Assistant professor at Clemson University, studying health communication, cancer prevention, and sexual violence prevention. Avid #Directioner
Clemson, SC
Joined December 2011
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Been meaning to do this forever...I'm finally on bluesky! Find me at the same username (hashleytag) for more research updates :)
So excited to collaborate with @theprismahealth OB/GYN this summer/fall as a CUSHR faculty fellow! I will be developing an intervention to help make cervical and breast cancer screenings more accessible to survivors of gender-based violence. Stay tuned!
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Hoping to meet collaborators with expertise in quantitative scale development this year at #AEJMC24! On Thursday @ 4:30 I'm presenting about how we can use popular music lyrics to advance development of rape myth acceptance scales. If it's of interest, I'd love to connect!
How is the HPV vaccine portrayed on Facebook? Check out our new papers analyzing HPV vaccine discourse in long-form articles shared on Facebook, with co-authors @elaineavshman @aubreeshay and others!
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(see thread below for a few key take-aways! 1/6)
We also analyzed changes in discourse over the course of the pandemic.
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Vaccine misinformation decreased from 50% of all articles in 2019 to 24% in 2021. It seems likely that in 2021, anti-vax opinion leaders shifted focus to the COVID vaccine. (5/6)
🚨Opportunity alert🚨Apply to join our awesome community of colleagues @ClemsonCOMM! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position(s) in health, media and technology, sport, or strategic communication. Happy to answer any questions!
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Excited to share our new publication about how stigma impacts parents’ information-seeking about the HPV vaccine— check it out!!
doi.org/10.1080/21645515.202…
Many thanks to my wonderful co-authors with the Adolescent Vaccination Program (AVP) @UTHpromotion @UTHealthSPH (including @aubreeshay @sharice_preston and others not on Twitter) Keep an eye out for more exciting research about HPV vaccination coming from AVP…
including a paper presentation from me next week at #ICA2023 @ICAHealthcomm , about how to help pediatricians deliver better HPV vaccine recommendations to parents. I’d love to see you in my session!
A must-read for anyone who communicates about sexual violence—will definitely inform my approach going forward. Fantastic work by @SydneyNicolla and @AllisonLazard
Out Now! "Social Media Communication About Sexual Violence May Backfire: Online Experiment with Young Men,"examined the impact of digital feminist advocacy on men’s reactance to messaging, rape myth acceptance & susceptibility to perpetrate sexual violence.bit.ly/3EtZ1lF
Check out our new study, exploring how young adults with cancer experience cancer-related narratives in entertainment media. Loved being a part of your important work, @mrcollins223 !
‘It’s Nothing Like Cancer’: Young Adults with Cancer Reflect on Memorable Entertainment Narratives tandfonline.com/eprint/RD8BG…
My inner fangirl is screaming—our newest manuscript about #OneDirection #fanfiction is finally published! We developed a health communication intervention to motivate 1D fanfic writers to highlight sexual consent and gender equality in their writing. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
So much gratitude to my fantastic co-authors, who have been unwaveringly enthusiastic in supporting this project’s *unconventional* approach to sexual violence prevention. Thank you @TheIrinaProject @AllisonLazard and others not on Twitter!!)
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New article in @NTR_Journal with awesome co-authors @ErinSutfin @AllisonLazard @hashleytag @mrcollins223 examining industry-generated cigarillo marketing.
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