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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congrats to @nibasaleem.bsky.social on this distinguished division award! 🎉 This meta-analysis is an essential read for media and intergroup researchers. Definitely read this if you are interested in how positive and negative media portrayals of minority groups shape intergroup attitudes.

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Join us next week at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) this year for an upcoming talk by @nibasaleem.bsky.social on how media representations shape intergroup relations and migration! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📢 New research with @stephtorrespantoja.bsky.social , Julian Unkel, Lisa Rhee, @nibasaleem.bsky.social, and @joebayer.bsky.social What counts as “social media”? We find major disagreement across platforms and age groups, with implications for how people perceive its effects and role in society.

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Amazing research from my amazing colleagues @len-s.bsky.social and @kyungin-kim.bsky.social! They did a tremendous feat in analyzing 30 years of Asian American films! Take a look below if you study entertainment media or vocational anticipatory socialization (VAS). These are interesting results 👀

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Very insightful research coming from @ismaharif.bsky.social and his research team! 📄 If you need a validated scale to measure the motives behind goal sharing (i.e., specific self-regulatory motives) across contexts and cultures, please give a read/peek at the hierarchical structure of this scale 👀

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Ismaharif I. @ismaharif.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

After a decade since conceptualizing it, our paper on goal communication is finally out! 🎉 doi.org/10.1007/s110... We often talk about our goals with our family, friends or colleagues. We tell them what we’ve been up to, celebrate successes or vent about frustrations. (1/3) 🧵

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

[1/2] New pub with @len-s.bsky.social and @kyungin-kim.bsky.social! Calls for greater racial diversity in movies are an ongoing conversation, but how about diversity within racial groups? Our mixed-method study of 30 years of film examines how Asian American subgroups are narratively represented.

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Missed @nibasaleem.bsky.social talk at the International Society for Research on Aggression Speaker Series this year? You can now watch it online here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Yf... #commsky #ucsb

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2026 ISRA Seapker Series - Dr. Muniba Saleem

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#SPSP2026 kicks off tomorrow in Chicago! The Media MOSAIC Lab is ecstatic for the next few days of #socialpsyc conferencing! 👋🏽🤩 We are excited for @ismaharif.bsky.social's presentation on Saturday. He will be presenting his paper with our lab PI @nibasaleem.bsky.social! 🗣️📄 For session info, see ⬇️

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Shining the spotlight on my great friends and colleagues (@kyungin-kim.bsky.social & @len-s.bsky.social). They crushed all their award presentations at #NCA2025! Super happy to know we all recieved Top Paper Awards! 🔝📝🏆 Their accomplishments motivate me every day. Cheers to all of us! 🎉 #COMMSky

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I had the privilege of sharing my research on counterspeech, bystander intervention, source effects, and support for victims of online hate at the National Communication Association. I'm grateful to be recognized with a Top Student Paper award in the Group Communication Division. #COMMSky #NCA2025

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Come join me and my lab (@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social) at the Group Communication business meeting at 4PM for the Top Student Paper Awards 👀 I hope to see some of you wonderful #COMMsky scholars here! Come network and say hello! 👋🏽 #NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #SciComm

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Who's that I see on the lab schedule today 👀

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

SUPER HAPPY for my friends and colleagues @len-s.bsky.social & @kyungin-kim.bsky.social on their Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! I saw how much hardwork went into this project, and this award is very well deserved! 👏🏽🏆 CONGRATS! #COMMSky #UCSB #NCA25

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Excited to be here for Day 2 #NCA2025! Please come to some of the wonderful presentations my lab mates (@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social) are participating in! 🥳 See our Friday lab chedule in the repost! #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB #NCA25

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#NCA2025 kicks off today, and I’m ecstatic to be surrounded by all the brilliant minds of #COMMSky! This is my first NCA... so I am super excited to share my research, make new connections, and uplift eachother in achieving our acaedmic goals! 🙌🏽 Let's build COMMunity at #NCA25! Come say hi! 👋🏽

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Day 1 of #NCA2025 is here! 🎉 The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝 We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽 #COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Are you headed to #NCA2025 this week? 🤔 If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆 See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA! #COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB

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Kylie Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I am super excited to see the #CommSky community at NCA 2025! Stay updated with an NCA feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:... You can be featured by simply including these hashtags in your posts: #NCA25 #NCA2025

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Check out this theory-driven piece offering an important framework for scholars interested in how diverse media content can be used for intergroup socialization. Truly impressive work by @len-s.bsky.social to publish as a sole author while in grad school! @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Hi #COMMSky, do you research intergroup relations or entertainment media? If so, read my colleague @len-s.bsky.social's latest article in the Annals of the International Communication Association! 📄 In this paper, Len (2025) proposes the PMSIS model as a framework to (+) intergroup socialization! 🤝🏼

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A social cognitive approach for using racially diverse entertainment media to improve children’s intergroup socialization

Abstract. Ethnic-racial socialization plays a crucial role in shaping children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding race and intergroup interactions. Howeve

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Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Excited to share my new paper with @garciaerick.bsky.social Xinyi Zhang & @laurentwang.bsky.social. We ask: Do people see algorithmic bias as a risk—and do they feel capable of addressing it? Answer... It depends! More below 👇🧪 #commsky doi.org/10.1080/1044...

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Ismaharif I. @ismaharif.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Exciting mixed-methods HCI work from my department! @overbye.bsky.social @garciaerick.bsky.social Xinyi Zhang & @laurentwang.bsky.social 🤖💻 #commsky

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Amazing research coming out of the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social 👏🏽 Congratulations to both @nibasaleem.bsky.social and @ismaharif.bsky.social on receiving a top paper award in intergroup communication at #ICA25! 🥳

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

P.S. Did you get the opportunity to connect or chat with one of our lab members at #ICA25? @nibasaleem.bsky.social @garciaerick.bsky.social @len-s.bsky.social If so, drop a like or comment below and we will make sure to follow you back if we aren't already! 👇🏽 #COMMSky #AcademicSky #ICA2025

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

What an amazing end to #ICA25! Huge thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on Sunday or took the time to chat. I left ICA feeling inspired by the incredible work of so many brilliant scholars and deeply grateful for all the new connections made! Hasta la próxima! 📸: @musamalik.bsky.social

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Ismaharif I. @ismaharif.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Happening today at #ica2025 @nibasaleem.bsky.social will present our work in Intergroup Communication and @garciaerick.bsky.social will be presenting his collaboration with @overbye.bsky.social @laurentwang.bsky.social and Cecily Zhang on algorithmic biases in @icacat.bsky.social!

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Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Everyone go see Erick present our work on algorithmic bias and risk. He is fantastic! #ICA25

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Important Notice!! 😳 Due to @overbye.bsky.social receiving a Top Paper Award from the Communication Science and Biology (CSAB) Interest Group at #ICA25, I’ll now be presenting on behalf of her and our wonderful mixed-methods team: Ceciley Zhang and @laurentwang.bsky.social. Drop by and say hi! 👋🏽

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Yesterday, I attended the incredibly thought-provoking session on Hate Speech, Stereotypes, and Racism hosted by Ethnicity & Race in Communication at #ICA25! So many insights on how these issues play out online and what can be done. Left inspired and reminded why this work matters. 🤝🏽 My thoughts ⬇️

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

WOAH! Another amazing presentation from a wonderful friend and colleague! If you are at #ICA25 #ICA2025 and have time at 1:30 PM please go check @b-wheeler.bsky.social's poster! I'll perhaps be around too 👀 So come say hi and connect! 👋🏽

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

#COMMSky if you are at #ICA25 and are interested in racial diversity, entertainment media, and intergroup relationships, reach out to @len-s.bsky.social for a chat over coffee (or tea)! ☕🍵 P.S. Ask her about the lab's cool business cards and who designed the lab logo! 👀 #ICA2025 #AcademicSky

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Truly, you don't want to miss these at #ICA25! 👀 I'll be at the one on online hate @ 9 AM in the Aspen Ballroom! Come and chat about online hate! 🗣 Some stellar UCSB COMM scholars might be here too 😎 @musamalik.bsky.social @jennyidizhaang.bsky.social @minghuiw.bsky.social @b-wheeler.bsky.social

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Hello, once again, Denver! (summer ver.) 🌞 If you are at #ICA25 this weekend, I'd love to connect! I'll be at many of the online hate panels, so come say hi if you want to chat about online hate, media effects, identity, and intergroup relations! 🤝🏽 P.S. Ask me about our lab's cool business cards 👀

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Brittany Wheeler @b-wheeler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Honored to receive the Putnam Interdisciplinary Scholar Award 🏆 Interdisciplinary research has shaped my path, from the BullyBlocker Lab at ASU (CS + psych) to the Media Neuroscience Lab at UCSB (Comm + tech + orgs).

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Is that @garciaerick.bsky.social we see? 👀 Come support this awesome team of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social COMM graduate students (@overbye.bsky.social, Xinyi Zhang, and @laurentwang.bsky.social) on Sunday, June 15th! P.S. We love collaboration with our fellow media labs! @mediaskill.bsky.social ✨

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Hey-o #CommSky!👋🏽 #ICA2025 week = lab squad on the move to Denver! ✈️ Our lab is heading to @icahdq.bsky.social later this week, and we are all super stoked to share the amazing work our lab members have been a part of! #AcademicSky 🥳 👇🏽 Here's where you can find us on Sunday, June 15th for #ICA25 👇🏽

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Ismaharif I. @ismaharif.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

🚨New Paper🚨 Elections create winners & losers among citizens. But how do we encourage losers to cooperate with new leaders or rally cooperation between winners and losers after a bitterly fought election? This is vital for democracy, especially in polarizing times.

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Ismaharif I. @ismaharif.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

🚨New Paper 🚨 In our Special Issue paper, we adopted a multidimensional lens of social identity to examine the bidirectional link between media use and identity among Muslim adolescents. We found stronger within-person effects for media-to-identity, rather than identity-to-media, pathways. #commsky

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Amazing research from @nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social out of @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social! *cough cough* Media and social identity researchers should for sure take a peek at the article if they have a chance 👀

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Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📢 New Publication Alert! 📢 The latest research from our lab at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social has just been published in @hcr-journal.bsky.social! 📄 @nibasaleem.bsky.social & @ismaharif.bsky.social explored whether media shapes identity or whether identity influences media use.

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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨New pub alert! 🚨 Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, our (w/@nibasaleem.bsky.social, Ian Hawkins, Steve Rains, Dana Mastro) meta-analysis finds that positive depictions of minority groups lead to favorable evaluations, & negative depictions to unfavorable evaluations, by majority group members.

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Muniba Saleem @nibasaleem.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This one was a journey. Jobs changed, roles changed, zip codes changed, babies were born, but the meta-analysis kept going. Grateful to the brilliant team (most not on Sky) who made it happen. @stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

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MediaPsychMEP @mediapsychmep.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📢 New publication alert! How do media portrayals of minority groups affect outgroup evaluations?

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Y'all need to keep an eye out for all the important research my colleague @b-wheeler.bsky.social is working on! 👀 #academicsky

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Truly, a thread that every social scientist should take some time to read through (especially if you're considering using or researching LLMs). Wonderful presentation by @mjcrockett.bsky.social yesterday! 👏🏽

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Erick Garcia @garciaerick.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I had an amazing experience presenting qualitative data at the Psychology of Media & Tech preconference at #SPSP2025 on Thursday! 👨🏽‍🏫 It was wonderful connecting with so many young and senior scholars at @spspnews.bsky.social this year. 🤝🏾 Looking foward to submitting for #SPSP2026 next year! 🤩

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