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tagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ll have more to say about this paper in a bit, but very excited about it. Helps to explain why punishment doesn’t work to improve cooperation, why people still punish anyway, and what it implies about the evolution of cooperation and criminal justice policy www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation | PNAS

Third-party punishment is theorized by some scholars to be essential to the evolution of large-scale cooperation, but empirically, it often fails t...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Vladimir Bojarskich @vbojarskich.bsky.social · Jul 30

💥 New preprint out:
"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.

How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?

👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Yay yay yayyyyy so happy for you!!!! They are so lucky to have you!!!🎉🎉🎉

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Joshua Baldwin Ph.D. @baldwin-j-a.bsky.social · Jul 1

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined Boston University as an Assistant Professor in Media Psychology and AI. I’ll be part of the Department of Mass Comm, Advertising, & PR as well as the Division of Emerging Media Studies. I’m excited to work with this incredible group of scholars.

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Jun 10

🧵 1/ How does the field of Communication use the GRE for PhD admissions?

Ellie Mercedes Ross, @laramiet.bsky.social, & I set out to answer this question. Our paper explores how GRE usage, particularly minimum score thresholds, can filter out certain racial & ethnic groups

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GRE Thresholds, Filtering, and Equity: A Pandemic-Era Reassessment of Communication Doctoral Admissions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Communication PhD programs reconsidered the use of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) amid concerns about structural inequities in graduate admissions. We examined ...

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Apr 22

We’re at #SANS2025! Catch our Blitz Talk (Session #2) + Poster (P2-A-5) on how negative and high-arousal news shape decision-making.

Most research focuses on how the negativity bias captures our attention. We clarify what happens next!

High-res poster here: cogcommscience.com/were-at-sans...

Poster titled “Negatively Valenced and High-Arousal News Headlines Drive Preferential Evidence Accumulation and Influence Selection” by Gong et al. Presented at the SANS 2025 Annual Meeting. The poster features four main sections: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. The Background summarizes prior research on negativity bias and its political implications. The Methods section describes two studies: a behavioral study with 300 nationally representative participants and an fMRI study with 30 young adults (16 Democrats, 14 Republicans). Participants completed a two-choice task involving 140 economic news headlines generated and rated for emotional valence and arousal. The Results show that negatively valenced, high-arousal headlines produced faster evidence accumulation (higher drift rate), moderated by political ideology. fMRI results revealed subcortical brain activation (e.g., caudate, nucleus accumbens, thalamus) that correlated with drift rate. Graphs display estimated drift rates across political groups and brain activity contrasts for valence and arousal. The Conclusions highlight that, when arousal and valence are statistically separated, both drive preference, supporting a value-based model of decision making. Institutional affiliations and references are listed at the bottom.

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Yayyy can’t wait to see you soon!!

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Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social · Apr 11

Excited to be back in Buffalo NY for the Moral Media Conference! I’ll be presenting my last PhD chapter on the longitudinal links between adolescents’ moral values and exposure to influencers’ moral content together with @lindsayhahn.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social ✨ #moralmedia25

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Apr 10

After nearly 6 years, I'm delighted to share a new paper in Journal of Media Psychology:

"Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring 2.0". We studied cooperation using AR & low-cost EEG hyperscanning (doi.org/10.1027/1864...).

🧵Here’s how it started, what we found, & why it matters

Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring 2.0: Using AR and Mobile EEG Hyperscanning to Study Cooperation: Journal of Media Psychology: Vol 37, No 2

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J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social · Jan 17

@lindsayhahn.bsky.social advocates for translational science principles to bridge the gap between CAM research, public understanding & policy on media’s effects on children by, for instance, prioritizing research addressing caregivers’ and educators’ needs (6/8) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A call for the adoption of translational science principles in children’s media effects research

Published in Journal of Children and Media (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Jan 9

This looks ahhhhhhhhhhmazing!!!! What a lineup and innovative format for a conference!

Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thrilled to announce keynote speakers for #moralmedia25 - Drs. Helena Bilandzic (U Augsburg), @mdehghani.bsky.social (U Southern California), @aeden.bsky.social (Michigan State U), & @fhopp.bsky.social (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). Submissions are due Feb 2!

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Jan 9

And of course, please reach out to me with any questions! We hope you’ll consider submitting early stage ideas and use the conference to find collaborators. We’d love this event to become as interdisciplinary as possible, so please also share with your networks!

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Jan 9

This year, you can submit works in ANY stage of progress - and we also have a special submission track in which top papers will receive travel funding & an auto-R&R decision for a special collection in @jmp-hogrefe.bsky.social! More info and the CFP can be found here: moralmedia.org/annual-meeti...

Moral Media – April 2025

Moral Media Conference Call for Papers We are excited to announce the eighth meeting of the Moral Media conference to be held April 11-13, 2025, in Buffalo, NY. This meeting is jointly sponsored by…

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thrilled to announce keynote speakers for #moralmedia25 - Drs. Helena Bilandzic (U Augsburg), @mdehghani.bsky.social (U Southern California), @aeden.bsky.social (Michigan State U), & @fhopp.bsky.social (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). Submissions are due Feb 2!

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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Jan 8

🚨 Join us for #CommHorizons25, hosted by the Department of Communication @ucdavis.bsky.social!

Theme: Media, Health, & Society: Exploring Wellbeing Across Lifespans & Diverse Communities

Keynotes: Drs. Dana Mastro & @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social.

Info: communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...

Three books, colored yellow, red, and blue, between a pair of over-the-ear headphones.

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Journal of Media Psychology @jmp-hogrefe.bsky.social · Dec 5

Dr. Allison Eden will be a keynote speaker for the Moral Media conference in April. She is an Associate Professor at Michigan State. Some of her interests include media enjoyment.

Read more here: moralmedia.org/annual-meeti...

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Dec 13

what *isn’t* it though??

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Dec 13

Ok but how about Catly though

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Dec 11

Yayyyy congratulations, Meltem!!! They’re so lucky to have you!! Hope you enjoy East Lansing!!

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Nov 23

Maddie Taggart presenting more of our lab’s latest work on the role of threatening news in explaining extreme prejudice

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Nov 23

Kyle Heneveld presenting some of our lab’s latest work examining how humor can facilitate hate #NCA2024

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Lindsay Hahn @lindsayhahn.bsky.social · Nov 21

Irina Andreeva presenting some of our lab’s latest research into audiences’ experiences with narrative cliffhangers #NCA2024

Academic presentation on narrative cliffhangers

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NCA Comm + Social Cognition Division @ncacsc.bsky.social · Nov 19

In the meantime, feel free to save this overview of the #NCACSC events at this year's conference. If you have announcements (like 🥂 receptions, 👀 cool work, or other news), please let us know so we can share the word!

Description of events for the CSC Division at this year's NCA. Text on the image reads as follows:

Thu. 11/21
11a-12p • Preservation Hall 8
You Can't Fool Me! Deception Detection, Message Construction, and Continued Conversation

1a-2:15p • Preservation Hall 8
Advancements in Media Psychology & Effects: The Role of Content & Context

2:30-3:45p • Preservation Hall 4/5
Report from the Future: Communication Science Futures

Fri. 11/22
9:30-10:45a • Preservation Hall 8
Top Student Papers in Communication and Social Cognition

11a-12:15p • Preservation Hall 8
Top Papers in Communication and Social Cognition

1-2:15p • Preservation Hall 8
Communication + Social Cognition Business Meeting

Sat. 11/23
11a-12:15p • Preservation Hall 8
From Reuters to Reddit: News and Social Media
Reception & Effects

4-5:15p • Preservation Hall 8
Reactance, Resistance, & Retribution: Insights on
Negative Responses to Messages

Sun. 11/24
11a-12p • Preservation Hall 8
Group Belonging in Communication Processes

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