Erick Garcia

#SPSP2026 kicks off tomorrow in Chicago! The Media MOSAIC Lab is ecstatic for the next few days of #socialpsyc conferencing! 👋🏽🤩

We are excited for @ismaharif.bsky.social's presentation on Saturday. He will be presenting his paper with our lab PI @nibasaleem.bsky.social! 🗣️📄

For session info, see ⬇️

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But why should #COMMSky care? 🤔

Counterspeech is in need of a comprehensive communication-analytic based research perspective. Rarely do any current studies consider more than one focus among the stock concerns of who said what to whom in what context with what effects (Lasswell, 1948).

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Additionally, I showcased how prior research has investigated the effects of counterspeech from various sources, highlighting how counterspeech interventions can mitigate the negative impacts of hate speech and support its victims.

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I presented a review and synthesis of the current literature on the triggers of counterspeech, focusing on the motivations that drive bystanders to intend to engage in counterspeech as a response to online hate messages.

Shining the spotlight on my great friends and colleagues (@kyungin-kim.bsky.social & @len-s.bsky.social). They crushed all their award presentations at #NCA2025!

Super happy to know we all recieved Top Paper Awards! 🔝📝🏆

Their accomplishments motivate me every day. Cheers to all of us! 🎉

#COMMSky

I had the privilege of sharing my research on counterspeech, bystander intervention, source effects, and support for victims of online hate at the National Communication Association.

I'm grateful to be recognized with a Top Student Paper award in the Group Communication Division.

#COMMSky #NCA2025

Come join me and my lab (@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social) at the Group Communication business meeting at 4PM for the Top Student Paper Awards 👀

I hope to see some of you wonderful #COMMsky scholars here!

Come network and say hello! 👋🏽

#NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #SciComm

Who's that I see on the lab schedule today 👀

SUPER HAPPY for my friends and colleagues @len-s.bsky.social & @kyungin-kim.bsky.social on their Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025!

I saw how much hardwork went into this project, and this award is very well deserved! 👏🏽🏆 CONGRATS! #COMMSky #UCSB #NCA25

Excited to be here for Day 2 #NCA2025!

Please come to some of the wonderful presentations my lab mates (@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social) are participating in! 🥳

See our Friday lab chedule in the repost!

#AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB #NCA25

#NCA2025 kicks off today, and I’m ecstatic to be surrounded by all the brilliant minds of #COMMSky!

This is my first NCA... so I am super excited to share my research, make new connections, and uplift eachother in achieving our acaedmic goals! 🙌🏽

Let's build COMMunity at #NCA25! Come say hi! 👋🏽

Day 1 of #NCA2025 is here! 🎉

The Media MOSAIC Lab is ready for a full day of presentations, mentorship, and networking! 🗣️📄🤝

We’re excited to share our work and cheer on colleagues! Come say hi at #NCA25 if you see us around! 👋🏽

#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB
See our Thursday lab schedule ⬇️

Are you headed to #NCA2025 this week? 🤔

If so, come see what the Media MOSAIC Lab is sharing this year. We’ve got a full lineup of presentations, mentoring events, and top paper awards! 🗣️📄🏆

See our full lab schedule in the 🧵⬇️, and come connect with us at NCA!

#COMMSky #AcademicSky #SciComm #UCSB

I am super excited to see the #CommSky community at NCA 2025!

Stay updated with an NCA feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

You can be featured by simply including these hashtags in your posts: #NCA25 #NCA2025

The Effects of Technological Affordances on Political Opinion Expression in Social Media: A Field Experiment Digital communication platforms are rapidly changing the nature of political discourses. At the same time, the functionality of democratic societies largely depends on deliberative exchanges betwee...

Since my early PhD days, I dreamed of conducting this study. Over time, I was fortunate to work with stellar colleagues, @lunafrauhammer.bsky.social , @tobiasdienlin.com and Manuel Cargnino who helped turn this vision into reality. The full publication: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this theory-driven piece offering an important framework for scholars interested in how diverse media content can be used for intergroup socialization. Truly impressive work by @len-s.bsky.social to publish as a sole author while in grad school! @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social

Hi #COMMSky, do you research intergroup relations or entertainment media? If so, read my colleague @len-s.bsky.social's latest article in the Annals of the International Communication Association! 📄

In this paper, Len (2025) proposes the PMSIS model as a framework to (+) intergroup socialization! 🤝🏼

Excited to share my new paper with @garciaerick.bsky.social Xinyi Zhang & @laurentwang.bsky.social.

We ask: Do people see algorithmic bias as a risk—and do they feel capable of addressing it? Answer... It depends! More below 👇🧪 #commsky

doi.org/10.1080/1044...

Exciting mixed-methods HCI work from my department! @overbye.bsky.social @garciaerick.bsky.social Xinyi Zhang & @laurentwang.bsky.social

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Our article is officially out in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction! 📄

I'm grateful to have been part of this project led by @overbye.bsky.social and to work with an all-student research team (Xinyi Zhang, @laurentwang.bsky.social)! 🥳

For more details ⬇
doi.org/10.1080/1044...

Amazing research coming out of the @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social 👏🏽

Congratulations to both @nibasaleem.bsky.social and @ismaharif.bsky.social on receiving a top paper award in intergroup communication at #ICA25! 🥳

P.S. Did you get the opportunity to connect or chat with one of our lab members at #ICA25?

@nibasaleem.bsky.social
@garciaerick.bsky.social
@len-s.bsky.social

If so, drop a like or comment below and we will make sure to follow you back if we aren't already! 👇🏽

#COMMSky #AcademicSky #ICA2025

What an amazing end to #ICA25! Huge thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on Sunday or took the time to chat. I left ICA feeling inspired by the incredible work of so many brilliant scholars and deeply grateful for all the new connections made! Hasta la próxima!

📸: @musamalik.bsky.social

Congrats @b-wheeler.bsky.social 🥳

Happening today at #ica2025

@nibasaleem.bsky.social will present our work in Intergroup Communication and @garciaerick.bsky.social will be presenting his collaboration with @overbye.bsky.social @laurentwang.bsky.social and Cecily Zhang on algorithmic biases in @icacat.bsky.social!

Everyone go see Erick present our work on algorithmic bias and risk. He is fantastic! #ICA25

Important Notice!! 😳

Due to @overbye.bsky.social receiving a Top Paper Award from the Communication Science and Biology (CSAB) Interest Group at #ICA25, I’ll now be presenting on behalf of her and our wonderful mixed-methods team: Ceciley Zhang and @laurentwang.bsky.social. Drop by and say hi! 👋🏽

Ahmed Al-Rawi found some great qualitative data on whether experiences w/ racism could have a (+) impact on democracy. Amazing work bringing empirical support to quant-crit discussions.

🔑 Takeaways: The biggest theme was white supremacy. Politicians received higher OHS and self-censored more often.

Triantafyllos Gkaragkanis focused on online hate speech (OHS), affecting migrants in E. Europe.

They proposed digital literacy as a possible intervention to curtail anti-Migrant OHS.

🔑 Takeaways: Some countries have ⬇️ OHS, are more open to migration, but are ⬆️ in stereotypical media depictions.

Kellen Sharp discussed some interesting points re: technoculture and digital diaspora. They utilized LLMs to study anti-Racist discourse on reddit.

I see lots of overlap with my own work on online hate speech & bystander intervention.

🔑 Takeaway: Solidarity is important for anti-Racist discourse!