Keene, Lang paper examines public service announcements
Alumnus Justin Keene, PhD’14, and Distinguished Professor Annie Lang are authors of “Dynamic Motivated Processing of Emotional Trajectories in Public Service Announcements,” published in the journal Communication Monographs in June.
The research looked at how variable trajectories in emotional content encourage motivational activation over time. This was determined through secondary task reaction times and audio and video recognition of the content.
Lang teaches classes in effects and media and society. Her research focuses on motivated cognition and media.
Keene is currently an assistant professor at Texas Tech University.
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