Center of Media Psychology and Social Influence

We're transitioning to The Other Place! Follow us @compsilab.bsky.social 🦋

Great interview with @wciu @OnTheBlockChi featuring Dr. Nathan Walter about mis/disinformation: why we fall for it, how to spot it, and some strategies for correcting it 🔎#Misinformation #CommTwitter #MediaPsychology bit.ly/48156nr

Day 1 of new DP work for @NorthwesternU @compsi_lab Absolute honor working with this talented cast and crew Shooting 2nd part of the short film this Thursday! cc @calliekalny

Great thread from COM-PSI member @rodabhari on the prevalence of— and challenges associated with— scientific corrections📍@STSeasst

@calliekalny @ChrisDobmeier

Heading to Belfast this week for #ISRE2024 @ISREorg! 🍀 We’ll be presenting on the role of empathy in media psychology and thinking about ways to incorporate meta-emotions into persuasion research. Follow along to hear more, and if you’ll be there in person, be sure to say hello!

A new meta-analysis by @nehamalewis, Emily Andrews, Denali Keefe and Nathan Walter (@compsi_lab) describes antecedents and consequences of information seeking and scanning - Related but distinct behaviors, with different antecedents but similar effects. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

I'm presenting on a virtual panel about the online (mis)use of science this Wednesday! Follow the link for registration information. Hope to see you there! scientistsspeakup.wixsite.com/scientists-spe…

And check out the paper here, led by Drs. @LaraWolfers and Robin Nabi! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

COM-PSI Co-Director Dr. Nathan Walter made a guest appearance on @fox32news this morning to talk about screen time and parental guilt 📲🫤 Check out the full segment: fox32chicago.com/video/1455622

And check out the paper here, led by Drs. @LaraWolfers and Robin Nabi! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The position spans 3 years and offers global collaboration opportunities with universities. If interested, please send your 1) CV and 2) research statement (one-page) to "jiyoung.lee@skku.edu" by 5/10. Thank you!

✨I'm currently seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the interdisciplinary realms of computer vision, data science, and affective computing for the project on visual misinformation. Please contact me (jiyoung.lee@skku.edu) if your interests align with one or more of these areas!

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Camille Saucier, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday! We are so proud of Camille and can’t wait to see what she accomplishes next at @ClemsonCOMM 🐯💜

HCR's 50th Anniversary issue "Reflecting on 50 years of theory in Human Communication Research: where do we go from here" has been published! Thank you guest editors @olivermb @_HGZ_ @TammyAfifi academic.oup.com/hcr/issue/50/2

Had a blast talking about the influence of misinformation, fake news, 🛸conspiracy theories🛸, and pseudoscientific BS at @UMSoC this week! Hard to beat 88-degrees and sunshine☀️

Spoke to @nbcnews (alongside the stellar @drjessmaddox) about #katemiddleton’s cancer treatment news, public sentiment, and why people will always keep making memes nbcnews.com/news/world/pri…

Our new meta-analysis addresses the rather fickle qualities of anger and why this matters for persuasion research. Perhaps more importantly, I managed to sneak a Black Eyed Peas lyric into the intro— I hope you'll check it out!💥psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-64…

Members! Check out the Comm Futures conference @MSUComArtSci is hosting at the end of May. The format looks exciting and should generate many new ideas for the field. CFP deadline is soon (April 15) commscifutures.com

Major congratulations to Dr. @SapnaMSuresh on the successful defense of her dissertation this afternoon! 🎉 Dr. Suresh did a masterful job guiding the audience through a series of daring and thought-provoking studies, reminding us why creativity in research matters. Go Sapna!