A5007751666- Media Influence and Health
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Public Spaces through Art
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Media Studies and Communication
- Social Media and Politics
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Problem Solving Skills Development
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
- Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Media Influence and Politics
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Image and Video Quality Assessment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Virginia Tech
2017-2021
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
2012-2014
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the extent which news story format (narrative vs. non-narrative) can initiate empathic processes that produce more favorable evaluations stigmatized groups. Participants ( N = 399) read one two versions a described health care–related dilemmas for either immigrants, prisoners, or elderly. Narrative-formatted stories compassion toward individuals in story, attitudes group, beneficial behavioral intentions, and information-seeking behavior.
The label "fake news" was used in 2016 to describe disinformation messages disseminated during the US Presidential campaign, particularly such on social media sites, but term quickly co-opted by President Donald Trump and his administration for use as a general epithet discredit journalistic coverage critical of White House. Across two preregistered experimental designs, we empirically examine effect that Trump's tweets containing accusations toward journalists have how audiences perceive...
Although extensive political communication research considers the content of candidate messages, scholars have largely ignored how those words are rendered – specifically, typefaces in which they set. If found to attributes, that may impact voters receive campaign messages. Our paper reports results two survey experiments demonstrating individuals perceive typefaces, type families, and styles ideological qualities. Furthermore, partisanship moderates subjects' perceptions typefaces:...
Recommendations vary on sample sizes researchers should use to represent a year’s worth of coverage from electronic databases. We keyword search create two sampling frames immigration news in 2009. LexisNexis elite and regional outlets individual Arizona newspapers state coverage. examine the representativeness themes, created coded with IBM’s Modeler program. compare efficiency samples simple random constructed week conclude most variables are representative when between 10 14 weeks.
Two exploratory studies demonstrate, for the first time, that narrative persuasion can diminish stigma attached to social groups featured in journalistic narratives. Study 1 shows format improves toward Syrian refugees indirectly through engagement, perceived similarity, and meaningful affect. Decreases also improved attitudes refugees. 2 replicates these findings against a separate participant pool, an additional story topic, compares changes stigma, attitude non-narrative fact sheet...