Sharon Coen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3454044 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sharon Coen |
| PRENOMES | Sharon |
| SOBRENOME | Coen |
| ASSINATURA | COEN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Salford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4632-1929 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 294 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Man Up? How Men and Women Respond to Ads Portraying Men in Gender Counter-Stereotypical Roles
The negative effects of gender stereotypes have led many communication professionals to adopt strategies aimed at challenging them. One of these is counter-stereotypical advertising (CSA), based on representing men and women in non-traditional gender roles. However, little is still known about the actual effects of CSA and whether it truly leads to the intended outcomes. This study aims to examine these effects by focusing on CSA portraying men i…
“Because that’s who they are”
This study examines whether linguistic abstraction can serve as a methodological tool for analyzing social perception, using young people’s discourse about governmental and community actors during a climate crisis as a test case. Drawing on the framework of linguistic intergroup bias and the linguistic category model, the study investigates how implicit evaluations of institutional actors are reflected in the use of abstract versus concrete langu…
All Players are Equal, but if We Win, Some are More Equal than Others
This study examines racial disparities in emotional expression within online football fandom by analyzing sentiment in YouTube comments referring to white players and players of color across different match contexts (previews, wins, losses, and draws). Using a two-way ANOVA with 239 observations derived from 5,819 comments, we identify significant racialized patterns in sentiment expression. White players received significantly higher sentiment s…
“His fight or flight kicked in and here we are”
Love, desire, and problematic behaviors
In light of the pervasive adoption of smartphones, scholars have explored the consequences of \nproblematic (i.e., excessive and uncontrolled) use of this technology. Studies have often shown that \nindividuals who spend much time using smartphones experience symptoms similar to those of \nsubstance addiction. However, considering the number of hours employed on smartphones as a \ncriterion for measuring problematic use does not account for what …
Theoretical and methodological approaches to activism during the Covid-19 pandemic— between continuity and change
In order to understand the way in which scholars approach the study of activism at a time of crisis, a scoping review was conducted to identify the extant empirical work on activism during the COVID-19 crisis. Our search resulted in 23 published papers across disciplines. Results showed elements of continuity and change in scholars' theoretical and empirical approaches to new and old forms of activism emerging at this time of crisis. In general, …
Talk like an expert
This article explores how readers of UK newspapers construct expertise around climate change. It draws on 300 online readers’ comments on news items in The Guardian, Daily Mail and The Telegraph, concerning the release of the International Panel on Climate Change report calling for immediate action on climate change. Comments were analysed using discursive psychology. We identified a series of discursive strategies that commenters adopted to pres…
The Psychology of Journalism
This book provides insights on psychological processes involved in the production, delivery, and consumption of news. At a time when the role and function of news journalism are under intense public scrutiny, this book takes a media psychological approach to explore the role of subjectivity in the construction and meaning-making of news. In particular, the book highlights a process involving the coordinated subjectivities of journalists and audie…
Age‐based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace
Previous studies have shown that the presence of age‐based stereotypes in the workplace is often associated with lower levels of work engagement and adjustment among older employees. This study examines possible mediators and moderators of this relationship using data from a sample of 2,348 older (age > 50) employees at the Italian national rail company. We test a model in which the effects of age‐based stereotype threat on organizational involve…
Promoting pro-environmental behaviour through augmented reality and persuasive informational power
This pilot study examined the idea that use of a mobile technology can have positive consequences for both individual users and, indirectly, society. The augmented reality (AR) application used here is defined as a persuasive technology because it is intended to modify users’ attitudes or behaviours. The application was designed for personal use although it can generate indirect benefits for users’ communities as well as for users themselves. The…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Moral (dis)engagement with anthropogenic climate change in online comments on newspaper articles
Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) is widely acknowledged to be morally significant, but little is known about everyday moralising around ACC. We addressed this gap via quantified thematic analysis of 300 online comments to British newspaper articles on ACC, drawing on Bandura's moral disengagement theory. Moral disengagement through denial of ACC was widespread. Other disengagement strategies, such as palliative comparison and diminishing agency…
The Effect of Values and Secularism on Attitude towards Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos
In this study we tested the associations of four high-order values (openness to change, self-transcendence, conservation, and self-enhancement, devised according to Schwartz's model) and secularism of state with individuals' attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos. Moreover, we tested the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between values and attitude towards this issue related to embryos. Participa…
Measuring and Explaining the Diversity of Voices and Viewpoints in the News
News media can be considered to fulfil their democratic role as a “marketplace of ideas” only if they present a diverse content that gives space to a wider range of ideas and viewpoints. But how can content diversity be assessed? And what determines actor and viewpoint diversity in the first place? By employing measurements of actor and viewpoint diversity at the article and newspaper level, this study provides a complete overview on the content …
I Dig Therefore We Are
Community involvement in archaeological digs aims to reconnect people with the history and heritage of where they live. This paper applies social psychological theories to understand how community archaeological projects create opportunities for place‐based social identity and positive intergroup relations. Focus groups were conducted across five areas of Greater Manchester (UK) with 24 participants who volunteered for Dig Greater Manchester, a c…
Why Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries
This study tests the associations between news media use and perceived political polarization, \nconceptualized as citizens’ beliefs about partisan divides among major political parties. Relying \non representative surveys in Canada, Colombia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, \nNorway, United Kingdom and United States, we test whether perceived polarization is related to \nthe use of television news, newspaper, radio news, and online new…
The Interplay Between Religious Orientations, State Secularism, and Gay Rights Issues
The aim of this study was to test the effects of religious orientations (intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest) and secularism of state on attitude towards both same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. Moreover, the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between religious orientations and attitude towards gay rights were assessed. Participants were 276 heterosexual, Catholic Italians who completed a questionnaire contai…
Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media
This study, based on a content analysis of television news and survey in eleven nations, explores the split between those who see the media as politically alienating and others who see the media as encouraging greater political involvement. Here, we suggest that both positions are partly right. On the one hand, television news, and in particular public service television news, can be very effective in imparting information about public affairs an…
A matter of law and order
On 9 August 2011, hundreds of citizens gathered in the streets of Salford, predominately in the precinct area. Violence escalated as commercial and domestic properties were set on fire and rioters engaged in widespread looting. Simultaneously, riots were taking place across the country in cities such as London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool and were covered extensively by national and local media. This paper focuses on local media…
Online Threat, But Television is Still Dominant
As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the range of media outlets has increased dramatically in recent years, this paper asks which news sources are people regularly watching, listening to or reading to understand what is happening in the world.…
Sources in the News
In analysing the news media's role in serving the functions associated with democratic citizenship, the number, diversity and range of news sources are central. Research conducted on sources has overwhelmingly focused on individual national systems. However, studying variations in news source patterns across national environments enhances understanding of the media's role. This article is based on a larger project, “Media System, Political Contex…
Internet revolution revisited
While numerous studies view the internet as a patron of internationalism and public empowerment, this comparative study of leading news websites in nine nations shows that online news is strongly nation-centred, and much more inclined to cite the voices of authority than those of civil society and the individual citizen. Online news is very similar, in these respects, to newspaper and television news. This convergence is due to the way in which l…
Auntie Knows Best? Public Broadcasters and Current Affairs Knowledge
Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes, and are often regarded as specialists in the provision of hard news. But does exposure to public versus commercial news influence citizens’ knowledge of current affairs? This question is investigated in this article using cross-national surveys capturing knowledge of current affairs and media consumption. Propensity score analyses test for effects of PSBs on …
The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change
British newspapers have denigrated anthropogenic climate change by misrepresenting scientific consensus and/or framing climate change within unsympathetic discourses. One aspect of the latter that has not been studied is the use of metaphor to disparage climate change science and proponents. This article analyses 122 British newspaper articles published using a religious metaphor between summer 2003 and 2008. Most were critical of climate change,…
Cross‐National versus Individual‐Level Differences in Political Information
We propose a context‐dependent approach to the study of political information. Combining a content analysis of broadcast news with a national survey measuring public awareness of various events, issues, and individuals in the news, we show that properties of national media systems influence both the supply of news and citizens’ awareness of events in the news. Public service‐oriented media systems deliver hard news more frequently than market‐bas…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Auntie Knows Best? Public Broadcasters and Current Affairs Knowledge
Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes, and are often regarded as specialists in the provision of hard news. But does exposure to public versus commercial news influence citizens’ knowledge of current affairs? This question is investigated in this article using cross-national surveys capturing knowledge of current affairs and media consumption. Propensity score analyses test for effects of PSBs on …
Sources in the News
In analysing the news media's role in serving the functions associated with democratic citizenship, the number, diversity and range of news sources are central. Research conducted on sources has overwhelmingly focused on individual national systems. However, studying variations in news source patterns across national environments enhances understanding of the media's role. This article is based on a larger project, “Media System, Political Contex…
Crime, foreigners and hard news
The Finnish media devote more attention to hard news than the British media, yet Finns are less interested in politics than the British. The principal reason for this difference in news values is that Finnish TV is more subject to public service influence than British TV, and the Finnish press is more strongly influenced by a professional journalistic culture than its British counterpart. While a number of national differences contribute to diffe…
Why Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries
This study tests the associations between news media use and perceived political polarization, \nconceptualized as citizens’ beliefs about partisan divides among major political parties. Relying \non representative surveys in Canada, Colombia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, \nNorway, United Kingdom and United States, we test whether perceived polarization is related to \nthe use of television news, newspaper, radio news, and online new…
Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media
This study, based on a content analysis of television news and survey in eleven nations, explores the split between those who see the media as politically alienating and others who see the media as encouraging greater political involvement. Here, we suggest that both positions are partly right. On the one hand, television news, and in particular public service television news, can be very effective in imparting information about public affairs an…
Measuring and Explaining the Diversity of Voices and Viewpoints in the News
News media can be considered to fulfil their democratic role as a “marketplace of ideas” only if they present a diverse content that gives space to a wider range of ideas and viewpoints. But how can content diversity be assessed? And what determines actor and viewpoint diversity in the first place? By employing measurements of actor and viewpoint diversity at the article and newspaper level, this study provides a complete overview on the content …
Online Threat, But Television is Still Dominant
As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the range of media outlets has increased dramatically in recent years, this paper asks which news sources are people regularly watching, listening to or reading to understand what is happening in the world.…
Internet revolution revisited
While numerous studies view the internet as a patron of internationalism and public empowerment, this comparative study of leading news websites in nine nations shows that online news is strongly nation-centred, and much more inclined to cite the voices of authority than those of civil society and the individual citizen. Online news is very similar, in these respects, to newspaper and television news. This convergence is due to the way in which l…
Age‐based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace
Previous studies have shown that the presence of age‐based stereotypes in the workplace is often associated with lower levels of work engagement and adjustment among older employees. This study examines possible mediators and moderators of this relationship using data from a sample of 2,348 older (age > 50) employees at the Italian national rail company. We test a model in which the effects of age‐based stereotype threat on organizational involve…
Moral (dis)engagement with anthropogenic climate change in online comments on newspaper articles
Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) is widely acknowledged to be morally significant, but little is known about everyday moralising around ACC. We addressed this gap via quantified thematic analysis of 300 online comments to British newspaper articles on ACC, drawing on Bandura's moral disengagement theory. Moral disengagement through denial of ACC was widespread. Other disengagement strategies, such as palliative comparison and diminishing agency…
The Psychology of Journalism
This book provides insights on psychological processes involved in the production, delivery, and consumption of news. At a time when the role and function of news journalism are under intense public scrutiny, this book takes a media psychological approach to explore the role of subjectivity in the construction and meaning-making of news. In particular, the book highlights a process involving the coordinated subjectivities of journalists and audie…
The Effect of Values and Secularism on Attitude towards Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos
In this study we tested the associations of four high-order values (openness to change, self-transcendence, conservation, and self-enhancement, devised according to Schwartz's model) and secularism of state with individuals' attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos. Moreover, we tested the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between values and attitude towards this issue related to embryos. Participa…
I Dig Therefore We Are
Community involvement in archaeological digs aims to reconnect people with the history and heritage of where they live. This paper applies social psychological theories to understand how community archaeological projects create opportunities for place‐based social identity and positive intergroup relations. Focus groups were conducted across five areas of Greater Manchester (UK) with 24 participants who volunteered for Dig Greater Manchester, a c…
A matter of law and order
On 9 August 2011, hundreds of citizens gathered in the streets of Salford, predominately in the precinct area. Violence escalated as commercial and domestic properties were set on fire and rioters engaged in widespread looting. Simultaneously, riots were taking place across the country in cities such as London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool and were covered extensively by national and local media. This paper focuses on local media…
Cross‐National versus Individual‐Level Differences in Political Information
We propose a context‐dependent approach to the study of political information. Combining a content analysis of broadcast news with a national survey measuring public awareness of various events, issues, and individuals in the news, we show that properties of national media systems influence both the supply of news and citizens’ awareness of events in the news. Public service‐oriented media systems deliver hard news more frequently than market‐bas…
Crime, foreigners and hard news
The Finnish media devote more attention to hard news than the British media, yet Finns are less interested in politics than the British. The principal reason for this difference in news values is that Finnish TV is more subject to public service influence than British TV, and the Finnish press is more strongly influenced by a professional journalistic culture than its British counterpart. While a number of national differences contribute to diffe…
The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change
British newspapers have denigrated anthropogenic climate change by misrepresenting scientific consensus and/or framing climate change within unsympathetic discourses. One aspect of the latter that has not been studied is the use of metaphor to disparage climate change science and proponents. This article analyses 122 British newspaper articles published using a religious metaphor between summer 2003 and 2008. Most were critical of climate change,…
A matter of law and order
On 9 August 2011, hundreds of citizens gathered in the streets of Salford, predominately in the precinct area. Violence escalated as commercial and domestic properties were set on fire and rioters engaged in widespread looting. Simultaneously, riots were taking place across the country in cities such as London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool and were covered extensively by national and local media. This paper focuses on local media…
Online Threat, But Television is Still Dominant
As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the range of media outlets has increased dramatically in recent years, this paper asks which news sources are people regularly watching, listening to or reading to understand what is happening in the world.…
Sources in the News
In analysing the news media's role in serving the functions associated with democratic citizenship, the number, diversity and range of news sources are central. Research conducted on sources has overwhelmingly focused on individual national systems. However, studying variations in news source patterns across national environments enhances understanding of the media's role. This article is based on a larger project, “Media System, Political Contex…
Internet revolution revisited
While numerous studies view the internet as a patron of internationalism and public empowerment, this comparative study of leading news websites in nine nations shows that online news is strongly nation-centred, and much more inclined to cite the voices of authority than those of civil society and the individual citizen. Online news is very similar, in these respects, to newspaper and television news. This convergence is due to the way in which l…
Auntie Knows Best? Public Broadcasters and Current Affairs Knowledge
Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes, and are often regarded as specialists in the provision of hard news. But does exposure to public versus commercial news influence citizens’ knowledge of current affairs? This question is investigated in this article using cross-national surveys capturing knowledge of current affairs and media consumption. Propensity score analyses test for effects of PSBs on …
Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’ and ‘media malaise’ theories of the media
This study, based on a content analysis of television news and survey in eleven nations, explores the split between those who see the media as politically alienating and others who see the media as encouraging greater political involvement. Here, we suggest that both positions are partly right. On the one hand, television news, and in particular public service television news, can be very effective in imparting information about public affairs an…
The Interplay Between Religious Orientations, State Secularism, and Gay Rights Issues
The aim of this study was to test the effects of religious orientations (intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest) and secularism of state on attitude towards both same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. Moreover, the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between religious orientations and attitude towards gay rights were assessed. Participants were 276 heterosexual, Catholic Italians who completed a questionnaire contai…
Why Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries
This study tests the associations between news media use and perceived political polarization, \nconceptualized as citizens’ beliefs about partisan divides among major political parties. Relying \non representative surveys in Canada, Colombia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, \nNorway, United Kingdom and United States, we test whether perceived polarization is related to \nthe use of television news, newspaper, radio news, and online new…
Measuring and Explaining the Diversity of Voices and Viewpoints in the News
News media can be considered to fulfil their democratic role as a “marketplace of ideas” only if they present a diverse content that gives space to a wider range of ideas and viewpoints. But how can content diversity be assessed? And what determines actor and viewpoint diversity in the first place? By employing measurements of actor and viewpoint diversity at the article and newspaper level, this study provides a complete overview on the content …
I Dig Therefore We Are
Community involvement in archaeological digs aims to reconnect people with the history and heritage of where they live. This paper applies social psychological theories to understand how community archaeological projects create opportunities for place‐based social identity and positive intergroup relations. Focus groups were conducted across five areas of Greater Manchester (UK) with 24 participants who volunteered for Dig Greater Manchester, a c…
Many Labs 2
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Moral (dis)engagement with anthropogenic climate change in online comments on newspaper articles
Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) is widely acknowledged to be morally significant, but little is known about everyday moralising around ACC. We addressed this gap via quantified thematic analysis of 300 online comments to British newspaper articles on ACC, drawing on Bandura's moral disengagement theory. Moral disengagement through denial of ACC was widespread. Other disengagement strategies, such as palliative comparison and diminishing agency…
The Effect of Values and Secularism on Attitude towards Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos
In this study we tested the associations of four high-order values (openness to change, self-transcendence, conservation, and self-enhancement, devised according to Schwartz's model) and secularism of state with individuals' attitude towards pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of embryos. Moreover, we tested the mediating effects of secularism of state on the relationship between values and attitude towards this issue related to embryos. Participa…
Age‐based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace
Previous studies have shown that the presence of age‐based stereotypes in the workplace is often associated with lower levels of work engagement and adjustment among older employees. This study examines possible mediators and moderators of this relationship using data from a sample of 2,348 older (age > 50) employees at the Italian national rail company. We test a model in which the effects of age‐based stereotype threat on organizational involve…
Promoting pro-environmental behaviour through augmented reality and persuasive informational power
This pilot study examined the idea that use of a mobile technology can have positive consequences for both individual users and, indirectly, society. The augmented reality (AR) application used here is defined as a persuasive technology because it is intended to modify users’ attitudes or behaviours. The application was designed for personal use although it can generate indirect benefits for users’ communities as well as for users themselves. The…
Talk like an expert
This article explores how readers of UK newspapers construct expertise around climate change. It draws on 300 online readers’ comments on news items in The Guardian, Daily Mail and The Telegraph, concerning the release of the International Panel on Climate Change report calling for immediate action on climate change. Comments were analysed using discursive psychology. We identified a series of discursive strategies that commenters adopted to pres…
The Psychology of Journalism
This book provides insights on psychological processes involved in the production, delivery, and consumption of news. At a time when the role and function of news journalism are under intense public scrutiny, this book takes a media psychological approach to explore the role of subjectivity in the construction and meaning-making of news. In particular, the book highlights a process involving the coordinated subjectivities of journalists and audie…
Theoretical and methodological approaches to activism during the Covid-19 pandemic— between continuity and change
In order to understand the way in which scholars approach the study of activism at a time of crisis, a scoping review was conducted to identify the extant empirical work on activism during the COVID-19 crisis. Our search resulted in 23 published papers across disciplines. Results showed elements of continuity and change in scholars' theoretical and empirical approaches to new and old forms of activism emerging at this time of crisis. In general, …
Love, desire, and problematic behaviors
In light of the pervasive adoption of smartphones, scholars have explored the consequences of \nproblematic (i.e., excessive and uncontrolled) use of this technology. Studies have often shown that \nindividuals who spend much time using smartphones experience symptoms similar to those of \nsubstance addiction. However, considering the number of hours employed on smartphones as a \ncriterion for measuring problematic use does not account for what …
“His fight or flight kicked in and here we are”
Man Up? How Men and Women Respond to Ads Portraying Men in Gender Counter-Stereotypical Roles
The negative effects of gender stereotypes have led many communication professionals to adopt strategies aimed at challenging them. One of these is counter-stereotypical advertising (CSA), based on representing men and women in non-traditional gender roles. However, little is still known about the actual effects of CSA and whether it truly leads to the intended outcomes. This study aims to examine these effects by focusing on CSA portraying men i…
“Because that’s who they are”
This study examines whether linguistic abstraction can serve as a methodological tool for analyzing social perception, using young people’s discourse about governmental and community actors during a climate crisis as a test case. Drawing on the framework of linguistic intergroup bias and the linguistic category model, the study investigates how implicit evaluations of institutional actors are reflected in the use of abstract versus concrete langu…
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