Frederic R Hopp
Biographic Data
| ID | 244497 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frederic R Hopp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frederic R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hopp |
| SIGNATURE | HOPP F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0866-064X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMacd): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
Moralising language is a powerful rhetorical tool for signaling political identity, persuading audiences, and mobilising voters. The valid and reliable classification of moral language is therefore a critical objective for political scientists. Recent advances in automated text analysis have introduced myriad new strategies for measuring morality in language, but have often produced conflicting, inconclusive findings. We investigate whether this …
Loneliness is positively associated with populist radical right support
Loneliness is positively associated with support for the populist radical right in the Netherlands. The effect sizes are comparable to common health correlates of loneliness - high blood pressure, heart diseases, and depression - emphasizing their socio-political relevance. Going forward, well-powered cross-national replications are needed
The Moral Foundations of Populist Communication: A Semantic Network Analysis of Political Parties' Social Media Discourse in a Multiparty System
Social media have transformed political campaigning by enabling direct interaction between politicians and voters, becoming a key tool for shaping public opinion. Moral language is pivotal in this dynamic as it captures attention in an overly information-saturated social media environment and wields significant influence over political opinions. Populists thrive on social media by fostering distrust in elites, using emotional language, and reduci…
Mapping attention across multiple media tasks
Paying attention to media requires continuously selecting and processing relevant information while filtering out numerous competing stimuli. Although the factors that drive attention toward or away from a single media task are relatively well characterized, there is a lack of understanding regarding how attention to media functions in the presence of multiple, concurrent tasks. In this manuscript, we report findings from four experiments investi…
First aid in the pocket: The psychosocial benefits of smartphones in self-threatening situations
Uncovering the structure of media multitasking and attention problems using network analytic techniques
Measures of Argument Strength: A Computational, Large-Scale Analysis of Effective Persuasion in Real-World Debates
The present research examined how value-free and value-driven measures of argument strength (MAS) can be computationally extracted using a theory-driven approach at scale in a naturalistic setting by analyzing a total of 7,961 real-world debates and 42,716 judgments in rhetorical quality. In the first study, value-free MAS was significantly related to the rhetorical quality of arguments (i.e. their persuasiveness). The results indicate that the s…
Moral foundations elicit shared and dissociable cortical activation modulated by political ideology
Exposure to serial audiovisual narratives increases empathy via vicarious interactions
This study examines how exposure to serial audiovisual narratives is associated with media users’ empathy. While mounting evidence suggests enhanced empathy following exposure to written, fictional narratives, the present study expands this line of research to the context of fictional serial audiovisual narratives. Considering that social interactions are instrumental for empathic development, vicarious interactions are proposed as a key mechanis…
The extended Moral Foundations Dictionary (eMFD): Development and applications of a crowd-sourced approach to extracting moral intuitions from text
Reflections on extracting moral foundations from media content
Moral intuitions play a central role in communication processes, from the selection, valuation, and production of media content to political campaigning, opinion formation, and voting. The valid extraction of moral information from media content is a critical step toward understanding the dynamic transactions between moral frames and real-world events. In a recent case study, Wang and Liu (2021. Moral framing and information virality in social mo…
Does Regional Variation in Pathogen Prevalence Predict the Moralization of Language in Covid-19 News
While there is substantial research on COVID-19’s general framing in the news, little is known about the antecedents and moderators of using moral language in communicating the disease to audiences. In this study, we rely on the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars to explore how news media’s attention on COVID-19 and moralizing language in COVID-19 news vary with respect to ultimate (historical pathogen prevalence) and proximate (spread of …
A Graph-Learning Approach for Detecting Moral Conflict in Movie Scripts
Moral conflict is central to appealing narratives, but no methodology exists for computationally extracting moral conflict from narratives at scale. In this article, we present an approach combining tools from social network analysis and natural language processing with recent theoretical advancements in the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars. This approach considers narratives in terms of a network of dynamically evolving relationships be…
A Practical Introduction to Network Neuroscience for Communication Researchers
The increasing adoption of brain imaging methods has greatly augmented our understanding of the neural underpinnings of communication processes. Enabled by recent advancements in mathematics and computational infrastructure, researchers have begun to move beyond traditional univariate analytic techniques in favor of methods that consider the brain in terms of evolving networks of interactions between brain regions. This network neuroscience appro…
Dynamic Transactions Between News Frames and Sociopolitical Events: An Integrative, Hidden Markov Model Approach
A central goal of news research is to understand the interplay between news coverage and sociopolitical events. Although a great deal of work has elucidated how events drive news coverage, and how in turn news coverage influences societal outcomes, integrative systems-level models of the reciprocal interchanges between these two processes are sparse. Herein, we present a macro-scale investigation of the dynamic transactions between news frames an…
Modality-Specific Effects of Perceptual Load in Multimedia Processing
Digital media are sensory-rich, multimodal, and often highly interactive. An extensive collection of theories and models within the field of media psychology assume the multimodal nature of media stimuli, yet there is current ambiguity as to the independent contributions of visual and auditory content to message complexity and to resource availability in the human processing system. In this article, we argue that explicating the concepts of perce…
Extracting Latent Moral Information from Text Narratives: Relevance, Challenges, and Solutions
Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME) contend that moral judgments are built on a universal set of basic moral intuitions. A large body of research has supported many of MFT’s and the MIME’s central hypotheses. Yet, an important prerequisite of this research—the ability to extract latent moral content represented in media stimuli with a reliable procedure—has not been systematically studied. In th…
Social media ostracism: The effects of being excluded online
Curving entertainment: The curvilinear relationship between hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experiences while watching a political talk show and its implications for information processing
Taking messages into the magnet: Method–theory synergy in communication neuroscience
Brain imaging techniques within communication research have rapidly expanded in popularity in recent years, driven by an increase in access to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology and by theoretical developments within the field. In this manuscript, we present an overview of research from within communication and cognate disciplines that has leveraged insights from fMRI research to “push the envelope,” demonstrating a synergy b…
Seriously Entertained: Antecedents and Consequences of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences With Political Talk Shows on TV
This study's purpose is twofold: to introduce a new format into existing political entertainment research (“serious” political talk shows) and to establish a more specific definition of entertainment in a political context. To do so, the authors rely on a two-process-model of entertainment experiences. A telephone survey (N = 230) was conducted to analyze the antecedents and consequences of eudaimonic and hedonic entertainment experiences and to …
Seriously Entertained: Antecedents and Consequences of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences With Political Talk Shows on TV
This study's purpose is twofold: to introduce a new format into existing political entertainment research (“serious” political talk shows) and to establish a more specific definition of entertainment in a political context. To do so, the authors rely on a two-process-model of entertainment experiences. A telephone survey (N = 230) was conducted to analyze the antecedents and consequences of eudaimonic and hedonic entertainment experiences and to …
Reflections on extracting moral foundations from media content
Moral intuitions play a central role in communication processes, from the selection, valuation, and production of media content to political campaigning, opinion formation, and voting. The valid extraction of moral information from media content is a critical step toward understanding the dynamic transactions between moral frames and real-world events. In a recent case study, Wang and Liu (2021. Moral framing and information virality in social mo…
Extracting Latent Moral Information from Text Narratives: Relevance, Challenges, and Solutions
Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME) contend that moral judgments are built on a universal set of basic moral intuitions. A large body of research has supported many of MFT’s and the MIME’s central hypotheses. Yet, an important prerequisite of this research—the ability to extract latent moral content represented in media stimuli with a reliable procedure—has not been systematically studied. In th…
Dynamic Transactions Between News Frames and Sociopolitical Events: An Integrative, Hidden Markov Model Approach
A central goal of news research is to understand the interplay between news coverage and sociopolitical events. Although a great deal of work has elucidated how events drive news coverage, and how in turn news coverage influences societal outcomes, integrative systems-level models of the reciprocal interchanges between these two processes are sparse. Herein, we present a macro-scale investigation of the dynamic transactions between news frames an…
Taking messages into the magnet: Method–theory synergy in communication neuroscience
Brain imaging techniques within communication research have rapidly expanded in popularity in recent years, driven by an increase in access to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology and by theoretical developments within the field. In this manuscript, we present an overview of research from within communication and cognate disciplines that has leveraged insights from fMRI research to “push the envelope,” demonstrating a synergy b…
Does Regional Variation in Pathogen Prevalence Predict the Moralization of Language in Covid-19 News
While there is substantial research on COVID-19’s general framing in the news, little is known about the antecedents and moderators of using moral language in communicating the disease to audiences. In this study, we rely on the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars to explore how news media’s attention on COVID-19 and moralizing language in COVID-19 news vary with respect to ultimate (historical pathogen prevalence) and proximate (spread of …
Moral foundations elicit shared and dissociable cortical activation modulated by political ideology
Curving entertainment: The curvilinear relationship between hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experiences while watching a political talk show and its implications for information processing
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
Moralising language is a powerful rhetorical tool for signaling political identity, persuading audiences, and mobilising voters. The valid and reliable classification of moral language is therefore a critical objective for political scientists. Recent advances in automated text analysis have introduced myriad new strategies for measuring morality in language, but have often produced conflicting, inconclusive findings. We investigate whether this …
Loneliness is positively associated with populist radical right support
Loneliness is positively associated with support for the populist radical right in the Netherlands. The effect sizes are comparable to common health correlates of loneliness - high blood pressure, heart diseases, and depression - emphasizing their socio-political relevance. Going forward, well-powered cross-national replications are needed
Seriously Entertained: Antecedents and Consequences of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences With Political Talk Shows on TV
This study's purpose is twofold: to introduce a new format into existing political entertainment research (“serious” political talk shows) and to establish a more specific definition of entertainment in a political context. To do so, the authors rely on a two-process-model of entertainment experiences. A telephone survey (N = 230) was conducted to analyze the antecedents and consequences of eudaimonic and hedonic entertainment experiences and to …
Social media ostracism: The effects of being excluded online
Curving entertainment: The curvilinear relationship between hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experiences while watching a political talk show and its implications for information processing
Taking messages into the magnet: Method–theory synergy in communication neuroscience
Brain imaging techniques within communication research have rapidly expanded in popularity in recent years, driven by an increase in access to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology and by theoretical developments within the field. In this manuscript, we present an overview of research from within communication and cognate disciplines that has leveraged insights from fMRI research to “push the envelope,” demonstrating a synergy b…
Extracting Latent Moral Information from Text Narratives: Relevance, Challenges, and Solutions
Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) and the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME) contend that moral judgments are built on a universal set of basic moral intuitions. A large body of research has supported many of MFT’s and the MIME’s central hypotheses. Yet, an important prerequisite of this research—the ability to extract latent moral content represented in media stimuli with a reliable procedure—has not been systematically studied. In th…
Modality-Specific Effects of Perceptual Load in Multimedia Processing
Digital media are sensory-rich, multimodal, and often highly interactive. An extensive collection of theories and models within the field of media psychology assume the multimodal nature of media stimuli, yet there is current ambiguity as to the independent contributions of visual and auditory content to message complexity and to resource availability in the human processing system. In this article, we argue that explicating the concepts of perce…
A Graph-Learning Approach for Detecting Moral Conflict in Movie Scripts
Moral conflict is central to appealing narratives, but no methodology exists for computationally extracting moral conflict from narratives at scale. In this article, we present an approach combining tools from social network analysis and natural language processing with recent theoretical advancements in the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars. This approach considers narratives in terms of a network of dynamically evolving relationships be…
A Practical Introduction to Network Neuroscience for Communication Researchers
The increasing adoption of brain imaging methods has greatly augmented our understanding of the neural underpinnings of communication processes. Enabled by recent advancements in mathematics and computational infrastructure, researchers have begun to move beyond traditional univariate analytic techniques in favor of methods that consider the brain in terms of evolving networks of interactions between brain regions. This network neuroscience appro…
Dynamic Transactions Between News Frames and Sociopolitical Events: An Integrative, Hidden Markov Model Approach
A central goal of news research is to understand the interplay between news coverage and sociopolitical events. Although a great deal of work has elucidated how events drive news coverage, and how in turn news coverage influences societal outcomes, integrative systems-level models of the reciprocal interchanges between these two processes are sparse. Herein, we present a macro-scale investigation of the dynamic transactions between news frames an…
The extended Moral Foundations Dictionary (eMFD): Development and applications of a crowd-sourced approach to extracting moral intuitions from text
Reflections on extracting moral foundations from media content
Moral intuitions play a central role in communication processes, from the selection, valuation, and production of media content to political campaigning, opinion formation, and voting. The valid extraction of moral information from media content is a critical step toward understanding the dynamic transactions between moral frames and real-world events. In a recent case study, Wang and Liu (2021. Moral framing and information virality in social mo…
Does Regional Variation in Pathogen Prevalence Predict the Moralization of Language in Covid-19 News
While there is substantial research on COVID-19’s general framing in the news, little is known about the antecedents and moderators of using moral language in communicating the disease to audiences. In this study, we rely on the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars to explore how news media’s attention on COVID-19 and moralizing language in COVID-19 news vary with respect to ultimate (historical pathogen prevalence) and proximate (spread of …
Exposure to serial audiovisual narratives increases empathy via vicarious interactions
This study examines how exposure to serial audiovisual narratives is associated with media users’ empathy. While mounting evidence suggests enhanced empathy following exposure to written, fictional narratives, the present study expands this line of research to the context of fictional serial audiovisual narratives. Considering that social interactions are instrumental for empathic development, vicarious interactions are proposed as a key mechanis…
Mapping attention across multiple media tasks
Paying attention to media requires continuously selecting and processing relevant information while filtering out numerous competing stimuli. Although the factors that drive attention toward or away from a single media task are relatively well characterized, there is a lack of understanding regarding how attention to media functions in the presence of multiple, concurrent tasks. In this manuscript, we report findings from four experiments investi…
First aid in the pocket: The psychosocial benefits of smartphones in self-threatening situations
Uncovering the structure of media multitasking and attention problems using network analytic techniques
Measures of Argument Strength: A Computational, Large-Scale Analysis of Effective Persuasion in Real-World Debates
The present research examined how value-free and value-driven measures of argument strength (MAS) can be computationally extracted using a theory-driven approach at scale in a naturalistic setting by analyzing a total of 7,961 real-world debates and 42,716 judgments in rhetorical quality. In the first study, value-free MAS was significantly related to the rhetorical quality of arguments (i.e. their persuasiveness). The results indicate that the s…
Moral foundations elicit shared and dissociable cortical activation modulated by political ideology
The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMacd): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
Moralising language is a powerful rhetorical tool for signaling political identity, persuading audiences, and mobilising voters. The valid and reliable classification of moral language is therefore a critical objective for political scientists. Recent advances in automated text analysis have introduced myriad new strategies for measuring morality in language, but have often produced conflicting, inconclusive findings. We investigate whether this …
Loneliness is positively associated with populist radical right support
Loneliness is positively associated with support for the populist radical right in the Netherlands. The effect sizes are comparable to common health correlates of loneliness - high blood pressure, heart diseases, and depression - emphasizing their socio-political relevance. Going forward, well-powered cross-national replications are needed
The Moral Foundations of Populist Communication: A Semantic Network Analysis of Political Parties' Social Media Discourse in a Multiparty System
Social media have transformed political campaigning by enabling direct interaction between politicians and voters, becoming a key tool for shaping public opinion. Moral language is pivotal in this dynamic as it captures attention in an overly information-saturated social media environment and wields significant influence over political opinions. Populists thrive on social media by fostering distrust in elites, using emotional language, and reduci…
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Media Influence and Health (7 works) · Politics (7 works)