Lucinda L Austin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1322012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucinda L Austin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucinda L |
| FAMILY NAME | Austin |
| SIGNATURE | AUSTIN L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Communicating about sexual violence on TikTok: A content analysis
TikTok presents an opportunity for strategic and health communicators. There are more than 300 million views associated with the hashtags #sexualassaultawareness and #sexualassaultsurvivors on TikTok. Using quantitative content analysis, we analyzed 150 TikTok videos about “sexual assault” for trends in self-disclosures (RQ1), message framing (RQ2), types of sexual violence (RQ3), emotions (RQ4), creator characteristics (RQ5–7), and engagement (R…
How Information Repertoire Affects Vaccine Hesitancy: Processes of Information Verification and Cognitive Elaboration
As information consumption plays a critical role in addressing vaccine hesitancy in the hybrid media environment, it becomes crucial to understand how individuals' use of a combination of channels and sources affects their vaccine hesitancy. Based on information repertoire approaches emphasizing the multiplicity of channels and sources, we investigated different patterns of information repertoire related to the COVID-19 pandemic and how these pat…
TikToks Lead to Higher Knowledge and Perceived Severity of Sexual Violence among Adolescent Men
Medium and source convergence in crisis information acquisition: Patterns, antecedents, and outcomes
To understand how individuals navigate the complex, dynamic, and bewildering media information environment, we propose a convergence framework theorizing individuals’ acquisition of information from distinct sources on multiple mediums, along with its antecedents and consequences. This study is among the first to test the convergence framework. Using a national sample during the COVID-19 pandemic, our results revealed four convergence patterns an…
Stay Socially Distant and Wash Your Hands: Using the Health Belief Model to Determine Intent for Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors at the Beginning of the Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both demographic and psychosocial factors originating with the Health Belief Model on reported intent to ad…
Welcome or Not: Comparing #Refugee Posts on Instagram and Pinterest
The Syrian refugee crisis, started in 2011, has resulted in millions of Syrians fleeing their homes: 6.6 million have been internally displaced and more than 4.6 million have fled the country. This flow of refugees has led to both humanitarian efforts to assist refugees and growing views of refugees as a threat to receiving countries' security and autonomy. Sentiments about the still-growing crisis are increasingly expressed on social media platf…
Social Media and Crisis Communication
Examining the Role of Social Media in Effective Crisis Management: The Effects of Crisis Origin, Information Form, and Source on Publics’ Crisis Responses
Publics increasingly use social media during crises and, consequently, crisis communication professionals need to understand how to strategically optimize these tools. Despite this need, there is scarce theory-grounded research to understand key factors that affect how publics consume crisis information via social media compared to other sources. To fill this gap, an emerging model helps crisis managers understand how publics produce, consume, an…
Medium and source convergence in crisis information acquisition: Patterns, antecedents, and outcomes
To understand how individuals navigate the complex, dynamic, and bewildering media information environment, we propose a convergence framework theorizing individuals’ acquisition of information from distinct sources on multiple mediums, along with its antecedents and consequences. This study is among the first to test the convergence framework. Using a national sample during the COVID-19 pandemic, our results revealed four convergence patterns an…
Welcome or Not: Comparing #Refugee Posts on Instagram and Pinterest
The Syrian refugee crisis, started in 2011, has resulted in millions of Syrians fleeing their homes: 6.6 million have been internally displaced and more than 4.6 million have fled the country. This flow of refugees has led to both humanitarian efforts to assist refugees and growing views of refugees as a threat to receiving countries' security and autonomy. Sentiments about the still-growing crisis are increasingly expressed on social media platf…
Examining the Role of Social Media in Effective Crisis Management: The Effects of Crisis Origin, Information Form, and Source on Publics’ Crisis Responses
Publics increasingly use social media during crises and, consequently, crisis communication professionals need to understand how to strategically optimize these tools. Despite this need, there is scarce theory-grounded research to understand key factors that affect how publics consume crisis information via social media compared to other sources. To fill this gap, an emerging model helps crisis managers understand how publics produce, consume, an…
Social Media and Crisis Communication
Welcome or Not: Comparing #Refugee Posts on Instagram and Pinterest
The Syrian refugee crisis, started in 2011, has resulted in millions of Syrians fleeing their homes: 6.6 million have been internally displaced and more than 4.6 million have fled the country. This flow of refugees has led to both humanitarian efforts to assist refugees and growing views of refugees as a threat to receiving countries' security and autonomy. Sentiments about the still-growing crisis are increasingly expressed on social media platf…
Stay Socially Distant and Wash Your Hands: Using the Health Belief Model to Determine Intent for Covid-19 Preventive Behaviors at the Beginning of the Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread around the world, and since currently no treatments that are safe and effective for large groups of people nor a vaccine are available, the best way to prevent the illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus causing it. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive effects of both demographic and psychosocial factors originating with the Health Belief Model on reported intent to ad…
Medium and source convergence in crisis information acquisition: Patterns, antecedents, and outcomes
To understand how individuals navigate the complex, dynamic, and bewildering media information environment, we propose a convergence framework theorizing individuals’ acquisition of information from distinct sources on multiple mediums, along with its antecedents and consequences. This study is among the first to test the convergence framework. Using a national sample during the COVID-19 pandemic, our results revealed four convergence patterns an…
TikToks Lead to Higher Knowledge and Perceived Severity of Sexual Violence among Adolescent Men
How Information Repertoire Affects Vaccine Hesitancy: Processes of Information Verification and Cognitive Elaboration
As information consumption plays a critical role in addressing vaccine hesitancy in the hybrid media environment, it becomes crucial to understand how individuals' use of a combination of channels and sources affects their vaccine hesitancy. Based on information repertoire approaches emphasizing the multiplicity of channels and sources, we investigated different patterns of information repertoire related to the COVID-19 pandemic and how these pat…
Communicating about sexual violence on TikTok: A content analysis
TikTok presents an opportunity for strategic and health communicators. There are more than 300 million views associated with the hashtags #sexualassaultawareness and #sexualassaultsurvivors on TikTok. Using quantitative content analysis, we analyzed 150 TikTok videos about “sexual assault” for trends in self-disclosures (RQ1), message framing (RQ2), types of sexual violence (RQ3), emotions (RQ4), creator characteristics (RQ5–7), and engagement (R…
Psychology (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public Relations and Crisis Communication (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works)