Department of Communication

Faculty Profile


Ryan Medders, M.S.

Instructor of Communication

Email: rmedders@callutheran.edu
Phone: 805-493-3681
Office: Swenson 244

Profile

Ryan Medders is working to complete his Ph.D. at UCSB in Communication with an emphasis on technology and society. He received his M.S. in Mass Communication from San Jose State University, and his B.A. with a major in Political Science from Stanford.  His research addresses the social and psychological effects of the media; his dissertation focuses on the effects of online news.

Education

B.A., Stanford University

M.S., San Jose State University

Publications


Metzger, M. J., Flanagin, A. J., & Medders, R. B. (2010). Social and heuristic approaches to credibility evaluation. Journal of Communication, 60, 413-439.

Flanagin, A. J., & Metzger, M. J. with Hartsell, E., Markov, A., Medders, R. B., Pure, R., & Sim, E. (2010). Kids and credibility: An empirical examination of youth, digital media use, and information credibility (The MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning). MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass.

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