In our latest episode, we sit down with @joshpasek.com, professor of Communication and Media and Political Science at the University of Michigan, to unpack two of the most important concepts in media psychology: selective exposure and motivated reasoning. 🎧 captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow

Do check out @nibasaleem.bsky.social talk tomorrow if you're attending PRIEC at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara

Join us next week at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) this year for an upcoming talk by @nibasaleem.bsky.social on how media representations shape intergroup relations and migration! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara

📢 New research with @stephtorrespantoja.bsky.social , Julian Unkel, Lisa Rhee, @nibasaleem.bsky.social, and @joebayer.bsky.social What counts as “social media”? We find major disagreement across platforms and age groups, with implications for how people perceive its effects and role in society.

[1/2] New pub with @len-s.bsky.social and @kyungin-kim.bsky.social! Calls for greater racial diversity in movies are an ongoing conversation, but how about diversity within racial groups? Our mixed-method study of 30 years of film examines how Asian American subgroups are narratively represented.

We’re excited to share that @nibasaleem.bsky.social was featured by @spspnews.bsky.social for her research informing policy at federal, social media platform and nonprofit levels! 🏛️💻💬 Read more here: spsp.org/news/newslet... #spsp #commsky #psychsky

Proposed budget cuts for FY2027 and moves to dismantle the Social, Behavioral & Economic directorate of the NSF threaten social science and research that serves the public interest. Register for @cossa.bsky.social's virtual town hall tomorrow to advocate for social science! cossa.org/a-note-from-...

Apply for NCA Division awards by March 25! Mass Comm Division (for which I am the VP) has three awards, Teaching Award, Service Award, and Dissertation Award. Consider nominating yourself or others who are eligible! #NCA2026 www.natcom.org/2026-interes...

Congrats to @ismaharif.bsky.social on this incredible achievement! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

#SPSP2026 kicks off tomorrow in Chicago! The Media MOSAIC Lab is ecstatic for the next few days of #socialpsyc conferencing! 👋🏽🤩 We are excited for @ismaharif.bsky.social's presentation on Saturday. He will be presenting his paper with our lab PI @nibasaleem.bsky.social! 🗣️📄 For session info, see ⬇️

HELLO HELLO #COMMSky! It’s Day 3 of #NCA2025! ☀️ Today we’re excited to share a top paper and a few more presentations! 🔝📄🏅 It has been amazing getting to connect with everyone! If you’re at #NCA25, come and say hi at one of our sessions! 👋🏽 #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB See our Saturday schedule ⬇️

Great news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉 Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅 For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️

G’Morning #COMMSky! It’s Day 2 of #NCA2025! ⛰️ Today we’re excited to share a top paper, and present on pedagogy and mentorship! 🔝📄🏅 It was great meeting many of you yesterday—let’s keep it rolling! If you’re at #NCA25, stop by and say hi! 👋🏽 #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB See our Friday schedule ⬇️

If you'd like to join us in congratulating @len-s.bsky.social and her co-author @kyungin-kim.bsky.social, stop by the Communication and Social Cognition business meeting today from 4-5:15 PM in Juniper Ballroom B! 🎉👏🏽 We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩 #NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB

Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉 Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅 For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️

Day 1 of #NCA2025 is here! 🎉 The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝 We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽 #COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️

Are you headed to #NCA2025 this week? 🤔 If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆 See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA! #COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB

Check out these amazing mentoring events organized by the Mentoring and Leadership Council at #NCA2025! Hope to see you there!

Excited to present some new research I’ve been working on at #NCA2025 tomorrow! We are in the early Comm and Social Cognition session starting at 8:15AM!

Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact... @stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social

Incredible achievement by @ismaharif.bsky.social So proud of you!!!

Congrats to lab member @ismaharif.bsky.social on 4 posters accepted at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social (APS) Global Psychological Science Summit! 🧠 He'll present on the cross-domain (media, interpersonal, group) effects of identity threats, alongside posters presented by his mentored students. 👨🏽‍🏫

New work on school cell phone bans just dropped. "Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year." "We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."

New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions. www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...

Check out this theory-driven piece offering an important framework for scholars interested in how diverse media content can be used for intergroup socialization. Truly impressive work by @len-s.bsky.social to publish as a sole author while in grad school! @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to @nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social for receiving a Top Paper Award in the Intergroup Communication division at #ICA25! 🏆 We’re so proud of your well-deserved recognition and the amazing work presented at this year's @icahdq.bsky.social! 🎉 #COMMSky #AcademicSky

Related to @ismaharif.bsky.social research interests within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Super proud of @len-s.bsky.social for receiving the Dissertation Award for Social Impact for her exciting dissertation proposal! Check out her work with @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Hey-o #CommSky!👋🏽 #ICA2025 week = lab squad on the move to Denver! ✈️ Our lab is heading to @icahdq.bsky.social later this week, and we are all super stoked to share the amazing work our lab members have been a part of! #AcademicSky 🥳 👇🏽 Here's where you can find us on Sunday, June 15th for #ICA25 👇🏽

Is that @garciaerick.bsky.social we see? 👀 Come support this awesome team of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social COMM graduate students (@overbye.bsky.social, Xinyi Zhang, and @laurentwang.bsky.social) on Sunday, June 15th! P.S. We love collaboration with our fellow media labs! @mediaskill.bsky.social ✨

So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social

Very interesting paper! Related to the ideas @ismaharif.bsky.social is working on within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

🧵New publication alert! with @ismaharif.bsky.social Does media shape identity, or does identity guide media use? Our new 3-year study with Muslim American youth tests this bi-directional link @rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @hcr-journal.bsky.social @theispu.bsky.social

🚨New pub alert! 🚨 Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, our (w/@nibasaleem.bsky.social, Ian Hawkins, Steve Rains, Dana Mastro) meta-analysis finds that positive depictions of minority groups lead to favorable evaluations, & negative depictions to unfavorable evaluations, by majority group members.

This one was a journey. Jobs changed, roles changed, zip codes changed, babies were born, but the meta-analysis kept going. Grateful to the brilliant team (most not on Sky) who made it happen. @stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

NCA Division Awards deadline is May 15, 2025! If you or your students are doing great work in communication, apply or spread the word. Recognition matters. 🏆💬 #NCA2025 www.natcom.org/nca-national...

Ah yes, masks at protests? Totally unacceptable. But ICE agents pretending to be “police” while covering their faces to arrest someone with a valid student visa? Completely fine, apparently. Love that consistent commitment to free speech and constitutional rights. Really inspiring stuff. 🙃

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

Listen to every word.

Despite the outcry that DEI is "taking over" every industry, newsrooms remain overwhelmingly white and male. And that matters. A LOT. Let’s talk about how media “objectivity” is anything but. 👇🏾 @pewresearch.org

Great talk by @danielbarnett7.bsky.social at #SPSP2025 examining themes within far-right communities. Related to work done by Dr. Ian Hawkins examining SIMCA themes within White nationalists YouTube videos published within New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Wonderful to connect with @sylviapperry.bsky.social at #SPSP2025!!! Here is hoping our shared interests blossom into a new and productive collaboration!!!

Dear American National Election Studies (ANES) User Community, we are pleased to announce the preliminary release of pre-election data for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study. The data and documentation can be downloaded from the study page at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Excited to read this paper as it related to the ideas being developed by @ismaharif.bsky.social in @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social examining the potential for AI to be used for divisive topics.

We can't forget a good ol' poster session at #SPSP2025! ✨ Come visit lab member @garciaerick.bsky.social's poster at the Psychology of Media & Technology pre-conference on Thurs, Feb. 20th from 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM [Exhibit D, Exhibit Level]! 📊 See the attached research abstract for more details! ⬇

New postdoc opportunity from Sloan to study how AI impacts scientific research. We have a great community growing around AI/STS at Princeton and I would be very happy to consider supporting applications as a mentor - please email if you are interested! sloan.org/programs/dig...

Can we talk about how food service companies need to stop making us use our names for orders? 😩 It’s awkward for customers and stressful for employees. Just last week at the airport, I got handed a completely new identity. Let me explain… 🧵👇 #NameStruggles

So excited about this nuanced analysis examining the ways in which non-white Americans are thinking about their multiple identities and its social and political consequences for intra and intergroup dynamics. Related to new work by @nmolinarogers.bsky.social within @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Relevant to work in progress by @ismaharif.bsky.social within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social exploring the benefits of engaging in conversations rather than simply fact checking misinformed beliefs!

Exciting news! Congrats to both @nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social on their recent paper acceptance for #ICA2025! 📄 It's thrilling to know that our labs' innovative research will be presented at this year's conference. For more information on their paper, see the abstract below! 🎉