Meta-analysis on mediated contact and prejudice

JA Banas, E Bessarabova… - Human Communication …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 79 cases (N= 21,857) testing the effectiveness of
mediated intergroup contact on prejudice. Positive mediated contact decreased (r=−. 23; …

Warning Labels as a Public Health Intervention: Effects and Challenges for Tobacco, Cannabis, and Opioid Medications

L Popova, ZB Massey… - Annual Review of Public …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Warning labels help consumers understand product risks, enabling informed decisions.
Since the 1966 introduction of cigarette warning labels in the United States, research has …

Vaping, smartphones, and social media use among young adults: Snapchat is the platform of choice for young adult vapers

ZB Massey, LO Brockenberry, PT Harrell - Addictive behaviors, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Tobacco use often begins or stabilizes in young adulthood. Approximately 90%
of young adults use social media and over 80% own a smartphone. Retailers of electronic …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between COVID-19 risk perceptions and smoking and quitting behavior among US adults

AL Nyman, CA Spears, V Churchill, VV Do… - Addictive behaviors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic may impact cigarette smokers' behaviors. Among
smokers, perceptions about the risks of contracting COVID-19 and the severity of COVID-19 …

IQOS debut in the USA: Philip Morris International's heated tobacco device introduced in Atlanta, Georgia

V Churchill, SR Weaver, CA Spears… - Tobacco …, 2020 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Following the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) April 2019 authorisation on their
premarket tobacco product application, 1 Philip Morris (PM) has officially launched its …

Theorizing prejudice reduction via mediated intergroup contact

NCH Wong, ZB Massey, JL Barbarti… - Journal of Media …, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The current paper describes an effort to develop an integrated theory–integrated mediated
intergroup contact (IMIC) model–to account for the two types of mediated intergroup contact …

Meeting the (trans) parent: Test of parasocial contact with transgender characters on reducing stigma toward transgender people

ZB Massey, NCH Wong, JL Barbati - Communication Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the role parasocial contact with a transgender character on an online
TV show (Transparent) may play in reducing prejudice toward transgender people. An …

[HTML][HTML] Are smokers scared by COVID-19 risk? How fear and comparative optimism influence smokers' intentions to take measures to quit smoking

HT Duong, ZB Massey, V Churchill, L Popova - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Research suggests that smoking may compound the risk of serious health problems to
smokers who contract COVID-19. This study examines whether and how exposure to news …

Psychological reactance and persuasive message design

CH Miller, ZB Massey, H Ma - The handbook of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Psychological reactance theory (PRT) provides a framework for understanding what not to
do when seeking to motivate, influence, and persuade people. As a theory of resistance …

Effects of modified risk tobacco product claims on consumer comprehension and risk perceptions of IQOS

B Yang, ZB Massey, L Popova - Tobacco control, 2022 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction Tobacco industry studies on consumers' perceptions of modified risk claims
(MRCs) often had important omissions (eg, no control group, not investigating whether …