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PhD candidates Megan Pietruszewski Norman and Jiaqi Agnes Bao join faculty Juliet Pinto as coauthors of "Effects of hyperlinks and exemplification on audience’s information seeking intentions in online health news." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Save the Date!!: @emilyewest.bsky.social is this semester's Penn State Bellisario Pockrass speaker, talking on “Platform Power and the Manufacture of Public Trust.” The lecture is 6 p.m. March 24 in Carnegie Cinema (113 Carnegie Building). www.psu.edu/news/bellisa...

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@clctroy.bsky.social, @christenbuckley.bsky.social, Ahmed Al Rawi, Nahyun Kim, Michail Vafeiadis & Holly Overton author "When Employers Speak Out: Examining Effects of Corporate Social Advocacy Through Belief Match, Organizational Identification & Authenticity." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Yansheng Liu, who passed her comprehensive exams today! With advisor @olivermb.bsky.social and committee members Shyam Sundar, Fuyuan Shen, and Mike Schmierbach.

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Doctoral alum @clctroy.bsky.social and Nicholas Eng join faculty Holly Overton as coauthors of "Corporate support for the sustainable development goals: Effects of symbolic and substantive communication," in Public Relations Review. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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PhD candidate @sydneyforde.bsky.social is the coauthor, with Des Freedman, of "Arm’s length or joined at the hip? Public service media’s coverage of Gaza," in the ICA journal Communication, Culture, & Critique. academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

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PhD alum @chenjerai.bsky.social is among this All-Star group of panels discussing "The Corporate Coup in Global Context." www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLi...

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PhD alum Miranda Brady writes for The Globe and Mail: "America’s pronatalism preoccupation will only put mothers at greater risk." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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More sharing of wisdom from PhD alum @wunpini.bsky.social!

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PhD alum @chenjerai.bsky.social talking on NPR about the stakes and incentives of attacking/eliminating DEI initiatives and programs. www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...

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Bellisario PhD candidates Megan Pietruszewski Norman, Jiaqi Agnes Bao, Triwik Kurniasari & faculty @chrisskurka.bsky.social co-author "Posting environmental risk: Communicating with numerical and nonnumerical messaging across information modalities." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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PhD alum Bingbing Zhang and faculty Juliet Pinto are the coauthors of "Does the Source of Inoculation Matter? Testing the Effects of Inoculation Source on Resistance to Climate Misinformation on Social Media." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Congrats to PhD candidate DongWook Jeong who passed his comprehensive exams today! With advisor Matt Jackson and committee members @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social, @christopherali.bsky.social, & Krishna Jayakar.

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Faculty Ben Cramer knows telecommunications policy AND hiking in PA! www.psu.edu/news/bellisa...

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Watch and hear alum @aferchaud.bsky.social and @iamapghfan.bsky.social interpret (with others at the College of Communication and Information, FSU) some Taylor Swift! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xunH...

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Congrats to Pioneers Chair @christopherali.bsky.social on his entry on "Telecommunications Policy" in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia!

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Congrats to Dr. Jared Lagroue, who passed his dissertation! Title: “The work of music in the streaming age: How algorithms & Artificial Intelligence influence the art, industry & aura of music.” W/ advisor @mattjord.bsky.social & cmte members Kevin Hagopian, Matt Jackson & @jchristman58.bsky.social.

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A summary of two studies from alum Christen Buckley; collaborators include HollyOverton, Michail Vafeiadis, Pratiti Diddi, Anli Xiao, and Frank Dardis. www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/02/17/s...

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Grad alum Olivia Reed is the author of “'I Usually Love Your Posts, but I didn’t Like This One … ': The Role of Masspersonal Factors and Valence of Follower Communication on Influencer Responses, Mood, and Job Satisfaction." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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PhD alum Hyang-Sook Kim is the co-author -- joining Kyongseok Kim -- of "A Cognitive Load Model of Entertainment Education: Testing the Effects of Open Captions on Learning and Persuasion." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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CONGRATS to PhD alum @chenjerai.bsky.social on his podcast Empire City being nominated in several categories -- including Podcast of the Year -- by the Ambies Awards! www.linkedin.com/posts/chenje...

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Grad alum Kelly Chernin is a presenter for "Trauma-Informed Storytelling: Conducting Interviews that Empower and Inspire." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N4g...

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It's season premiere day for News Over Noise, a @pennstateuniv.bsky.social news literacy pod. I'm joining @mattjord.bsky.social as co-host, but I'm also the first guest. The new ep discusses news in the streaming realm: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/a-l...

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@dbortree.bsky.social named Interim Dean of Bellisario; Juliet Pinto will be Acting Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Congrats to both! www.psu.edu/news/bellisa...

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CONGRATS to PhD candidate Sydney Forde on her pending post-doc position!

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Faculty @corybarker.bsky.social is featured on the Season 3 premiere of News Over Noise, in conversation with @mattjord.bsky.social about the implications of streaming for the news. Cory and Matt also will now be the co-hosts of the podcast! newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/a-l...

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Honored to be quoted in this incredibly in-depth article about the rise of Starlink and its implications for broadband connectivity by the very talented Joe Supan Inside the Rise of 7,000 Starlink Satellites – and Their Inevitable Downfall www.cnet.com/home/interne... via @cnet.com

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PhD alum @wunpini.bsky.social is the coauthor -- joining Aarum Youn-Heil -- of "'America was terrified … of an orange': using film to subvert hegemonic narratives on Asian identity." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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PhD alum Bingbing Zhang is the author of "Climate Information Exposure on Social Media and Climate-Related Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Environmental Discussion and Risk Perception." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Holly Overton, Michail Vafeiadis, Pratiti Diddi, @christenbuckley.bsky.social & Frank Dardis coauthor "Examining the impact of corporate social advocacy (CSA) issue ownership & message content on authenticity perceptions & behavioral intentions." www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

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PhD alum Erika Polson is the author of "Street art in the Insta-city: Mobile audiences and urban placemaking." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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And that’s a wrap! My Fulbright stay at @bellisariograded.bsky.social is officially over. Despite the broligarchic whirlwind around, I loved every day of it, and it profoundly helped me to organize my thoughts and navigate where I want to go next.

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It was an honor to participate in such important hearing and share our work on the political economy of advertising targeting children with Quebec’s National Assembly 👩🏼‍💻🇨🇦 @sydneyforde.bsky.social

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Participated in a lively special consultation for the Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Networks on Youth Health and Development with Quebec’s National Assembly this morning and preached the political economy of advertising to kids online 💻👾🇨🇦 @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social

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Faculty Sara Liao will be talking on "Unpopular Feminism: Popular Media, Technoculture, and Gender Politics in China," for the WGSS Speaker Series, Feb 12, 3:30, in 335 Willard.

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Save the Date! Cory Doctorow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation speaking on "Disenshitify or Die!: How to Seize the Means of Computation and Build a New, Good Internet That Is Hardened Against Tech Oligarchs' Insatiable Appetite for Coercing and Exploiting People." 2/27, 6 pm, Kern Auditorium.

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Faculty Holly Overton and @dbortree.bsky.social are co-editors of this issue of Public Relations Journal on sustainability. instituteforpr.org/prj-volume-1...

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CONGRATS to PhD alum @khooguansoon.bsky.social, who is the new Honors Program Director of the Moody College of Communication at UT Austin! moody.utexas.edu/news/new-moo...

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Proud recipient of the 2025 Pacific Telecommunications Council Distinguished Researcher Award.

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CONGRATULATIONS to faculty emeritus @telefrieden.bsky.social on being named Distinguished Researcher in the Pacific Telecommunications Council 2025 Awards! www.ptc.org/ptc25/awards/

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Zhenyu (Emma) Zhang, who passed her comprehensive exams today! With advisor @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social and committee members Stephanie Madden, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, and Sara Liao.

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Congratulations to faculty Holly Overton, who has been named an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Strategic Communication! www.linkedin.com/posts/bgsmit...

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Congratulations to Dr. Asha Winfield, Dr. Meghan S. Sanders, doctoral alums Dr. Rockia Harris and Dr. Hope Hickerson, and doctoral student Tiffany Smith on their latest publication in the edited volume, Supernatural Youth in Media. 🎉📚 #ScholarshipFirst #GeauxManship #SupernaturalStudies

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PhD candidate Megan Pietruszewski Norman summarizes work on AI and transparency. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ar...

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"Tribe" names in my reality TV class look familiar @bellisariograded.bsky.social

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PhD alum Changmin Yan is a coauthor of "Evaluating Older Adults’ Engagement and Usability With AI-Driven Interventions: Randomized Pilot Study." formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e64763

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Faculty Sara Liao is the author of "Understanding quan in feminist activism and queer articulations: Digital media and rights practices in China." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Mark your calendars! We're hosting another Open House on Monday, Feb. 3rd from 12-1pm in 314 Welsh Building! Our topic will be about the HEALthy Brain & Child Development Study presented by @drkoraly.bsky.social. Attendees must register, lunch is provided. Register ➡️ https://buff.ly/40zN8Gw

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