Nathaniel A Silver
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4257970 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nathaniel A Silver |
| NOMBRES | Nathaniel A |
| APELLIDO | Silver |
| FIRMA | SILVER N A |
| AFILIACIONES | American Legacy Foundation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0325-2559 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
When tobacco is headline news
While social media allow practitioners to talk directly to audiences, their unstructured nature often advantages opposition actors not tied to bureaucratic structures. Simultaneously, traditional methods of information dissemination via the mass media continue to exist. Using a large dataset of tweets (N = 62.400) collected during a breaking news public health event (the JUUL Marketing Denial Order), this paper examines the discursive power (Jung…
Where there’s smoke (less), there’s fire
Following >3 years of steady market growth, a viral spike in TikTok views precedes a significant acceleration in ONP sales followed by a larger spike in views. Although further research is needed to determine whether TikTok views offer a reliable predictor of period-to-period sales, our findings suggest that spikes in specific content signalling effective penetration of youth subcultures may be indicative of acute market changes
Beyond the margin of error
The availability of an accurate API is an essential tool for research examining the content and dissemination of messages on large media platforms in the twenty-first century. TikTok launched their research API as part of a commitment to data transparency and a goal of protecting youth and vulnerable populations from harmful content. A systematic audit of TikTok’s API for researchers was performed comparing the API versus information displayed on…
Responses to e-cigarette nicotine source descriptors
Nicotine source descriptors, especially "non-tobacco nicotine" and among past 30-day e-cigarette users, may reduce harm and addictiveness perceptions for e-cigarettes. Marketing regulations of nicotine source descriptors may be needed
Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health
Tobacco content on Twitter (X) generally opposes regulation. Although a near real-time data source of the public's response to prominent events heightens the allure of extrapolating public sentiment from Twitter content, tobacco policy sentiment on the platform may be more indicative of industry-affiliated top users. We examined 2 years of tobacco policy discussion on Twitter (X) at the user level ( N = 3,159,807 posts) from September 2019 to Jul…
Examining influencer compliance with advertising regulations in branded vaping content on Instagram
Background: Youth and young adults are exposed to vaping advertisements on social media sites, despite regulations and guidelines intended to reduce the prevalence of such content on these platforms. This research uses replicable criteria to identify vaping influencers who have worked with vaping brands to promote vaping products on Instagram and documents the extent to which posts by these users comply with existing advertising regulations. Meth…
Bigger, stronger and cheaper
The current regulatory regime around e-cigarettes has resulted in disposable e-cigarette manufacturers providing consumers with bigger, cheaper disposable e-cigarettes that come in increasingly higher nicotine strengths. Tobacco policy recommendations such as restricting e-liquid capacity and minimum price laws as well as regulations on product characteristics that affect nicotine emissions and delivery such as nicotine strength, nicotine output,…
Discussions of Flavored ENDS Sales Restrictions
Many users turned to Reddit for information related to the shifting regulatory landscape concerning flavored ENDS. Discussions focused on both legal alternatives to banned products as well as illegal means of acquiring JUUL pods, including residual retail supply, online, and mail vendors
Industry response to strengthened regulations
Social media surveillance can enhance our understanding of public health needs and policy compliance, as well as inform strategies to prevent policy evasion. Examining evolving industry tactics to promote flavoured products in response to regulatory changes can help authorities and practitioners assess policy effectiveness and inform future design and implementation approaches
Analysis of e-cigarette warning letters issued by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020 and 2021
Warning letters targeted small online retailers rather than large e-cigarette brands or products most used by youth: pod mods and disposables. The focus of these enforcement actions comprises a small share of the market and the impact on use was likely minimal. With PMTA decisions pending for the largest brands of e-cigarettes, the FDA should use its enforcement powers to target manufacturers, distributors and sellers of the tobacco products that…
Entertainment and Expanding Boundaries of the Self
The temporarily expanding boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) model identifies challenges faced by the self as a fundamental impetus for engagement with mediated narratives. To test how everyday pressures on the self influence enjoyment, appreciation, and immersion into narrative worlds, this study used self-affirmation to alleviate the everyday demands of self-concept maintenance, in an experimental design. When self-affirmed, people experienced les…
Science Exemplars in the Eye of the Beholder
Drawing on exemplification theory and confirmation bias, this study examined exposure to online science information and subsequent attitude impacts. Participants freely browsed online messages manipulated to feature (a) either exemplar or numeric information and (b) opposing viewpoints, resulting in a 2 (exemplar vs. numeric) × 2 (supporting vs. opposing technology) within-subjects design. Online search findings pertained to four different topics…
Science Exemplars in the Eye of the Beholder
Drawing on exemplification theory and confirmation bias, this study examined exposure to online science information and subsequent attitude impacts. Participants freely browsed online messages manipulated to feature (a) either exemplar or numeric information and (b) opposing viewpoints, resulting in a 2 (exemplar vs. numeric) × 2 (supporting vs. opposing technology) within-subjects design. Online search findings pertained to four different topics…
Science Exemplars in the Eye of the Beholder
Drawing on exemplification theory and confirmation bias, this study examined exposure to online science information and subsequent attitude impacts. Participants freely browsed online messages manipulated to feature (a) either exemplar or numeric information and (b) opposing viewpoints, resulting in a 2 (exemplar vs. numeric) × 2 (supporting vs. opposing technology) within-subjects design. Online search findings pertained to four different topics…
Entertainment and Expanding Boundaries of the Self
The temporarily expanding boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) model identifies challenges faced by the self as a fundamental impetus for engagement with mediated narratives. To test how everyday pressures on the self influence enjoyment, appreciation, and immersion into narrative worlds, this study used self-affirmation to alleviate the everyday demands of self-concept maintenance, in an experimental design. When self-affirmed, people experienced les…
Discussions of Flavored ENDS Sales Restrictions
Many users turned to Reddit for information related to the shifting regulatory landscape concerning flavored ENDS. Discussions focused on both legal alternatives to banned products as well as illegal means of acquiring JUUL pods, including residual retail supply, online, and mail vendors
Industry response to strengthened regulations
Social media surveillance can enhance our understanding of public health needs and policy compliance, as well as inform strategies to prevent policy evasion. Examining evolving industry tactics to promote flavoured products in response to regulatory changes can help authorities and practitioners assess policy effectiveness and inform future design and implementation approaches
Analysis of e-cigarette warning letters issued by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020 and 2021
Warning letters targeted small online retailers rather than large e-cigarette brands or products most used by youth: pod mods and disposables. The focus of these enforcement actions comprises a small share of the market and the impact on use was likely minimal. With PMTA decisions pending for the largest brands of e-cigarettes, the FDA should use its enforcement powers to target manufacturers, distributors and sellers of the tobacco products that…
Examining influencer compliance with advertising regulations in branded vaping content on Instagram
Background: Youth and young adults are exposed to vaping advertisements on social media sites, despite regulations and guidelines intended to reduce the prevalence of such content on these platforms. This research uses replicable criteria to identify vaping influencers who have worked with vaping brands to promote vaping products on Instagram and documents the extent to which posts by these users comply with existing advertising regulations. Meth…
Bigger, stronger and cheaper
The current regulatory regime around e-cigarettes has resulted in disposable e-cigarette manufacturers providing consumers with bigger, cheaper disposable e-cigarettes that come in increasingly higher nicotine strengths. Tobacco policy recommendations such as restricting e-liquid capacity and minimum price laws as well as regulations on product characteristics that affect nicotine emissions and delivery such as nicotine strength, nicotine output,…
Beyond the margin of error
The availability of an accurate API is an essential tool for research examining the content and dissemination of messages on large media platforms in the twenty-first century. TikTok launched their research API as part of a commitment to data transparency and a goal of protecting youth and vulnerable populations from harmful content. A systematic audit of TikTok’s API for researchers was performed comparing the API versus information displayed on…
Responses to e-cigarette nicotine source descriptors
Nicotine source descriptors, especially "non-tobacco nicotine" and among past 30-day e-cigarette users, may reduce harm and addictiveness perceptions for e-cigarettes. Marketing regulations of nicotine source descriptors may be needed
Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health
Tobacco content on Twitter (X) generally opposes regulation. Although a near real-time data source of the public's response to prominent events heightens the allure of extrapolating public sentiment from Twitter content, tobacco policy sentiment on the platform may be more indicative of industry-affiliated top users. We examined 2 years of tobacco policy discussion on Twitter (X) at the user level ( N = 3,159,807 posts) from September 2019 to Jul…
When tobacco is headline news
While social media allow practitioners to talk directly to audiences, their unstructured nature often advantages opposition actors not tied to bureaucratic structures. Simultaneously, traditional methods of information dissemination via the mass media continue to exist. Using a large dataset of tweets (N = 62.400) collected during a breaking news public health event (the JUUL Marketing Denial Order), this paper examines the discursive power (Jung…
Where there’s smoke (less), there’s fire
Following >3 years of steady market growth, a viral spike in TikTok views precedes a significant acceleration in ONP sales followed by a larger spike in views. Although further research is needed to determine whether TikTok views offer a reliable predictor of period-to-period sales, our findings suggest that spikes in specific content signalling effective penetration of youth subcultures may be indicative of acute market changes
Business (8 obras) · Advertising (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Nicotine (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 obras)