![Valerie Jones](images/Valerie Jones-winner.jpg)
Publications
![doctor holding a book on clinical trials](images/rural_clinical_trial.png)
Improving rural White men's attitudes toward clinical trial messaging and participation: Effects of framing, exemplars and trust
Health Education Research
Ciera Kirkpatrick
![evidence papers with finger prints](images/true_crime_podcast.png)
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
![podcast equipment](images/journalism_podcast_ethics.png)
“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
![close up of people having a disagreement](images/disagreement.png)
A Typology of Reasoning in Deliberative Processes: A Study of the 2010 Oregon Citizen's Initiative Review
Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Ken Fischer
![group of people discussing around a table](images/crisis_comms.png)
Crisis Communication, Public Relations
International Encyclopedia of Health Communication
Shari Veil
![echo dot](images/echo.png)
Why people use virtual assistants: Understanding engagement with Alexa
Journal of Brand Strategy
Valerie Jones
![soccer player and his agent shaking hands](images/sport_management.png)
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
![tiny robot by a computer](images/social_bots.png)
Disruptive and Destructive? A Typology of Social Bots in Public Relations
Journal of Digital and Social Media Marketing
Bryan Wang
![tornado](images/tornado.png)
Do you see what I see? How media choice and visual tornado cues influence individual storm preparation
Weather, Climate and Society
Cory Armstrong
![doctor and patient talking](images/overcoming_clinical_trial.png)
Overcoming Black Americans’ Psychological and Cognitive Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation: Effects of News Framing and Exemplars
Health Communication
Ciera Kirkpatrick
![social media graphics](images/sports_social_media.png)
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
![group of students working in a library](images/capstone_collaboration.png)
Teaming Up with Technology Developers in STEM: A Capstone Advertising Campaigns Course Collaborations with Engineering and Computer Science
Journal of Advertising Education
Adam Wagler
![instagram tiles graphic](images/instagram_mommy_bloggers.png)
Comparisons to picture-perfect motherhood: How Instagram's idealized portrayals of motherhood affect new mothers' well-being
Computers in Human Behavior
Ciera Kirkpatrick
![analytics on laptop screen](images/analytics.png)
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
![journalist interviewing someone](images/not_hate_rural_journalism.png)
"It's Not Hate but...": Marginal Categories in Rural Journalism
Journalism Practice
Jessica Walsh
Creative Activity & Engagement
![image from flier](images/ohio_chris_graves_1.png)
In Ohio, prosecutors allege scheme by one family to kill another
The Washington Post
Chris Graves, reporter
![Ukrainian refugees](images/ukrainian_refugees.png)
Ukrainian Refugees Find Refuge in Lincoln but Need Housing Options
Nebraska Public Media
Barney McCoy, reporter
![book cover](images/in_the_mouth_of_the_wolf.png)
In the Mouth of the Wolf by Rose Zar, Eric A. Kimmel
Jewish Publication Society
Kaci Richter, narrator
![Rhoden Family](images/ohio_chris_graves_2.png)
Ohio jury convicts George Wagner IV in 2016 killing of Rhoden family
The Washington Post
Chris Graves, reporter
![book cover](images/news_zero.png)
News Zero: The New York Times and the Bomb
Beverly Deepe Keever
Kaci Richter, narrator
![image of two people standing on foundation](images/blast_from_the_past.png)
For Sale: A Blast From the Past Built to Last
Nebraska Public Media
Barney McCoy, reporter
![magazine cover](images/nebraska_life.png)
Rhymes with Fighter: Nebraska-born Clayton Yeutter claimed wins for farmers and free markets
Nebraska Life Magazine
Joseph Weber, author
![drought in Nebraska](images/nebraska_drought.png)
Some of the worst I've seen' Nebraska ranchers, farmers struggle against 5th worst drought on record
Nebraska Public Media
Barney McCoy, reporter
![image from flier](images/ohio-3.png)
Man in notorious Ohio mass family killing sentenced to life without parole
The Washington Post
Chris Graves, reporter
Grants
![Woman with laptop and echo device](images/amazon_echo_fulbright.png)
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
![social media graphic hovering over cell phone](images/social_media_narcan.png)
#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
![image of severe weather](images/severe_weather_grant.png)
Examining decision makers' and public risk information behaviors during severe weather events in Mississippi and Alabama communities
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
Cory Armstrong
![hand pressing button on voice assistant device](images/reducing_isolation.png)
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
![public insight lab logo](images/public_insight_lab_grant.png)
Public Insight Lab Supplemental Grant
Nebraska Governance and Technology Center
Valerie Jones
![The Bay](images/Bay2.jpg)
Creating experiential learning music, digital media and community storytelling
Cooper Foundation
Shari Veil
![college of public health logo](images/public_health_grant.png)
College of Public Health Sizzling Summer Series
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
Shari Veil
![aces logo](images/aces_grant.png)
ACES: Society for Editing Travel Grant
UNL Center for Transformative Teaching
Jessica Walsh
![globe made of data streams](images/ai.png)
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network 2020 History
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
Shari Veil
![faculty in a classroom](images/coph_media_training.png)
College of Public Health Media Training
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
Shari Veil
![water pouring into lake](images/water.png)
Thematic Analysis of Local Coverage of Water Issues in Nebraska?
UNL Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, matching grant
Jessica Walsh
![laptop with technology graphics](images/communication_technology.png)
Real-World Hands-on Activities from the Field: Interviews with Tech Comm Pros II
UNL Center for Transformative Teaching, Pedagogic Intervention Grant
Madeline Wiseman
![students looking at a laptop](images/oeh_grant.png)
Open Education Resources Seed Grant
UNL Center for Transformative Teaching
Madeline Wiseman
![EN Thompson Forum logo](images/en-thompson-forum.png)
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Cooper Foundation, Thompson Family Fund
Shari Veil