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Communication Research, Ahead of Print. Drawing upon relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model, this study examined communication and relationship qualities as married couples experienced work-family changes during the CO… Continue reading A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of COVID-19 (Summer 2020)→

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. 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→