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Effects of immersive storytelling on affective, cognitive, and associative empathy

Popular claims of virtual reality systems serving as ‘empathy machines’ often fail to consider (a) the cognitive mechanisms driving the…
February 3, 2021

The Impact of Language and Systemic Factors on Tweeted Countries of…

This study unveils the difference of social mediated world via major languages by investigating the volume of tweets individual countries…
July 17, 2020

The Debunking Handbook 2020

The Debunking Handbook 2020 summarizes the current state of the science of misinformation and its debunking. It was written by…
January 2, 2020

Moms in Chief: Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016

In 1776, when Abigail Adams implored her husband to “Remember the Ladies,” John Adams scoffed, declaring, “We know better than…
January 2, 2019

Poison or Prevention? Understanding the Linkages between Vaccine-Negative Individuals’ Knowledge Deficiency,…

The last few decades have seen growing concerns among parents regarding the safety of childhood vaccines, arguably leading to the…
June 21, 2017

Inspirational reality TV

The prosocial effects of lifestyle transforming reality programs on elevation and altruism: In light of recent theories of meaningful media…
November 18, 2016

The Power of Positive Action in Predicting Media Enjoyment

Exploring the Role of Participatory Behaviors Through the Lens of the Tripartite Model of Media Enjoyment: Offering an initial test…
April 28, 2015

Me versus them: Third-person effects among Facebook users

The immense popularity of Facebook with more than 1 billion active users continues to spark the attention of communication scholars. While…
February 24, 2015
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