Publications

Ellithorpe, M. E., Ewoldsen, D. R., Yao, S., & Holt, L. F. (2024). I help you, you help me: Interracial reciprocity in situation comedies influences racial attitudes. Media Psychology, 27, 614–628. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2266680

Devlin, M. M., Ellithorpe, M. E., Gadino, N., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Weir, S. (2024). Me, myself and my avatar: Self-discrepancy, embodiment, and narrative involvement in gaming experiences. Psychology of Popular Media. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000542

Hoewe, J., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2024). The media use model: A metatheoretical framework for media processes and effects. Human Communication Research, 50, 254–263. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad044

Ewoldsen, D. R., & Rhodes, N. (2024). Priming and exemplification: Implications for entertainment. In N. D. Bowman (Ed.), Entertainment media and communication. De Gruyter Brill. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792881-044

Lei, Y. S., Liu, H., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2024). Competition and cooperation in video games. Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.1470

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2024). Similarities between autobiographical memory and engaging with narrative. Psychological Inquiry, 35, 106–109. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2024.2384135

Yao, S., Carnahan, D., & Rhodes, N. (2024). The partisan pandemic: Applying the reasoned action approach to understand the effects of politicizing a public health crisis. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 24(1), 170–191.

McClaran, N., Yao, S. X., & Rhodes, N. (2024). Trust and coping beliefs contribute to racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination intention. Health Communication, 37(12), 1457–1464. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2035944

Neumann, D., & Rhodes, N. (2024). Morality in social media: A scoping review. New Media & Society, 26(2), 1096–1126. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231166056

Aladé, F., Aley, M. R., Rhodes, N., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2023). Supporting school readiness by bolstering parents’ perceived social norms. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02512-w

Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2023). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information seeking. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 16(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2023). Lessons learned and simple hopes: Implications of the pandemic for communication scholarship. American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642231205765

Reynolds, R. M., Park, S., Ellithorpe, M. E., Rhodes, N., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Boster, F. J. (2023). Testing the dynamic theory of reasoned action in a health-behavior context—Evidence of a reverse causal process. Psychology & Health, 38, 881–904. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1992407

Yao, S. X., McClaran, N., Ellithorpe, M. E., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Aladé, F. (2023). Cultivating adulthood prejudice toward Black Americans and low-income individuals through retrospective childhood social media use. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 67, 673–692. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2023.2268227

Yao, S. X., McClaran, N., Ellithorpe, M. E., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Aladé, F. (2023). Lifetime TV use influences interracial prejudice through cultivating implicit norms: Different effects across three life stages. Communication Reports, 36, 175–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2023.2234402

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2023). Why can’t we appreciate each other? Ramblings after four decades in the discipline. Asian Communication Research, 20, 42–47.

Ewoldsen, D. R., Just, N., Lee, C.-J., & Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2023). Navigating the seas of inclusivity: A collaborative voyage at the helm of a communication flagship journal. Journal of Communication, 73, 533–538. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad038

Yao, S. X., & Rhodes, N. (2023). Protecting a positive view of the self: Female gamers’ strategic self-attribution of stereotypes. Sex Roles, 88(3-4), 155–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-022-01343-9

Hovick, S. R., Rhodes, N., Bigsby, E., Thomas, S., & Freiberger, N. (2023). Exploring direct and indirect predictors of heart disease information seeking. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 16(1), 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2076549

McClaran, N., Yao, S. X., & Rhodes, N. (2022). Trust and coping beliefs contribute to racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination intention. Health Communication, 37(12), 1457–1464. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2035944

Wilson, K. J., Turkelson, C., Logan, T., & Rhodes, N. (2022). Racism and professional competence: Nursing students in mixed race evaluations. Journal of Nursing Education, 61(1), 41–45. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20210222-08

Yao, S. X., Ewoldsen, D. R., Ellithorpe, M. E., Van Der Heide, B., & Rhodes, N. (2022). Gamer girl vs. girl gamer: Stereotypical gamer traits increase men's play intention. Computers in Human Behavior, 131, 107217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107217

Yao, S. X., & Rhodes, N. (2022). Protecting a positive view of the self: Female gamers’ strategic self-attribution of stereotypes. Sex Roles, 88(3-4), 155–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-022-01343-9

Beyea, D., Van der Heide, B., Ewoldsen, D., Edin, A., & Meng, J. (2022). Avatar-based self-influence in a traditional CMC environment. Journal of Media Psychology, 34, 189–199. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000309

Ewoldsen, D. R., Hoewe, J., & Grady, S. (2022). A cognitive processing framework for media interpretation. Journal of Media Psychology, 34, 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000326

Sethi, N., Grady, S. M., Ulusoy, E., Baldwin, J., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2022). What do we do with narratives after the fact? Exploring dimensions of retrospective imaginative involvement. Communication Reports, 35, 106–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2022.2040558

Ellithorpe, M. E., Holt, L. F., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2022). Would they save me, too? Victim race recall when the hero is Black vs. White and its influence on expectations of reciprocity. Media Psychology, 25, 814–830. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2078842

Holt, L. F., Ellithorpe, M. E., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Velez, J. (2022). Helping and hurting on the TV screen: Bounded generalized reciprocity and interracial group expectations. Media Psychology, 25, 675–688. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2026228

Yao, S. X., Ewoldsen, D., Ellithorpe, M., & Boster, F. (2022). Development and validation of the female gamer stereotypes scale (FGSS). Psychology of Popular Media, 12, 393–404. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000430

Ulusoy, E., Sethi, N., Baldwin, J., Grady, S. M., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2022). Can’t stop thinking about Star Wars and The Office: Antecedents of retrospective imaginative involvement. Human Communication Research, 48, 622–633. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac019

Zheng, X., Lang, A., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2022). The measurement of positive and negative affect in media research. In K. Doveling & E. A. Konijn (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of emotions and media (pp. 48–65). Routledge.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2022). A discussion of falsifiability and evaluating research: Issues of variance accounted for and external validity. Asian Communication Research, 19(2), 38–47. https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2022.19.2.38

Ewoldsen, D. R., & Rhodes, N. (2022). Priming. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, & J. van Weert (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0649

McClaran, N., & Rhodes, N. (2021). Portrayals of vaccination in entertainment television: A content analysis. Health Communication, 36(10), 1242–1251. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1749356

Reynolds, R. M., Park, S., Ellithorpe, M. E., Rhodes, N., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Boster, F. J. (2021). The dynamic theory of reasoned action: Evidence for a reverse causal process in the context of WHO handwashing guidelines. Psychology & Health, 1–24.

Lee, J., Eden, A., Park, T., Ewoldsen, D. R., & Bente, G. (2021). Embodied motivation: Spatial and temporal aspects of approach and avoidance in virtual reality. Media Psychology, 25, 387–410. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.1968439

Sherrick, B., Hoewe, J., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2021). Using narrative media to satisfy intrinsic needs: Connecting parasocial relationships, retrospective imaginative involvement, and self-determination theory. Psychology of Popular Media, 11, 266–274. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000358

Ewoldsen, D. R., Busselle, R., Sethi, N., & Slater, M. D. (2021). Retrospective imaginative involvement and entertainment narratives: Initial forays. In C. Klimmt & P. Vorderer (Eds.), Oxford handbook of entertainment theory. Oxford Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190072216.013.38

Sanders-Jackson, A., Gonzalez, M., Adams, R. B., & Rhodes, N. (2021). Social determinants of flu vaccine uptake among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports, 24, 101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101516

Rhodes, N., Shulman, H., & McClaran, N. (2020). Changing norms: A meta-analytic integration of research on social norms appeals. Human Communication Research, 46(2-3), 161–191. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqz023

Van den Bulck, J., Ewoldsen, D., Maries, M.-L., & Sharrer, E. (Eds.). (2020). The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Ewoldsen, D. R., & Grady, S. (2020). Retrospective imaginative involvement: Thinking about characters over time. In K. E. Shackleford (Ed.), Real characters: The psychology of parasocial relationships with media characters (pp. 145–167). Fielding University Press.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Verification and falsification. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Temporarily expanding the boundaries of the self (TEBOTS). In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Levels of processing theory. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Implicit and explicit measures of prejudice. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Automatic and controlled processes. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Priming (methodology). In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Cognitive dissonance. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.

Ewoldsen, D. R. (2020). Associative network model. In J. Van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-L. Maries, & E. Sharrer (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology.