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The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison

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

Journal of Health Communication

The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison
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Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative beliefs

Kemp, D., Mackert, M., Bouchacourt, L., Lazard, A.J., Wolfe, J.O., Stewart, B., Kahlor, L., George, C., Wagner, J.H., & Wilcox, G.

The Journal of the American Dental Association

Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative beliefs
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Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists, and awardees

AbiGhannam, N. & Dudo, A.

International Journal of Science Education, Part B

Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists, and awardees
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“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in green advertising

Hong, J.M., Lim, R.E., & Atkinson, L.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in green advertising
Health Communication journal cover, Volume 36, 2021, caduceus symbol, Routledge logo.

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication

Moon, W.K., Atkinson, L., Kahlor, L.A., Yun, C., & Son H.

Health Communication

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication
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American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics

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

Science Communication

American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics
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Social media conversations about community water fluoridation: formative research to guide health communication

Mackert, M., Bouchacourt, L., Lazard, A., Wilcox, G. B., Kemp, D., Kahlor, L. A., George, C., Stewart, B., & Wolfe, J.

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Social media conversations about community water fluoridation: formative research to guide health communication
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 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

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
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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
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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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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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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
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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 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
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Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology

Moon, W., Kahlor, L. & Olson, H

Energy Policy, 139, 111312

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology
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Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Kahlor, L., Olson, H., Markman, A., & Wang, W.

Environment and Behavior, 52, 187-218

Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Nevarez, L., Hovick, S., Enard, K., Lloyd, S., & Kahlor, L.

American Journal of Health Promotion

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context
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Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus

Hughes, C. T., Kirtz, S., Ramondetta, L., Lu, Q., Cho, D., Katzin, C. & Kahlor, L.

American Journal of Health Education, 1-11

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas

Kahlor, L., Yang, J., Li, X., Wang, W., Olson, H. & Atkinson, L.

Environmental Communication, 1-18

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas
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Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Besley, J. C., O’Hara, K., & Dudo, A.

PloS one, 14(10)

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

Suldovsky, B., Landrum, A., & Stroud, N. J.

Public Understanding of Science, 28(7), 797–811

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Summer 2020, Volume 97, Issue 2, wavy blue lines design.

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change

Yang, J. Z., Chu, H., & Kahlor, L.

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96, 742-766

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change
Report on improving communications workforce in science philanthropy, supported by three foundations.

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science

Dudo, A. & Besley, J.

Rita Allen Foundation

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science
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Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science

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

In T. Newman (Ed.), Theory and best practices in science communication training (pp. 9-31). Routledge

Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science
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Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message

Kang, E. Y., & Atkinson, L.

Journal of Marketing Communications, 1-21

Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement

Newman, T., Volpe, C., Lindenfeld, L., Besley, J., Dudo, A., & Leavey, N.

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement