Kevin K John

Datos Biográficos

ID2191069
NOMBREKevin K John
NOMBRESKevin K
APELLIDOJohn
FIRMAJOHN K K
AFILIACIONESBrigham Young University
ORCID0000-0003-2683-927X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAS11
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Does scientific uncertainty alter public perception of HIV-cure science? A message experiment with U.S. adults

    Stefan Gorißen, Yi Liao et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Science communicators often grapple with conveying tentative or incremental research findings to the public, particularly regarding progress made toward treating or curing illnesses and diseases. A growing cohort of studies has utilized message experiments to examine how different approaches for communicating scientific uncertainty impact public perceptions. Extending this program, we examine the effects of communicating different levels of uncer…

  • A (Meta) Picture is Worth a Thousand “Likes: ” An Analysis of Engagement with Sports Network Images on Instagram

    Open AccessR G Johnson, Miles Romney et al.ARTICLECommunication & Sport2024Referencias: 10

    Previous studies on sports images have often focused on gender and race representation. However, with the rise of social media, sports photographers worldwide are fighting professionally produced and user-created images for audience attention. Recent scholarship has shown that stronger storytelling elements in sports photographs spur an increase in lower-level engagement metrics. The current study dives deeper into the types of images that genera…

  • Visual Tailoring and Skin Cancer Prevention: Comparing Personalized, Stock, and Non-Ultraviolet Images

    Madhav Pokharel, Jakob D Jensen et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2023

    Past research has demonstrated that ultraviolet (UV) photos - which reveal skin damage as dark patches - can increase preventive behaviors. Emerging camera technology facilitates personalized UV photos for interventions, yet little is known about how personalized photos compare to other visuals and what cognitive or affective mechanism explains their persuasive impact. To engage this research line, the current study compared the impact of persona…

  • Temporal frames, temporal focus, and behavioral expectations: The persuasive impact of near and distant threats

    Open AccessMadhav Pokharel, Jakob D Jensen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Referencias: 55

  • Does it matter if a story character lives or dies: A message experiment comparing survivor and death narratives

    Helen M Lillie, Madhav Pokharel et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2022

    OBJECTIVE: In narratives, characters often face threats where they either live (survivor narratives) or die (death narratives). Both outcomes have the potential to persuade, and are frequently utilised in mass communication campaigns, yet more research is needed examining the relative effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of each strategy. DESIGN: = 1010) were randomly assigned to a 2 (survivor, death) × 2 (non-foreshadowed, foreshadowed) × 2 (…

  • Explicitness, disgust, and safe sex behavior: A message experiment with U.S. adults

    Open AccessStefan Gorißen, Helen M Lillie et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Citada por: 1Referencias: 6

  • Joking about cancer as an avoidance strategy among US adults

    Open AccessNick Carcioppolo, Kevin K John et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2019

    Findings from years of research on fear appeals suggest that individuals with low efficacy utilize avoidance strategies when they perceive a significant threat—a process called fear control. Some research suggests that joking could be an avoidance strategy. The current study identifies conditions in which people are more likely to joke about colorectal cancer and explores how this behavior may be associated with screening avoidance. Older adults …

  • Improving Visual Behavior Research in Communication Science: An Overview, Review, and Reporting Recommendations for Using Eye-Tracking Methods

    Andrew J King, Nadine Bol et al.ARTICLECommunication Methods and Measures2019Citada por: 10Referencias: 24

    Eye tracking offers researchers an opportunity to collect an objective assessment of visual behavior. Visual behavior—referring broadly to metrics and measures of gaze positioning and movement—has been used to assess variables including exposure time, cognitive processing, prominence, and (visual) attention. Over the past decade, communication science researchers have increased their use of eye-tracking methods in published articles. During that …

  • Drink monitoring for self and others: Precollege drinkers and the Bad-Habit-Formation Hypothesis

    Jakob D Jensen, Kevin K John et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2018

    Background: Past research has demonstrated that precollege alcohol consumption is related to college alcohol consumption. But whether precollege drinking is also related to drinking-related behaviors, such as drink monitoring, is unknown. Some have argued that precollege drinking, as a form of experience, should be related to the performance of positive drinking-related behaviors (learning-from-experience hypothesis) whereas others have argued th…

  • The Development and Validation of the Mood-based Indoor Tanning Scale

    Nick Carcioppolo, Yixin Chen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2016

    These findings demonstrate that moodbased tanning motivations are a strong predictor of indoor tanning intentions and behavior. Further, they suggest that health behavior researchers and healthcare practitioners can use the MITS to assess the extent to which mood-based motivations impact indoor tanning bed use