Jessica T Feezell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica T Feezell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica T |
| FAMILY NAME | Feezell |
| SIGNATURE | FEEZELL J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5630-6752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 238 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Scrolling headlines and clicking stories: Content Differences and Implications Associated With Increased Scrollability of News
Who Gets Flagged? An Experiment on Censorship and Bias in Social Media Reporting
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Scrollability: A New Digital News Affordance
Most major platforms and news portals use the feed approach to information display, which offers people the ability to engage in continuous scrolling. This affordance, "scrollability," is an understudied feature that changes how people consume news. The endless scroll presents opportunities to monetize attention for advertisers, and a seemingly bottomless supply of headlines for news consumers. Moreover, more people report scrolling headlines tha…
Exploring the effects of algorithm-driven news sources on political behavior and polarization
‘I saw it on Facebook’: An experimental analysis of political learning through social media
The maldistribution of political knowledge in society has important consequences for individual-level political behavior and the representativeness of governmental policies. Increased media selectivity threatens to widen the gap between the politically well-informed and the less-informed by decreasing chance encounters with incidental political information. This study asks: Does exposure to incidental political information through social media pr…
Self-coding: A method to assess semantic validity and bias when coding open-ended responses
Open-ended survey questions can provide researchers with nuanced and rich data, but content analysis is subject to misinterpretation and can introduce bias into subsequent analysis. We present a simple method to improve the semantic validity of a codebook and test for bias: a “self-coding” method where respondents first provide open-ended responses and then self-code those responses into categories. We demonstrated this method by comparing respon…
Framing, identity, and responsibility: Do episodic vs. thematic framing effects vary by target population
Extensive political communication research shows that people respond differently to the same policy problem depending on how it is portrayed, or “framed.” Specifically, Iyengar [1991]. Is Anyone Responsible? How Television Frames Political Issues. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press] finds that when news coverage about a policy issue is framed episodically, citizens tend to attribute responsibility to the individual, whereas when news is framed…
In the wake of a terrorist attack, do Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims decline
When a terrorist attack occurs, a natural response may be increased public concern about terrorism. But when a self-described Muslim perpetrates a terrorist attack, do negative attitudes toward Muslims also increase? If so, is this effect conditional on the nature of people’s past personal experiences with Muslims? We present natural experiment data based on a 2015 web-based survey of 2105 non-Muslims in the US, a survey that happened to span the…
Agenda Setting through Social Media: The Importance of Incidental News Exposure and Social Filtering in the Digital Era
Conventional models of agenda setting hold that mainstream media influence the public agenda by leading audience attention, and perceived importance, to certain issues. However, increased selectivity and audience fragmentation in today’s digital media environment threaten the traditional agenda-setting power of the mass media. An important development to consider in light of this change is the growing use of social media for entertainment and inf…
Disagreement Without Deterrence: The Importance of the Setting for the Study of Political Disagreement and Participation of Youth
In today’s polarized and often uncivil political environment, how does political disagreement influence the political participation of youth? In this article, we compare the relationship between political disagreement and the political behavior of youth in online and face-to-face settings. Using a unique sample of U.S. youth age 15 to 25 ( N = 1,112), we find that exposure to disagreement, especially online, has a positive relationship with tradi…
The Influence of Citizenship Norms and Media Use on Different Modes of Political Participation in the US
Studies demonstrate that citizenship norms and media use are important predictors of political behavior. However, it remains unclear how norms and patterns of media use influence different modes of political participation—both directly and in tandem. Here, we leverage original US survey data ( N = 2200) to clarify how people’s attitudes about what it means to be a “good citizen” inform how they participate in politics, and whether certain types o…
Internet use and political participation: Engaging citizenship norms through online activities
Research on the relationship between Internet use and political participation has identified numerous effects that result from various online activities, though the mechanisms of influence often remain unclear. In response, we develop a theory of Internet effects and citizenship norms, wherein specific uses of the Internet influence political participation by fostering dutiful or actualizing norms of citizenship. Using a longitudinal research des…
Predicting Online Political Participation: The Importance of Selection Bias and Selective Exposure in the Online Setting
Although we have a broad understanding of the factors that predict traditional forms of political participation, we know comparatively less about the determinants of online political participation. Among the limited research that explores the predictors of online political participation, news seeking is often found to be an important factor; however, many studies fail to consider selective exposure and the distinct influence of differing types of…
Colleague Crowdsourcing: A Method for Fostering National Student Engagement and Large-N Data Collection
Scholars often rely on student samples from their own campuses to study political behavior, but some studies require larger and more diverse samples than any single campus can provide. In our case, we wanted to study the real-time effects of presidential debates on individual-level attitudes, and we sought a large sample with diversity across covariates such as ideology and race. To address this challenge, we recruited college students across the…
The Civic and Political Significance of Online Participatory Cultures among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood
Much scholarship has examined how accessing news and other civic and politically oriented online activities can influence offline civic and political behaviors. Much less is known about the influence of nonpolitical online activity on civic and political practices. We found that youth engagement in some forms of nonpolitical online activity can serve as a gateway to participation in civic and political life, including volunteering, community prob…
Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement
Youth online activity and exposure to diverse perspectives
Some see the internet as a means of exposure to divergent perspectives, while others believe that it is likely to foster echo chambers. We agree that it is important to attend to these possibilities, but we find that this discussion is often framed inappropriately. Drawing on a unique panel survey of the online practices and civic and political engagement of youth (aged 16–21), we find that most youth do not report exposure to echo chambers or di…
The public’s trust in scientific claims regarding offshore oil drilling
Our study examines how individuals decide which scientific claims and experts to believe when faced with competing claims regarding a policy issue. Using an experiment in a public opinion survey, we test the source content and credibility hypotheses to assess how much confidence people have in reports about scientific studies of the safety of offshore oil drilling along the California coast. The results show that message content has a substantial…
Agenda Setting through Social Media: The Importance of Incidental News Exposure and Social Filtering in the Digital Era
Conventional models of agenda setting hold that mainstream media influence the public agenda by leading audience attention, and perceived importance, to certain issues. However, increased selectivity and audience fragmentation in today’s digital media environment threaten the traditional agenda-setting power of the mass media. An important development to consider in light of this change is the growing use of social media for entertainment and inf…
Predicting Online Political Participation: The Importance of Selection Bias and Selective Exposure in the Online Setting
Although we have a broad understanding of the factors that predict traditional forms of political participation, we know comparatively less about the determinants of online political participation. Among the limited research that explores the predictors of online political participation, news seeking is often found to be an important factor; however, many studies fail to consider selective exposure and the distinct influence of differing types of…
Youth online activity and exposure to diverse perspectives
Some see the internet as a means of exposure to divergent perspectives, while others believe that it is likely to foster echo chambers. We agree that it is important to attend to these possibilities, but we find that this discussion is often framed inappropriately. Drawing on a unique panel survey of the online practices and civic and political engagement of youth (aged 16–21), we find that most youth do not report exposure to echo chambers or di…
The Influence of Citizenship Norms and Media Use on Different Modes of Political Participation in the US
Studies demonstrate that citizenship norms and media use are important predictors of political behavior. However, it remains unclear how norms and patterns of media use influence different modes of political participation—both directly and in tandem. Here, we leverage original US survey data ( N = 2200) to clarify how people’s attitudes about what it means to be a “good citizen” inform how they participate in politics, and whether certain types o…
The Civic and Political Significance of Online Participatory Cultures among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood
Much scholarship has examined how accessing news and other civic and politically oriented online activities can influence offline civic and political behaviors. Much less is known about the influence of nonpolitical online activity on civic and political practices. We found that youth engagement in some forms of nonpolitical online activity can serve as a gateway to participation in civic and political life, including volunteering, community prob…
In the wake of a terrorist attack, do Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims decline
When a terrorist attack occurs, a natural response may be increased public concern about terrorism. But when a self-described Muslim perpetrates a terrorist attack, do negative attitudes toward Muslims also increase? If so, is this effect conditional on the nature of people’s past personal experiences with Muslims? We present natural experiment data based on a 2015 web-based survey of 2105 non-Muslims in the US, a survey that happened to span the…
Internet use and political participation: Engaging citizenship norms through online activities
Research on the relationship between Internet use and political participation has identified numerous effects that result from various online activities, though the mechanisms of influence often remain unclear. In response, we develop a theory of Internet effects and citizenship norms, wherein specific uses of the Internet influence political participation by fostering dutiful or actualizing norms of citizenship. Using a longitudinal research des…
Scrollability: A New Digital News Affordance
Most major platforms and news portals use the feed approach to information display, which offers people the ability to engage in continuous scrolling. This affordance, "scrollability," is an understudied feature that changes how people consume news. The endless scroll presents opportunities to monetize attention for advertisers, and a seemingly bottomless supply of headlines for news consumers. Moreover, more people report scrolling headlines tha…
Framing, identity, and responsibility: Do episodic vs. thematic framing effects vary by target population
Extensive political communication research shows that people respond differently to the same policy problem depending on how it is portrayed, or “framed.” Specifically, Iyengar [1991]. Is Anyone Responsible? How Television Frames Political Issues. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press] finds that when news coverage about a policy issue is framed episodically, citizens tend to attribute responsibility to the individual, whereas when news is framed…
Disagreement Without Deterrence: The Importance of the Setting for the Study of Political Disagreement and Participation of Youth
In today’s polarized and often uncivil political environment, how does political disagreement influence the political participation of youth? In this article, we compare the relationship between political disagreement and the political behavior of youth in online and face-to-face settings. Using a unique sample of U.S. youth age 15 to 25 ( N = 1,112), we find that exposure to disagreement, especially online, has a positive relationship with tradi…
Colleague Crowdsourcing: A Method for Fostering National Student Engagement and Large-N Data Collection
Scholars often rely on student samples from their own campuses to study political behavior, but some studies require larger and more diverse samples than any single campus can provide. In our case, we wanted to study the real-time effects of presidential debates on individual-level attitudes, and we sought a large sample with diversity across covariates such as ideology and race. To address this challenge, we recruited college students across the…
Scrolling headlines and clicking stories: Content Differences and Implications Associated With Increased Scrollability of News
The public’s trust in scientific claims regarding offshore oil drilling
Our study examines how individuals decide which scientific claims and experts to believe when faced with competing claims regarding a policy issue. Using an experiment in a public opinion survey, we test the source content and credibility hypotheses to assess how much confidence people have in reports about scientific studies of the safety of offshore oil drilling along the California coast. The results show that message content has a substantial…
Youth online activity and exposure to diverse perspectives
Some see the internet as a means of exposure to divergent perspectives, while others believe that it is likely to foster echo chambers. We agree that it is important to attend to these possibilities, but we find that this discussion is often framed inappropriately. Drawing on a unique panel survey of the online practices and civic and political engagement of youth (aged 16–21), we find that most youth do not report exposure to echo chambers or di…
Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement
The Civic and Political Significance of Online Participatory Cultures among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood
Much scholarship has examined how accessing news and other civic and politically oriented online activities can influence offline civic and political behaviors. Much less is known about the influence of nonpolitical online activity on civic and political practices. We found that youth engagement in some forms of nonpolitical online activity can serve as a gateway to participation in civic and political life, including volunteering, community prob…
Colleague Crowdsourcing: A Method for Fostering National Student Engagement and Large-N Data Collection
Scholars often rely on student samples from their own campuses to study political behavior, but some studies require larger and more diverse samples than any single campus can provide. In our case, we wanted to study the real-time effects of presidential debates on individual-level attitudes, and we sought a large sample with diversity across covariates such as ideology and race. To address this challenge, we recruited college students across the…
Internet use and political participation: Engaging citizenship norms through online activities
Research on the relationship between Internet use and political participation has identified numerous effects that result from various online activities, though the mechanisms of influence often remain unclear. In response, we develop a theory of Internet effects and citizenship norms, wherein specific uses of the Internet influence political participation by fostering dutiful or actualizing norms of citizenship. Using a longitudinal research des…
Predicting Online Political Participation: The Importance of Selection Bias and Selective Exposure in the Online Setting
Although we have a broad understanding of the factors that predict traditional forms of political participation, we know comparatively less about the determinants of online political participation. Among the limited research that explores the predictors of online political participation, news seeking is often found to be an important factor; however, many studies fail to consider selective exposure and the distinct influence of differing types of…
Disagreement Without Deterrence: The Importance of the Setting for the Study of Political Disagreement and Participation of Youth
In today’s polarized and often uncivil political environment, how does political disagreement influence the political participation of youth? In this article, we compare the relationship between political disagreement and the political behavior of youth in online and face-to-face settings. Using a unique sample of U.S. youth age 15 to 25 ( N = 1,112), we find that exposure to disagreement, especially online, has a positive relationship with tradi…
The Influence of Citizenship Norms and Media Use on Different Modes of Political Participation in the US
Studies demonstrate that citizenship norms and media use are important predictors of political behavior. However, it remains unclear how norms and patterns of media use influence different modes of political participation—both directly and in tandem. Here, we leverage original US survey data ( N = 2200) to clarify how people’s attitudes about what it means to be a “good citizen” inform how they participate in politics, and whether certain types o…
In the wake of a terrorist attack, do Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims decline
When a terrorist attack occurs, a natural response may be increased public concern about terrorism. But when a self-described Muslim perpetrates a terrorist attack, do negative attitudes toward Muslims also increase? If so, is this effect conditional on the nature of people’s past personal experiences with Muslims? We present natural experiment data based on a 2015 web-based survey of 2105 non-Muslims in the US, a survey that happened to span the…
Agenda Setting through Social Media: The Importance of Incidental News Exposure and Social Filtering in the Digital Era
Conventional models of agenda setting hold that mainstream media influence the public agenda by leading audience attention, and perceived importance, to certain issues. However, increased selectivity and audience fragmentation in today’s digital media environment threaten the traditional agenda-setting power of the mass media. An important development to consider in light of this change is the growing use of social media for entertainment and inf…
Framing, identity, and responsibility: Do episodic vs. thematic framing effects vary by target population
Extensive political communication research shows that people respond differently to the same policy problem depending on how it is portrayed, or “framed.” Specifically, Iyengar [1991]. Is Anyone Responsible? How Television Frames Political Issues. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press] finds that when news coverage about a policy issue is framed episodically, citizens tend to attribute responsibility to the individual, whereas when news is framed…
Exploring the effects of algorithm-driven news sources on political behavior and polarization
‘I saw it on Facebook’: An experimental analysis of political learning through social media
The maldistribution of political knowledge in society has important consequences for individual-level political behavior and the representativeness of governmental policies. Increased media selectivity threatens to widen the gap between the politically well-informed and the less-informed by decreasing chance encounters with incidental political information. This study asks: Does exposure to incidental political information through social media pr…
Self-coding: A method to assess semantic validity and bias when coding open-ended responses
Open-ended survey questions can provide researchers with nuanced and rich data, but content analysis is subject to misinterpretation and can introduce bias into subsequent analysis. We present a simple method to improve the semantic validity of a codebook and test for bias: a “self-coding” method where respondents first provide open-ended responses and then self-code those responses into categories. We demonstrated this method by comparing respon…
Who Gets Flagged? An Experiment on Censorship and Bias in Social Media Reporting
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Scrollability: A New Digital News Affordance
Most major platforms and news portals use the feed approach to information display, which offers people the ability to engage in continuous scrolling. This affordance, "scrollability," is an understudied feature that changes how people consume news. The endless scroll presents opportunities to monetize attention for advertisers, and a seemingly bottomless supply of headlines for news consumers. Moreover, more people report scrolling headlines tha…
Scrolling headlines and clicking stories: Content Differences and Implications Associated With Increased Scrollability of News
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