This review analyzes trends and commonalities among prominent theories of media effects.
On the basis of exemplary meta-analyses of media effects and bibliometric studies of well …

Regulation prescribes that sponsored social media posts should clearly disclose their
material connection with brands. However, research on the impact of such disclosures is …

Framing theory is one of the most important theories in communication. One of the key
debates today is about the tendency of scholars to mostly study issue-specific frames …

A number of solutions have been proposed to address concerns about misinformation
online, including encouraging experts to engage in corrections of misinformation being …

Sponsored blog posts need to disclose sponsorship information, specifically whether the
blogger received any compensation for the posts. While some bloggers simply include …

This book is intended to fill a gap in the literature on research methods in the social
sciences. To date, methods textbooks have yet to formally incorporate population-based …

This completely revised second edition of the best-selling text presents an up-to-date,
comprehensive introduction to persuasive communication and attitude change. Employing …

Considering how communities perceive the threat and risks of COVID-19, it is essential to
examine how emotional regulation stimulated through intrinsic and extrinsic incentive …

Using an online experiment with a national sample, this study tests the effects of political
efficacy messages on two types of climate-related political participation via the discrete …

This article examines constructs, propositions, and assumptions of the extended parallel
process model (EPPM). Review of the EPPM literature reveals that its theoretical concepts …