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Shut down or turn off? The interplay between news overload and consumption
Atlantic Journal of Communication, 28(2), 125-137
Can we talk about race? Exploring online comments about race-related shootings
Howard Journal of Communications, 31(1), 35-49
The demand for deceit: How the way we think drives disinformation
National Endowment for Democracy
Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas
Environmental Communication, 1-18
Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics
PloS one, 14(10)
Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science
Public Understanding of Science, 28(7), 797–811
Social media engagement with strategy- and issue-framed political news
Journal of Communication, 69(5), 443-466
Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96, 742-766
Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science
Rita Allen Foundation
Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science
In T. Newman (Ed.), Theory and best practices in science communication training (pp. 9-31). Routledge
Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message
Journal of Marketing Communications, 1-21
The gender gap in online news comment sections
Social Science Computer Review. 2021;39(2):181-196
Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement
Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University
No regrets when it comes to health: Anticipated regret, informational subjective norms, information insufficiency and intent to seek information from multiple sources
Health Communication, 1-8
The deliberative influence of comment section structure
Journalism, 20(6), 752–771
Public Perceptions and Information Seeking Intentions Related to Seismicity in Five Texas Communities
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 37, 101147
Breakdown of democratic norms? Understanding the 2016 US presidential election through online comments
Social Media + Society, 5 (2)
The president is in: Public opinion and the presidential use of Twitter
Social Media + Society, 5(2)
We should not get rid of incivility online
Social Media + Society, 5(2)
The ethics of nanotechnology: Pilot testing an evidence-based training module
Nano Ethics, 13, 37-52
‘A chance for me to do good, make a real difference’: how citizen journalists in India view their role in social transformation
Media Practice and Education, 20(4), 334-349
Scientific societies’ support for public engagement: an interview study
International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 9(2), 140-153
Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model
Communication Theory, 29, 360-382
Portrayal and Impacts of Climate Change in Advertising and Consumer Campaigns
In M. C. Nisbet (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. Oxford University Press
A comparison between scientists’ and communication scholars’ views about scientists’ public engagement activities
Public Understanding of Science. 28(1): 101-118
The consequences of forced versus selected political media exposure
Human Communication Research, 45(1), 27–51
Using controlled and field experiments to create and test digital news quizzes
SAGE Research Methods Cases
(Re)Claiming our expertise: Parsing large text corpora with manually validated and organic dictionaries
Political Communication, 36(2), 214-226
Understanding scientists’ willingness to engage
Science Communication, 40(5), 559-590
Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs
Environmental Communication, 12(7), 876-894