Laura Arpan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6632772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Arpan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Arpan |
| SIGNATURE | ARPAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0018-7691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Eliciting empathy and anticipated guilt to promote pro-environmental actions
Climate change threatens wildlife by disrupting habitats, food sources, and ecosystems, highlighting the need for effective communication strategies that promote environmental actions. Storytelling, particularly through narrative messaging, can be an effective tool for fostering emotional engagement and motivating pro-environmental behaviors. This study explored how narrative messages about animals affected by climate change can elicit empathy an…
The effects of awe-inspiring nature videos on connectedness to nature and proenvironmental intentions
Effects of Self-Affirmation and Self-Efficacy Cues on Responses to PFAS Risk Information
The widespread and persistent nature of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) presents a serious health threat. However, public understanding and awareness around this environmental health risk is still low. In this study, we examined how self-affirmation and self-efficacy cues influenced defensive responses to a risk message. We also examined downstream effects on risk perception, self-efficacy beliefs, and behavioral intent to limit PFAS e…
When a #Selfie is Healthy
As user-generated content (UGC) increasingly shapes the digital communication landscape, this study explored how message creators may persuade themselves to engage in healthier activities. In an online experiment, participants (N = 404) were asked to select a topic (healthy eating or exercising) and view a screenshot from a fictitious health organization. Afterward, participants were randomly assigned (based on topic) to: (a) create a video, (b) …
Value-Based Narratives Foster Trust in Scientists and Communication Behaviors
This study evaluated the impact of value-based narratives on American adult participants’ trust perception. In a first-person narrative, a medical scientist described their value-based motivations for developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for medical diagnosis. Results indicated that only benevolence perception was positively related to transportation and identification. Furthermore, only identification was positively related to stor…
Self-effects of user-generated advocacy messages on self-identity, attitudes, and intentions to act
This study examined self-effects of user-generated content (UGC) in an advocacy context. An experiment examined whether those randomly assigned to create “video selfies” advocating a pro-environmental behavior reported greater intention to practice it than those who viewed others’ “selfies” with similar content. Those who created a selfie reported more positive attitudes toward the behavior and greater self-identity as someone who practices it. I…
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages
This study evaluated an innovative, video-based, group-values affirmation against a traditional affirmation and a control group to demonstrate that the video induction increased group identity, which led to higher-level mental construal of the threat highlighted in risk messages about beef consumption. Consistent with self-affirmation theory, this higher-level mental construal resulted in lower message derogation, higher risk perception, and stro…
The hopeful expect to be comfortable
Examining the self- and others-oriented effects of exposure to a mental health narrative
Extreme events, energy security and equality through micro- and macro-levels
Understanding citizens' communication channel preferences during natural disasters
The Impact of Training Videos on Attitudes About Parenting After Divorce
Many U.S. states require divorcing parents to take education classes about the impact of divorce on parents and children. As educators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others create these classes, it is important to evaluate what elements of the curriculum are effective in achieving targeted outcomes. Successful Coparenting After Divorce (https://coparenting.fsu.edu) is a free online divorce education course that focuses on issues such as the …
Politics, values, and morals
Instagram and college women's body image
Between the technology acceptance model and sustainable energy technology acceptance model
Photographic Depiction of Normative Deviance and Informational Utility as Predictors of Protest News Exposure, Related Perceptions, and Story Comprehension
News stories about protests are often accompanied by footage or photos depicting dramatic or violent acts that occur during the protest, even though such acts may be rare or insignificant. Although the assumption is that visual depiction of normative deviance draws the attention of audience members, thus facilitating learning about the social issue, extant research does not suggest this will always be the case. The current study found that greate…
The Effects of Exemplification on Perceptions of News Credibility
Exemplification (the use of examples) in news stories is a common method of providing information about social phenomena to make stories more interesting to audience members. However, previous research has consistently linked exemplification to highly inaccurate perceptions about the prevalence or severity of a given phenomena. The current study further explored outcomes of exemplification by examining the extent to which the practice influenced …
News Coverage of Social Protests and the Effects of Photographs and Prior Attitudes
A consistent news frame that deligitmizes and depicts most social protests as "police vs. protesters" has been identified in studies of news coverage of social movements. This study used an experimental design to examine the extent to which photographs and prior attitudes toward protests and protesters in general contribute to previously identified framing effects of protest news. Results indicated that for the protest issue of interest evaluatio…
An Experimental Investigation of News Source and the Hostile Media Effect
This study examined the interaction among different news sources, individual levels of partisanship, and the hostile media effect in sports news. Two hundred and three participants read a balanced story about their home-town college football team in one of three newspapers: the home-town, the cross-state rival university's town, or a neutral-town paper. The study found differences in the hostile media effect across conditions, suggesting the impo…
Between the technology acceptance model and sustainable energy technology acceptance model
News Coverage of Social Protests and the Effects of Photographs and Prior Attitudes
A consistent news frame that deligitmizes and depicts most social protests as "police vs. protesters" has been identified in studies of news coverage of social movements. This study used an experimental design to examine the extent to which photographs and prior attitudes toward protests and protesters in general contribute to previously identified framing effects of protest news. Results indicated that for the protest issue of interest evaluatio…
The Effects of Exemplification on Perceptions of News Credibility
Exemplification (the use of examples) in news stories is a common method of providing information about social phenomena to make stories more interesting to audience members. However, previous research has consistently linked exemplification to highly inaccurate perceptions about the prevalence or severity of a given phenomena. The current study further explored outcomes of exemplification by examining the extent to which the practice influenced …
Politics, values, and morals
Extreme events, energy security and equality through micro- and macro-levels
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages
This study evaluated an innovative, video-based, group-values affirmation against a traditional affirmation and a control group to demonstrate that the video induction increased group identity, which led to higher-level mental construal of the threat highlighted in risk messages about beef consumption. Consistent with self-affirmation theory, this higher-level mental construal resulted in lower message derogation, higher risk perception, and stro…
Photographic Depiction of Normative Deviance and Informational Utility as Predictors of Protest News Exposure, Related Perceptions, and Story Comprehension
News stories about protests are often accompanied by footage or photos depicting dramatic or violent acts that occur during the protest, even though such acts may be rare or insignificant. Although the assumption is that visual depiction of normative deviance draws the attention of audience members, thus facilitating learning about the social issue, extant research does not suggest this will always be the case. The current study found that greate…
An Experimental Investigation of News Source and the Hostile Media Effect
This study examined the interaction among different news sources, individual levels of partisanship, and the hostile media effect in sports news. Two hundred and three participants read a balanced story about their home-town college football team in one of three newspapers: the home-town, the cross-state rival university's town, or a neutral-town paper. The study found differences in the hostile media effect across conditions, suggesting the impo…
News Coverage of Social Protests and the Effects of Photographs and Prior Attitudes
A consistent news frame that deligitmizes and depicts most social protests as "police vs. protesters" has been identified in studies of news coverage of social movements. This study used an experimental design to examine the extent to which photographs and prior attitudes toward protests and protesters in general contribute to previously identified framing effects of protest news. Results indicated that for the protest issue of interest evaluatio…
The Effects of Exemplification on Perceptions of News Credibility
Exemplification (the use of examples) in news stories is a common method of providing information about social phenomena to make stories more interesting to audience members. However, previous research has consistently linked exemplification to highly inaccurate perceptions about the prevalence or severity of a given phenomena. The current study further explored outcomes of exemplification by examining the extent to which the practice influenced …
Photographic Depiction of Normative Deviance and Informational Utility as Predictors of Protest News Exposure, Related Perceptions, and Story Comprehension
News stories about protests are often accompanied by footage or photos depicting dramatic or violent acts that occur during the protest, even though such acts may be rare or insignificant. Although the assumption is that visual depiction of normative deviance draws the attention of audience members, thus facilitating learning about the social issue, extant research does not suggest this will always be the case. The current study found that greate…
Instagram and college women's body image
Between the technology acceptance model and sustainable energy technology acceptance model
The Impact of Training Videos on Attitudes About Parenting After Divorce
Many U.S. states require divorcing parents to take education classes about the impact of divorce on parents and children. As educators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others create these classes, it is important to evaluate what elements of the curriculum are effective in achieving targeted outcomes. Successful Coparenting After Divorce (https://coparenting.fsu.edu) is a free online divorce education course that focuses on issues such as the …
Politics, values, and morals
Understanding citizens' communication channel preferences during natural disasters
Examining the self- and others-oriented effects of exposure to a mental health narrative
Extreme events, energy security and equality through micro- and macro-levels
The hopeful expect to be comfortable
Self-effects of user-generated advocacy messages on self-identity, attitudes, and intentions to act
This study examined self-effects of user-generated content (UGC) in an advocacy context. An experiment examined whether those randomly assigned to create “video selfies” advocating a pro-environmental behavior reported greater intention to practice it than those who viewed others’ “selfies” with similar content. Those who created a selfie reported more positive attitudes toward the behavior and greater self-identity as someone who practices it. I…
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages
This study evaluated an innovative, video-based, group-values affirmation against a traditional affirmation and a control group to demonstrate that the video induction increased group identity, which led to higher-level mental construal of the threat highlighted in risk messages about beef consumption. Consistent with self-affirmation theory, this higher-level mental construal resulted in lower message derogation, higher risk perception, and stro…
The effects of awe-inspiring nature videos on connectedness to nature and proenvironmental intentions
Effects of Self-Affirmation and Self-Efficacy Cues on Responses to PFAS Risk Information
The widespread and persistent nature of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) presents a serious health threat. However, public understanding and awareness around this environmental health risk is still low. In this study, we examined how self-affirmation and self-efficacy cues influenced defensive responses to a risk message. We also examined downstream effects on risk perception, self-efficacy beliefs, and behavioral intent to limit PFAS e…
When a #Selfie is Healthy
As user-generated content (UGC) increasingly shapes the digital communication landscape, this study explored how message creators may persuade themselves to engage in healthier activities. In an online experiment, participants (N = 404) were asked to select a topic (healthy eating or exercising) and view a screenshot from a fictitious health organization. Afterward, participants were randomly assigned (based on topic) to: (a) create a video, (b) …
Value-Based Narratives Foster Trust in Scientists and Communication Behaviors
This study evaluated the impact of value-based narratives on American adult participants’ trust perception. In a first-person narrative, a medical scientist described their value-based motivations for developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for medical diagnosis. Results indicated that only benevolence perception was positively related to transportation and identification. Furthermore, only identification was positively related to stor…
Eliciting empathy and anticipated guilt to promote pro-environmental actions
Climate change threatens wildlife by disrupting habitats, food sources, and ecosystems, highlighting the need for effective communication strategies that promote environmental actions. Storytelling, particularly through narrative messaging, can be an effective tool for fostering emotional engagement and motivating pro-environmental behaviors. This study explored how narrative messages about animals affected by climate change can elicit empathy an…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Media Influence and Health (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)