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.
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HELLO HELLO #COMMSky! It’s Day 3 of #NCA2025! ☀️
Today we’re excited to share a top paper and a few more presentations! 🔝📄🏅
It has been amazing getting to connect with everyone! If you’re at #NCA25, come and say hi at one of our sessions! 👋🏽
#AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Saturday schedule ⬇️
Today we’re excited to share a top paper and a few more presentations! 🔝📄🏅
It has been amazing getting to connect with everyone! If you’re at #NCA25, come and say hi at one of our sessions! 👋🏽
#AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Saturday schedule ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Great news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Great news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️
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G’Morning #COMMSky! It’s Day 2 of #NCA2025! ⛰️
Today we’re excited to share a top paper, and present on pedagogy and mentorship! 🔝📄🏅
It was great meeting many of you yesterday—let’s keep it rolling! If you’re at #NCA25, stop by and say hi! 👋🏽
#AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Friday schedule ⬇️
Today we’re excited to share a top paper, and present on pedagogy and mentorship! 🔝📄🏅
It was great meeting many of you yesterday—let’s keep it rolling! If you’re at #NCA25, stop by and say hi! 👋🏽
#AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Friday schedule ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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If you'd like to join us in congratulating @len-s.bsky.social and her co-author @kyungin-kim.bsky.social, stop by the Communication and Social Cognition business meeting today from 4-5:15 PM in Juniper Ballroom B! 🎉👏🏽
We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩
#NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB
We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩
#NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you'd like to join us in congratulating @len-s.bsky.social and her co-author @kyungin-kim.bsky.social, stop by the Communication and Social Cognition business meeting today from 4-5:15 PM in Juniper Ballroom B! 🎉👏🏽
We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩
#NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB
We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩
#NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB
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Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅
For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
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Day 1 of #NCA2025 is here! 🎉
The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝
We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️
The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝
We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Are you headed to #NCA2025 this week? 🤔
If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆
See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA!
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆
See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA!
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Are you headed to #NCA2025 this week? 🤔
If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆
See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA!
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆
See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA!
#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
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Excited to present some new research I’ve been working on at #NCA2025 tomorrow! We are in the early Comm and Social Cognition session starting at 8:15AM!
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to present some new research I’ve been working on at #NCA2025 tomorrow! We are in the early Comm and Social Cognition session starting at 8:15AM!
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. 👨🏽🏫
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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...
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