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What makes early #career experience complicated? Woo & Acosta explore the in-betweenness early professionals face in settling at their jobs while planning future moves. They term this "dual socialization" and highlight its communicative implications. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

The latest issue of HCR (Vol. 50. #3) is out, featuring cutting edge research that advances communication theories focused on personal relationships, organizational networks, provider-patient interaction, political communication and media effects. academic.oup.com/hcr/issue

New experiments from researchers David Clementson UGA Grady College and UMSoC University of Miami reveal why politicians should apologize or steal thunder in sex scandals and hypocritical partisan scandals. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

How do drinkers of #sugar-sweetened beverages talk about persuasive media messages encouraging them to cut back? A study by li.shuscott, Dillard, & Su reveals that while strong anti-SSB messages face criticism, analytical discussions could have an impact doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

A new meta-analysis by Prof Nehama Lewis 🇦🇺🇮🇱, Emily Andrews, Denali Keefe and Nathan Walter (Center of Media Psychology and Social Influence) describes antecedents and consequences of information seeking and scanning - Related but distinct behaviors, with different antecedents but similar effects. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

New research by Shannon Cruz, Brian Manata (Brian Manata), Andy High (@AndyCHigh), and Tim Worley examines whether characteristics of influential people vary across cultures. Results from seven countries reveal notable similarities. Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

New study by Lea Goldman-jo & Stephan Winter revisits Lavine et al. (2005) on how threats & right-wing authoritarianism influence selective exposure to political info. Findings show no increased preference for attitude-consistent (dis)info. #Disinformation doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

Does viewing music videos by Bee Gees Celine Dion Eric Clapton Jewel lead to meaningful emotions that can be leveraged for social good? New research reveals the answer. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq… Hue Duong Georgia State University Research

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Happy New Year HCR readers! Check out the first Human Communication Research issue of 2025: Volume 51, Issue 1. Dive into groundbreaking studies on supportive communication, eudaimonic media, and more. Read the full issue here:  academic.oup.com/hcr/issue

New publication alert! New research by Adam Shehata explores how news media and interpersonal communication within social networks influence and reinforce public beliefs about crime over time in Sweden. Read more: academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-ar…

New publication alert! Explore how gender and friends shape film selections and emotional self-socialization among U.S. adolescents. Check out this new study by Matthew L. Meier & Marie-Louise Mares, published in Human Communication Research. Read more: academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-ar…

New publication alert! Igartua et al. introduce the Psychological Insight Self-Report Scale, validating a tool to measure how inspiring narratives influence our insights. Read more: academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-ar…

New publication alert! How does political communication shape reasoning and attitudes? Emma Turkenburg's study examines how inaccessibility and unsophisticatedness impact citizens' reasoning and affective evaluations of politicians. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

New Human Communication Research issue out now! Vol 51, Issue 2, April 2025! Dive into cutting-edge research on media literacy, teen emotional self-socialization, psychological insights from media, belief maintenance, and political polarization. Read the full issue here: academic.oup.com/hcr/issue/51/2…

New Pub Alert! A three-wave panel study by Hyun Suk Kim, Soela Kim, & Eun-Ju Lee finds that greater spending on avatar customization in the metaverse predicts increased identity confusion and lower self-esteem over time. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…

New Pub Alert! A 30-day intensive longitudinal study by Megan Vendemia et al. (2025) finds that women's daily social media use predicts lower body image satisfaction — but effects vary by individual, challenging one-size-fits-all assumptions. Read more: academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-ar…