Bri Wilson presenting our paper “Picture Yourself Healthy–How Social Media Users Select Images to Shape Health Intentions and Behaviors” — this year’s Top Theory paper in the CT&M division.
New article available online
“Confirmation Bias, Ingroup Bias, and Negativity Bias in Selective Exposure to Political Information”
with Cornelia Mothes and Nick Polavin, published in Communication Research
Access here
New Article with Dr. Benjamin Johnson
New Article with Benjamin K. Johnson
“Steer Clear or Get Ready: How Coping Styles Moderate
the Effect of Informational Utility”
Available here: link
Getting together at ICA
Silvia’s doctoral advisees got together at the OSU reception at the ICA conference in San Diego, May 2017 (nice sunset!)
From left to right:
Dr. Matthias R. Hastall (associate professor, TU Dortmund, Germany),
Dr. Melanie A. Sarge (assistant professor, Texas Tech),
Dr. Benjamin K. Johnson (assistant professor, VU Amsterdam),
Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick (professor, Ohio State U),
Kate T. Luong (PhD student, Ohio State U),
Dr. Melissa Robinson (Slippery Rock U)
Top Paper Awards at 2017 Annual ICA Conference
Two of Silvia’s advisees won top paper awards at the International Communication Association’s Annual Conference and will receive their awards in San Diego this May. J.C. Abdallah, MA student, won the Top 2 Faculty Paper Award from the Sports Communication Interest Group for “The Gridiron Gain: The Effects of Sports Spectatorship on Self-Esteem” paper with Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick.
Melissa Robinson, PhD student, won a top student-led paper award from Health Communication Division with co-author, Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick. The paper is entitled “Instilling Belief in the Ability to Change for the Better: Narrative Persuasion for Sleep Hygiene Self-Efficacy.”
Top Theory Paper in “Communication Theory and Methods” AEJMC Division
Brianna Wilson and Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick’s paper “Picture Yourself Healthy–How Social Media Users Select Images to Shape Health Intentions and Behaviors” was selected as this year’s Top Theory paper submitted to the CT&M division.
We’re going to Chicago!
OSU 2017 Graduation Ceremony
Silvia hooded doctoral advisee, Melissa Robinson, Sunday, May 7, 2017 at OSU’s graduation ceremony.
PhD Advisee Earns Research Award at Annual Comm Day
Silvia’s PhD advisee, Kate T. Luong, earned the Walter B. Emery Scholarship, a research award designated for pre-candidacy PhD students at the annual Comm Day Graduate Student Celebration on April 21, 2017.
Undergraduate Students Present Research at Denman Forum
Jonathan Schulman and Srisivaa Karri, undergraduate students, presented results from a research study conducted with George Pearson, PhD student, and Silvia at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum this past spring. Their poster was titled “Exploring Selection of Ideologically-Consistent Media Online and in Print.”
The Denman Forum provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research, scholarship, and creative activities to the OSU community and beyond.
New COMM MONOGRAPHS article accessible now
Westerwick, A., Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (in press). Confirmation biases in selective exposure to political online information: Source bias versus content bias. Communication Monographs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2016.1272761
