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Alcohol / Media Laboratory
Leslie Snyder |
| Room 106 |
Phone 860-486-5349 |
With funding from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, we are examining the effects of alcohol advertising on youth. Dr. Snyder, Dr. Hamilton, and graduate students are also working on meta-analyses of communication campaigns.
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Emotional Communication Laboratory
Ross Buck |
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The Emotional Communication Laboratory is designed to do research on the role of emotion in the communication process, including studying (a) Relationships between emotional arousal, experience, expression, and communication; (b) Relationships between emotion and reason in persuasion, with particular reference to safe sex communication; (c) Emotional expression and communication in patient (schizophrenia; hearing-impaired, behaviorally-disordered) samples. The Laboratory is supplied with SVHS video equipment including miniature cameras; special effects generators; polygraph and blood-pressure measuring equipment; and computer-based event recorders.
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Ethnic and Women Audiences Lab and Field
Diana Rios |
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Phone 860-486-3187 |
Brown & Black Communication - News; Audiences; Cross-cultural.
The U.S. Latina/o Audience - Media Uses and Grats.; Functions of Telenovelas/Soap Operas; Politics.
Women at the Movies - U.S. Southwest and New England field research probes media’s role in beauty and identity construction during Good Neighbor Policy era.
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Human-Computer Interaction Lab
Kristine Nowak |
| Room 110 |
Phone 860-486-0554 |
The human computer interaction lab at the University of Connecticut is focused on how the interface influences person perception and people's perceptions of the media.
See http://www.coms.uconn.edu/HCILab/ for more information and recent publications.
Website: Human-Computer Interaction Lab |
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Media Effects Lab
Kirstie Farrar |
| Room 107 |
