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Rebecca Frazer
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Assistant professor in the College of Journalism and Communication at the University of Florida. I study media effects and media psychology.
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OSU Comm is hiring an Assoc. or Full Prof. We are seeking someone to provide leadership for our undergrad journ program. The research focus includes journ, public opinion, audience analytics, science comm, or media economics, or other related topics.

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Associate Professor or Professor in Journalism - School of Communication
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August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Episode 108! @mattgrizz.bsky.social helps us appreciate the importance of characters in entertainment...using science!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Hpf...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/char...
June 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Super cool work!
From Joe Francemone and me: Moral information about one character doesn’t just shape how we see them—it reshapes how we see others around them. In social networks, moral judgments spread through contrast or assimilation depending on how the network is structured.

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Evidence of balance theory as a predictive framework for character interdependence
Abstract. Across three studies, we examined how balance theory can be used to predict interdependent character evaluations. Leveraging the propositions of
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June 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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OSU School of Communication alumni (and especially our grad alumni), we're hosting a reunion on Sept. 12, 2025, where we'll be opening and dedicating the new Lantern Newsroom. Mark your calendars! @beccafraz.bsky.social @morganellithorpe.bsky.social @wattsupdoc.bsky.social @austinhubner.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Vote for Greg!!
#AEJMC! I’m running for vice president in the upcoming elections. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing about why, but for now I’ll just say that @aejmc.bsky.social has meant a lot to me professionally, and I know I’ll work hard for a #futurefriendlyaejmc
March 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Happy to share that our conceptualization and scale validation for character depth is now published in Media Psychology (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)

Much thanks to co-authors @mattgrizz.bsky.social and Emily Moyer-Guse.

PDF at tinyurl.com/4etux967.
February 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gainesville with a winter storm watch? 😯
Winter Storm Watch issued for Alachua County, FL, for this Tues-Wed. I searched the IEM archive; this may be the first Winter Storm Watch for Alachua Co. since at least 1986. See the statement from NWS Jacksonville below, with a few relevant portions highlighted. Most of NE FL and SE GA included:
January 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Best lab now has the best notebooks!
I'm finding a groove making letterpress pocket notebooks. These were a gift to @mattgrizz.bsky.social's lab, which I've been crashing while on sabbatical.

Covers printed w/ vintage metal & wood type on a signpress. Recycled paper inside.

(If your lab wants something like this, we can talk!)
January 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
For all the new-to-ICA co-authors (not first/presenting authors) of accepted ICA papers who received this email that implies your required attendance, rest assured that--unless something dramatic has changed--the attendance of non-presenting co-authors is NOT required... 1/3
January 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"Let's submit that paper. It's ready to go. Should only take a second to upload it in the Editorial Manager."
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Why do we choose the media we choose? Check out The Ohio State University colleagues mattgrizz.bsky.social and Sara Grady and the latest podcast, online at www.osu.edu/impact/now-a....
What Our Media Choices Say About Us | Now at Ohio State
In this episode of Now at Ohio State, two experts break down why we choose the shows we choose, why we like the characters we like and what those choices mean.
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November 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Very excited to see
@mattgrizz.bsky.social
and my reconceptualization of Bandura's selective moral disengagement (SMD) now published at Comm Theory! shorturl.at/cvU23 We integrate SMD w/ social intuitionist theories and propose a two-stage moral signal detection process... [1/2]
Reconceptualizing selective moral disengagement mechanisms as continuums of moral influence: a theoretical expansion
Abstract. Mass communication researchers have applied Bandura’s selective moral disengagement (SMD) concept in diverse contexts to explain audiences’ accep
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April 18, 2024 at 9:17 PM
We're looking to hire 3 new science or health communication faculty at the University of Florida. Please share.

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December 6, 2023 at 4:17 AM
Share widely!
November 15, 2023 at 12:19 AM
I am looking for a close-ended occupation demographic measure for American adults. Anyone have one that has worked well?
October 17, 2023 at 9:44 PM