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Robin L. Nabi is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences, arts and humanities, and psychology, with a strong emphasis on media influence and health.

Their scholarly output includes publications primarily focused on media's impact on health and behavior, especially during societal challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent notable papers include:

  • "Consuming memes during the COVID pandemic: Effects of memes and meme type on COVID-related stress and coping efficacy" (2021, Psychology of Popular Media)
  • "Media Prescriptions: Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Entertainment Media on Stress Relief, Illness Symptoms, and Goal Attainment" (2020, Journal of Communication)
  • "Coping with COVID-19 stress: The role of media consumption in emotion- and problem-focused coping" (2022, Psychology of Popular Media)
  • "Does Digital Media Use Harm Children's Emotional Intelligence? A Parental Perspective" (2022, Media and Communication)
  • "The Psychology of Framing: How Everyday Language Shapes the Way We Think, Feel, and Act" (2024, Gothic.net)

Their research explores multiple thematic areas, including:

  • Media Influence and Health
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Robin L. Nabi's work is situated within several core subfields such as literature and literary theory, sociology and political science, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and social psychology. This interdisciplinary approach supports a wide-ranging analysis of media and communication's effects on psychological well-being and social behaviors.

Their publication record shows consistent contributions to key academic venues with multiple articles in:

  • Psychology of Popular Media
  • Health Communication
  • Media Psychology
  • Journal of Communication
  • Gothic.net

Frequent collaborators include Nathan Walter, Lara N. Wolfers, Stefanie Z. Demetriades, Jessica Gall Myrick, and Abby Prestin, indicating engagement with a network of researchers focusing on communication and psychological studies.

Best Publications

  • Explaining the Effects of Narrative in an Entertainment Television Program: Overcoming Resistance to Persuasion

    Emily Moyer‐Gusé;Robin L. Nabi

  • Exploring the Framing Effects of Emotion Do Discrete Emotions Differentially Influence Information Accessibility, Information Seeking, and Policy Preference?

    Robin L. Nabi

  • A Cognitive-Functional Model for the Effects of Discrete Negative Emotions on Information Processing, Attitude Change, and Recall

    Robin L. Nabi

  • Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being

    Robin L. Nabi;Abby Prestin;Jiyeon So

  • All Joking Aside: A Serious Investigation into the Persuasive Effect of Funny Social Issue Messages

    Robin L. Nabi;Emily Moyer-Gusé;Sahara Byrne

  • Conceptualizing Media Enjoyment as Attitude: Implications for Mass Media Effects Research

    Robin L. Nabi;Marina Krcmar

  • The theoretical versus the lay meaning of disgust: Implications for emotion research

    Robin L. Nabi

  • Reality-Based Television Programming and the Psychology of Its Appeal

    Robin L. Nabi;Erica N. Biely;Sara J. Morgan;Carmen R. Stitt

  • Anger, fear, uncertainty, and attitudes: a test of the cognitive-functional model

    Robin L. Nabi

  • Framing Climate Change: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Generating Advocacy Behavior:

    Robin L. Nabi;Abel Gustafson;Risa Jensen

  • THE SAGE handbook of media processes and effects

    Robin L Nabi;Mary Beth Oliver

  • Avoiding the boomerang: testing the relative effectiveness of antidrug public service announcements before a national campaign.

    Martin Fishbein;Kathleen Hall-Jamieson;Eric Zimmer;Ina von Haeften

  • Discrete Emotions and Persuasion

    Robin L. Nabi

  • The Persuasive Influence of Emotion in Cancer Prevention and Detection Messages

    James Price Dillard;Robin L. Nabi

  • The Role of a Narrative's Emotional Flow in Promoting Persuasive Outcomes

    Robin L. Nabi;Melanie C. Green

  • Does Television Viewing Cultivate Unrealistic Expectations About Marriage

    Chris Segrin;Robin L. Nabi

  • Emotional and Cognitive Predictors of the Enjoyment of Reality-Based and Fictional Television Programming: An Elaboration of the Uses and Gratifications Perspective

    Robin L. Nabi;Carmen R. Stitt;Jeff Halford;Keli L. Finnerty

  • The Case for Emphasizing Discrete Emotions in Communication Research

    Robin L. Nabi

  • Does Television Viewing Relate to Engagement in Protective Action Against Crime? A Cultivation Analysis From a Theory of Reasoned Action Perspective

    Robin L. Nabi;John L. Sullivan

  • Uplifting Fear Appeals: Considering the Role of Hope in Fear-Based Persuasive Messages.

    Robin L. Nabi;Jessica Gall Myrick

  • Social Cognitive Theory

    Robin L. Nabi;Abby Prestin

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Krcmar
Marina Krcmar Wake Forest University
Mary Beth Oliver
Mary Beth Oliver Pennsylvania State University
David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen
David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen Michigan State University
Laura Widman
Laura Widman North Carolina State University
Melanie C. Green
Melanie C. Green University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Daniel Linz
Daniel Linz University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank Pajares
Frank Pajares Emory University
Martin Fishbein
Martin Fishbein University of Pennsylvania
James Price Dillard
James Price Dillard Pennsylvania State University
Seth M. Noar
Seth M. Noar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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