Research & Creative Activity: 2022

2022 Annual Report Research and Creative Activity

PublicationsCreative ActivityGrants
Valerie Jones

Publications

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Improving rural White men's attitudes toward clinical trial messaging and participation: Effects of framing, exemplars and trust

Health Education Research

Ciera Kirkpatrick

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It’s that ‘There but for the grace of God go I’ piece of it”: Domestic Violence Survivors in True Crime Podcast Audiences

Mass Communication and Society

Kelli Boling

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“I’m not a journalist. I don’t think that I necessarily fall under the same rules as they do.”: Journalistic ethics in true crime podcast production

Ethical Space

Kelli Boling

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A Typology of Reasoning in Deliberative Processes: A Study of the 2010 Oregon Citizen's Initiative Review

Journal of Deliberative Democracy

Ken Fischer

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Crisis Communication, Public Relations

International Encyclopedia of Health Communication

Shari Veil

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Why people use virtual assistants: Understanding engagement with Alexa

Journal of Brand Strategy

Valerie Jones

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Crisis Communication in Sport

Encyclopedia of Sport Management

Frauke Hachtmann

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Grounded Theory in Sport Management Research

Encyclopedia of Sport Management

Frauke Hachtmann

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Educating Students About Influencing Audiences Ethically in a Data-Driven Social Media World

Journal of Advertising Education

Valerie Jones

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Disruptive and Destructive? A Typology of Social Bots in Public Relations

Journal of Digital and Social Media Marketing

Bryan Wang

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Do you see what I see? How media choice and visual tornado cues influence individual storm preparation

Weather, Climate and Society

Cory Armstrong

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Overcoming Black Americans’ Psychological and Cognitive Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation: Effects of News Framing and Exemplars

Health Communication

Ciera Kirkpatrick

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Emerging Trends in Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media in Sport: Theory & Practice

The Emerald Handbook of Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media

Frauke Hachtmann

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Teaming Up with Technology Developers in STEM: A Capstone Advertising Campaigns Course Collaborations with Engineering and Computer Science

Journal of Advertising Education

Adam Wagler

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Comparisons to picture-perfect motherhood: How Instagram's idealized portrayals of motherhood affect new mothers' well-being

Computers in Human Behavior

Ciera Kirkpatrick

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Algorithms, Analytics, and Metrics: Is Audience Interaction Reshaping Algorithmic Gatekeeping in the Marketplace of Attention?

The Emerald Handbook of Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media

Ken Fischer

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"It's Not Hate but...": Marginal Categories in Rural Journalism

Journalism Practice

Jessica Walsh

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Creative Activity & Engagement

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In Ohio, prosecutors allege scheme by one family to kill another

The Washington Post

Chris Graves, reporter

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Ukrainian Refugees Find Refuge in Lincoln but Need Housing Options

Nebraska Public Media

Barney McCoy, reporter

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In the Mouth of the Wolf by Rose Zar, Eric A. Kimmel

Jewish Publication Society

Kaci Richter, narrator

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Ohio jury convicts George Wagner IV in 2016 killing of Rhoden family

The Washington Post

Chris Graves, reporter

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Sugar Work by Katie Marya

Alice James Books

Kaci Richter, producer

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News Zero: The New York Times and the Bomb

Beverly Deepe Keever

Kaci Richter, narrator

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For Sale: A Blast From the Past Built to Last

Nebraska Public Media

Barney McCoy, reporter

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Rhymes with Fighter: Nebraska-born Clayton Yeutter claimed wins for farmers and free markets

Nebraska Life Magazine

Joseph Weber, author

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Some of the worst I've seen' Nebraska ranchers, farmers struggle against 5th worst drought on record

Nebraska Public Media

Barney McCoy, reporter

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Change Agents

Nebraska Quarterly

Chris Graves, reporter

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Eyewitness to History

Nebraska Quarterly

Chris Graves, reporter

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Man in notorious Ohio mass family killing sentenced to life without parole

The Washington Post

Chris Graves, reporter

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Grants

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Aging and AI: Creating social connection among aging adults through voice assistants and emerging media, exploratory mixed methods study

Fulbright Australia, funded by the Kinghorn Foundation

Valerie Jones

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#NarcanSavesLives: Using social media to encourage Narcan purchase and reduce death from opioid overdose

University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative

Ciera Kirkpatrick, Kelli Boling, Valerie Jones

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Examining decision makers' and public risk information behaviors during severe weather events in Mississippi and Alabama communities

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

Cory Armstrong

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Reducing Isolation by Activating Social Connections with Voice Assistants: A Mixed Methods Approach

UNL Research Council Faculty Seed Grant, Jane Robertson Layman Fund

Valerie Jones

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Public Insight Lab Supplemental Grant

Nebraska Governance and Technology Center

Valerie Jones

The Bay
Creating experiential learning music, digital media and community storytelling

Cooper Foundation

Shari Veil

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College of Public Health Sizzling Summer Series

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health

Shari Veil

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ACES: Society for Editing Travel Grant

UNL Center for Transformative Teaching

Jessica Walsh

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Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network 2020 History

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health

Shari Veil

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College of Public Health Media Training

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health

Shari Veil

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Thematic Analysis of Local Coverage of Water Issues in Nebraska?

UNL Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, matching grant

Jessica Walsh

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Real-World Hands-on Activities from the Field: Interviews with Tech Comm Pros II

UNL Center for Transformative Teaching, Pedagogic Intervention Grant

Madeline Wiseman

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Open Education Resources Seed Grant

UNL Center for Transformative Teaching

Madeline Wiseman

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E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues

Cooper Foundation, Thompson Family Fund

Shari Veil