Erick Garcia
@garciaerick.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student in Communication at UC Santa Barbara
Media Effects | Intergroup Relations | Identity
@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
I investigate how online hate spreads and explore strategies to counter/reduce its harmful effects.
UC Irvine 🐜🍴 & CSULB 🦈 Alum
Media Effects | Intergroup Relations | Identity
@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
I investigate how online hate spreads and explore strategies to counter/reduce its harmful effects.
UC Irvine 🐜🍴 & CSULB 🦈 Alum
What an amazing end to #ICA25! Huge thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on Sunday or took the time to chat. I left ICA feeling inspired by the incredible work of so many brilliant scholars and deeply grateful for all the new connections made! Hasta la próxima!
📸: @musamalik.bsky.social
📸: @musamalik.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What an amazing end to #ICA25! Huge thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on Sunday or took the time to chat. I left ICA feeling inspired by the incredible work of so many brilliant scholars and deeply grateful for all the new connections made! Hasta la próxima!
📸: @musamalik.bsky.social
📸: @musamalik.bsky.social
Ahmed Al-Rawi found some great qualitative data on whether experiences w/ racism could have a (+) impact on democracy. Amazing work bringing empirical support to quant-crit discussions.
🔑 Takeaways: The biggest theme was white supremacy. Politicians received higher OHS and self-censored more often.
🔑 Takeaways: The biggest theme was white supremacy. Politicians received higher OHS and self-censored more often.
June 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ahmed Al-Rawi found some great qualitative data on whether experiences w/ racism could have a (+) impact on democracy. Amazing work bringing empirical support to quant-crit discussions.
🔑 Takeaways: The biggest theme was white supremacy. Politicians received higher OHS and self-censored more often.
🔑 Takeaways: The biggest theme was white supremacy. Politicians received higher OHS and self-censored more often.
Triantafyllos Gkaragkanis focused on online hate speech (OHS), affecting migrants in E. Europe.
They proposed digital literacy as a possible intervention to curtail anti-Migrant OHS.
🔑 Takeaways: Some countries have ⬇️ OHS, are more open to migration, but are ⬆️ in stereotypical media depictions.
They proposed digital literacy as a possible intervention to curtail anti-Migrant OHS.
🔑 Takeaways: Some countries have ⬇️ OHS, are more open to migration, but are ⬆️ in stereotypical media depictions.
June 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Triantafyllos Gkaragkanis focused on online hate speech (OHS), affecting migrants in E. Europe.
They proposed digital literacy as a possible intervention to curtail anti-Migrant OHS.
🔑 Takeaways: Some countries have ⬇️ OHS, are more open to migration, but are ⬆️ in stereotypical media depictions.
They proposed digital literacy as a possible intervention to curtail anti-Migrant OHS.
🔑 Takeaways: Some countries have ⬇️ OHS, are more open to migration, but are ⬆️ in stereotypical media depictions.
Kellen Sharp discussed some interesting points re: technoculture and digital diaspora. They utilized LLMs to study anti-Racist discourse on reddit.
I see lots of overlap with my own work on online hate speech & bystander intervention.
🔑 Takeaway: Solidarity is important for anti-Racist discourse!
I see lots of overlap with my own work on online hate speech & bystander intervention.
🔑 Takeaway: Solidarity is important for anti-Racist discourse!
June 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kellen Sharp discussed some interesting points re: technoculture and digital diaspora. They utilized LLMs to study anti-Racist discourse on reddit.
I see lots of overlap with my own work on online hate speech & bystander intervention.
🔑 Takeaway: Solidarity is important for anti-Racist discourse!
I see lots of overlap with my own work on online hate speech & bystander intervention.
🔑 Takeaway: Solidarity is important for anti-Racist discourse!
I had an amazing experience presenting qualitative data at the Psychology of Media & Tech preconference at #SPSP2025 on Thursday! 👨🏽🏫
It was wonderful connecting with so many young and senior scholars at @spspnews.bsky.social this year. 🤝🏾
Looking foward to submitting for #SPSP2026 next year! 🤩
It was wonderful connecting with so many young and senior scholars at @spspnews.bsky.social this year. 🤝🏾
Looking foward to submitting for #SPSP2026 next year! 🤩
February 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I had an amazing experience presenting qualitative data at the Psychology of Media & Tech preconference at #SPSP2025 on Thursday! 👨🏽🏫
It was wonderful connecting with so many young and senior scholars at @spspnews.bsky.social this year. 🤝🏾
Looking foward to submitting for #SPSP2026 next year! 🤩
It was wonderful connecting with so many young and senior scholars at @spspnews.bsky.social this year. 🤝🏾
Looking foward to submitting for #SPSP2026 next year! 🤩
Some really interesting and thought-provoking discussion earlier at the "How should large language models be used in social psychology?" panel at @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2025!
Probing many questions we as social scientists ask about our research as LLMs are utilized more in social psychology. 🤔
Probing many questions we as social scientists ask about our research as LLMs are utilized more in social psychology. 🤔
February 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Some really interesting and thought-provoking discussion earlier at the "How should large language models be used in social psychology?" panel at @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2025!
Probing many questions we as social scientists ask about our research as LLMs are utilized more in social psychology. 🤔
Probing many questions we as social scientists ask about our research as LLMs are utilized more in social psychology. 🤔
That's right, #SocialPsychology colleagues and friends! I will be at @spspnews.bsky.social once again! 🤩
Excited to connect with all the wonderful #SocialPsyc scholars working on similar research topics. Let's chat about theory, methods, and research at #SPSP2025! 🤔
Peep the poster info below. 👀
Excited to connect with all the wonderful #SocialPsyc scholars working on similar research topics. Let's chat about theory, methods, and research at #SPSP2025! 🤔
Peep the poster info below. 👀
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
That's right, #SocialPsychology colleagues and friends! I will be at @spspnews.bsky.social once again! 🤩
Excited to connect with all the wonderful #SocialPsyc scholars working on similar research topics. Let's chat about theory, methods, and research at #SPSP2025! 🤔
Peep the poster info below. 👀
Excited to connect with all the wonderful #SocialPsyc scholars working on similar research topics. Let's chat about theory, methods, and research at #SPSP2025! 🤔
Peep the poster info below. 👀