Academic Publications
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
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
Disinformation as collaborative work: Surfacing the participatory nature of strategic information operations
Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction, 3 (CSCW), 1-26
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)