Jessica Mcknight
Biographic Data
| ID | 4258395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Mcknight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcknight |
| SIGNATURE | MCKNIGHT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using a serious game to communicate risk and minimize psychological distance regarding environmental pollution
Evaluating Scientists as Sources of Science Information
In the new information environment, individuals can be exposed to different scientists who disseminate information on scientific topics which may or may not be in the scientist’s area of expertise. The current study investigates people’s ability to evaluate finer, but critical, distinctions in expertise. We use eye movements and self-report measures to determine the extent to which individuals retrieve, from their memories, professional facts abo…
Climate as Comedy
Two satirical television news programs, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, cover climate change in ways that affirm the existence of global warming. This study uses data from an experiment ( N = 424) to test whether exposure to these programs’ coverage can influence viewers’ certainty that global warming is happening. It also examines whether viewers’ political beliefs predict their interpretations of the programs’ messages about climate chan…
Climate as Comedy
Two satirical television news programs, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, cover climate change in ways that affirm the existence of global warming. This study uses data from an experiment ( N = 424) to test whether exposure to these programs’ coverage can influence viewers’ certainty that global warming is happening. It also examines whether viewers’ political beliefs predict their interpretations of the programs’ messages about climate chan…
Climate as Comedy
Two satirical television news programs, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, cover climate change in ways that affirm the existence of global warming. This study uses data from an experiment ( N = 424) to test whether exposure to these programs’ coverage can influence viewers’ certainty that global warming is happening. It also examines whether viewers’ political beliefs predict their interpretations of the programs’ messages about climate chan…
Evaluating Scientists as Sources of Science Information
In the new information environment, individuals can be exposed to different scientists who disseminate information on scientific topics which may or may not be in the scientist’s area of expertise. The current study investigates people’s ability to evaluate finer, but critical, distinctions in expertise. We use eye movements and self-report measures to determine the extent to which individuals retrieve, from their memories, professional facts abo…
Using a serious game to communicate risk and minimize psychological distance regarding environmental pollution
Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Perception (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Affordance (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 work)