Muniba Saleem
@nibasaleem.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ UC Santa Barbara Comm, faculty affiliate @rcgd-isr.bsky.social, PI of @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social | studying how media influences intergroup relations using social psych theories and social science methods.
So proud of @nmolinarogers.bsky.social that her important dissertation work was recongized!
Media MOSAIC Lab@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · last mo.We’re thrilled to announce that @nmolinarogers.bsky.social achieved the Dissertation Award from the Mass Communication Division at this year’s NCA! 🏆 [1/2] #NCA2026 #commsky
How does prejudice develop as people encounter anti-immigrant content on social media? A new project involving @ismaharif.bsky.social and @nibasaleem.bsky.social as expert collaborators will investigate this question with support from the LKYSPP Social Mobility Foundation Grant. 🧵[1/2]
[1/2] Join us next week at UCLA on August 5th! @nibasaleem.bsky.social will be speaking on how today’s media shapes young people’s religious identity.
Communicating risk helps people make informed decisions. But what happens when risk perceptions are elevated over time? With students Tammy Teo and Cameron Tan, @ismaharif.bsky.social found that increasing perceived risk predict later declines in well-being. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/aphw...
Congrats to @ismaharif.bsky.social So proud of you!
Ismaharif I.@ismaharif.bsky.social · 4mo agoHonored to receive the Putnam Interdisciplinary Scholar Award from the department for the work I do! I’m grateful to my mentors, colleagues and friends who have supported and challenged me along my career to be both social psychologist and communication scientist! 🎉 #commsky #ucsb #nusingapore
In our latest episode, we sit down with @joshpasek.com, professor of Communication and Media and Political Science at the University of Michigan, to unpack two of the most important concepts in media psychology: selective exposure and motivated reasoning. 🎧 captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow
Do check out @nibasaleem.bsky.social talk tomorrow if you're attending PRIEC at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara
Media MOSAIC Lab@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us next week at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) this year for an upcoming talk by @nibasaleem.bsky.social on how media representations shape intergroup relations and migration! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara
Join us next week at the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) this year for an upcoming talk by @nibasaleem.bsky.social on how media representations shape intergroup relations and migration! 📅 May 8 | 1:30–2:50 PM (PT) 📍 HSSB 6020, UC Santa Barbara
📢 New research with @stephtorrespantoja.bsky.social , Julian Unkel, Lisa Rhee, @nibasaleem.bsky.social, and @joebayer.bsky.social What counts as “social media”? We find major disagreement across platforms and age groups, with implications for how people perceive its effects and role in society.
[1/2] New pub with @len-s.bsky.social and @kyungin-kim.bsky.social! Calls for greater racial diversity in movies are an ongoing conversation, but how about diversity within racial groups? Our mixed-method study of 30 years of film examines how Asian American subgroups are narratively represented.
We’re excited to share that @nibasaleem.bsky.social was featured by @spspnews.bsky.social for her research informing policy at federal, social media platform and nonprofit levels! 🏛️💻💬 Read more here: spsp.org/news/newslet... #spsp #commsky #psychsky
Spotlighting Scholars Who Leverage Science to Inform Evidence-Based Policy (Part 2) | SPSP
This is the second installment of a two-part series in which SPSP is honoring researchers who have leveraged personality and social psychology to improve policymaking.
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Proposed budget cuts for FY2027 and moves to dismantle the Social, Behavioral & Economic directorate of the NSF threaten social science and research that serves the public interest. Register for @cossa.bsky.social's virtual town hall tomorrow to advocate for social science! cossa.org/a-note-from-...
Apply for NCA Division awards by March 25! Mass Comm Division (for which I am the VP) has three awards, Teaching Award, Service Award, and Dissertation Award. Consider nominating yourself or others who are eligible! #NCA2026 www.natcom.org/2026-interes...
2026 Interest Group Awards: Call for Nominations - National Communication Association
Award Calls by Interest Group Award descriptions, nomination criteria, and submission information can be found by clicking on the name of the Interest Group below. Please note that Interest Groups not...
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Congrats to @ismaharif.bsky.social on this incredible achievement! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
Media MOSAIC Lab@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 7mo agoCongrats to lab member @ismaharif.bsky.social, who has received UCSB OISS funding through the African & Asian Students in STEM Scholarship to support fieldwork leading the Singapore team in a 23+ country Global Social Media Experiment. The Registered Report has in-principle acceptance at Nature! 🥳👏🏽
#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 ⬇️
Great news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉 Congratulations to @garciaerick.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Group Communication division at #NCA2025! We’re so happy to be celebrating this achievement with you today! 🔝📄🏅 For more information, see his abstract + business mtg ⬇️
If you'd like to join us in congratulating @len-s.bsky.social and her co-author @kyungin-kim.bsky.social, stop by the Communication and Social Cognition business meeting today from 4-5:15 PM in Juniper Ballroom B! 🎉👏🏽 We hope to see some of #COMMSky here! 🤩 #NCA2025 #NCA25 #AcademicSky #UCSB
Big news from the Media MOSAIC Lab! #COMMSky 🎉 Congratulations to @len-s.bsky.social on earning a Top Paper Award in the Communication and Social Cognition division at #NCA2025! We’re honored to be celebrating this achievement with you! 🔝📄🏅 For more information, see her abstract + business mtg ⬇️
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
Check out these amazing mentoring events organized by the Mentoring and Leadership Council at #NCA2025! Hope to see you there!
Excited to present some new research I’ve been working on at #NCA2025 tomorrow! We are in the early Comm and Social Cognition session starting at 8:15AM!
Our meta-analysis of 60 studies which was published in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social was covered by @spspnews.bsky.social Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact... @stewartcoles.bsky.social @rcgd-isr.bsky.social
Representation in Media Can Deepen or Undo Prejudice | SPSP
From headlines to hit shows, media portrayals shape how people see others outside their own group.
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Incredible achievement by @ismaharif.bsky.social So proud of you!!!
Media MOSAIC Lab@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · 11mo agoCongrats to @ismaharif.bsky.social on receiving the National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship (NUS-OGS)! He'll receive funding support for the remainder of his PhD to advance his research on bridging social divisions through the multidimensional perspective of social identity. 👏🏽
Congrats to lab member @ismaharif.bsky.social on 4 posters accepted at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social (APS) Global Psychological Science Summit! 🧠 He'll present on the cross-domain (media, interpersonal, group) effects of identity threats, alongside posters presented by his mentored students. 👨🏽🏫
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped. "Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year." "We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
New neuroscience research shows that when people try to persuade, their brains sync less and cover fewer ideas. But when they enter a discussion to learn or compromise, their brains diverge in ways that foster creativity, understanding, & shared solutions. www.scientificamerican.com/article/good...
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
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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
Media MOSAIC Lab@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · last yr.📢 IMPORTANT #COMMsky PUBLICATION ALERT!! 📢 Media MOSAIC Lab member @len-s.bsky.social's latest article has been officially published in the Annals of the International Communication Association (@icahdq.bsky.social)! 👏🏽 For more information, see the 🧵 and 🔗 down below ⬇ doi.org/10.1093/annc...
