Research Labs and Groups
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Media Neuroscience Lab Research at the intersection of media, neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and research methodology.
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The Communication and Empowerment Collective Research collaborative focused on communication, immigration, and reducing inequities.
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UCSB Digital Political Inequality Lab We study how communication technology makes us more or less politically equal.
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Media Skill Lab We study how aspects of our digitally-mediated environment enable, constrain, and alter strategic decision-making surrounding our media use
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Media MOSAIC Lab We are a group of social and behavioral scientists researching media effects on [m]arginalization, [o]nline hate, [s]ocial identity, [a]udiences, [i]ntergroup relations, and [c]ollective action.
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Communication, Health, and Emerging Media Laboratory The CHARM lab examines the cognitive, emotional, and social mechanisms underlying communication processes that shape people’s behaviors and health decision-making against the backdrop of the current new media landscape.