SUMMER RECAP 3: Saturday @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.3/4 The extended abstract for “From Red Scare to RedNote: TikTok Refugees and the Rejection of U.S. Digital Hegemony” was a paper written and presented by Morgan Badurak and Dr. @ramirez-fa.bsky.social (8/10)

Excited to see this article published! A wonderful collaboration with two Manship grads @masscommgrad.bsky.social @manshipschool.bsky.social Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Exciting news! SMAC Lab Director @ramirez-fa.bsky.social had an article published with 2 @lsu.bsky.social @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social graduates. Check it out here! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

SUMMER RECAP 3: Saturday @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.2/4 The extended abstract for “I’m not a TikToker, but…”: A Computational Content Analysis of TikTok Non-Users’ Discourse on the National TikTok Ban in the US” was presented, another paper with co-authorship by SMAC’s Hayley Booth (7/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: [email protected] 2025pt1/4 @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social SMAC’s Hayley Booth co-authored “National Security vs. Freedom of Speech: How Media Exposure, Personal Values, and Media Framing Influence Non-Users’ Support for A National Ban on TikTok”(6/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: Friday @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.2/2 The paper “Understanding the Role of Political Affiliation in Childhood Vaccination Intention in Louisiana” was presented, which SMAC’s Dr. Jeonghyun (Janice) Lee is a co-author of (5/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: Friday @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.1/2 Caley Hewitt and Hayley Booth presented the extended abstract for their paper “From Airwaves to Ballots: Presidential Candidates’ Podcast Appearances And Their Impact on Their Credibility” (4/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: Thurs @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.2/2 Morgan Badurak & @caleyrose1998.bsky.social presented their paper “Should Influencers Speak Up? Political Expectancy Violations Among Gen Z” & Dr. Jeonghyun (Janice) Lee moderated “Issue Management and Social Advocacy for Various Contexts” (3/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: Thursday @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 pt.1/2 SMAC’s @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social first presentation was an extended abstract for the paper “From Headlines to Hashtags: Comparing U.S. News and User Discourses on China’s DeepSeek AI” (2/10)

SUMMER RECAP 3: Finally, @aejmc.bsky.social 2025 in San Fran, CA this August, SMAC members had 9 presentations, 2 of which came directly from SMAC Lab @lsu.bsky.social @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social: "From Headlines to Hashtags" & "The Digital Archive Collective Memory" (1/10)

SUMMER RECAP 2: In August, @nabilamushtarin.bsky.social did her two weeks in the SICSS program at @stanforduniversity.bsky.social working with others in the program to present a research project titled "From Aprons to Almond Milk: Femininity in Online Womens' Subcultures" (3/3)

SUMMER RECAP 2: Morgan Badurak spent her two weeks of June/July in the SICSS program at the University of Pennsylvania, working with other members to create and present a research project titled "Progressive Insurgencies and Intersectional Backlash" (2/3)

SUMMER RECAP 2: SICSS More in our #recap, Morgan Badurak and @nabilamushtarin.bsky.social were at U of Penn and @stanforduniversity.bsky.social through the SICSS sicss.io, a program designed to educate and train researchers in new social science and media research methods (1/3)

SUMMER RECAP 1: Drs. @ramirez-fa.bsky.social and Jeonghyun (Janice) Lee also participated in @icahdq.bsky.social panels during the conference with discussions around digital affordances and agency in gendered contexts, community engaged health research, and media coverage of health topics (3/3)

SUMMER RECAP 1: This was SMAC Lab's Adwoa B's first @icahdq.bsky.social where she presented her paper "Scroll, Share, Vote: The Influence of Social Media and Peer Influence on the Voting Intention and Political Engagement of Teen First-Time Voters" for which she received a travel grant (2/3)

SUMMER RECAP 1: ICA 2025 Members in the SMAC Lab @lsu.bsky.social @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social had 4 papers at the annual @icahdq.bsky.social conference in June this year with papers in Political Communication, Health Communication, and Feminist Scholarship (1/3)

While school was out @lsu.bsky.social the @manshipschool.bsky.social @masscommgrad.bsky.social SMAC Lab stayed BUSY! After conferences, summer programs, publications and awards, we're gearing up for more research, new and old. In the mean time, watch for a #recap of everything we got up to!