A5079289145- Media Studies and Communication
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Media Influence and Politics
- Media Influence and Health
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
Villanova University
2020-2022
University of Pennsylvania
2022
In today's complex media environment, does coverage influence youth and young adults' (YYA) tobacco use intentions? We conceptualize the "public communication environment" effect mediators, then ask whether over time variation in exogenously measured from mass social sources predicts daily YYA cigarette smoking intentions a rolling nationally representative phone survey (N = 11,847 on 1,147 days between May 2014 June 2017). Past week anti-tobacco pro-tobacco content Twitter, newspapers,...
Media coverage can impact support for health policies and, ultimately, compliance with those policies. Prior research found consistent, high Tobacco 21 policies, which raise the minimum legal age of tobacco purchase to 21, among adults and nonsmoking youth. However, a recent study (i.e., agreement statement: "The buy cigarettes should be increased from 18 21") 13–20-year-old smokers 2014 until mid-2016 then declined steadily through mid-2017. To assess whether media could related young...
Courses Quantitative research methods, basic communication courses.Objectives The goals of the exercise are for students (1) collaboratively to design a “real world” survey questionnaire, (2) analyze questions and address if how meets its (3) evaluate strengths limitations welcome methods more broadly, (4) instructor collect information about promote learning throughout course.