Sanders, M.S., & Banjo, O. (2021). The power of Black Panther to affect group perceptions: Examining the relationships between narrative engagement, narrative influence and perceived vitality of African Americans. Imagination, Cognition and Personality [online first]. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762366211063801
Kalmoe, N. P., & Mason, L. (Forthcoming). Advance Contract. Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, & What It Means for Democracy. University of Chicago Press.
Sanders, M. S., Yang, C., Whitenack, S. L., Ciaramella, A., Italiano, R., & Hickerson, H. M. (2021). Entertainment media and social consciousness. In P. Vorderer & C. Klimmt (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory (pp. 781-798). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Windels, K. & Porter, L. (2019). Examining consumers’ recognition of native and banner advertising on news website homepages. Journal of Interactive Advertising: https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2019.1688737.
Jarreau P. B., Cancellare I. A., Carmichael B. J., Porter, L., Toker D., Yammine S. Z. (2019). Using selfies to challenge public stereotypes of scientists. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216625. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216625.
Li, M. (2019). (Mis)Matching: Journalistic Uses of Gender Pronouns and Names Can Influence Implicit Attitudes towards Transgender People, Perceived News Content Credibility, and Perceived Reporter Professionalism. Newspaper Research Journal, 40(4), 517-533. doi: 10.1177/0739532919873083.
Li, M. (2019). Mediated vicarious contact with transgender people: How narrative perspective and interaction depiction influence intergroup attitudes, transportation, and elevation. Journal of Public Interest Communications, 3(1), 141-166. doi: 10.32473/jpic.v3.i1.p141.
Li, M. (2019). Priming mediated vicarious intergroup contact: How narrative focus influences attitude changes towards gay people, same-sex family, and social dominance. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 39(2), 151-174. doi: 10.1177/027623661881020.
Windels, K., Heo, J., Jeong, Y., Porter, L. & Wang, R. (2018). My Friend Likes This Brand: Do Ads with Social Context Attract More Attention on Social Networking Sites? Computers in Human Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.036.
Crosswell, L. & Porter, L. (2018). Politics, Propaganda, and Public Health. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Dunaway, J., Searles, K., Sui, M., & Paul, N. (2018). News attention in a mobile era. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23(2), 107-124.
Ferchaud, A. M., Sanders, M. S. (2018). Seeing through the avatar’s eyes:Effects of point-of-view and gender match on identification and enjoyment. Imagination, Cognition and Personality. [online first, February 2018].
Dale, K. R., Raney, A. A., Janicke, S. H., Sanders, M. S., & Oliver, M. B. (2017). YouTube for Good: A content analysis and examination of elicitors of self-transcendent media. Journal of Communication, 67(6), 897-919.
Jeong, Y. & Kim, Y. (2017). What concerns you the most on social networking sites (SNSs), your posting or others’? A study on the interplay among the type of posting, information type, and privacy concerns. Computers in Human Behavior, 69, 302-310.
Crosswell, L., Porter, L. & Sanders, M. (2017). Out of Sight, Out of Mind?: Addressing Unconscious Brand Awareness in Healthcare Communication. O’Hair, D. (Ed.) Risk and Health Communication in an Evolving Media Environment, New York: Routledge.
Tsay-Vogel, M., & Sanders, M. S. (2017). Fandom and the search for meaning:Examining communal involvement with popular media beyond pleasure. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 6(1), 32-47 [online first, 2015].
Crosswell, L. and Porter, L. (2016). The Eyes Don’t Lie: Addressing Implicit Bias in Healthcare Administration and Education. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication, 11(3), 1-16.
Sanders, M. S., & Tsay-Vogel, M. (2016). Beyond Heroes and Villains: Examining Explanatory Mechanisms Underlying Moral Disengagement. Mass Communication & Society, 19, 230-252.
Madison, T. P., Porter, L., & Greule, A. (2016). Parasocial compensation hypothesis: Predictors of using parasocial relationships to compensate for real-life interaction. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 35: 258-279. doi:10.1177/0276236615595232.
Jeong, Y., & Lundy, L. (2015). Evaluating food labels and food messages: An experimental study of the impact of message format and product type on evaluations of magazine food advertisements. Journal of Applied Communications, 99(1), 52-66.
Madison, T. P. & Porter, L. (2015). The people we meet: Discriminating functions of parasocial interaction. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 35, 47-71. doi: 10.1177/0276236615574490.
Turcotte, J., York, C., Irving, J., Scholl, R. M., & Pingree, R. J. (2015).. News recommendations from social media opinion leaders: Effects on media trust and information seeking. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20(5), 520-535. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12127.
Jeong, Y., & Coyle, E. (2014). What are you worrying about on social networking sites? Empirical investigation of young social networking site users’ perceived privacy. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 14(2), 51-59. doi:10.1080/15252019.2014.930678.
Madison, T. P., Rold, M., & Honeycutt, J. M. (2014). How partisans differ from independents: The imaginative functions of self-understanding, rehearsal, and relationship maintenance. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 34(2). doi:10.2190/IC.34.2.b.
Sanders, M. S., & Ramasubramanian, S. (2012). Stereotype Content and the African American Viewer:An Examination of African Americans’ Stereotyped Perceptions of Fictional Media Characters. Howard Journal of Communication, 23, 17-39.
Sanders, M. S., & Sullivan, J. M. (2010). Category Inclusion and Exclusion in Perceptions of African Americans: Using the Stereotype Content Model to Examine Perceptions of Groups and Individuals. Race, Gender and Class, 17, 201-222.
Lewis, B. and Porter, L. (2010). In-Game Advertising Effects: Examining Player Perceptions of Advertising Schema Congruity in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, Journal of Interactive Advertising, 10(2).
Sanders, M. S., Ciaramella, A., Italiano, R., & Johnson, L. (2020). How Structure and Agency affect Narrative Engagement toward Mental Health Issues across Media Genre. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division).
Ciaramella, A., & Sanders, M. S. (2020). An Examination of Genre and Media Content: Reducing Stereotypes by Eliciting Elevation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division).
Jiang, Y. & Park, H. (2020, May). Uncovering the effects of CSR appeals and message sources on consumers’ cognitive and behavioral responses to branded content on Instagram. Accepted for presentation at the 70th annual International Communication Association conference, Gold Coast, Australia. [pre-test]
Jiang, Y. & Kim, S. (2020, March). Uncovering the effect of digital corporate social responsibility communication strategies: A path through perceived legitimacy and perceived interactivity. Accepted for presentation at the annual International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando, FL, the United States. [pre-test & main data collection]
Kim, G., Yang, C., & Jeong, Y. (2019). How to promote health products online: The role of contextual priming, digital ad type and health threat orientation in determining the effectiveness of health product ads. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Toronto, Canada.
Jeong, Y., Kim, G., & Yang, C. (2019). The third person effect and perceived threat of health and environmental issues in differing PSAs. Paper presented at American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Global Conference, Beijing, China.
Sanders, M. S., Yang, C., Whitenack, S. L., Ciaramella, A., Italiano, R., & Hickerson, H. M. (2019). Where Meaningful Entertainment Meets Social Justice: An Exploratory Study of Socially Conscious Entertainment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Washington, D.C.
Sanders, M. S., Yang, C., Whitenack, S. L., Ciaramella, A., Italiano, R., & Hickerson, H. M. (2019). Emotions for Social Good: Affective Responses to Socially Conscious Entertainment in the Evaluation of Social Issues. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Washington, D.C.
Whitenack, S. L., & Sanders, M. S. (2019). Upward Spirals of Positive Emotions: The Effects of Meaningful Media Experiences on Attitudes toward Mental Illness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Washington, D.C.
Whitenack, S. L., Hamilton, D., & Sanders, M. S. (2018). Depictions of Asperger’s Syndrome on Prime-Time Television: An Intergroup Contact and Social Cognitive Theory Approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Mass Communication and Society Division), Washington, D.C.
Sanders, M. S., Raney, A. A., Dale, K.R, & Janicke-Bowles, S. H. (2018). Further Exploration of Transcendent Media: An Examination of the Nature of Self-Transcendent Emotions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Prague, Czech Republic.
Jeong, Y., & Kim, G. (2018). An eye-tracking examination of the visual attention to digital advertisements on general websites and social media. Paper presented at International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
Jeong, Y., & Kim, G. (2018). An eye-tracking study to examine the visual attention of ads on social media. Paper presented at American Academy of Advertising (AAA), New York, NY.
Sanders, M. S., (2018). The Face as a Window into Transcendent Emotions. Paper presented at the Media2Inspire Symposium, Tallahassee, FL.
Searles, K., Sui, M. & Paul, N. (August 2017). Skin deep news values: Examining the role of visuals and racial cues in journalists’ news selection process. Paper presented at the annual conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Kim, Y., & Park, H. (May 2017).“Halo Effect” in online crisis communication: Exploring the Effect of Organization-Public Relationships on Crisis Communication via Social Media. Paper presented at International Communication Association’s (ICA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Dunaway, J., Sui, M., Searles, K., & Paul, N. (January 2017). The Limits of Digital Citizenship: Constraints on News Consumption and Recall in the Mobile Setting. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jeong, Y., Heo, J., & Jung, A. (2017). A paradox of personalized ads on social media: An empirical investigation of ad relevance and privacy concern. Paper presented at National Communication Association (NCA), Dallas, TX.
Madison, T. P. & Abdullah, T. (2017). Tolerance of polygamy: A matter of portrayal, parasocial processing, and parasocial comparison. Manuscript accepted for presentation at annual conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in New Orleans, LA.
Sanders, M. S., Raney, A. A., Dale, K., Ji, Q., & Oliver, M.B. (2017). Transcendent Media Experiences: An Exploratory Study of the Connections Between Media Motivations, Transcendent Affect, and Behavioral Outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Dallas, TX.
Li, M., & Sanders, M. S. (2017). The Heuristic-Systematic Processing in Mediated Transgender Intergroup Contact: A Social Cognitive Approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), San Diego, CA.
Dunaway, J., Paul, N., Searles, K. & Sui, M. (April 2016). Left to Our Own Devices: News Attention and Information Recall on Computers, Tablets, and smartphones. Paper presented at the annual conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Jeong, Y., Porter, L., Windels, K., Wang, R., Jung, A., & Heo, J. (2016).. Can you see? An eye-tracking approach to examine the effectiveness of native advertisements on social networking sites. Paper presented at International Communication Association Annual Conference (ICA), Fukuoka, Japan.
Kim, Y., & Jeong, Y. (2016). Predicting information disclosure on Facebook: The role of self-monitoring and concern for privacy. Paper presented at International Communication Association Annual Conference (ICA), Fukuoka, Japan.
Li, M., & Sanders, M. S. (2016). Meaningful Parasocial Contact: Exploring How Stereotype Depiction and Recommendation Mechanism Reshape Mediated Transgender Contact in the Context of Digital Amateurism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Philadelphia, PA.
Windels, K., Jeong, Y., Porter, L., Wang, R., Jung, A., & Heo, J. (2016). All eyes on privacy: An eye-tracking study examining the relationship between privacy concerns and socially-referred native ads on social networking sites. Paper presented at American Academy of Advertising (AAA), Seattle, WA.
Jeong, Y. & Kim, Y. (2016). What concerns you the most on social networking sites (SNSs), your posting or others? A study on the interplay among the type of posting, information type, and privacy concerns. Paper presented at Marketing EDGE Direct/Interactive Marketing Research Summit, Los Angeles, CA.
Sanders, M. S. (2015). Parasocial Relationships as Meaningful Relationships: An Exploratory Study of PSRs’ Relationship with Companionship and Emotional Support. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Information Systems Division), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Li, M., & Sanders, M. S. (2015). Impression Formation in the Online Amateur Setting: Depiction and Platform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Altinay, Z., Ferchaud, A., Li, M., Goodie, S., & Sanders, M. S. (2015). Blending In or Standing Out? Investigating the Impact of Selfies and Social Comparison and Individuals’ Self Concept. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Information Systems Division), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Jeong, Y. (2015). The effectiveness of warning labels and ecolabels in different contexts. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), San Francisco, CA.
*Madison, T. P. & Porter, L. (2014). Heisenberg, Tony Soprano, and Me: Characteristics of Parasocial Relationships. Paper presented at 2014 Broadcast Education Association annual conference. Las Vegas, NV.
*1st Place Paper
Jeong, Y. (2014). The effectiveness of ecolabels among young adults: Environmental warning messages in differing message contexts. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Montreal, Canada.
Jeong, Y., & Lundy, L. (2014). Evaluating food labels and food messages: An experimental study of the impact of message format and product type on evaluations of magazine food advertisements. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Montreal, Canada.
*Sanders, M. S., & Tsay-Vogel, M. (May, 2014). The Moral Continuum in the World of Harry Potter: Examining Explanatory Mechanisms Underlying Moral Disengagement Across Characters of Different Moral Complexities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Seattle, WA.
*Top Faculty Paper
Tsay-Vogel, M., & Sanders, M. S. (May, 2014). Fandom and its Relationship to Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Audience Responses: Examining the Connection of Fans to the World of Harry Potter. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Seattle, WA.
Ferchaud, A., & Sanders, M.S. (May, 2014). Identification in video games: Connecting a multidimensional conceptualization of identification to enjoyment of game play. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Games Studies Division), Seattle, WA.
Jeong, Y., & Kim, Y. (2013). Understanding the effectiveness of ecolabels: Exploring message formats, context-induced moods, and issue-relevant determinants. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington D.C.
*Sanders, M. S., & Tsay, M. (November, 2012). Moral Disengagement and the Moral Continuum in the World of Harry Potter: Examining Moral Disengagement Strategies, Moral Judgments, Enjoyment and Appreciation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), Orlando, FL.
*Top Faculty Paper
Jeong, Y., & Coyle, E. (2012). What are you worrying about on social networking sites? Empirical investigation of young social networking site users’ perceived privacy. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Chicago, IL.
Jeong, Y. (2012). Determinants of warning label effectiveness: The interplay among message formats, context-induced moods, and personal interests. Paper presented at International Communication Association Annual Conference (ICA), Phoenix, AZ.
Jeong, Y. (2012). Read responsibly: The processing of warning messages by young adults in differing message conditions. Paper presented at American Academy of Advertising (AAA) conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Madison, T. P. & Rold, M. (2012). How partisans differ from independents: The imaginative functions of self-understanding, rehearsal, and relationship maintenance. Paper presented at 2012 Midwest Association of Public Opinion Research annual conference. Chicago, IL.
Madison, T. P. & Porter, L. (2012). It’s still all in your head: Parasociability and compensation. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference. Chicago, IL.
*Madison, T. P. & Porter, L. (2012). It’s all in your head: The evolution of television, parasociability and imagined interactions. Paper presented at 2012 Broadcast Education Association. Las Vegas, NV.
*3rd-Place Paper
Sanders, M.S., Tsay, M., & Marks, K. (May, 2012). Breaking up with a Gryffindor: Examining parasocial breakups with long-time media friends and its connection to eudaimonic and hedonic motivations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Information Systems Division), Phoenix, AZ.
Sanders, M. S., & Porter, L. M. (November, 2011). I want one!: Exploring parasocial relationships and character morality’s effects on product placement effectiveness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), New Orleans, LA.
Sanders, M. S. (August, 2011). Using morality to distinguish between heroes and villains in entertainment media. Research Panelist for “The case for morality and media: Overviewing, reviewing, and previewing our understanding of morality in media uses and effects.” Panel accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of AEJMC, St. Louis, MO.
Kim, N., & Sanders, M. S. (May, 2011). Is It More Scary to Be Sick or to Look Ugly? The Role of Threats and Message Framing on Persuasion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston.
Sanders, M. S., & Sullivan, J. M. (March, 2011). African American stereotypes in the age of the Obama Presidency. Paper presented at the Race, Gender and Class Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Madison, T. P. & Honeycutt, J.M. (2011). Media use and imagined interactions. Paper presented at 2011 Southwest Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC) annual conference. Dallas, TX.
Turcotte, J. & Madison, T. P. (2011). Propensity to participate. Paper presented at 2011 Southwest Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC) annual symposium. Dallas, TX.
Kim, N., & Sanders, M. S. (June, 2010). Is It Better To Promote Fear Or Prevent Beauty? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Singapore.
Kim, N., Jeong, Y, & Sanders, M. S. (2010). I Play, Therefore I am Persuaded: The Influence of Video Game Platform and Opponent on Players’ Presence and Perceptions of In-Game Advertising Effectiveness. Paper presented to the Entertainment Studies Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Sanders, M. S. (May 2009). Stereotype Content and the African American Viewer: An Examination of African Americans’ Stereotyped Perceptions of Fictional Media Characters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Mass Communications Division), Chicago, IL.
Sanders, M. S., & Kim, N. Y. (May 2008). I've Changed My Mind: A Longitudinal Study of Viewers' Impressions of Fictional Characters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (Information Systems Division), Montreal, Canada.