Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Focusing on a polarized issue—U.S. gun violence—this study examines agenda setting as an antecedent of political expression on social media. A state-of-the-art machine-learning model was used to analyze news cove… Continue reading Agenda Setting, Cross-cutting Effects, and Political Expression on Social Media: The Gun Violence Case
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Selective exposure literature indicates that not all users take away the same messages from their media exposure; it is suggested that viewers are not merely exposed but rather reactive to multiple—and possibly o… Continue reading Adolescents’ Multi-Layered Media Processing: A Panel Study on Positive and Negative Perceptions Toward Ideals and Adolescents’ Appearance Anxiety
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Selective exposure literature indicates that not all users take away the same messages from their media exposure; it is suggested that viewers are not merely exposed but rather reactive to multiple—and possibly o… Continue reading Adolescents’ Multi-Layered Media Processing: A Panel Study on Positive and Negative Perceptions Toward Ideals and Adolescents’ Appearance Anxiety
Communication Research, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 745-772, August 2023. Communication studies often measure trust in or credibility of message sources as if their effects on critical consequences such as behavior are uniform across individuals and conte… Continue reading On the Strength of Trust: The Moderating Role of Certainty in Judgments of Authorities
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Racial microaggressions are a significant source of stress for people of color. This study identified two support message features for disarming the effects of racial microaggressions and tested reasons for their… Continue reading The Role of Social Support in Disarming the Effects of Racial Microaggressions
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Racial microaggressions are a significant source of stress for people of color. This study identified two support message features for disarming the effects of racial microaggressions and tested reasons for their… Continue reading The Role of Social Support in Disarming the Effects of Racial Microaggressions
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Quality of journalism is not a stable phenomenon, yet there is limited longitudinal evidence. We provide a content analysis of news reporting over a whole century within a specific thematic context: suicide repor… Continue reading A Longitudinal Dynamic Perspective on Quality in Journalism: Investigating the Long-Term Macro-Level Media Effect of Suicide Reporting on Suicide Rates Across a Century
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Quality of journalism is not a stable phenomenon, yet there is limited longitudinal evidence. We provide a content analysis of news reporting over a whole century within a specific thematic context: suicide repor… Continue reading A Longitudinal Dynamic Perspective on Quality in Journalism: Investigating the Long-Term Macro-Level Media Effect of Suicide Reporting on Suicide Rates Across a Century
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Close relationships have norms and expectations regarding the communication of support; however, recent research has illuminated the varied reasons why would-be supporters at times choose to forgo supporting thos… Continue reading Withholding Social Support Because Those in Need Do Not Deserve It: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Close relationships have norms and expectations regarding the communication of support; however, recent research has illuminated the varied reasons why would-be supporters at times choose to forgo supporting thos… Continue reading Withholding Social Support Because Those in Need Do Not Deserve It: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
