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The effectiveness of gain and loss frames in news subscription appeals

Yujin K., Collier. J., & Stroud N. J.

Digital Journalism, 9:3, 300-318

The effectiveness of gain and loss frames in news subscription appeals
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The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model

Tsyrenzhapova, D. & Woolley, S. C.

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

The evolution of computational propaganda: Theories, debates, and innovation of the Russian model
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Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity

Guilbeault, D., Woolley, S., & Becker, J.

PLOS ONE 16(3): e0247487

Probabilistic social learning improves the public’s judgments of news veracity
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly cover, blue wave graphics, Volume 97, Winter 2020.

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes

Jin, E. & Atkinson, L.

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes
Science Communication journal cover, Volume 42, Number 3, June 2020, green vertical title.

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

Wang, W., Kahlor, L.A., Moon, W-K., & Olson, H.C.

Science Communication

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking
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The story behind the story: Examining transparency about the journalistic process and news outlet credibility

Masullo, G. M., Curry, A. L., Whipple, K. N. & Murray, C.

Journalism Practice (in press)

The story behind the story: Examining transparency about the journalistic process and news outlet credibility

What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility

Peacock C., Masullo G. M., & Stroud, N. J.

Journalism (in press)

What’s in a label? The effect of news labels on perceived credibility
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The effects of news site design on engagement and learning

Stroud, N. J., Curry, A. L., & Peacock, C.

Journalism Practice (in press)

The effects of news site design on engagement and learning

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Lee, S., Atkinson, L., & Sung, Y. H.

New Media & Society

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Exploring “angry” and “like” reactions on uncivil Facebook comments that correct misinformation in the news

Masullo, G. M. & Kim, J.

Digital Journalism, 9:8, 1103-1122

Exploring “angry” and “like” reactions on uncivil Facebook comments that correct misinformation in the news
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Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media

Masullo, G. M., Riedl, M. J., Tenenboim, O.

Social Media + Society, 6(4)

Dialectics of complexity: A five-country examination of lived experiences on social media
Science Communication journal cover, Volume 42, Number 3, June 2020, green vertical title.

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?

Dudo, A., Besley, J.C., & Yuan, S.

Science Communication

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?
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Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

Kim, H.K., Ahn, J., Atkinson, L., & Kahlor, L.A.

Science Communication

Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study
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Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., Dudo, A., & Tiffany, L.A.

Public Understanding of Science

Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out

Masullo, G. M., Lu, S., & Fadnis, D.

New Media & Society (in press)

Does online incivility cancel out the spiral of silence? A moderated mediation model of willingness to speak out
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The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians

Masullo, G. M.

Praeger

The new town hall: Why we engage personally with politicians
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Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting

Carter Persen, K. A. & Woolley, S. C.

Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means

Computational propaganda and the news: Journalists’ perceptions of the effects of digital manipulation on reporting
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Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions

Masullo, G. M., Riedl, M. J., & Huang, E. Q.

Journalism Practice (in press)

Engagement moderation: What journalists should say to improve online discussions
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Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain

Sobieraj, S., Masullo, G. M., Cohen, P. N., Gillespie, T., & Jackson, S. J.

American Behavioral Scientist, 64(11), 1646-1669

Politicians, social media, and digital publics: Old rights, new terrain
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Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control

Woolley, S.

Social Media and Democracy, Cambridge University Press

Bots and computational propaganda: Automation for communication and control
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Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation

Copple, J., Bennett, N., Dudo, A., et al.

Science Communication

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation
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Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title

Entradas, M., Bauer, M.W., O'Muircheartaigh, C., Marcinkowski, F., Okamura, A., Pellegrini, G., et al.

PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235191

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title
Journalism journal cover, Volume 21, Number 5, October 2020, special issue on Journalism and Twitter.

‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists

Chen, G. M., Pain, P., Chen, V. Y., Mekelburg, M., Springer, N., & Troger, F.

Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 20(7), 877-895

‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists
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Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion

Dudo, A., Besley, J., Bennett, N.

Rita Allen Foundation

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion
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Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic

Ahn, J., Kahlor, L., & Noh, G.

Journal of Risk Research

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic
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The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators

Riedl, M. J., Masullo, G. M., & Whipple, K. N.

Computers in Human Behavior, 107, 1-9

The downsides of digital labor: Exploring the toll incivility takes on online comment moderators

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Shorey, S., Hill, B. M., & Woolley, S.

New Media & Society

From hanging out to figuring it out: Socializing online as a pathway to computational thinking

Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections

Van Duyn, E., & Muddiman, A.

Journalism (in press)

Predicting perceptions of incivility across 20 news comment sections
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The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

Hasell, A., & Stroud, N.J.

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 111-131

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment

Scacco, J. M., & Muddiman, A.

New Media & Society, 22(3), 429–448

The curiosity effect: Information seeking in the contemporary news environment