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- *Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
With links to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, the rightwing US computer scientist is at the heart of a multimillion-dollar propaganda network. Carole Cadwalladr (additional reporting by Paul-Olivier Dehaye), The Guardian, 26 February 2017.
- A field experiment shows that subtle linguistic cues might not affect voter behavior
Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, Daniel R. Biggers, and David J. Hendry. PNAS USA;2016(June 28);113(26):7112–7117 An important development in social psychology is the discovery of minor interventions that have large behavioral effects. A leading example is a recent PNAS paper showing that a modest intervention inspired by psychological theory—wording survey items to encourage subjects to think of themselves as voters (noun treatment) rather than as voting (verb treatment)—has a large positive effect on political participation (voter turnout). We replicate and extend these experiments. In a large-scale field experiment, we find that encouraging subjects to think of themselves as voters rather than as voting has no effect on turnout and we estimate that both are less effective than a standard get out the vote mobilization message.
- Communication Research
This presentation was arranged by the NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health program and conducted on May 23, 2013. In this webinar, the speakers describe the importance of conducting evaluations of health communication programs, highlight an online tool that helps users create their own health communication materials, and discuss strategies to support people's understanding of environmental exposure risk.
- Facebook posts about COVID-19 by a communications expert
- Narrative Storytelling and Public Health Messaging
Tom Fiedler, dean, Boston University College of Communication, March 9, 2017 On the bookcase in my office is a wooden sign that expresses the central purpose of the College of Communication. It reads: Your Story Matters. I believe that sign also would work well on a wall at SPH.
- RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America - Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Message Headlines – At a Glance The Social Determinants of Health: "Where we live, learn, work and play can have a greater impact on how long and how well we live than medical care.” Health Disparities: “The health of America depends on the health of all Americans. Despite enormous investment, America is not achieving its full health potential.” Issue Brief #7, December 2009
- RWJF Vulnerable Populations Portfolio - A new way to talk about the social determinants of health
- See also, Consumer behavior and marketing
- Shankar Vedantum - Is Arguing With Passion The Most Effective Way To Persuade Opponents?
Is Arguing With Passion The Most Effective Way To Persuade Opponents? Shankar Vedantam, Morning Edition, December 17, 2015