Cabral A Bigman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4267195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cabral A Bigman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cabral A |
| FAMILY NAME | Bigman |
| SIGNATURE | BIGMAN C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4510-7878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Role of Communication in Redressing Health Disparities
This study examines whether and how exposure to information about health disparities from mediated and interpersonal sources and political trust are jointly associated with policy support and political advocacy. Using a two-wave panel survey design with a national U.S. sample, we found that political trust moderated the association between exposure to health-disparities information from interpersonal sources and policy support. Specifically, a ne…
‘There will be screen caps’
Digital technologies facilitate the existence of online spaces where understandings about race and racial inequality are co-created and contested as part of social networks and within the context of existing power relations and social identities. This project qualitatively explores US college students’ exposure to and experiences with content on social media that they consider to be related to race and racial discrimination. Based on analysis of …
Localizing Covid-19 Public Health Department Outreach on Digital Platforms
The politicization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States and abroad has received significant scholarly attention, particularly surrounding misinformation circulating on social media among millions of users. However there has been far less attention paid to how platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and others impact vaccine uptake within local, geographically specific communities. Local public health departments view platforms as…
Misinformation About Commercial Tobacco Products on Social Media—Implications and Research Opportunities for Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
Can Social Media News Encourage Activism? The Impact of Discrimination News Frames on College Students' Activism Intentions
The marginalization of African Americans is a pervasive issue in American society. As African Americans are left on the fringes of economic, social, and political resources, social media news offers the potential for motivating action that combats the institutional policies contributing to societal disparities. Utilizing the lens of the Anger Activism Model (AAM), this experiment recruited undergraduate participants ( N = 198) and tested the effe…
Exemplification theory
Selective sharing on social media
Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests disparate racial impact frames may lead to selective sharing on social media and result in differential retransmission rates across racial groups. In this online study, we (1) examined reported exposure to and sharing of content about race on social media among Black, White, and “Other” race/ethnicity college students ( N = 150); (2) experimentally tested how exposure to news story previews with control…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
A systematic review of medical mistrust measures
Gender Stereotypes and Preconception Health
Cause and Effect
Drawing on a quantitative social science perspective, this entry begins by acknowledging the lack of consensus surrounding causality before turning attention to practical considerations related to causal inference in media effects literature. Specifically, the discussion centers on the role of research design, logic, and theory in causal inference, and reviews some common pitfalls that can undermine causal claims.
Sociodemographic correlates of self-reported exposure to e-cigarette communications and its association with public support for smoke-free and vape-free policies
Further research is needed to assess whether messages portraying e-cigarettes as a way to circumvent smoking restrictions from advertisements and other media are influencing public support for vape-free policies. These findings provide empirical evidence to inform the policy debate over regulating specific e-cigarette advertising claims
Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media
Journal Article Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media Get access Jeff Niederdeppe, Jeff Niederdeppe 1Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cabral A. Bigman, Cabral A. Bigman 2Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Go…
Narrative Health Communication and Behavior Change
This study investigated psychological mechanisms underlying the effect of narrative health communication on behavioral intention. Specifically, the study examined how exemplification in news about successful smoking cessation affects recipients' narrative engagement, thereby changing their intention to quit smoking. Nationally representative samples of U.S. adult smokers participated in 2 experiments. The results from the 2 experiments consistent…
Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media
Journal Article Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media Get access Jeff Niederdeppe, Jeff Niederdeppe 1Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cabral A. Bigman, Cabral A. Bigman 2Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Go…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
Can Social Media News Encourage Activism? The Impact of Discrimination News Frames on College Students' Activism Intentions
The marginalization of African Americans is a pervasive issue in American society. As African Americans are left on the fringes of economic, social, and political resources, social media news offers the potential for motivating action that combats the institutional policies contributing to societal disparities. Utilizing the lens of the Anger Activism Model (AAM), this experiment recruited undergraduate participants ( N = 198) and tested the effe…
Selective sharing on social media
Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests disparate racial impact frames may lead to selective sharing on social media and result in differential retransmission rates across racial groups. In this online study, we (1) examined reported exposure to and sharing of content about race on social media among Black, White, and “Other” race/ethnicity college students ( N = 150); (2) experimentally tested how exposure to news story previews with control…
Localizing Covid-19 Public Health Department Outreach on Digital Platforms
The politicization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States and abroad has received significant scholarly attention, particularly surrounding misinformation circulating on social media among millions of users. However there has been far less attention paid to how platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and others impact vaccine uptake within local, geographically specific communities. Local public health departments view platforms as…
Misinformation About Commercial Tobacco Products on Social Media—Implications and Research Opportunities for Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
Narrative Health Communication and Behavior Change
This study investigated psychological mechanisms underlying the effect of narrative health communication on behavioral intention. Specifically, the study examined how exemplification in news about successful smoking cessation affects recipients' narrative engagement, thereby changing their intention to quit smoking. Nationally representative samples of U.S. adult smokers participated in 2 experiments. The results from the 2 experiments consistent…
Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media
Journal Article Communication About Health Disparities in the Mass Media Get access Jeff Niederdeppe, Jeff Niederdeppe 1Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Cabral A. Bigman, Cabral A. Bigman 2Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Go…
Sociodemographic correlates of self-reported exposure to e-cigarette communications and its association with public support for smoke-free and vape-free policies
Further research is needed to assess whether messages portraying e-cigarettes as a way to circumvent smoking restrictions from advertisements and other media are influencing public support for vape-free policies. These findings provide empirical evidence to inform the policy debate over regulating specific e-cigarette advertising claims
Cause and Effect
Drawing on a quantitative social science perspective, this entry begins by acknowledging the lack of consensus surrounding causality before turning attention to practical considerations related to causal inference in media effects literature. Specifically, the discussion centers on the role of research design, logic, and theory in causal inference, and reviews some common pitfalls that can undermine causal claims.
A systematic review of medical mistrust measures
Gender Stereotypes and Preconception Health
Exemplification theory
Selective sharing on social media
Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests disparate racial impact frames may lead to selective sharing on social media and result in differential retransmission rates across racial groups. In this online study, we (1) examined reported exposure to and sharing of content about race on social media among Black, White, and “Other” race/ethnicity college students ( N = 150); (2) experimentally tested how exposure to news story previews with control…
A cross-cultural comparison of the processes underlying the associations between sharing of and exposure to alcohol references and drinking intentions
This study is among the first to cross-culturally compare the associations between social media use and emerging adults’ drinking behavior in an accepting (Belgium) and comparatively restricted (USA) Western drinking culture. A cross-sectional survey was administered among 770 college students ( n USA = 253, 24% male; n Belgium = 487, 34% male) aged 18–20 years. Structural equation modeling was used and demonstrated that the association between e…
Misinformation About Commercial Tobacco Products on Social Media—Implications and Research Opportunities for Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
Can Social Media News Encourage Activism? The Impact of Discrimination News Frames on College Students' Activism Intentions
The marginalization of African Americans is a pervasive issue in American society. As African Americans are left on the fringes of economic, social, and political resources, social media news offers the potential for motivating action that combats the institutional policies contributing to societal disparities. Utilizing the lens of the Anger Activism Model (AAM), this experiment recruited undergraduate participants ( N = 198) and tested the effe…
‘There will be screen caps’
Digital technologies facilitate the existence of online spaces where understandings about race and racial inequality are co-created and contested as part of social networks and within the context of existing power relations and social identities. This project qualitatively explores US college students’ exposure to and experiences with content on social media that they consider to be related to race and racial discrimination. Based on analysis of …
Localizing Covid-19 Public Health Department Outreach on Digital Platforms
The politicization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States and abroad has received significant scholarly attention, particularly surrounding misinformation circulating on social media among millions of users. However there has been far less attention paid to how platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and others impact vaccine uptake within local, geographically specific communities. Local public health departments view platforms as…
The Role of Communication in Redressing Health Disparities
This study examines whether and how exposure to information about health disparities from mediated and interpersonal sources and political trust are jointly associated with policy support and political advocacy. Using a two-wave panel survey design with a national U.S. sample, we found that political trust moderated the association between exposure to health-disparities information from interpersonal sources and policy support. Specifically, a ne…
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