💫 ✨ New from me and Nathan Walter (Center of Media Psychology and Social Influence)! Manipulations of psychological reactance often confound imperative language with epistemically certain language, but the two are conceptually *and* empirically distinct: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Thank you Nature journal for inviting me to share my thoughts on the need for more transparency and rigor in peer review #peer_review #OpenScience nature.com/articles/d4158…

Call for papers is now open. In partnership with the Journal of Health Communication, we are pleased to announce a special issue Successes and Failures: Everything We Learned from Health Communication Campaigns and Programs. Learn more: bit.ly/3PYr2I6 #HealthComm

Greatly looking forward to this! And it will be my first visit to Switzerland ☺️

In persuasion research, we often talk about needing more work on *repeated* exposure effects. So @daveykeats & I ran a 12-day experiment, manipulating daily exposure to texting&driving PSAs & tracking responses over time. 📺🤳🚘 Now out at Human Communication Research academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-ar…

The stunning view from my temporary office in Munich, visiting IfKW Munich

New study in Pᴜʙʟɪᴄ Uɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ Sᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 w/ Chelsea Ratcliff & co! We found that more than half of readers are confused when they see the word preprint mentioned in the news. For most, explaining the term made little difference. sagepus.blogspot.com/2024/10/its-li… #scicomm #OpenScience

Now out in Annals of SBM. Health-focused lit tips caused undue skepticism of accurate news (vs generic & control). Prior misperceptions explain lots of variance in novel cancer news discernment & treatment effects are strongest in high-misperception group

📢📢BLOG BLOG BLOG "If you’ve never heard of #preprints before, you’re not alone. Our new study suggests that more than half of readers are confused when they see the word preprint mentioned in a #news story" 🔗sagepus.blogspot.com/2024/10/its-li…

I have some real concerns about what another Trump presidency means for women in this country — and I wanted to share some of my thoughts. If this resonates with you, send this video to every single person you know and remind them what’s at stake in this election.

I'm really excited that this piece just came out. Are you ready for the geneticization of education? cambridge.org/core/journals/…

ICYMI: Nice summary of our @scipub paper on how people mis/understand preprints in the news in Science Magazine last week. #scicomm #AcademicTwitter #preprints science.org/content/articl…

Our #ICA25 preconference on #SciComm Research is happening June 12, 2025 in Denver, CO. Looking forward to your Extended Abstracts by January 24! 🔗CfP: cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org…

I got to present two of our studies on communicating evidence uncertainty at the @socriskanalysis meeting in Austin and benefit from loads of great feedback. So many stellar interdisciplinary sessions at this conference. Even snuck in a little tango.

Prospective grads: want to study uncertainty communication? Come work with me! Last chance to apply to our graduate program Communication Studies in Interpersonal, Intergroup, and Health Communication: Apps are due Dec 15. comm.uga.edu/interpersonal-…

So cool to see this story about our work (w/ Alice Fleerackers and others) in ScienceInsider! Also neat to hear Tobias Wingen‘s take.

“Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are.” science.org/content/articl…

Two postdoctoral positions in #scicomm & #engagement - looking forward to receiving applications - located in South Africa