Lana Medina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4395974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lana Medina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lana |
| FAMILY NAME | Medina |
| SIGNATURE | MEDINA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Salamanca |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8482-8679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Moral Imagination in Journalistic Narratives
Moral imagination allows individuals to envision a range of moral scenarios and use that understanding to make moral judgments. Three types of journalistic narratives can inspire moral imagination through the power of emotion, moral awareness, and moral intuition. However, moral imagination may also fail due to four conditions: (1) journalism education, norms and practices, (2) empathic writing reserved for specific types of journalism, (3) a mor…
Ethical Challenges and Moral Conation Capacities in Emerging Adults Moving into Media Industries
This study explores the development of moral identity and value systems among entry-level media workers during the formative period of emerging adulthood. Thematic analysis of extensive “life story” structured interviews with newly minted graduates of five journalism and communications programs in the United States (N = 65) focused on responses to specific interview queries regarding ethical challenges. Key themes of challenges involved autonomou…
Virtue Ethics and News Literacy
As digital technologies transform the information landscape, news professionals and audiences face the challenge of disinformation – deliberately misleading content aimed at shaping public opinion and behavior. This paper contextualizes news literacy within the broader domain of media literacy and examines its rationale and prior interventions aimed at strengthening news literacy competencies. This paper advocates for a virtue ethics framework to…
News on TikTok Through the Lens of Quality Journalism
As TikTok becomes an increasingly popular platform for news consumption, it is important to understand how its unique format aligns with or challenges traditional journalistic standards. This study draws on the quality journalism framework, which consists of professional norms, content features, and audience engagement dimensions, to examine how U.S. TikTok users perceive the quality of news they encounter on the platform. Based on in-depth inter…
An Experimental Test of the Effects of Public Mockery of a Social Media Health Campaign
This study explored how social media users’ mocking of a public health campaign can affect other users’ emotions, cognitions, and behavioral intentions. Inspired by public mocking of the CDC’s “Say No to Raw Dough” campaign aiming to prevent food poisoning caused by eating raw flour-based products, this experiment (N = 681) employed a 2 (Public responses to a PSA: Mocking or serious) x 3 (Organizational response to public responses: Self-mocking,…
Clarifying the Relationship Between Political Consumerism and Political Persuasion Over Time
Political consumerism has emerged as a popular form of participation among lay citizens. For the most part, research has delved into the main antecedents that explain this type of consumption. However, research has generally neglected to consider political consumerism as an independent variable, and its role influencing and igniting other forms of political behavior. This study theoretically argues that politically motivated consumerism will inci…
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An Experimental Test of the Effects of Public Mockery of a Social Media Health Campaign
This study explored how social media users’ mocking of a public health campaign can affect other users’ emotions, cognitions, and behavioral intentions. Inspired by public mocking of the CDC’s “Say No to Raw Dough” campaign aiming to prevent food poisoning caused by eating raw flour-based products, this experiment (N = 681) employed a 2 (Public responses to a PSA: Mocking or serious) x 3 (Organizational response to public responses: Self-mocking,…
Clarifying the Relationship Between Political Consumerism and Political Persuasion Over Time
Political consumerism has emerged as a popular form of participation among lay citizens. For the most part, research has delved into the main antecedents that explain this type of consumption. However, research has generally neglected to consider political consumerism as an independent variable, and its role influencing and igniting other forms of political behavior. This study theoretically argues that politically motivated consumerism will inci…
Virtue Ethics and News Literacy
As digital technologies transform the information landscape, news professionals and audiences face the challenge of disinformation – deliberately misleading content aimed at shaping public opinion and behavior. This paper contextualizes news literacy within the broader domain of media literacy and examines its rationale and prior interventions aimed at strengthening news literacy competencies. This paper advocates for a virtue ethics framework to…
News on TikTok Through the Lens of Quality Journalism
As TikTok becomes an increasingly popular platform for news consumption, it is important to understand how its unique format aligns with or challenges traditional journalistic standards. This study draws on the quality journalism framework, which consists of professional norms, content features, and audience engagement dimensions, to examine how U.S. TikTok users perceive the quality of news they encounter on the platform. Based on in-depth inter…
Moral Imagination in Journalistic Narratives
Moral imagination allows individuals to envision a range of moral scenarios and use that understanding to make moral judgments. Three types of journalistic narratives can inspire moral imagination through the power of emotion, moral awareness, and moral intuition. However, moral imagination may also fail due to four conditions: (1) journalism education, norms and practices, (2) empathic writing reserved for specific types of journalism, (3) a mor…
Ethical Challenges and Moral Conation Capacities in Emerging Adults Moving into Media Industries
This study explores the development of moral identity and value systems among entry-level media workers during the formative period of emerging adulthood. Thematic analysis of extensive “life story” structured interviews with newly minted graduates of five journalism and communications programs in the United States (N = 65) focused on responses to specific interview queries regarding ethical challenges. Key themes of challenges involved autonomou…
Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (2 works) · Journalism (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)