Lee Ahern

Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations

Lee Ahern

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Review of the book Communicating the Future: Solutions for Environment, Economy, and Democracy, by W. Lance Bennett.

Lee Ahern, 2021, International Journal of Communication on p. 976-978

HPV prevention is not just for girls: an examination of college-age-students’ adoption of HPV vaccines

Susan Grantham, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Lee Ahern, 2020, Health Marketing Quarterly on p. 193-206

The Cost of the Veil: Visual Communication Impacts of Hijab on News Judgments

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Lee Ahern, Ioana Coman, Maria Molina-Davila, Maria Molina Davila, Stefanie Davis, M Cabrera-Baukus, 2019, Mass Communication and Society on p. 851-871

Jessica Gall Myrick, Lee Ahern, Ruosi Shao, Jeff Conlin, 2019, Science Communication on p. 38-65

Jennifer Hoewe, Lee Ahern, 2017, Environmental Communication on p. 810-820

Environmental orientations and news coverage: Examining the impact of individual differences and narrative news

Fuyuan Shen, Lee Ahern, Jiangxue (Ashley) Han, 2017, International Journal of Communication on p. 4018-4031

Worldviews, Issue Knowledge, and the Pollution of a Local Science Information Environment

Lee Ahern, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Jennifer Hoewe, 2016, Science Communication on p. 228-250

More Is Less: Global Warming News Values on Fox Compared to Other U.S. Broadcast News Outlets

Lee Ahern, Melanie Formentin, 2016, Electronic News on p. 45-65

More is less: Gatekeeping and coverage bias of climate change in US television news

Lee Ahern, Melanie Formentin, 2016, Electronic News on p. 45–65

Acting on surprise: emotional response, multiple-channel information seeking and vaccination in the H1N1 flu epidemic

Weirui Wang, Lee Ahern, 2015, Social Influence on p. 137-148

Most-Cited Papers

Is it a sense of autonomy, control, or attachment? Exploring the effects of in-game customization on game enjoyment

Keunyeong Kim, Michael G. Schmierbach, Saraswathi Bellur, Mun Young Chung, Julia Daisy Fraustino, Frank Dardis, Lee Ahern, 2015, Computers in Human Behavior on p. 695-705

Stories that count: Influence of news narratives on issue attitudes

Fuyuan Shen, Lee Ahern, Michelle Baker, 2014, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly on p. 98-117

Acting on surprise: emotional response, multiple-channel information seeking and vaccination in the H1N1 flu epidemic

Weirui Wang, Lee Ahern, 2015, Social Influence on p. 137-148

Effects of In-Game Virtual Direct Experience (VDE) on Reactions to Real-World Brands

Frank E. Dardis, Mike Schmierbach, Lee Ahern, Julia Fraustino, Saraswathi Bellur, Sean Brooks, Jared Johnson, 2015, Journal of Promotion Management on p. 313-334

Worldviews, Issue Knowledge, and the Pollution of a Local Science Information Environment

Lee Ahern, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Jennifer Hoewe, 2016, Science Communication on p. 228-250

Jennifer Hoewe, Lee Ahern, 2017, Environmental Communication on p. 810-820

Environmental orientations and news coverage: Examining the impact of individual differences and narrative news

Fuyuan Shen, Lee Ahern, Jiangxue (Ashley) Han, 2017, International Journal of Communication on p. 4018-4031

Jessica Gall Myrick, Lee Ahern, Ruosi Shao, Jeff Conlin, 2019, Science Communication on p. 38-65

Agenda-Tapping: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between News Coverage, Fundraising, and the First Amendment

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Lee Ahern, 2015, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing on p. 1-22

More Is Less: Global Warming News Values on Fox Compared to Other U.S. Broadcast News Outlets

Lee Ahern, Melanie Formentin, 2016, Electronic News on p. 45-65