Sara Yeo

Work

The University of Utah
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Professor

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The University of Utah
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Professor

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The University of Utah
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Associate Professor

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The University of Utah
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Associate Professor

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The University of Utah
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Assistant Professor

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The University of Utah
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Assistant Professor

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Education

University of Wisconsin Madison
United States of America

Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin Madison
United States of America

Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America

M.S.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America

M.S.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa
United States of America

M.S.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa
United States of America

M.S.

Hawai'i Pacific University
United States of America

B.S.

Hawai'i Pacific University
United States of America

B.S.

Publications

Communicating About Renewable Energy With Satire: The Influence of Gentle and Harsh Humor Tones on Perceived Message Credibility and Information Reliance

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Science Communication

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Examining the Use of Aggressive Satirical Humor on Perceptions of Trustworthiness in Communication About Renewable Energy

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Science Communication

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Cultivating Interest in Science Through Humor: Mirth as a Leveler of Gaps in Science Engagement

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Environmental Communication

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Understanding Knowledge Among White, Black, and Hispanic Audiences: Media Attention and Inequities in Factual and Perceived Knowledge

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Mass Communication and Society

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Understanding Knowledge Among White, Black, and Hispanic Audiences: Media Attention and Inequities in Factual and Perceived Knowledge

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Mass Communication and Society

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Communicating About Renewable Energy With Satire: The Influence of Gentle and Harsh Humor Tones on Perceived Message Credibility and Information Reliance

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Science Communication

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Examining the Use of Aggressive Satirical Humor on Perceptions of Trustworthiness in Communication About Renewable Energy

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Science Communication

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Cultivating Interest in Science Through Humor: Mirth as a Leveler of Gaps in Science Engagement

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Environmental Communication

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Engaging the dismissive: An assessment of humor-based strategies to support global warming action

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Public Understanding of Science

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Engaging the dismissive: An assessment of humor-based strategies to support global warming action

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Public Understanding of Science

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The differential effects of humor on three scientific issues: global warming, artificial intelligence, and microbiomes

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International Journal of Science Education, Part B

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The differential effects of humor on three scientific issues: global warming, artificial intelligence, and microbiomes

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International Journal of Science Education, Part B

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Humor Can Increase Perceived Communicator Effectiveness Regardless of Race, Gender, and Expertise—If You are Funny Enough

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Science Communication

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Generating Science Buzz: An Examination of Multidimensional Engagement With Humorous Scientific Messages on Twitter and Instagram

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Science Communication

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Humor Can Increase Perceived Communicator Effectiveness Regardless of Race, Gender, and Expertise—If You are Funny Enough

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Science Communication

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Generating Science Buzz: An Examination of Multidimensional Engagement With Humorous Scientific Messages on Twitter and Instagram

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Science Communication

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Publics’ Support for Novel and Established Science Issues Linked to Perceived Knowledge and Deference to Science

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International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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Following science on social media: The effects of humor and source likability

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Public Understanding of Science

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Emotion and humor as misinformation antidotes

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Emotion and humor as misinformation antidotes

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Following science on social media: The effects of humor and source likability

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Public Understanding of Science

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Publics’ Support for Novel and Established Science Issues Linked to Perceived Knowledge and Deference to Science

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International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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Scientists as comedians: The effects of humor on perceptions of scientists and scientific messages

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Public Understanding of Science

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Predicting Intentions to Engage With Scientific Messages on Twitter: The Roles of Mirth and Need for Humor

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Science Communication

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Laughing With Science: The Influence of Audience Approval on Engagement

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Science Communication

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Predicting Intentions to Engage With Scientific Messages on Twitter: The Roles of Mirth and Need for Humor

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Science Communication

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Scientists as comedians: The effects of humor on perceptions of scientists and scientific messages

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Public Understanding of Science

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Laughing With Science: The Influence of Audience Approval on Engagement

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Science Communication

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Disgust, Need for Affect, and Responses to Microbiome Research

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Mass Communication and Society

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Disgusting microbes: The effect of disgust on perceptions of risks related to modifying microbiomes

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Public Understanding of Science

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Are attitudes toward labeling nano products linked to attitudes toward GMO? Exploring a potential ‘spillover’ effect for attitudes toward controversial technologies

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Journal of Responsible Innovation

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The effect of comment moderation on perceived bias in science news

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Information, Communication & Society

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Are attitudes toward labeling nano products linked to attitudes toward GMO? Exploring a potential ‘spillover’ effect for attitudes toward controversial technologies

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Journal of Responsible Innovation

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The effect of comment moderation on perceived bias in science news

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Information, Communication & Society

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Disgusting microbes: The effect of disgust on perceptions of risks related to modifying microbiomes

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Public Understanding of Science

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Disgust, Need for Affect, and Responses to Microbiome Research

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Mass Communication and Society

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Persuasive impact of loss and gain frames on intentions to exercise: A test of six moderators

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Communication Monographs

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Persuasive impact of loss and gain frames on intentions to exercise: A test of six moderators

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Communication Monographs

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The case of #arseniclife: Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review

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Public Understanding of Science

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Social and Geographic Contexts of Water Concerns in Utah

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Society & Natural Resources

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The case of #arseniclife: Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review

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Public Understanding of Science

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Social and Geographic Contexts of Water Concerns in Utah

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Society & Natural Resources

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Disconnected discourses

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Misperceptions in polarized politics: The role of knowledge, religiosity, and media

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Partisan amplification of risk: American perceptions of nuclear energy risk in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster

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Science gone social

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Using a deliberative exercise to foster public engagement in nanotechnology

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Disentangling the influence of value predispositions and risk/benefit perceptions on support for nanotechnology among the American Public

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Disconnected discourses

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Disentangling the influence of value predispositions and risk/benefit perceptions on support for nanotechnology among the American Public

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Misperceptions in polarized politics: The role of knowledge, religiosity, and media

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Partisan amplification of risk: American perceptions of nuclear energy risk in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster

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Science gone social

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Using a deliberative exercise to foster public engagement in nanotechnology

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Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics in Response to a Natural Disturbance

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Tweeting nano: How public discourses about nanotechnology develop in social media environments

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Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics in Response to a Natural Disturbance

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Tweeting nano: How public discourses about nanotechnology develop in social media environments

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Sara Yeo