Alexandra N Sousa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1481832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra N Sousa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra N |
| FAMILY NAME | Sousa |
| SIGNATURE | SOUSA A N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Southeast |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9433-7429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wellness and white power
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wellness influencers used far-right ideologies to spread misinformation about health and wellness on social media. Extending the application of symbolic convergence theory (SCT) in this study, I argue that these influencers are an identifiable rhetorical community that utilize white power discourse to facilitate convergence. A fantasy theme analysis of Instagram posts reveals several important fantasy themes. They in…
Communication scholar-activism
Communication lies at the center of scholar-activism, community initiatives, and social movements. With the re-emergence of authoritarianism, threats to academic freedom, and widening socio-economic inequalities in a global pandemic, balancing the tensions between activism and scholarship is becoming increasingly challenging for communication scholar-activists. This paper centers the voices of 15 prominent communication scholar-activists to prese…
Can high school educators bridge the gap
©American Psychological Association, 2022. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000308
Mídia lusófona nos EUA
Neste artigo, apresentamos uma análise da mídia étnica enfocada aos mais de dois milhões de imigrantes de países de língua portuguesa (principalmente Portugal, Brasil, Cabo Verde e Açores) vivendo nos Estados Unidos. Esses grupos formam parte do que chamamos da diáspora lusofônica. O objetivo é compreender como a mídia focada nessa diáspora negocia a diversidade de origens e padrões de assimilação. Observamos uma distinção geográfica que cria dua…
Can high school educators bridge the gap
©American Psychological Association, 2022. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000308
Mídia lusófona nos EUA
Neste artigo, apresentamos uma análise da mídia étnica enfocada aos mais de dois milhões de imigrantes de países de língua portuguesa (principalmente Portugal, Brasil, Cabo Verde e Açores) vivendo nos Estados Unidos. Esses grupos formam parte do que chamamos da diáspora lusofônica. O objetivo é compreender como a mídia focada nessa diáspora negocia a diversidade de origens e padrões de assimilação. Observamos uma distinção geográfica que cria dua…
Communication scholar-activism
Communication lies at the center of scholar-activism, community initiatives, and social movements. With the re-emergence of authoritarianism, threats to academic freedom, and widening socio-economic inequalities in a global pandemic, balancing the tensions between activism and scholarship is becoming increasingly challenging for communication scholar-activists. This paper centers the voices of 15 prominent communication scholar-activists to prese…
Can high school educators bridge the gap
©American Psychological Association, 2022. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000308
Wellness and white power
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wellness influencers used far-right ideologies to spread misinformation about health and wellness on social media. Extending the application of symbolic convergence theory (SCT) in this study, I argue that these influencers are an identifiable rhetorical community that utilize white power discourse to facilitate convergence. A fantasy theme analysis of Instagram posts reveals several important fantasy themes. They in…
Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Bridge (graph theory (1 works)