Narrative forms of communication—including entertainment education, journalism, literature,
testimonials, and storytelling—are emerging as important tools for cancer prevention and …

Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

One common obstacle to the audience's embracing the persuader's advocated action or
viewpoint is the audience's current attitudes, that is, the audience's general evaluations (of …

This study investigates the effect of manipulated Instagram photos on adolescent girls' body
image, and whether social comparison tendency moderates this relation. A between-subject …

Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on
politics and media-offers a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from …

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in the partisan polarization of the
American electorate. Scholarly investigation of this topic has coincided with the media's …

We hypothesize that generic frames influence what news people share on Facebook and
Twitter through three different routes: emotions, motivations, and psychological engagement …

On the basis of a review of the literature on populism and a definition of populism in general,
the concept of media populism is developed. The structural position of media organizations …

There is little doubt that increasing polarization over the last decade has transformed the
American political landscape. In The Other Divide, Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan …

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health
problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the …