Recent
Publications

  • Hahn, L., Schibler, K., Toh, Z., Lattimer, T., O’Leary, J., & Spaaij, R. (2023). Investigating the role of morality in the motivations and attack severity of lone-actor terrorists. Terrorism and Political Violence, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2023.2282461 [PDF]

  • Hahn, L., Schibler, K., Lattimer, T., Toh, Z., Vuich, A., Velho, R., Kryston, K., O’Leary, J., & Chen, S. (2023). Why we fight: Investigating the moral appeals in terrorist propaganda, their predictors, and their association with attack severity. Journal of Communication, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqad029 [PDF]

  • Hahn, L., Tamborini, R., Aley, M., Baldwin, J., & Grady, S. (2023). Early adolescents can extract distinct moral lessons from narrative media content. Media Psychology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2219457 [PDF]

  • Schibler, K., Hahn, L., & Green, M. C. (2023). Investigating audience responses to cliffhangers in written narratives using affective disposition theory. Media Psychology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2219456 [PDF]

  • Aley, M. & Hahn, L. (2023). Altruistic and egoistic motivations of male and female characters in Common Sense Media television programming for children. Sex Roles, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01372-y [PDF]

  • Schmidt, M. D., Rathbun, S. L., Chu, Z., Boudreaux, B., Hahn, L., Novotny, E., Johnsen, K., & Ahn, S. J. (2023). Agreement between Fitbit and ActiGraph estimates of physical activity in young children. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 27(2), 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2022.2125319 [PDF]

    Hahn, L., Aley, M., Frank, A., Lawrence, C., & Lattimer, T. (2022). Examining the motivations of Walt Disney heroes and villains and their association with audience appeal and future film production. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 66(5), 843-863. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2022.2120879 [PDF]

  • Hahn, L., Tamborini, R., Prabhu, S., Grall, C., Novotny, E., & Klebig, B. (2022). Narrative media's emphasis on distinct moral intuitions alters early adolescents' judgments. Journal of Media Psychology, 34(3), 177-187. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000307 [PDF]

  • Ellithorpe, M., Ulusoy, E., Eden, A., Hahn, L, Yang, C., & Tucker, R. M. (2022). The complicated impact of media use before bed on sleep: Results from a combination of objective EEG sleep measurement and media diaries. Journal of Sleep Research, , 31(5), e13551. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13551 [PDF}

  • Hahn, L. (2022). Moral clarity decreases as viewer age increases: A content analysis of the moral values and reinforcement clarity depicted in popular U.S. children’s television. Journal of Children and Media, 16(2), 168-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2021.1943475 [PDF]

  • Aley, M., Hahn, L., Tamborini, R., Goble, H., Zhang, L., Grady, S., Baldwin, J. (2021.) What does television teach children? Examining the altruistic and egoistic lessons in children's educational television. Communication Reports, 34(2), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2021.1918738 - [PDF]

  • Frischlich, L., Hahn, L., Rieger, D. (2021). The promises and pitfalls of inspirational media: What do we know and where do we go from here? Media and Communication, 9, 162-166. doi:10.17645/mac.v9i2.4271 [open access]

  • Ball, C., Novotny, E., Ahn, S. J., Hahn, L., Schmidt, M., Rathbun, S., & Johnsen, K. (2021). Scaling the Virtual Fitness Buddy Ecosystem as a school-based physical activity intervention for children. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Advance online publication. doi:10.1109/MCG.2021.3130555 [PDF]

  • Klebig, B., Hahn, L., Tamborini, R., Aley, M., Goble, H, Baldwin, J., & Grady, S. (2021). The influence of prevailing regional political narratives on intuitions featured in religious messages. Communication Reports, 34, 37-49. doi:10.1080/08934215.2020.1869281 - [PDF]

  • Tamborini, R., Hahn, L., Klebig, B., Walling, B., Kryston, K., & Aley, M. (2021). The representation of altruism and egoism in children’s books. Communication Studies, 72(2), 163-177. doi:10.1080/10510974.2020.1833356 - [PDF]