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Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections
New Media & Society
Exploring “angry” and “like” reactions on uncivil Facebook comments that correct misinformation in the news
Digital Journalism, 9:8, 1103-1122
Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media
Social Media + Society, 6(4)
Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?
Science Communication
Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study
Science Communication
Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States
Public Understanding of Science
Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out
New Media & Society (in press)
The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians
Praeger
Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting
Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means
Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions
Journalism Practice (in press)
Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain
American Behavioral Scientist, 64(11), 1646-1669
Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control
Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press
Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation
Science Communication
Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title
PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235191
‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists
Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 20(7), 877-895
Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion
Rita Allen Foundation
Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic
Journal of Risk Research
The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators
Computers in Human Behavior, 107, 1-9
From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking
New Media & Society
Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections
Journalism (in press)
The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety
International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 111-131
The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment
New Media & Society, 22(3), 429–448
Gaming communication on the global stage: Social media disinformation and crisis situations
Hoover Institution
Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context
American Journal of Health Promotion
Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus
American Journal of Health Education, 1-11
Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology
Energy Policy, 139, 111312
Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions
Environment and Behavior, 52, 187-218
Enacted journalism takes the stage: How audiences respond to reporting-based theater
Journalism Studies, 21(6), 713-730
The effects of mobile push notifications on news consumption and learning
Digital Journalism, 8(1), 32-48
Exploring how online political quizzes boost interest in politics, political news, and political engagement
Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 17(1), 33-47