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Overview

William P. Eveland is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, communication, and social psychology. Additional work touches on philosophy and artificial intelligence as subfields within their broader scope.

Their academic output includes publications in several peer-reviewed venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Political Communication
  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Journal of Family Communication
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Eveland's research topics emphasize the intersections of social media and politics, social and intergroup psychology, and racial and ethnic identity research. Other notable areas include communication in education and healthcare, cultural differences and values, rhetoric and communication studies, as well as social capital and networks.

Their recent papers illustrate a consistent focus on communication dynamics, political conversations, and racial topics. Key papers include:

  • "Listening During Political Conversations: Traits and Situations," 2020, Political Communication
  • "Why we can't talk openly about race: The impact of race and partisanship on respondents' perceptions of intergroup conversations," 2021, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • "Contexts for Family Talk about Racism: Historical, Dyadic, and Geographic," 2020, Journal of Family Communication
  • "The implications of listening during political conversations for democracy," 2023, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Listening and being listened to as affection exchange in marital discussions about the #MeToo movement," 2021, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Their coauthor network includes frequent collaborations with other scholars in related fields. Prominent coauthors are:

  • Osei Appiah
  • Kathryn D. Coduto
  • Olivia M. Bullock
  • Christina M. Henry
  • Amy I. Nathanson

Eveland's work contributes to understanding communication processes, political discourse, and social identity within various contexts. Their interdisciplinary research integrates social psychology with communication studies, addressing complex societal issues including race, media influences, and interpersonal interactions.

Best Publications

  • Information and Expression in a Digital Age Modeling Internet Effects on Civic Participation

    Dhavan V. Shah;Jaeho Cho;William P. Eveland;Nojin Kwak

  • Connecting News Media Use with Gaps in Knowledge and Participation

    William P. Eveland;Dietram A. Scheufele

  • Political Discussion Frequency, Network Size, and “Heterogeneity” of Discussion as Predictors of Political Knowledge and Participation

    William P Eveland;Myiah Hutchens Hively

  • The Cognitive Mediation Model of Learning From the News

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  • Community Integration, Local Media Use, and Democratic Processes:

    Jack M. Mcleod;Katie Daily;Zhongshi Guo;William P. Eveland

  • Support for Censorship of Violent and Misogynic Rap Lyrics An Analysis of the Third-Person Effect

    Douglas M. McLEOD;William P. Eveland;Amy I. Nathanson

  • Assessing Causality in the Cognitive Mediation Model A Panel Study of Motivations, Information Processing, and Learning During Campaign 2000

    William P. Eveland;Dhavan V. Shah;Nojin Kwak

  • The Impact of Individual and Interpersonal Factors on Perceived News Media Bias

    William P. Eveland;Dhavan V. Shah

  • A “Mix of Attributes” Approach to the Study of Media Effects and New Communication Technologies

    William P. Eveland

  • Understanding the Relationship Between Communication and Political Knowledge: A Model Comparison Approach Using Panel Data

    William P. Eveland;Andrew F. Hayes;Dhavan V. Shah;Nojin Kwak

  • Rethinking the Social Distance Corollary Perceived Likelihood of Expsoure and the Third-Person Perception

    William P. Eveland;Amy I. Nathanson;Benjamin H. Detenber;Douglas M. McLEOD

  • User Control and Structural Isomorphism or Disorientation and Cognitive Load

    William P. Eveland;Sharon Dunwoody

  • An Investigation of Elaboration and Selective Scanning as Mediators of Learning From the Web Versus Print

    William P. Eveland;Sharon Dunwoody

  • Moving beyond “Just the Facts” The Influence of Online News on the Content and Structure of Public Affairs Knowledge

    William P. Eveland;Krisztina Marton;Mihye Seo

  • Examining Information Processing on the World Wide Web Using Think Aloud Protocols

    William P. Eveland;Sharon Dunwoody

  • Behind the Third-Person Effect: Differentiating Perceptual Processes for Self and Other

    Douglas M. McLeod;Benjamin H. Detenber;William P. Eveland

  • News Information Processing as Mediator of the Relationship between Motivations and Political Knowledge

    William P. Eveland

  • Beyond Deliberation: New Directions for the Study of Informal Political Conversation from a Communication Perspective

    William P. Eveland;Alyssa C. Morey;Myiah J. Hutchens

  • Is It Talking, Thinking, or Both? A Lagged Dependent Variable Model of Discussion Effects on Political Knowledge

    William P. Eveland;Tiffany Thomson

  • THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL DESIRABILITY ON PERCEIVED MEDIA IMPACT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THIRD-PERSON PERCEPTIONS

    William P. Eveland;Douglas M. McLeod

  • How Web Site Organization Influences Free Recall, Factual Knowledge, and Knowledge Structure Density

    William P. Eveland;Juliann Cortese;Heesun Park Park;Sharon Dunwoody

  • Learning From the News in Campaign 2000: An Experimental Comparison of TV News, Newspapers, and Online News

    William P. Eveland;Mihye Seo;Krisztina Marton

  • The “Who” Matters: Types of Interpersonal Relationships and Avoidance of Political Disagreement

    Alyssa C. Morey;William P. Eveland;Myiah J. Hutchens

  • Perceptions of 'public opinion' and 'public' opinion expression

    Dietram A. Scheufele;William P. Eveland

  • Education, Need for Cognition, and Campaign Interest as Moderators of News Effects on Political Knowledge: An Analysis of the Knowledge Gap

    Yung-I Liu;William P. Eveland

  • Contextual Antecedents and Political Consequences of Adolescent Political Discussion, Discussion Elaboration, and Network Diversity

    Myiah Hutchens Hively;William P. Eveland

  • Exposure, Attention, or “Use” of News? Assessing Aspects of the Reliability and Validity of a Central Concept in Political Communication Research

    William P. Eveland;Myiah J. Hutchens;Fei Shen

  • Interactions and Nonlinearity in Mass Communication: Connecting Theory and Methodology:

    William P. Eveland

  • Users and navigation patterns of a science World Wide Web site for the public

    William P. Eveland;Sharon Dunwoody

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon Dunwoody
Sharon Dunwoody University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dhavan V. Shah
Dhavan V. Shah University of Wisconsin–Madison
Amy I. Nathanson
Amy I. Nathanson The Ohio State University
Andrew F. Hayes
Andrew F. Hayes University of Calgary
Dietram A. Scheufele
Dietram A. Scheufele University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nancy Signorielli
Nancy Signorielli University of Delaware
Jörg Matthes
Jörg Matthes University of Vienna
Jack M. McLeod
Jack M. McLeod University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard Giles
Howard Giles University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael D. Slater
Michael D. Slater The Ohio State University

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