Publications

Publications

  • Seo, H., Burkett, K. M., Okocha, M., Ha, H., Chaif, R., Izhar, N., Coelho, M. B., Jona, B., & Iqbal, A. (2025). Social media activism and women’s health: Endometriosis awareness and support. DIGITAL HEALTH, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251314905

  • Seo, H., Burkett, K. M., Morales, O., Izhar, N., Chaif, R. H., Coelho, M. B., Ha, H., Jona, B., Iqbal, A., & Doyle, T. (2025). Between likes and lies: how teenage girls navigate online health information. Frontiers in Communication, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1692428

  • Vu, H.T., Nguyen, N., Izhar, N., Diwanji., V.S. (2025) Climate Change is Real, but I Don’t Wanna Talk About It”: Unraveling Spiral of Silence Effects Regarding Climate Change Among Midwestern American Farmers.  Environmental Communication, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2025.2477260.

  • Diwanji, V. S., Geana, M., Pei, J., Nguyen, N., Izhar, N., & Chaif, R. H. (2025). Consumers’ Emotional Responses to AI-Generated Versus Human-Generated Content: The Role of Perceived Agency, Affect and Gaze in Health Marketing. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2454954

  • Silva, F., Seo, H., Baines, A., Burkett, K. M., Chaif, R., & Izhar, N. (2024). Facebook Social Support Groups on Diabetes: A Comparative Analysis of the Brazilian and U.S. Experience. International Communication Research Journal, 59(1), 46-66.

Conference Presentations

  • Wang, Y., Chaif, R. H., Jia, Y. D., Liu, H., Izhar, N., Wen, H., Ha, H., Olatunji, S., Ding, H., & Li, X. (January 2026). Intersection of TikTok/Douyin and Dementia: A Scoping Review of Research to Date (2016–May 2025). Paper accepted for presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 6–9, 2026, Hawaii.
     
  • Seo, H., Burkett, K. M., Morales, O., Izhar, N., Chaif, R., Coelho, M., Ha, H., Jona, B., Iqbal, A., & Doyle, T. (August 2025). Teenage Girls and Digital Health: Navigating Health Misinformation on Social Media. Paper accepted for presentation to the Commission on the Status of Women at the 2025 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7–10, San Francisco, CA. Top Faculty Paper.

  • Diwanji, V., Ha, H., Izhar, N., Jona, B., Nguyen, N., & Muzhingi, S. (August 2025). Gamifying Sustainable Consumption: Leveraging Digital Games for Sustainable Behavior Adoption. Paper accepted for presentation to the Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk (ComSHER) Division at the 2025 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7–10, San Francisco, CA.

  • Izhar, N. (January 2025). Adivasi Lives Matter: A Case Study of Digital Activism and Community Empowerment. Paper accepted for presentation at South Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference (SAMCS) 2025.

  • Etheridge, C. E., Izhar, N., Okocha, M. (March 2024). Mediated Civic Engagement: Online Activity and Community on the Indian Subcontinent. Paper accepted for presentation to the Open Division at AEJMC Southeast Colloquium 2024.

  • Izhar, N. (August 2024). Mapping the Digital Landscape of Hate: Assessing Islamophobia in Hindu Rashtra Facebook Communities. Paper accepted for presentation to the Political Communication Division at the 2024 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Izhar, N. (August 2024). Role of Cognitive Biases in Misinformation Dissemination Through Unverified Information Sharing among Indian Facebook users. Paper accepted for presentation to the International Communication Division at the 2024 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Seo, H., Burkett, M., Okocha, M., Huong, H., Chaif, R., Izhar, N., Barros, M., Jona, B., & Iqbal, A. (August 2024). Social Media Activism and Women’s Health: Endometriosis as Feminist Issue. Paper accepted for presentation to the Commission on the Status of Women at the 2024 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7-11, Philadelphia, PA.*Second-place Top Faculty Paper.

  • Nguyen, N., Izhar, N., Vu, H.T., Diwanji, V.S. (August 2024). Climate change is real, but I don’t wanna talk about it:” Unraveling spiral of silence effects regarding climate change among midwestern American farmers. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2024 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7-11, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Izhar, N., Burkett, M. (February 2024) Influencing Mental Health: Across Cultural Analysis of Instagram Influencer in India and USA. Paper accepted for presentation at South Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference (SAMCS) 2024.

  • Bien-Aimé, S., Hussain, U., Khan, H., Izhar, N., & Syed, A. (August 2024) Sports, Media and Morality: South Asian Media’s Framing of the Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik Divorce.Paper accepted for presentation to South Asia Communication Association at the 2024 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7-11, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Chaif, R.,& Izhar, N. (November 2024). “I am too afraid of them messing me up”: A quantitative analysis of social support in online discussions among women on birth control pills side effects. Paper accepted for presentation to the 110th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) 2024, New Orleans, LA.

  • Silva, F., Baines, A., Seo, H., Burkett, M., Chaif, R., Izhar, N., & Unzueta, V. (August 2023). Comparative Analysis of Online Social Support in Health: Brazilian and U.S. Facebook Groups on Diabetes. Paper accepted for presentation to the International Communication Division at the 2023 annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 7-10, Washington, D.C.*First-place Latin American Communication Research and Researchers Award.