Brittany (Brit) Shaughnessy
(PhD Student)
Brit is a doctoral candidate and graduate assistant in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. Her specialization is in political communication. How does alternative media consumption affect one’s worldview and support of democratic backsliding in the U.S? More broadly, Brit is interested in why people dislike each other along political lines.She received her BA in communication from Coastal Carolina University and her MA in communication from Virginia Tech.
Publications
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
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10. Hmielowski, J.D. & Shaughnessy, B. (2024). I’ve got friends in rural places: Examining predictors of people’s feelings about rural residents. Journal of Rural Studies, 114(103528). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103528
9. Shaughnessy, B., DuBosar, E., Hutchens, M.J., Pittet-Gonzalez, L. (2024). (I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes. The Social Science Journal. Five-year impact factor: 2.0 https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2024.2422163
8. DuBosar, E., Shaughnessy, B., & Hutchens, M.J. (2024). Seeing red (and blue): Partisan identity, emotions, and selective exposure. Media Psychology. Five-year impact factor: 4.7 https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2024.2347237
7. Shaughnessy, B., Hutchens, M.J., & DuBosar, E. (2024). That is so mainstream: The impact of hyper-partisan media use and right-, left-wing alternative media repertoires on consumers’ belief in political misperceptions in the United States. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1561-1581. Five-year impact factor: 2.1 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21055/4524
6. Shaughnessy, B., DuBosar, E., Hutchens, M.J., & Mann, I. (2024). An attack on free speech? Examining content moderation, (de-), and (re-) platforming on American right-wing alternative social media. New Media & Society. Five-year impact factor: 6.9 https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241228850
5. Shaughnessy, B., Albishri, O., Arceneaux, P., Dagher, N., & Kiousis, S.K. (2023). Morality on the ballot: Strategic issue salience and affective moral intuitions in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Journal of Communication Management, 27(4), 582-600. Five-year impact factor: 3.4 https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-01-2023-0006
4. Hutchens, M.J., Shaughnessy, B., & DuBosar, E. (2023). Populist hyperpartisans?: The interaction between partisan media exposure and populism in the 2020 US Presidential Election. Mass Communication and Society. Five-year impact factor: 3.4 https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2264265
3. Hutchens, M.J., Romanova, E., & Shaughnessy, B. (2023). The good, the bad, and the evil media: Influence of online comments and media trust. Journalism Studies, 24(11), 1440-1457. Five-year impact factor: 3.3 https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2216811
2. Duncan, M., Perryman, M., & Shaughnessy, B. (2023). Same scandal, different standards: The effect of partisanship on expectations of news reports about whistleblowers. Mass Communication and Society, 26(2), 201-226. Five-year impact factor: 3.4 https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2021.1936558
1. Holody, K. J., & Shaughnessy, B. (2020). #NEVERAGAIN: Framing in community and national news coverage of the Parkland mass shootings. Journalism Practice, 16(4), 637-659. Five-year impact factor: 2.2 https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2020.1816857
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