Academic Publications

The effectiveness of gain and loss frames in news subscription appeals
Digital Journalism, 9:3, 300-318

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model
The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity
PLOS ONE 16(3): e0247487

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking
Science Communication

The story behind the story: Examining transparency about the journalistic process and news outlet credibility
Journalism Practice (in press)

What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility
Journalism (in press)

The effects of news site design on engagement and learning
Journalism Practice (in press)

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