Research Summary
In general, Myrick's research examines the role of different emotions in shaping audience responses to health, science and environmental messages. She argues that mediated messages need to resonate emotionally with individuals in order to change attitudes and behaviors related to those topics. For example, she has investigated how content from the Discovery Channel's popular "Shark Week" series impacts the effectiveness of conservation-focused public service announcements. She has also investigated the effects of Pope Francis as a climate change mitigation advocate and how framing climate change as a public health issue may sway different types of audiences. Myrick, whose interdisciplinary work has been funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, previously served as an assistant professor in The Media School at Indiana University. She teaches courses related to media effects, research methods, mass communication and society, persuasion, and health/science/environmental communication.
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Recent Publications
Information Seeking and Avoidance in the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Function of Political Ideology and National Context: A Survey Comparing the US and Germany
Bilandzic, H. & Gall Myrick, J., 2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 11, p. 2276-2289 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stories to Prevent Cancer: A Pilot Study Using Cancer Survivor Narratives to Increase Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Intentions
Bufalini, C. M., Kraschnewski, J. L., Riley, T. D., Wile, K., Spanos, K., Wong, A., Myrick, J. G., Schaefer, E. W. & Calo, W. A., Jan 1 2024, In: Cancer Control. 31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diminishing Psychological Reactance Through Self-Transcendent Media Experiences: A Self-Report and Psychophysiological Investigation
Clayton, R. B., Myrick, J. G., Dale, K. R., Park, J., Sarra, E. & Hechlik, E., 2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 9, p. 1738-1749 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An Experimental Test of the Effects of Public Mockery of a Social Media Health Campaign: Implications for Theory and Health Organizations’ Social Media Strategies
Myrick, J. G., Chen, J., Jang, E., Norman, M. P., Liu, Y., Medina, L., Blessing, J. N. & Parhizkar, H., 2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 12, p. 2658-2670 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Impact of Celebrity and Influencer Illness Disclosures
Myrick, J. G., Willoughby, J. F., Francis, D. B. & Noar, S. M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Health Communication.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adoption and Discontinuance of Innovation Packages: A Longitudinal Study of Transitions in COVID-19 Mitigation
Smith, R. A., Gall Myrick, J., Martin, M. A., Lennon, R. P., Van Scoy, L. J. & Small, M. L., 2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 12, p. 2498-2509 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can you picture it? Effects of positive and negative depictions of climate futures on climate action intentions
Troy, C. L. C., Norman, M., Kim, N., Skurka, C. & Myrick, J. G., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 96, 102312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Extending the Theory of Normative Social Behavior: Collective Norms, Opinion Leadership, and Masking During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Zhu, X., Carpenter, C. J., Smith, R. A., Myrick, J. G., Martin, M. A., Lennon, R. P., Small, M. L. & Van Scoy, L. J., 2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 1, p. 49-61 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Effects of “Media Tech Neck”: The Impact of Spinal Flexion on Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Videos
Cores-Sarría, L., Han, J., Myrick, J. G. & Potter, R. F., Jul 2023, In: Communication Research. 50, 5, p. 584-609 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Who is your Fitspiration? An Exploration of Strong and Weak Ties with Emotions, Body Satisfaction, and the Theory of Planned Behavior
Eng, N., Sun, Y. & Myrick, J. G., 2023, In: Health Communication. 38, 7, p. 1477-1489 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Emotional Responses to Wireless Emergency Alerts for COVID-19 and Predictors of Public Health Compliance
Madden, S., Eng, N. & Myrick, J. G., 2023, In: Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 6, 1, p. 91-114 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fanning the flames or burning out? Testing competing hypotheses about repeated exposure to threatening climate change messages
Skurka, C., Myrick, J. G. & Yang, Y., May 2023, In: Climatic Change. 176, 5, 52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social media exposure, interpersonal network, and tampon use intention: A multigroup comparison based on network structure
Yang, Y., Ma, X. & Myrick, J. G., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Health Psychology. 28, 4, p. 343-355 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Perceived risk, emotions, and stress in response to COVID-19: The interplay of media use and partisanship
Zhou, Y., Myrick, J. G., Farrell, E. L. & Cohen, O., Aug 2023, In: Risk Analysis. 43, 8, p. 1572-1586 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Associations Between Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Decisions and Exposure to Vaccine Information in Social Media
Llavona-Ortiz, J. Y., Spanos, K. E., Kraschnewski, J. L., D’Souza, G., Myrick, J. G., Sznajder, K. K. & Calo, W. A., Jan 1 2022, In: Cancer Control. 29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review