Academic Publications

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

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