Architects of Communication Scholarship

This episode features Professors Robin Nabi and Joseph Cappella as they discuss Professor Cappella’s background and research in political and health communication studies. Professor Cappella explores messaging and media effects as well as the social consequences of mistrust and misinformation, especially within political communication.

 

Ellen Wartella

Joseph Cappella

Robin Nabi

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication; Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Emeritus Professor, Annenberg School for Communication 

University of Pennsylvania

Twitter: @AnnenbergPenn

Professor of Communication 

University of California, Santa Barbara


Works referenced in episode: 

Fishbein, M., & Cappella, J. N. (2006). The role of theory in developing effective health communications. Journal of communication, 56(suppl_1), S1-S17.