MESS Lab

The Media Experiences and Social Selves (MESS) Lab is a group of researchers at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, led by principal investigator (PI) Benjamin Johnson.

Autumn 2023 Meetings: Wednesdays 15:00-15:50 in Weimer 3210

Current projects focus on: Information seeking for health and well-being, social media advertising cues, moral justification and licensing, AI authorship disclosures, social misperceptions of peers on social media

Active lab members, Autumn 2023: Rachel Son, Qingyuan Yang, Tracey Kyles, Ben Vollmer, Jie Jin, Xiaobei Chen, Chelsea Hampton, Eli Zemach, Miguel Celi, Qingyu Yang, Lorena Bacallao, Aleks Masiulis