Category: Select Publications

Perceived risks, benefits, and support for siting energy infrastructure: Comparing perceptions of carbon capture, nuclear fuel, and large-scale energy facilities

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Ostad Rahimi, S., Molder, A. L., Ter-Mkrtchyan, A., Livingston, W., León-Corwin, M., Bitterman, A., … & Brossard, D. (2026). Journal of Risk Research, 1-22. doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2026.2689344

Visual realism and character identification in science comics: An empirical study testing McCloud’s “masking effect” theory

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Yang, S., Barolo Gargiulo, L., Li, N., & Brossard, D. (2026). Visual Communication, 25(2), 575-602. doi.org/10.1177/14703572241258896

Refusal as silence: Gendered disparities in Vision-Language Model responses

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Luo, S., Kim, S., Chen, K. (2026) New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/14614448261441886

The relationship between brand awareness and action for two national aquatic invasive species prevention brands

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Newman T., Campbell T., Shaw B., Beppler T., and Duda M.D. (2026). Management of Biological Invasions. 17. 185-200. doi: 10.3391/mbi.2026.17.1.11.

Bridging digital divides in Wisconsin: an examination of policy efforts and effectiveness over the past five years

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Cate, A., Moen, S., & Chen, K. (2025). Information, Communication & Society, 28(12), 2191–2210. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2420038

Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility

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Eom, D., Molder, A.L., Tosteson, H.A. et al. Sci Rep 15, 11021 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87321-z

Familiarity matters: Examining the effects of AI-generated image on science information credibility

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Eom, D., Middleton, L., Luo, S., Li, N., & Brossard, D. (2025). Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251380116

Constructing Vec-tionaries to Extract Message Features from Texts: A Case Study of Moral Content

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Duan Z, Shao A, Hu Y, et al. Constructing Vec-tionaries to Extract Message Features from Texts: A Case Study of Moral Content. Political Analysis. Published online 2025:1-21. doi:10.1017/pan.2025.6

Emerging Debates About Breakthrough Science: Understanding the Interplay of Values and Cognition in Shaping Attitudes on Human Brain Organoids

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Villanueva, I. I., Eom, D., Cate, A. R., Krause, N. M., Scheufele, D. A., & Brossard, D. (2025).  Science Communication, 10755470251314128.

“Misinformation is Layered, Multifaceted … and Attached to Access and Power”: Centering Black Lived Experiences to Rethink Misinformation

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Williamson, L., Monroe, H., Dennison, K., Newman, T., Xenos, M. (2025) Health Communication, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2550452