Intersubjective perceptions refer to shared perceptions of the psychological characteristics
that are widespread within a culture. In this article, we propose the intersubjective approach …

False and misleading information is readily accessible in people's environments, oftentimes
reaching people repeatedly. This repeated exposure can significantly affect people's beliefs …

During the Covid-19 pandemic, risk communication has often been ineffective, and from this
perspective “fake news” has found fertile ground, both as a cause and a consequence of it …

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the
American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

Social media is emerging as critical element of scanning for many crisis risks. When these
crisis risks emerge online, people often confuse them with crises and that is why we have …

Open-ended questions, in which participants write or type their responses, are used in many
areas of the behavioral sciences. Although effective in the lab, they are relatively untested in …

Electoral campaigns and policy debates are dynamic processes that unfold over time. In the
contest for public opinion, each side tries to frame issues to its advantage, but success also …

A long acknowledged but seldom addressed problem with political communication
experiments concerns the use of captive participants. Study participants rarely have the …

At early stages of development, neuronal cultures in vitro spontaneously reach a coherent
state of collective firing in a pattern of nearly periodic global bursts. Although understanding …