@olivermb
Bellisario Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University. Former President, International Communication Association. Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, Penn State. Media Psychology, Media & Emotion, Media & Social Cognition
Just a reminder that it was only 4 days ago that Trump caused an international furor by denigrating the service of allied combat veterans. Think of all the chaos and mayhem since then in just 4 days. The sheer volume of it is meant to exhaust us and numb us. We mustn’t let it.
I had the thrill of seeing the incredible Bonnie Raitt, @bonnieraitt.bsky.social, in Detroit this weekend. What a huge talent, beautiful soul, and compassionate person. Her words re: saving public media hit home -- my uni just voted to end our station. :( Thank you, Ms. Raitt, for bringing it home!
Come work with us at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!
We are doing a search for an assistant professor in health or science communication. Please help me spread the word, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm excited about this hire!
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I asked AI to compare strategies that Hilter used to gain public support with those used by Trump. The results are chilling.
I put these two videos side by side about Trump's threat toward protests to his birthday parade: First Trump, and then Leavitt. The gaslighting is absurd.
This a wonderful take-down of the fascism taking hold. I love @legalafmtn.bsky.social and the whole @meidastouch.com crew. Thank you for doing what you do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Fs...
Trump's executive order is going to turn the country into a police state. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
They never thought the leopards would eat their faces when they handed Trump his golden immunity.
Senator Corey Booker, @booker.senate.gov, is PREACHING it right now. He totally has my respect. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
I'm so proud of my former advisee, @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social for being this year's recipient of PSU's Alumni Early Career Award. She is an amazing scholar and a generous and kind soul. Jen, you are the BEST! Congratulations! WE ARE!!! 🐾@pennstateuniv.bsky.social @bellisariograded.bsky.social
Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump's. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump's spokeswoman, denied the account.
I've been trying to understand what's happening in the US and the endgame. If the goal is to deport or kill 242 million people to create a country with only 100 million people, the things the Trump administration is doing make perfect sense.
h/t @eroston.bsky.social
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Here's a call for a PostDoc in the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich for those who are interested!
I am so proud of the amazing @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social on being the recipient of this year's university-wide Fox Graduate School Early Career Award at Penn State. You are fantastic, Jen!!!
The dude has never heard of a spurious correlation.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Awwww, thank you, Jen!!
There is something about the resilience of the human spirit illustrated here that really pulls at my heart strings. TY researchers!!
The question is not if Americans of all ages will die. The question is how many will die at the hands of this heroin-addicted anti-vaxxer #RFK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
While Musk ran the meeting, it showed trump's sold out for cash
Trump signals full support for Musk in first Cabinet meeting
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Medicaid, which provides health coverage for the poor & disabled, pays for 41% of all births in this country & the bills for more than 1/2 of Americans in nursing homes.
If you have an aging parent in a nursing home - prepare to be savagely screwed by the GOP.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
We are very excited to disseminate this CfP for a Special Issue titled, "Hidden, Yet Pervasive: Social Inequality in Journalism (Research)." Guest editors are Andreas Riedl, Thomas Hanitzsch, Thomas R. Schmidt & Nik Usher. Pls share! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky
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This is excellent. 😅
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
This is ballgame on the First Amendment unless there is immediate action by news media, Congress, the courts & the public to condemn & prohibt this www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/m...
"Google’s online and mobile calendars are no longer including references to Black History Month, Women’s History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays, among other events."
A federal judge has ordered the restoration of federal health websites. This is good news. This is why we have to keep fighting.
The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
