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Sahara Byrne

Researcher at Cornell University

Publications -  41
Citations -  1561

Sahara Byrne is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Public health. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 37 publications receiving 1294 citations. Previous affiliations of Sahara Byrne include University of California, Santa Barbara.

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All Joking Aside: A Serious Investigation into the Persuasive Effect of Funny Social Issue Messages

TL;DR: This article found that humor associated with greater source liking, closer information processing, and reduced counterargument, but also with greater message discounting, and that humorous messages promoted more discounting than the serious messages, though they were processed with comparable depth.
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The Boomerang Effect A Synthesis of Findings and a Preliminary Theoretical Framework

TL;DR: In this article, a review of findings that have resulted in boomerang effects, broadly defined, is presented, along with a preliminary theoretical framework of the Boomerang Effect, which predicts that receivers will process harmful elements in a message at the expense of those that were intended.
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It's Time to Eat! Using Mobile Games to Promote Healthy Eating

TL;DR: Time to Eat, a mobile-phone-based game, motivates children to practice healthy eating habits by letting them care for a virtual pet whose healthiness determines the game's outcome.
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Conceptualizing personal web usage in work contexts: A preliminary framework

TL;DR: This article analyzes each broad concept on specific dimensions found in the literature, including formal definitions, causes, and outcomes, and provides a typology integrating this knowledge.
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Media Literacy Interventions: What makes them Boom or Boomerang?

TL;DR: The authors compared the effectiveness of two versions of a media literacy intervention over time, and found that when the children participated in a cognitive activity after receiving the intervention, they experienced an immediate reduction in willingness to use aggression after exposure to violent media.