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Media MOSAIC Lab
@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
The Media MOSAIC Lab at UCSB investigates media effects on marginalization, online hate, social identity, audiences, intergroup relations, and collective action.

📍: University of California, Santa Barbara
🔗: mosaiclab.comm.ucsb.edu
Congrats to @ismaharif.bsky.social on receiving the National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship (NUS-OGS)! He'll receive funding support for the remainder of his PhD to advance his research on bridging social divisions through the multidimensional perspective of social identity. 👏🏽
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
😎 UCSB COMM Grad Students 😎

Interested in hearing real experiences and tips from fellow grad students and junior faculty on building meaningful academic connections at conferences? 🤔

If so, come join us at our Conferences & Connections event on Monday, October 27th! For more info, see the flyer! 👀
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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📢If you're joining the APS Global Summit this week, do visit some of my awesome students' posters!

#APSGlobal #commsky #psychology
Congrats to lab member @ismaharif.bsky.social on 4 posters accepted at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social (APS) Global Psychological Science Summit! 🧠

He'll present on the cross-domain (media, interpersonal, group) effects of identity threats, alongside posters presented by his mentored students. 👨🏽‍🏫
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congrats to lab member @ismaharif.bsky.social on 4 posters accepted at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social (APS) Global Psychological Science Summit! 🧠

He'll present on the cross-domain (media, interpersonal, group) effects of identity threats, alongside posters presented by his mentored students. 👨🏽‍🏫
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Check out this theory-driven piece offering an important framework for scholars interested in how diverse media content can be used for intergroup socialization. Truly impressive work by @len-s.bsky.social to publish as a sole author while in grad school! @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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New paper (2025) by @len-s.bsky.social proposes the PMSIS model: parents can use racially diverse entertainment media + "foreground co-viewing" + active mediation to improve children's intergroup socialization 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/annc...

Great work Sovannie 👏👏👏 #commsky
September 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📢 IMPORTANT #COMMsky PUBLICATION ALERT!! 📢

Media MOSAIC Lab member @len-s.bsky.social's latest article has been officially published in the Annals of the International Communication Association (@icahdq.bsky.social)! 👏🏽

For more information, see the 🧵 and 🔗 down below ⬇
doi.org/10.1093/annc...
A social cognitive approach for using racially diverse entertainment media to improve children’s intergroup socialization
Abstract. Ethnic-racial socialization plays a crucial role in shaping children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding race and intergroup interactions. Howeve
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September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Lovely time meeting and learning from you all at @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social @nibasaleem.bsky.social

#ica25 #commsky #academicsky
This year at #ICA25 we were reminded of how community can drive discussion, new ideas and help foster awesome collaborations! 🤝🏼

We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be able to reconnect with @drsrivi.bsky.social & @malenao.bsky.social, two amazing and wonderful scholars in #COMMSky! ✨
June 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Huge congratulations to @nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social for receiving a Top Paper Award in the Intergroup Communication division at #ICA25! 🏆

We’re so proud of your well-deserved recognition and the amazing work presented at this year's @icahdq.bsky.social! 🎉

#COMMSky #AcademicSky
June 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This year at #ICA25 we were reminded of how community can drive discussion, new ideas and help foster awesome collaborations! 🤝🏼

We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be able to reconnect with @drsrivi.bsky.social & @malenao.bsky.social, two amazing and wonderful scholars in #COMMSky! ✨
June 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Good morning #COMMSky from #ICA25! 🌞 If you have time from 3:00 PM to 5:45 PM, feel free to join us at our presentations! 🗣

@nibasaleem.bsky.social will be presenting an Intergroup Communication top paper! @garciaerick.bsky.social will be presenting on Risk, Race and Algorithms @icacat.bsky.social!
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Super proud of @len-s.bsky.social for receiving the Dissertation Award for Social Impact for her exciting dissertation proposal! Check out her work with @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
Big congratulations to our lab member @len-s.bsky.social for receiving the inaugural UC Santa Barbara Communication Department Dissertation Award for Social Impact! 🥳

The award recognizes outstanding dissertation research proposals in communication with a clear application for
societal impact.✨
June 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#COMMSky if you are at #ICA25 and are interested in racial diversity, entertainment media, and intergroup relationships, reach out to @len-s.bsky.social for a chat over coffee (or tea)! ☕🍵

P.S. Ask her about the lab's cool business cards and who designed the lab logo! 👀

#ICA2025 #AcademicSky
Big congratulations to our lab member @len-s.bsky.social for receiving the inaugural UC Santa Barbara Communication Department Dissertation Award for Social Impact! 🥳

The award recognizes outstanding dissertation research proposals in communication with a clear application for
societal impact.✨
June 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Big congratulations to our lab member @len-s.bsky.social for receiving the inaugural UC Santa Barbara Communication Department Dissertation Award for Social Impact! 🥳

The award recognizes outstanding dissertation research proposals in communication with a clear application for
societal impact.✨
June 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hello, once again, Denver! (summer ver.) 🌞
If you are at #ICA25 this weekend, I'd love to connect!

I'll be at many of the online hate panels, so come say hi if you want to chat about online hate, media effects, identity, and intergroup relations! 🤝🏽

P.S. Ask me about our lab's cool business cards 👀
Rise and shine from sunny Denver, CO! ☀️🌄
#ICA25 is in full swing today! 😎

We’re excited to discover the newest innovations in COMM research and methodology @icahdq.bsky.social! 📄📈

If you spot any of our lab members here at ICA, come connect! We’d love to chat! 👋🏽

#COMMSky #AcadmeicSky #ICA2025
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June 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Rise and shine from sunny Denver, CO! ☀️🌄
#ICA25 is in full swing today! 😎

We’re excited to discover the newest innovations in COMM research and methodology @icahdq.bsky.social! 📄📈

If you spot any of our lab members here at ICA, come connect! We’d love to chat! 👋🏽

#COMMSky #AcadmeicSky #ICA2025
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June 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social for achieving this milestone! She will be starting her postdoctoral position at UCLA working with the incredible @snsoroka.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to share that our incredible lab member @nmolinarogers.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation, "I Believe I Can, So We Did: A Test of Social Media Efficacy and Activism Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups"! 🎉

🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is that @garciaerick.bsky.social we see? 👀

Come support this awesome team of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social COMM graduate students (@overbye.bsky.social, Xinyi Zhang, and @laurentwang.bsky.social) on Sunday, June 15th!

P.S. We love collaboration with our fellow media labs! @mediaskill.bsky.social
Next up for our #ICA25 presentations: Risk, Race, and Algorithms: Understanding Perceptions of Algorithm Bias Through the RPA Framework 🧠🤖
By @overbye.bsky.social, @garciaerick.bsky.social, Zhang & @laurentwang.bsky.social
📅 Sunday June 15
🕟 4:30–5:45 PM
📍Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2)
June 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hey-o #CommSky!👋🏽
#ICA2025 week = lab squad on the move to Denver! ✈️

Our lab is heading to @icahdq.bsky.social later this week, and we are all super stoked to share the amazing work our lab members have been a part of! #AcademicSky 🥳

👇🏽 Here's where you can find us on Sunday, June 15th for #ICA25 👇🏽
June 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We’re thrilled to share that our incredible lab member @nmolinarogers.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation, "I Believe I Can, So We Did: A Test of Social Media Efficacy and Activism Among Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups"! 🎉

🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
June 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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🧵New publication alert! with @ismaharif.bsky.social Does media shape identity, or does identity guide media use? Our new 3-year study with Muslim American youth tests this bi-directional link @rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @hcr-journal.bsky.social @theispu.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📢 New Publication Alert! 📢

The latest research from our lab at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social has just been published in @hcr-journal.bsky.social! 📄

@nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social explored whether media shapes identity or whether identity influences media use.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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@nibasaleem.bsky.social and colleagues’ meta-analysis reveals that negative media depictions of ethnic minorities lead to unfavorable evaluations of these groups, while positive portrayals produce the opposite effect.
May 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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📢 New publication alert! How do media portrayals of minority groups affect outgroup evaluations?
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This one was a journey. Jobs changed, roles changed, zip codes changed, babies were born, but the meta-analysis kept going. Grateful to the brilliant team (most not on Sky) who made it happen. @stewartcoles.bsky.social
@rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
@nibasaleem.bsky.social and colleagues’ meta-analysis reveals that negative media depictions of ethnic minorities lead to unfavorable evaluations of these groups, while positive portrayals produce the opposite effect.
May 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM