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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · 12d

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. 💙

Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 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...

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

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · Jun 19

Related to @ismaharif.bsky.social research interests within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · Jun 19

Applications open now!

David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨 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...

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · Jun 15

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

Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 14

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.✨

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

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 👇🏽

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 10

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 ✨

UCSB Media Skill Lab @mediaskill.bsky.social · Jun 5

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)

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · Jun 10

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

Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 9

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! 🥳

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · Jun 4

Very interesting paper! Related to the ideas @ismaharif.bsky.social is working on within the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Apr 24

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....

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📖 Read the full manuscript here: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

Testing the bi-directional influence of media and identity: a longitudinal study of Muslim American adolescents

Abstract. Guided by social identity gratification theory, this study examines the reciprocal relationship between media consumption and social identity amo

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

✅ Key takeaway: Media environments play a complex, active role in shaping how Muslim American youth understand who they are, especially in a social context where their identity is often stigmatized.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

🧠 Why does this matter? For marginalized youth, media isn’t just background noise, it can affirm or undermine identity. The language, genre, and platform matter for how youth think about their self and collective identities.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📺 Not all media types had the same effects: Native-language entertainment media was positively associated with centrality & private esteem English-language media varied across levels of analysis. Social media → linked to declines in private esteem over time

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📈 We used latent growth curve modeling to test bi-directional effects. We found stronger evidence for media shaping identity, rather than identity shaping media choices, especially in within-person changes across the three-year period.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

Guided by the Social Identity Gratification Theory, we tracked 220 ethnically and linguistically diverse Muslim American adolescents to examine how different types of media consumption (in native & English language) and identity development interact over time.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

🧵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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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📖 Read the full manuscript here: academic-oup-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/hcr/advance-...

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

✅ Key takeaway: Media environments play a complex, active role in shaping how Muslim American youth understand who they are, especially in a social context where their identity is often stigmatized.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

🧠 Why does this matter?
For marginalized youth, media isn’t just background noise, it can affirm or undermine identity.
The language, genre, and platform matter for how youth think about their self and collective identities.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📺 Not all media types had the same effects:

Native-language entertainment media was positively associated with identity centrality & private esteem

English-language media varied across levels of analysis (within versus between)

Social media → linked to declines in private esteem over time

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

📈 We used latent growth curve modeling to test bi-directional effects. We found stronger evidence for media shaping identity, rather than identity shaping media choices, especially in within-person changes across the three-year period.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 14

Guided by the Social Identity Gratification Theory, we tracked 220 ethnically and linguistically diverse Muslim American adolescents to examine how different types of media consumption (in native & English language) and identity development interact over time.

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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · May 8

🚨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.

MediaPsychMEP @mediapsychmep.bsky.social · May 7

📢 New publication alert! How do media portrayals of minority groups affect outgroup evaluations?

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 7

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

MediaPsychMEP @mediapsychmep.bsky.social · May 7

@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.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · May 5

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...

NCA National Awards: Call for 2025 Nominations - National Communication Association

Submit Now National Award Calls Click on the accordion below to access the calls.

www.natcom.org

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