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SML at NCA

This November, SML Ph.D. candidate Inhwan Bae presented at the National Communication Association’s 111th Annual Convention. Learn more about her project presentation below!

SML in the Media

Our Social Media Lab (SML) members are making waves this Fall! Check out recently published papers by our current and past lab members: Pengfei Zhao, Ashley Shea, and Isabelle McLeod-Daphnis.

Congratulations, Professor Pengfei Zhao!

SML alum Pengfei Zhao has started her position as an assistant professor in communication & AI in the School of Communication at Florida State University.

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Congratulations to SML alum <a href="https://x.com/Pengfei_Zhao_" target="_blank">@Pengfei_Zhao_</a> on starting her position as an assistant professor in Communication & AI in the School of Communication at Florida State University! We hope you're enjoying the Florida weather 🌞☀️ - October 21, 2025 at 12:48 pm
The SML offers a warm welcome to our newest PhD student, Mandy Luo (<a href="https://x.com/ManxiLuo" target="_blank">@ManxiLuo</a>)! Mandy studies how technology mediation affects the effectiveness of persuasive messages and how people form trust in machine communicators. Welcome to the lab and welcome to Cornell! <div style="display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; border-radius:16px; margin-top: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: fit-content;"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3PtzouXMAEUZxG.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:100% !important; max-height: 300px; height:auto; aspect-ratio:auto; object-fit: cover;" /></div> - October 15, 2025 at 1:48 pm
🚨New paper alert!📢 "A typology of the discursive tactics used when objecting to news commentary on social media" by SML's Ashley Shea & co-authors Aspen Omapang, Ji Yong Cho, Miryam Y. Ginsparg, <a href="https://x.com/nataliebazarova" target="_blank">@nataliebazarova</a>, Winice Hui, <a href="https://x.com/whynotyet" target="_blank">@whynotyet</a>, & <a href="https://x.com/drewmargolin" target="_blank">@drewmargolin</a>. <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0328550" target="_blank">journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…</a> - September 4, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Congrats to SML alum <a href="https://x.com/Pengfei_Zhao_" target="_blank">@Pengfei_Zhao_</a> and co-authors <a href="https://x.com/nataliebazarova" target="_blank">@nataliebazarova</a>, <a href="https://x.com/bae_inhwan" target="_blank">@bae_inhwan</a>, Winice Hui, <a href="https://x.com/whynotyet" target="_blank">@whynotyet</a>, & <a href="https://x.com/drewmargolin" target="_blank">@drewmargolin</a> on their new PNAS Nexus paper, “Restorative justice appeals trump retributive vigilance on social media” <a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf255/63971952/pgaf255.pdf" target="_blank">academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…</a> - August 13, 2025 at 1:00 am
🎓🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Zhao! We're celebrating <a href="https://x.com/Pengfei_Zhao_" target="_blank">@Pengfei_Zhao_</a> on her successful dissertation defense. We’re so proud of you at the SML, and will miss you dearly! <div style="display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; border-radius:16px; margin-top: 10px; overflow: hidden; width: fit-content;"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrfXYvCXcAAxeJ3.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:50% !important; max-height: 300px; height:auto; aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333; object-fit: cover;" /><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrfXZgpXIAAcpHM.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:50% !important; max-height: 300px; height:auto; aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333; object-fit: cover;" /><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrfXZ9fX0AAy9ai.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:50% !important; max-height: 300px; height:auto; aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333; object-fit: cover;" /><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrfXamTXIAAkvgE.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:50% !important; max-height: 300px; height:auto; aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333; object-fit: cover;" /></div> - May 22, 2025 at 1:36 pm