Category: Publications

2020 has been anything but easy. The pandemic has jolted education, research, and daily life in ways that I doubt we will soon recover from. But still, somehow, we have trudged forward. It’s perhaps for that reason that I’m so Read More

This year, I am honored to share that my colleagues and I have been recognized with the Top Published Article Award for 2019. Awarded by the Children, Adolescents, and the Media division of the International Communication Association, this award is Read More

As a graduate student, I read Media Effects: Advances in Theory & Research so many times that its pages are tattered, stained, and so well-loved. Now imagine my joy when the editors of the new edition (Mary Beth Oliver, Arthur A. Read More

Null effects can be so frustrating as a scholar, but sometimes, they are the most meaningful. This is one of those examples. My colleague, Dr. Karin Fikkers, and I designed a careful study to test how young kids differentially respond Read More

In a recently released study published in the Journal of Communication, my CcaM colleagues and I dug into the relationship between gaming in early childhood and intelligence … and our results might surprise you! Numerous studies have shown that the children’s Read More