Annie Lang Dissertation Award
2024: Yiwei Xu, University of Washington
“Communicating Controversial Risk Issues: Effects of Inoculation Messages on Selective Exposure and Subsequent Persuasive Outcomes.“
2022: Frederic Hopp, University of California- Santa Barbara
“Moral Idiosynchrony: Variability in Naturalistic Complexity Modulates Intersubject Representational Similarity in Moral Cognition.” Dissertation Nominator: Rene Weber
2021: Joomi Lee, Michigan State University
“Adaptive Behavior in Sandbox Games: How Motivation Shapes Use of Affordances in Virtual Worlds.” Dissertation Nominator: Allison Eden
2020: Jeremy Foote, Northwestern University
“The Formation and Growth of Online Organizations.” Advisor: Aaron Shaw, Northwestern University
2019: Glenna Read, University of Georgia
“Social Identify in Adverting: News Stories, Phenotypic Prototypicality, and Model Identity Influence Cognitive Processing and Evaluation of Advertisements.” Advisor: Rob Potter, Indiana University.
2018: Claire M. Segijn, University of Minnesota
“Everyday Multiscreening: How the Simultaneous Usage of Multiple Screens Affects Information Processing and Advertising Effectiveness.” Advisors: Edith G. Smit & Hilde A. M. Voorveld, University of Amsterdam
2017: Richard Huskey, The Ohio State University
“Intrinsic Reward Motivates Large-Scale Shifts Between Cognitive Control and Default Mode Networks During Task Performance.” Advisor: Rene Weber, UCSB
2016: Nadine Bol, University of Amsterdam/ASCoR
“How to Present Online Information to Older Cancer Patients.” Advisor Julia van Weert
John E. Hunter Meta-Analysis Awards
2024: David Beyea, Robby Ratan, Skylar Lei, Hanjie Liu, Gabriel E. Hales, Chaeyun Lim
“A New Meta-Analysis of the Proteus Effect: Studies in VR Find Stronger Effect Sizes.” 2022 PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 31, 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00392
2024: Aart van Stekelenburg, Gabi Schaap, Harm Veling, Jonathan van’t Riet, Moniek Buijzen
“Scientific-consensus communication about contested science: A preregistered meta-analysis.” 2022 Psychological Science, 33(12), 1989-2008. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221083219
2022: Daniel J. O’Keefe, Northwestern University and Hans Hoeken, Utrecht University
“Message design choices don’t make much difference to persuasiveness and can’t be counted on – not even when moderating conditions are specified” 2021 Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664160
2020: Claire M. Segijn, University of Minnesota and Martin Eisend, European University Viadrina
“Meta-Analysis into Multiscreening and Advertising Effectiveness: Direct Effects, Moderators, and Underlying Mechanisms” Journal of Advertising, 2019
2019: Johannes Knoll and Jorg Matthes, University of Vienna
“The Effectiveness of Celebrity Endorsements: A meta-analysis” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2017
2017: Chris Carpenter, Western Illinois University
“A Meta-Analysis of the ELM’s Argument Quality x Processing Type Predictions” Human Communication Research, 2014
Randall Harrison Outstanding Article Award
2022: Jiawei Sophia Fu, Rutgers University; Michelle Shumate, Northwestern University; and Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University
“Organizational and Individual Innovation Decisions in an Interorganizational System: Social Influence and Decision-Making Authority, Journal of Communication, August 2020, volume 70, issue 4, pages 497-521
2020: Sungeun Chung, Sungkyunkwan University and Edward L. Fink, Temple University
“One of the most cited persuasion studies but no success in replication: investigating replication using Petty, Cacioppo, and Goldman (1981) as an example” Annals of the International Communication Association, 2018
Klaus Krippendorf Book Award Winner
2021: The Handbook of Communication Science and Biology, edited by Drs. Kory Floyd and René Weber
Top Paper Award Winners
2024 (faculty): Kumryang Kang, Minsun Shim, Sungeun Chung
“The Effects of Underdog Success Stories on Social Media Engagement: Analysis of Emotional and Cognitive Mechanisms“
2024 (faculty): Yiwei Xu
“Communicating Controversial Risk Issues: Effects of Inoculation Messages on Selective Exposure and Subsequent Persuasive Outcomes“
2024 (faculty): Xiaodan Hu, Joyce Wang
“Escape or Doomscrolling: Mood Management Through Social Media Use in Young Adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms“
2024 (student): Thomas Kirchmair, Kevin Koban, Jorg Matthes
“Four Eyes, Two Truths: Explaining Heterogeneity in Perceived Severity of Digital Hate Against Immigrants“
Top Poster Award Winner
2023: Lewen Wei, Mike Schmierbach
“Recall as Mechanism Underlying Exemplification Effects? Exploring the Differential Impacts of Cognitive Processing Styles“
2021: Se Jung Kim and Makana Chock, Syracuse
“Revisiting the CMM in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining the factors contributing to a willingness to engage in prevention behaviors“
2020: Namyeon Lee, Ciera Dockter, and Sungkyoung Lee, University of Missouri
“Effects of Popularity Cues in Health News: An Eyetracking Study.“
2019: David C. Jeong, USC Annenberg; Dan Feng, Northeastern University; and Lynn C. Miller, USC Annenberg
“I think I can, I know I can?”: Utilizing Virtual Humans to Examine Challenges in Human Interaction.
2018: David C. Jeong, Northeastern University; Calvin Cao, USC Annenberg; and Lynn C. Miller, USC Annenberg
“Social Kinematics: An Application of Classical Mechanicals to Perception of Social Meaning.”
Most Valued InfoSys Reviewer
2024: Carolyn Sarstain Kalyny, Northwestern University
2022: George Edward Maier, London School of Economics
2021: Rob Potter, Indiana University
2020: Kevin R. Wise, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019: Nancy Rhodes, Michigan State University
2018: Justin Keene, Texas Tech University
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