In this essay I intend to tell a story of media studies and mass communication research as a
field, based on the work of the late Denis McQuail–and that of editing the new edition of his …

Entertainment media is an important medium for affecting adolescents development.
Adolescents consume entertainment media at increasingly high rates, and it can have an …

Objectives: Recently, research has focused both on the influence of institutional racism and
how the Global Majority, which includes Black, Indigenous and People of Color, heal from …

Persistent racist violence, health and economic disparities, and a divisive sociopolitical
climate in the United States obviate the urgent need to address pressing social issues …

Across five experiments (four pre-registered, N= 4,431), we investigate whether
emphasizing similarities between Republicans and Democrats can improve intergroup …

In today's era of evidence-based policymaking, education policymakers face pressure to use
research to inform their decisions. This paper explores the mental models that policymakers …

There is a growing push within the social sciences to conduct translational science that not
only advances theory but also achieves real world impact. The goals of this paper are (a) to …

Objective: Community-engaged research (CEnR) is an approach to inquiry that centers
scientist-community partnerships characterized by mutuality and reciprocity, and is well …

As any economist will tell you, people respond to the incentives in front of them. For
academic researchers competing for jobs, promotions, and tenure, the incentives today are …

International scholars provide meaningful lessons on the practice of public sociology in the
academy in each unique country setting. Scholars provide insight into the ways in which …