Connectedness." 2007. International Journal of Web-based Communities. 3:4:373-385.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=The portable community: envisioning and examining mobile social connectedness |journal=International Journal of Web Based Communities |date=2007 |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=373 |citeseerx=10.1.1.92.7355 |doi=10.1504/IJWBC.2007.015864 }}
"Author's Response to Review of 'Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age.'" 2007. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. March.{{cite web |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Author Response: Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age |url=http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp%3FBookID=356&AuthorID=114.html |website=Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
"Book Review: Love Online: Emotions on the Internet by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev." 2006. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. April.{{cite web |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Book Review: Love Online: Emotions on the Internet by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev. |url=http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp%3FBookID=301&ReviewID=371.html |website=Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
"When Culture Met Science: Revisiting a Humanistic Perspective of Science and Society." 2004. Humanity and Society. 27:3:265-268.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=When Culture Met Science: Revisiting "A Humanistic Perspective of Science and Society |journal=Humanity and Society |date=2004 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=265–268 |doi=10.1177/016059760302700306 |s2cid=144820310 }}
"Book Review: The Internet in Everyday Life, by Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite." 2003. Contemporary Sociology. 32:6:728-730.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Review of The Internet in Everyday Life, edited by Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite. |journal=Contemporary Sociology |date=2002 |url=http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/netlab/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/The-Internet-in-Everyday-Life-Review.pdf |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
"Social Stratification." 2003. In Race, Gender and Class in Sociology: Toward an Inclusive Curriculum, Fifth Edition. Edited by B. Scott, J. Misra, and M. Segal, 5th Edition. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.{{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title="Social Stratification." In Race, Gender and Class in Sociology: Toward an Inclusive Curriculum, Fifth Edition. |date=January 1997 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Race-Gender-Class-Sociology-Curriculum/dp/B000F959OS |publisher=American Sociological Association |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
"The Internet and American Life." 2000. National survey for Princeton Survey Research Consultants (contributor).
"How You Act Your Age When You Watch TV." 1993. Sociological Forum. 8:4:573-593.{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=How you "act your age" when you watch TV |journal=Sociological Forum |date=1993 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=573–593 |doi=10.1007/BF01115212 |s2cid=143735824 }}
"What is Real in the Age of Virtual Reality? 'Reframing' Frame Analysis for a Technological World." 1993. Symbolic Interaction. 16:2:171-181{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=What is Real in the Age of Virtual Reality?"Retraining" Frame Analysis for a Technological World |journal=Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction |date=1993 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=171–181 |doi=10.1525/si.1993.16.2.171 }}
"Technological Ties That Bind: Media-Generated Primary Groups." 1992. Communication Research. 19:1:109-129. (With Karen A. Cerulo and Janet M. Ruane).{{cite journal |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Technological Ties That Bind: Media-Generated Primary Groups |journal=Communication Research |date=1992 |volume=19 |issue=1 |doi=10.1177/009365092019001005 |s2cid=141429168 }}

Media contributions

CBS News. Experts predict how AI, digital tech will shape the world by 2035. June 23, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=CORY SMITH {{!}} The National |date=2023-06-23 |title=Experts predict how AI, digital tech will shape the world by 2035 |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/experts-predict-good-bad-from-ai-and-digital-tech-changes-by-2035-artificial-intelligence-information-health-care-government-industry-jobs-social-media-robots-surveillance-regulation |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=KEYE |language=en}}
Philadelphia Magazine. Life unfiltered: Why I opened up about my cancer scare on social media. January 31, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Brzyski |first=Laura |date=2023-01-31 |title=Life Unfiltered: Why I Opened Up About My Cancer Scare on Social Media |url=https://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2023/01/31/cancer-scare-social-media/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Philadelphia Magazine |language=en-US}}
Washington Post. They asked Lizzo for a dress online. It worked. November 19, 2022.{{Cite news |last=Somasundaram |first=Praveena |date=2022-11-20 |title=They asked Lizzo for a dress through TikTok. It worked. |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/19/tiktok-viral-lizzo-dress/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0190-8286}}
NJ. Com Study finds people are more rude, aggressive online. December 5, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Matthau |first=David|date=2021-12-06 |title=Study finds people are more rude, aggressive online |url=https://nj1015.com/study-finds-people-are-more-rude-aggressive-online/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=New Jersey 101.5 |language=en}}
SiriusXM. Guest on one-hour radio program with Larry Olmsted and Glenn Crooks on sports fans and fan communities. March 31, 2021.
NJ.com. Why we're shaming NJ residents who don't social distance. May 18, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Amanda Hoover {{!}} NJ Advance Media For NJ. com|date=2020-05-18|title=Why we're shaming N.J. residents who don't social distance, even though it won't make them stay home|url=https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/why-were-shaming-nj-residents-who-dont-social-distance-even-though-it-wont-make-them-stay-home.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=nj|language=en}}
Rutgers Today. Strengthening face-to-face connections online during COVID-19 pandemic. April 10, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Strengthening Face-to-Face Connections Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic|url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/strengthening-face-face-connections-online-during-covid-19-pandemic|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.rutgers.edu|language=en}}
Women In Academia Report. Rutgers University Study Finds Stereotype Images of Gender Roles in the Workforce Persist Online. February 12, 2020.{{Cite web|last=says|first=Barry Murphy|date=2020-02-12|title=Rutgers University Study Finds Stereotypic Images of Gender Roles in the Workforce Persist Online|url=https://www.wiareport.com/2020/02/rutgers-university-study-finds-stereotypic-images-of-gender-roles-in-the-workforce-persist-online/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Women In Academia Report}}
The Daily Targum. Rutgers Research Shows Gender Bias in Media Relating to Different Occupations. February 11, 2020.{{Cite web|title=The Daily Targum|url=https://dailytargum.com//|access-date=2021-08-14|website=The Daily Targum|language=en}}
BizCommunity.com Occupational gender bias and stereotypes prevalent online. February 10, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Occupational gender bias and stereotypes prevalent online|url=https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/19/200486.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.bizcommunity.com|language=en}}
Telangana Today. Online images reinforce gender stereotypes. February 6, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Online images reinforce occupational gender stereotypes|url=https://archive.telanganatoday.com/online-images-reinforce-occupational-gender-stereotypes|access-date=2021-08-14|website=archive.telanganatoday.com}}
Rutgers Today. Occupational gender bias prevalent in online images, study finds. February 5, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Occupational Gender Bias Prevalent in Online Images, Rutgers Study Finds|url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/occupational-gender-bias-prevalent-online-images-rutgers-study-finds|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.rutgers.edu|language=en}}
Hyperallergic.com.Online Images Reinforce Gender Biases Around Professions, Study Says. February 5, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Weber|first=Jasmine|date=2020-02-05|title=Online Images Reinforce Gender Biases Around Professions, Study Says|url=http://hyperallergic.com/541323/online-images-reinforce-gender-biases-around-professions-study-says/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}
Business Standard. Occupational gender bias prevalent in social media images: study. February 4, 2020.{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2020-02-04|title=Occupational gender bias prevalent in social media images: Study|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/occupational-gender-bias-prevalent-in-social-media-images-study-120020401232_1.html|access-date=2021-08-14}}
ET&T Magazine. Online images reinforce engineering stereotypes. February 4, 2020.{{Cite web|last=staff|first=E&T editorial|date=2020-02-04|title=Online images reinforce engineering stereotypes|url=https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/02/online-images-reinforce-engineering-stereotypes/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=eandt.theiet.org|language=en-US}}
Physics.org. Occupational gender bias prevalent in online images, study finds. February 3, 2020.{{Cite web|title=Occupational gender bias prevalent in online images, study finds|url=https://phys.org/news/2020-02-occupational-gender-bias-prevalent-online.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=phys.org|language=en}}
Nj.com. How the pasta guy from NJ became a viral flash in the pan. January 8, 2020.{{Cite web|last=NJ.com|first=Amy Kuperinsky {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|date=2020-01-08|title=How the pasta guy from 'Angry New Jersey Cooking Show' became a viral flash in the pan|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/01/how-the-pasta-guy-from-angry-new-jersey-cooking-show-became-a-milkshake-duck-and-flash-in-the-pan.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=nj|language=en}}
SiriusXM Radio. Guest on one-hour radio program with Prof. Rick Eckstein (Villanova University) on social media and youth sports. April 24, 2019.
Daily Targum. New Brunswick found to be top city for students studying communication, media studies. April 16, 2019.{{Cite web|title=The Daily Targum|url=https://dailytargum.com//|access-date=2021-08-14|website=The Daily Targum|language=en}}
RU-TV (Rutgers student-run TV) Guest on morning program discussing social media and relationships. Feb. 14, 2019. (Segment begins at 17:40).{{Citation|title=WUR 2/14/19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da__whSK8sc|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14}}
Women's Health Magazine. Yes, The Internet Can Improve Your Mental Health—As Long As You're Smart About It. April 26, 2019.{{cite web |last1=Shortsleeve |first1=Cassie |title=Yes, The Internet Can Improve Your Mental Health—As Long As You're Smart About It |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a27140605/digital-networking-connections/ |website=Women's Health |date=26 April 2019}}
NJ.com. So you want to run a Facebook group in NJ? July 29, 2018.{{cite web |last1=Hoover |first1=Amanda |title=So you want to run a Facebook group in N.J.? Be ready for dogs, debates, drama |url=https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/heres_what_managing_a_town_facebook_group_in_nj_en.html |website=NJ.com |accessdate=5 June 2019|date=2018-07-29 }}
RU-TV (Rutgers Student-Run TV) Guest on morning program discussing programs and offerings at the School of Communication and Information. April 12, 2018.{{cite web |last1=RU |first1=TV |title=Wake Up Rutgers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9grovEPLloA |website=Youtube |accessdate=5 June 2019}} (segment begins at approximately 15:30)
Tapinto.com. New Jersey Citizens Tackle the Rising Tide of Hate. February 2, 2017 {{cite web |last1=Zoppo |first1=Gail |title=New Jersey Citizens Tackle the Rising Tide of Hate |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-brunswick/articles/new-jersey-citizens-tackle-the-rising-tide-of-hat-1 |website=Tapinto.com |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Asbury Park Press. "The Election is Stressing People Out - Here's Why." November 7, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Yi |first1=Karen |title=The election is stressing people out, here's why |url=https://www.app.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/04/2016-election-anxiety/93125338/ |website=AsburyParkPress.com |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Rutgers Today. "The Significance of Selfies – Then and Now." October 6, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Intrabartola |first1=Lisa |title=The Significance of Selfies – Then and Now |url=https://news.rutgers.edu/feature/significance-selfies-%E2%80%93-then-and-now/20161009#.XPgJedNKjjB |website=Rutgers Today |accessdate=5 June 2019|date=2016-10-10 }}
New Books Network, Half-hour interview guest. September 30, 2016.{{cite web |last1=McNealy |first1=Jasmine |title=Mary Chayko |url=https://newbooksnetwork.com/mary-chayko-superconnected-the-internet-digital-media-and-techno-social-life-sage-2016/ |website=New Books Network|date=2016-09-13 }}
Campus Technology magazine, "How to Design Standards-Based Online Courses. July 27, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Raths |first1=David |title=How to Design Standards-Based Online Courses |url=https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2016/07/27/How-to-Design-Standards-Based-Online-Courses.aspx?Page=1 |website=Campus Technology |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
WMGQ-FM "Magic 98.3" (New Brunswick, NJ). Half-hour guest on "@ Central Jersey." June 18, 2016.{{cite web |last1=Glynn |first1=Maggie |title=What Happens on Social Media Stays on Social Media...or Does it? |url=https://magic983.com/episodes/happens-social-media-stays-social-media/ |website=Magic 98.3 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
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Personal

Mary Chayko is married to sports broadcaster and former Rutgers Women's Soccer head coach Glenn Crooks. She has two children, Ryan and Morgan. In her spare time, she sings and plays the flute in a band with fellow sociologists and friends Corey Dolgon and Jim Pennell. The band recorded an album with Rambling Roots Records titled “[https://marychaykodotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/cd-flyer-for-cse.doc Songs of Peace and Justice.”]