I’ll have more to say about this paper in a bit, but very excited about it. Helps to explain why punishment doesn’t work to improve cooperation, why people still punish anyway, and what it implies about the evolution of cooperation and criminal justice policy www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

💥 New preprint out: "Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate" with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself. How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate? 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf... 1/

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined Boston University as an Assistant Professor in Media Psychology and AI. I’ll be part of the Department of Mass Comm, Advertising, & PR as well as the Division of Emerging Media Studies. I’m excited to work with this incredible group of scholars.

🧵 1/ How does the field of Communication use the GRE for PhD admissions? Ellie Mercedes Ross, @laramiet.bsky.social, & I set out to answer this question. Our paper explores how GRE usage, particularly minimum score thresholds, can filter out certain racial & ethnic groups doi.org/10.1080/1064...

We’re at #SANS2025! Catch our Blitz Talk (Session #2) + Poster (P2-A-5) on how negative and high-arousal news shape decision-making. Most research focuses on how the negativity bias captures our attention. We clarify what happens next! High-res poster here: cogcommscience.com/were-at-sans...

Excited to be back in Buffalo NY for the Moral Media Conference! I’ll be presenting my last PhD chapter on the longitudinal links between adolescents’ moral values and exposure to influencers’ moral content together with @lindsayhahn.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social ✨ #moralmedia25

After nearly 6 years, I'm delighted to share a new paper in Journal of Media Psychology: "Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring 2.0". We studied cooperation using AR & low-cost EEG hyperscanning (doi.org/10.1027/1864...). 🧵Here’s how it started, what we found, & why it matters

@lindsayhahn.bsky.social advocates for translational science principles to bridge the gap between CAM research, public understanding & policy on media’s effects on children by, for instance, prioritizing research addressing caregivers’ and educators’ needs (6/8) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This looks ahhhhhhhhhhmazing!!!! What a lineup and innovative format for a conference!

Thrilled to announce keynote speakers for #moralmedia25 - Drs. Helena Bilandzic (U Augsburg), @mdehghani.bsky.social (U Southern California), @aeden.bsky.social (Michigan State U), & @fhopp.bsky.social (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). Submissions are due Feb 2!

🚨 Join us for #CommHorizons25, hosted by the Department of Communication @ucdavis.bsky.social! Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social. Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...

Dr. Allison Eden will be a keynote speaker for the Moral Media conference in April. She is an Associate Professor at Michigan State. Some of her interests include media enjoyment. Read more here: moralmedia.org/annual-meeti...

Maddie Taggart presenting more of our lab’s latest work on the role of threatening news in explaining extreme prejudice

Kyle Heneveld presenting some of our lab’s latest work examining how humor can facilitate hate #NCA2024

Irina Andreeva presenting some of our lab’s latest research into audiences’ experiences with narrative cliffhangers #NCA2024

In the meantime, feel free to save this overview of the #NCACSC events at this year's conference. If you have announcements (like 🥂 receptions, 👀 cool work, or other news), please let us know so we can share the word!

Hey everybody! With NCA 2024 coming up this week, we thought that we would do a trial run using BlueSky to connect with folks this year. We'll also be using this page to share info about our panels and business meetings, and to signal boost announcements and other posts from around NCA!

Introduce yourself as a TV character

NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa

Who we spend time with as we age - the challenge of loneliness in old age qz.com/1010901/the-...

Experience sampling studies find that ostracism is experienced between 2 to 3 times a week! When ostracism is less severe people become more affiliative, but when it's more severe they are more likely to withdraw pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39172433/

Looking forward to this event series planned by #QuestioningReality fellows @joomi.bsky.social @lindsayhahn.bsky.social, @xrprof.bsky.social, and Benjy Li.

Check out my conversation on the Opinion Science podcast! Thanks so much for having me @andyluttrell.bsky.social!!!

Publication day! The modeling textbook I started five years ago is finally out today. I'm proud of it, and really grateful to everyone who helped make it better. PUP: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... AMZN: www.amazon.com/dp/069122414...

How do violent extremists persuade otherwise decent citizens to join their causes? We tried to answer this question, and I’m very excited that the paper reporting our findings is finally out in the wild! academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

A special collection in the APA journal Technology, Mind, & Behavior on Humans and Generative AI, that I'll be co-editing. If you're working in this space, please consider submitting: https://tmb.apaopen.org/pub/kavv21gg/release/1 #genai #haii #comm #hmc #ai

We’re hiring at the University at Buffalo! 🦬 The Department of Communication is looking for an Assistant Professor who specializes in information integrity (broadly defined). Please reach out with any questions! www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/43990

We're hiring in the The Department of Communication at UC Davis! Searching for an Assistant Professor of Mediated Interpersonal Communication. Reviews begin after Oct. 15, 2023. I'm not on the committee but I am glad to answer questions you may have recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05935

Hi #PsychSci #PsychSciSky #Psychology! 👋🏼 I’m an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo where I direct the Media Psychology & Morality Lab. I research media psychology, morality, and media effects. #Introduction

Planning to attend ICA this year? If so, I hope you’ll consider submitting your work to the Communication Science and Biology interest group! Check out our CFP, we accept a wide range of scholarship! www.icahdq.org/mpage/CSB_CFP

I see more metalheads joining the #neuroskyence community! Welcome @lindsayhahn.bsky.social and @bianhaan.bsky.social Cc’ing @helenalb.bsky.social 🤘🏽