Ph.D. Asst prof, Media Science, @COMatBU. Fan of cats, horror, post-punk, coffee. Researching sexting, swiping, + various other online behaviors. {she/her}
Popping back on here to share one of my favorite projects I've worked on, a mixed-methods study into how people interact with crime news stories on social media: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-…
thinking today of Chanel Miller, the artist and writer who was the victim of sexual assault by Brock Turner at Stanford in 2015. i revisit her victim impact statement often. and i wish we could say things have changed in the 10 years since her assault
New trailer for ‘PRIMETIME’, starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen.
The film follows Chris Hansen as he runs ‘How To Catch A Predator’ where he confronts adult men who think they are meeting minors to have sex.
In theaters on September 25.
Went to my first @SilverScreamCon this past weekend & loved every minute. Huge highlight was chatting with @barbaracrampton about social media and the online horror community! Perhaps a new study idea forming 👻
Federal appeals court has struck down the FTC's 'click-to-cancel' rule
• Rule would've required companies like Amazon and Netflix to make it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions
• It was supposed to go into effect next week
Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.
for all my horror mutuals invested in the @Saw / @blumhouse news, some more reading for you! took a small break from internet research to content analyze the original Saw series: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Nathan Fielder pointing out that the 23 seconds “Sully” Sullenberger was quiet in the cockpit before landing that plane is the exact length of the chorus to Evanescence’s “Bring Me To Life” is the year’s best music journalism.
Popping back on here to share one of my favorite projects I've worked on, a mixed-methods study into how people interact with crime news stories on social media: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-…
I've been curious about what, exactly, people interact with when they're following crime stories. In this study, I learned a lot about when and why people visit victims' personal profile pages and what it is that hooks people into these stories as they unfold. DM for PDF!