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Media Effects Research Laboratory

Media Effects Research Laboratory

head with two faces

Rationalizations by low-paid microworkers raise questions of ethics, rigor

girl with smart phone

User control and transparency are key to trusting personalized mobile apps

Bellisario College virtual reality

VR ... Penn State

Sundar project team

Virtual reality makes journalism immersive, realism makes it credible

Dongwon Lee S. Shyam Sundar NSF proposal

Faculty members earn NSF grant for training machines to detect fake news

reactions to show

Negative tweets can trash TV programs for other viewers

phone advice

Interactive health apps may inspire healthy behaviors, but watch the tone

serious robots

Cheery robots may make creepy companions, but could be intelligent assistants

one gold fish

Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology

Pin It

Coolness, control and community draw people to Pinterest

woman with smartphone icons

Interactive web features can help -- and hurt -- user's memory

human and robot

Websites with history can be just as conversational as chatting with a person

EULA with binary code

Layout change can make licensing agreements more agreeable

robot composit

Altering a robot's gender and social roles may be a screen change away

senior woman with tablet

Sorry kids, seniors want to connect and communicate on Facebook, too

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