The SMAD team studied patterns of polarized expression on social media and found that it could be categorized into three groups that not only explain existing concepts about polarization but speak to the deep partisan divide.
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HITS Researchers Use Machine Learning to Explain Recovery Trajectories
HITS used supervised machine learning to understand how communication styles relate to writers’ substance use and well-being outcomes.
New CAMER article “Correction by distraction: how high-tempo music enhances medical experts’ debunking TikTok videos”
The CAMER team explored the effects of background music on improving the effectiveness of debunking TikTok videos produced by medical professionals.
New CAMER article “Designing and testing social media campaign messages to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence among rural adults: A community-engaged approach featuring rural community leader and clinician testimonials”
The CAMER team explored the efficacy of a community-engaged approach to developing social media campaign messages in promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake and pro-vaccine social diffusion among rural adults.
New CAMER article “Emotional Appeals and Norms: How Normative Perceptions Moderate the Persuasive Impacts of Discrete Emotional Appeals within Tobacco Pictorial Warnings in China”
The CAMER team examined how contextual pro-smoking norms might influence the persuasive impacts of discrete emotional appeals within pictorial warnings on tobaccos products, especially in China, where the overall smoking rate and social acceptance remain high.
New CAMER article “Hope over fear: The interplay between threat information and hope appeal corrections in debunking early COVID-19 misinformation Author links open overlay panel”
The CAMER team examined the emotional basis for misinformation susceptibility and how emotional appeals may help reduce COVID-19-related misperceptions.
New CAMER article “Applying the Hornik & Woolf Approach to Identify Messaging Themes and Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Federally Qualified Health Centers’ Workforce in Wisconsin”
The CAMER team examined COVID-19 vaccine hesitancies within Wisconsin’s Federally Qualified Health Centers and how different messaging themes may boost their vaccine confidence.
New CAMER article “Effects of Moral Frames Within Vaping Prevention Messages on Current smokers’ Support for Electronic Cigarette Regulations”
The CAMER team examined the effects of moral frames on current adult smokers’ support for vape-free policies and marketing restrictions.
New CAMER article “Yet Again Conversations Matter: The Importance of Interpersonal Discussions, Educational Campaigns, and Advertising on Cannabis-Related Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Intentions in At-Risk Young Adults”
The CAMER team evaluated the relationships between cannabis-related communication and outcomes of interest such as cannabis-related risk perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors among young adults.
New Publication on mHealth Support for People Living with HIV and SUDs
The Health Information Technology Studies group examined the use and utility of an mHealth app designed to support people living with HIV and SUD.