Muniba Saleem
@nibasaleem.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ UC Santa Barbara Comm, faculty affiliate @rcgd-isr.bsky.social, PI of @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social | studying how media influences intergroup relations using social psych theories and social science methods.
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP
From headlines to hit shows, media portrayals shape how people see others outside their own group.
spsp.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
@stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Incredible achievement by @ismaharif.bsky.social So proud of you!!!
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 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Incredible achievement by @ismaharif.bsky.social So proud of you!!!
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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. 👨🏽🏫
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
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. 👨🏽🏫
He'll present on the cross-domain (media, interpersonal, group) effects of identity threats, alongside posters presented by his mentored students. 👨🏽🏫
Reposted by Muniba Saleem
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
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New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
www.scientificamerican.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Mentoring grad students is a combo of honesty, trust, and high expectations, plus the hope that your guidance helps students find clarity and growth. You’re never certain. When a student recognizes your efforts, it changes you too. Feeling grateful today for a gift that reminded me why I do this. 💙
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Mentoring grad students is a combo of honesty, trust, and high expectations, plus the hope that your guidance helps students find clarity and growth. You’re never certain. When a student recognizes your efforts, it changes you too. Feeling grateful today for a gift that reminded me why I do this. 💙
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
📢 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...
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
academic.oup.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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
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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
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
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
We’re so proud of your well-deserved recognition and the amazing work presented at this year's @icahdq.bsky.social! 🎉
#COMMSky #AcademicSky
Related to @ismaharif.bsky.social research interests within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
Applications open now!
🚨 Call for Abstracts!
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
I'm excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies
@ MIT on Dec 5-6
Keynotes from
@bgoldberg.bsky.social & @adamberinsky.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline to submit: July 14, 2025
🔗 sites.google.com/view/polariz...
June 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Related to @ismaharif.bsky.social research interests within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
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.✨
The award recognizes outstanding dissertation research proposals in communication with a clear application for
societal impact.✨
June 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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
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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 👇🏽
#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
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 👇🏽
#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 👇🏽
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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 ✨
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)
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
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 ✨
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 ✨
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! 🥳
🥳 Huge congratulations to Dr. Nancy Molina-Rogers! 🥳
June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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
Very interesting paper! Related to the ideas @ismaharif.bsky.social is working on within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
Prejudice is common in modern societies.
Reducing prejudice is difficult to do, particularly in a cost-effective & scalable manner.
Can AI help reduce prejudice?
My new working paper w @semrasevi.bsky.social, @mbosley.bsky.social & Crabtree examines this question!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reducing prejudice is difficult to do, particularly in a cost-effective & scalable manner.
Can AI help reduce prejudice?
My new working paper w @semrasevi.bsky.social, @mbosley.bsky.social & Crabtree examines this question!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very interesting paper! Related to the ideas @ismaharif.bsky.social is working on within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
🧵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! 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
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🚨New pub alert! 🚨 Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, our (w/@nibasaleem.bsky.social, Ian Hawkins, Steve Rains, Dana Mastro) meta-analysis finds that positive depictions of minority groups lead to favorable evaluations, & negative depictions to unfavorable evaluations, by majority group members.
📢 New publication alert! How do media portrayals of minority groups affect outgroup evaluations?
May 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚨New pub alert! 🚨 Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, our (w/@nibasaleem.bsky.social, Ian Hawkins, Steve Rains, Dana Mastro) meta-analysis finds that positive depictions of minority groups lead to favorable evaluations, & negative depictions to unfavorable evaluations, by majority group members.
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
@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
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
@rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social
NCA Division Awards deadline is May 15, 2025! If you or your students are doing great work in communication, apply or spread the word. Recognition matters. 🏆💬 #NCA2025
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NCA National Awards: Call for 2025 Nominations - National Communication Association
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May 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
NCA Division Awards deadline is May 15, 2025! If you or your students are doing great work in communication, apply or spread the word. Recognition matters. 🏆💬 #NCA2025
www.natcom.org/nca-national...
www.natcom.org/nca-national...
Ah yes, masks at protests? Totally unacceptable. But ICE agents pretending to be “police” while covering their faces to arrest someone with a valid student visa? Completely fine, apparently.
Love that consistent commitment to free speech and constitutional rights. Really inspiring stuff. 🙃
Love that consistent commitment to free speech and constitutional rights. Really inspiring stuff. 🙃
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ah yes, masks at protests? Totally unacceptable. But ICE agents pretending to be “police” while covering their faces to arrest someone with a valid student visa? Completely fine, apparently.
Love that consistent commitment to free speech and constitutional rights. Really inspiring stuff. 🙃
Love that consistent commitment to free speech and constitutional rights. Really inspiring stuff. 🙃
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I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
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Listen to every word.
March 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Listen to every word.
Despite the outcry that DEI is "taking over" every industry, newsrooms remain overwhelmingly white and male. And that matters. A LOT. Let’s talk about how media “objectivity” is anything but. 👇🏾 @pewresearch.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Despite the outcry that DEI is "taking over" every industry, newsrooms remain overwhelmingly white and male. And that matters. A LOT. Let’s talk about how media “objectivity” is anything but. 👇🏾 @pewresearch.org
Great talk by @danielbarnett7.bsky.social
at #SPSP2025 examining themes within far-right communities. Related to work done by Dr. Ian Hawkins examining SIMCA themes within White nationalists YouTube videos published within New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461...
at #SPSP2025 examining themes within far-right communities. Related to work done by Dr. Ian Hawkins examining SIMCA themes within White nationalists YouTube videos published within New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Rise UP!: A content analytic study of how collective action is discussed within White nationalist videos on YouTube - Ian Hawkins, Muniba Saleem, 2023
There are worldwide concerns about the rise of White nationalism and its implications for intergroup relations in multicultural societies. Social media, in part...
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Great talk by @danielbarnett7.bsky.social
at #SPSP2025 examining themes within far-right communities. Related to work done by Dr. Ian Hawkins examining SIMCA themes within White nationalists YouTube videos published within New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461...
at #SPSP2025 examining themes within far-right communities. Related to work done by Dr. Ian Hawkins examining SIMCA themes within White nationalists YouTube videos published within New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Wonderful to connect with @sylviapperry.bsky.social at #SPSP2025!!! Here is hoping our shared interests blossom into a new and productive collaboration!!!
February 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Wonderful to connect with @sylviapperry.bsky.social at #SPSP2025!!! Here is hoping our shared interests blossom into a new and productive collaboration!!!
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Dear American National Election Studies (ANES) User Community, we are pleased to announce the preliminary release of pre-election data for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study. The data and documentation can be downloaded from the study page at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
2024 Time Series Study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dear American National Election Studies (ANES) User Community, we are pleased to announce the preliminary release of pre-election data for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study. The data and documentation can be downloaded from the study page at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...