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.
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. 💙
Even the language used in the coverage of these protests is biased. Words associated with anger & fear are more likely to be associated with protests involving non-white individuals compared to protests involving white individuals as shown in the work by @laginagause.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Even the language used in the coverage of these protests is biased. Words associated with anger & fear are more likely to be associated with protests involving non-white individuals compared to protests involving white individuals as shown in the work by @laginagause.bsky.social
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
Right . . . these programs are what resulted in "shameful discrimination". NASA's own stats about their employees' race were clearly reflecting historically equitable hiring practices
January 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Right . . . these programs are what resulted in "shameful discrimination". NASA's own stats about their employees' race were clearly reflecting historically equitable hiring practices
In another paper we found that stereotypical depictions of Muslims in the media can motivate young Muslim Americans to engage in collective action to improve the image of their religious group within mainstream society. doi.org/10.1177/0093...
December 11, 2024 at 5:31 PM
In another paper we found that stereotypical depictions of Muslims in the media can motivate young Muslim Americans to engage in collective action to improve the image of their religious group within mainstream society. doi.org/10.1177/0093...
In this paper we found that Latino Americans engage with social media actions aimed at improving their group image and status because they perceive such actions to be efficacious for these political goals. doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
December 11, 2024 at 5:25 PM
In this paper we found that Latino Americans engage with social media actions aimed at improving their group image and status because they perceive such actions to be efficacious for these political goals. doi.org/10.1093/joc/...