Alyssa Appelman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1322256 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alyssa Appelman |
| NOMBRES | Alyssa |
| APELLIDO | Appelman |
| FIRMA | APPELMAN A |
| AFILIACIONES | Northern Kentucky University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3206-479X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Beyond the Full Game
This project develops a comprehensive multidimensional motivation scale for sport highlight viewing and provides evidence for the validity of the developed scale. In Study 1, we generated survey items through a literature review of relevant domains, conducted a pilot study with an open-ended questionnaire ( N = 114), and provided evidence for construct reliability and validity of the initial measurement scale. In Study 2, we developed the final m…
When AI Enters the Syllabus
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in journalism, educators face the challenge of determining its place in undergraduate instruction. This study analyzes undergraduate journalism syllabi ( N = 60) from ACEJMC-accredited programs to examine how AI is framed across writing, production, visual/data, and ethics courses. Guided by a constructionist framing perspective, a qualitative content analysis identified three patterns: AI as a thr…
Doctoral Education Trends
This study analyzes doctoral education trends in journalism and mass communications. Dissertation abstracts ( N = 643) from ACEJMC-accredited schools from 2019 to 2024 were coded; popular topics included underrepresented communities, social media, and health, and popular methods included qualitative interviews. Job postings ( N = 1,067) shared through AEJMC from 2021 to 2024 were also coded; most did not require specific research concentrations o…
Real Effort” and “Real Skill”
Innate Qualities or Learned Skills? Copy Editors Disagree About the Need for Training
This survey of US copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers ( N = 472) examines practitioners’ perceptions of the skills and training required for the field. The participants recommended that new hires be skilled in grammar, sentence structure, working on deadline, time management, accuracy, fact-checking, and critical thinking; they disagreed about whether certain skills are innate or whether they can be taught. They also disagreed about whe…
The Influence of Fact-Checking Is Disputed! The Role of Party Identification in Processing and Sharing Fact-Checked Social Media Posts
Social media play an important role in political communication, leading to growing concerns about the credibility of shared information. Attempts to slow the spread of misinformation by platforms such as Facebook and Twitter include adding fact-checking labels to social media posts, the effectiveness of which remains unclear. Using two experiments, we tested the credibility effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) on graphical pre…
Job Satisfaction in the Covid-19 Era
This survey examines job satisfaction of U.S. copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers ( N = 472). Participants across media fields (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and books) reported high job satisfaction, high perceptions of work quality, low role overload, and low burnout. They reported high satisfaction with their schedules, but they were more neutral regarding their salaries and prospects for advancement. Several said they felt undervalue…
Coverage of Public Opinion Polls
This project examines news coverage of public opinion polls and explores whether journalists and readers are familiar with best practices in this domain. Study 1 tests the effects of related errors on readers’ perceptions, and Study 2 asks journalists to reflect upon this kind of coverage. Readers (N = 495) only noticed errors when they were very frequent, and many did not assess stories differently based on the presence of errors. Journalists (N…
Written in Code
Through two experiments (N1 = 131, N2 = 520), this study looks at whether the negative effects of acronyms and abbreviations in headlines are based on their presence or their difficulty. In all, it finds support for a difficulty effect; people had lower content and source perceptions when they were shown a headline with unfamiliar acronym(s) compared with ones they knew, and they were more frustrated with those articles. These differences were mo…
The Ineffectiveness of Fact-Checking Labels on News Memes and Articles
With most Internet users now getting news from social media, there is growing concern about how to verify the content that appears on these platforms. Two experiments tested the effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) by source (peer vs. third-party) on credibility, virality, and information seeking of news posted on social media. Study 1 (N = 312) tested the effects of these labels on memes, and Study 2 (N = 452) tested the same…
Correcting Online Content
A between-subjects experiment (N = 386) explores the effects of correction features and reader investment on perceptions of online news content. In all, the findings suggest a strong influence of news outlet reputation. Participants paid more attention to the news outlet and the correction when they read from the online-exclusive publication (i.e., Yahoo.com), rather than the online version of the legacy publication (i.e., The New York Times), th…
Alphabet Soup”
Through a content analysis and survey, this project explores the prevalence and clarity of acronyms in news headlines. Acronyms popular in a local newspaper were largely unknown to a sample of target readers. When asked about their reactions to unfamiliar published acronyms, about half said they would try to figure it out, and about one-third expressed negative emotions (e.g., frustration, annoyance). Additionally, most said unfamiliar acronyms a…
Measuring Message Credibility
Despite calls to conceptualize credibility as three separate concepts—source credibility, message credibility, and media credibility—there exists no scale that exclusively measures message credibility. To address this gap, the current study constructs and validates a new scale. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis suggest that message credibility, specifically in the context of news, can be measured by asking participants to rate how well …
The Ineffectiveness of Fact-Checking Labels on News Memes and Articles
With most Internet users now getting news from social media, there is growing concern about how to verify the content that appears on these platforms. Two experiments tested the effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) by source (peer vs. third-party) on credibility, virality, and information seeking of news posted on social media. Study 1 (N = 312) tested the effects of these labels on memes, and Study 2 (N = 452) tested the same…
The Influence of Fact-Checking Is Disputed! The Role of Party Identification in Processing and Sharing Fact-Checked Social Media Posts
Social media play an important role in political communication, leading to growing concerns about the credibility of shared information. Attempts to slow the spread of misinformation by platforms such as Facebook and Twitter include adding fact-checking labels to social media posts, the effectiveness of which remains unclear. Using two experiments, we tested the credibility effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) on graphical pre…
Correcting Online Content
A between-subjects experiment (N = 386) explores the effects of correction features and reader investment on perceptions of online news content. In all, the findings suggest a strong influence of news outlet reputation. Participants paid more attention to the news outlet and the correction when they read from the online-exclusive publication (i.e., Yahoo.com), rather than the online version of the legacy publication (i.e., The New York Times), th…
Alphabet Soup”
Through a content analysis and survey, this project explores the prevalence and clarity of acronyms in news headlines. Acronyms popular in a local newspaper were largely unknown to a sample of target readers. When asked about their reactions to unfamiliar published acronyms, about half said they would try to figure it out, and about one-third expressed negative emotions (e.g., frustration, annoyance). Additionally, most said unfamiliar acronyms a…
Measuring Message Credibility
Despite calls to conceptualize credibility as three separate concepts—source credibility, message credibility, and media credibility—there exists no scale that exclusively measures message credibility. To address this gap, the current study constructs and validates a new scale. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis suggest that message credibility, specifically in the context of news, can be measured by asking participants to rate how well …
Alphabet Soup”
Through a content analysis and survey, this project explores the prevalence and clarity of acronyms in news headlines. Acronyms popular in a local newspaper were largely unknown to a sample of target readers. When asked about their reactions to unfamiliar published acronyms, about half said they would try to figure it out, and about one-third expressed negative emotions (e.g., frustration, annoyance). Additionally, most said unfamiliar acronyms a…
The Ineffectiveness of Fact-Checking Labels on News Memes and Articles
With most Internet users now getting news from social media, there is growing concern about how to verify the content that appears on these platforms. Two experiments tested the effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) by source (peer vs. third-party) on credibility, virality, and information seeking of news posted on social media. Study 1 (N = 312) tested the effects of these labels on memes, and Study 2 (N = 452) tested the same…
Correcting Online Content
A between-subjects experiment (N = 386) explores the effects of correction features and reader investment on perceptions of online news content. In all, the findings suggest a strong influence of news outlet reputation. Participants paid more attention to the news outlet and the correction when they read from the online-exclusive publication (i.e., Yahoo.com), rather than the online version of the legacy publication (i.e., The New York Times), th…
Written in Code
Through two experiments (N1 = 131, N2 = 520), this study looks at whether the negative effects of acronyms and abbreviations in headlines are based on their presence or their difficulty. In all, it finds support for a difficulty effect; people had lower content and source perceptions when they were shown a headline with unfamiliar acronym(s) compared with ones they knew, and they were more frustrated with those articles. These differences were mo…
Coverage of Public Opinion Polls
This project examines news coverage of public opinion polls and explores whether journalists and readers are familiar with best practices in this domain. Study 1 tests the effects of related errors on readers’ perceptions, and Study 2 asks journalists to reflect upon this kind of coverage. Readers (N = 495) only noticed errors when they were very frequent, and many did not assess stories differently based on the presence of errors. Journalists (N…
Job Satisfaction in the Covid-19 Era
This survey examines job satisfaction of U.S. copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers ( N = 472). Participants across media fields (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and books) reported high job satisfaction, high perceptions of work quality, low role overload, and low burnout. They reported high satisfaction with their schedules, but they were more neutral regarding their salaries and prospects for advancement. Several said they felt undervalue…
Innate Qualities or Learned Skills? Copy Editors Disagree About the Need for Training
This survey of US copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers ( N = 472) examines practitioners’ perceptions of the skills and training required for the field. The participants recommended that new hires be skilled in grammar, sentence structure, working on deadline, time management, accuracy, fact-checking, and critical thinking; they disagreed about whether certain skills are innate or whether they can be taught. They also disagreed about whe…
The Influence of Fact-Checking Is Disputed! The Role of Party Identification in Processing and Sharing Fact-Checked Social Media Posts
Social media play an important role in political communication, leading to growing concerns about the credibility of shared information. Attempts to slow the spread of misinformation by platforms such as Facebook and Twitter include adding fact-checking labels to social media posts, the effectiveness of which remains unclear. Using two experiments, we tested the credibility effects of fact-checking labels (confirmed vs. disputed) on graphical pre…
Real Effort” and “Real Skill”
Beyond the Full Game
This project develops a comprehensive multidimensional motivation scale for sport highlight viewing and provides evidence for the validity of the developed scale. In Study 1, we generated survey items through a literature review of relevant domains, conducted a pilot study with an open-ended questionnaire ( N = 114), and provided evidence for construct reliability and validity of the initial measurement scale. In Study 2, we developed the final m…
When AI Enters the Syllabus
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in journalism, educators face the challenge of determining its place in undergraduate instruction. This study analyzes undergraduate journalism syllabi ( N = 60) from ACEJMC-accredited programs to examine how AI is framed across writing, production, visual/data, and ethics courses. Guided by a constructionist framing perspective, a qualitative content analysis identified three patterns: AI as a thr…
Doctoral Education Trends
This study analyzes doctoral education trends in journalism and mass communications. Dissertation abstracts ( N = 643) from ACEJMC-accredited schools from 2019 to 2024 were coded; popular topics included underrepresented communities, social media, and health, and popular methods included qualitative interviews. Job postings ( N = 1,067) shared through AEJMC from 2021 to 2024 were also coded; most did not require specific research concentrations o…
Psychology (8 obras) · Perception (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Advertising (4 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Credibility (4 obras) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 obras) · Public relations (4 obras)