Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie

Assistant professor at Clemson University, studying health communication, cancer prevention, and sexual violence prevention. Avid #Directioner

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

Been meaning to do this forever...I'm finally on bluesky! Find me at the same username (hashleytag) for more research updates :)

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

@cjcalabr @theprismahealth Thanks CJ!!

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

So excited to collaborate with @theprismahealth OB/GYN this summer/fall as a CUSHR faculty fellow! I will be developing an intervention to help make cervical and breast cancer screenings more accessible to survivors of gender-based violence. Stay tuned!
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@StaceyHust Congratulations!! Looking forward to following the results!!

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

Hoping to meet collaborators with expertise in quantitative scale development this year at #AEJMC24! On Thursday @ 4:30 I'm presenting about how we can use popular music lyrics to advance development of rape myth acceptance scales. If it's of interest, I'd love to connect!

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@tanianachrin @elaineavshman @aubreeshay I hope it’s helpful, Tania!

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How is the HPV vaccine portrayed on Facebook? Check out our new papers analyzing HPV vaccine discourse in long-form articles shared on Facebook, with co-authors @elaineavshman @aubreeshay and others!
https://t.co/QUXNYUwU8R
(see thread below for a few key take-aways! 1/6)

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@rebeccakbritt @elaineavshman @aubreeshay Thank you, Rebecca!

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

@cjcalabr @elaineavshman @aubreeshay Thank you, CJ!

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Notably, over 60% of misinformation in the dataset originated from 3 websites. Although Facebook has suspended accounts for some of these websites (i.e. Robert F. Kennedy's Children's Defense Fund), this doesn't stop Facebook users from sharing pages from misinfo websites. (6/6)

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We also analyzed changes in discourse over the course of the pandemic.
https://t.co/uIjIvbqLEN
Vaccine misinformation decreased from 50% of all articles in 2019 to 24% in 2021. It seems likely that in 2021, anti-vax opinion leaders shifted focus to the COVID vaccine. (5/6)

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@YiweiXuPhD @INFOCollegeUMD @UofMaryland @uw_ischool @uwcip Fantastic news!!! Congratulations, Dr. Xu!!

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@TheIrinaProject @DrTrevy @nazbk @ESMcIntyre @PostcardActivsm So well-deserved!!! Congrats!!!

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@pabloamn @COMatBU @fcom_uandes So awesome, congratulations!!!

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

@yvonnemelisande Congratulations!!! So happy for you!!

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@mrcollins223 Congratulations!!!!! Excited to read this!!!

[Dr. Ashley Hedrick McKenzie @hashleytag]

🚨Opportunity alert🚨Apply to join our awesome community of colleagues @ClemsonCOMM! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position(s) in health, media and technology, sport, or strategic communication. Happy to answer any questions!
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