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Benjamin Johnson

Benjamin Johnson, Ph.D.

Director - STEM Translational Communication Center
Associate Professor - Department of Advertising

Office: 3210 Weimer

Phone: 352-273-2183

Email: benjaminkjohnson@ufl.edu

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Benjamin Johnson, Ph.D.

Director - STEM Translational Communication Center
Associate Professor - Department of Advertising

Benjamin Johnson (PhD, The Ohio State University) is an associate professor of advertising at the University of Florida. His research is focused on why and how people select and share persuasive messages in new media settings, especially as it relates to psychological processes such as impression management, social comparison, and self-regulation. Dr. Johnson is an editor of Media Psychology and is an author of over 45 peer-reviewed publications in high-profile communication journals.

Areas of Expertise

Consumer Psychology, Data, Numeracy and Coding, Media Psychology and Media Effects, Pop Culture, Social Media

Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2014
M.A., Michigan State University, 2007
B.S., University of Indianapolis, 2005

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Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Ahn, S., Johnson, B. K., Krcmar, M., & Reinecke, L. (2024). Growth and gratitude: A note from our outgoing editors. Media Psychology, 27(6), 785-787. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2024.2409492

Vermeulen, I. E., Masur, P. K., Beukeboom, C. J., & Johnson, B. K. (2024). Direct replication in experimental communication science: A conceptual and practical exploration. Media and Communication, 12, article 7971. DOI: 10.17645/mac.i429

Grant, R., & Johnson, B. K. (2024). It all begins with a name: Examining news during the Ketanji Brown Jackson judicial nomination. Journalism Practice. DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2024.2340513

Johnson, B. K., & Rosenbaum, J. E. (2023). Sharing brands on social media: The roles of behavioural commitment and modality in identity shift. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 47(3), 995-1010. DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12880

Mueller, S., Morton, C. R., Johnson, B. K., Sharma, B., & Morris, J. D. (2023). Like the dad in the ad: Testing a conceptual model for new fathers’ responses to dadvertisements. International Journal of Advertising. DOI: 10.1080/02650487.2022.2091377

Book Chapters

Mueller, S., Johnson, B. K., & Mueller, B. (2024). Consumer hypocrisy: When purchasing behaviors are not as ethical as they seem. In Advances in advertising research, Vol. 14: Harder, better, faster, stronger: Advertising and communication between immediacy and sustainability (pp. 165-177). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-44713-7_13

Son, R., Moss, C. E., & Johnson, B. K. (2023). Exposure to and effects of international entertainment on streaming platforms: A review and agenda for future media psychology research. In Television’s streaming wars. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003335641-19

Slater, M. D., Johnson, B. K., Silver, N. A., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2021). Stories enlarge the experience of self: Evidence for the temporarily expanded boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) model. In The Oxford handbook of entertainment theory (pp. 251-265). . DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190072216.013.14

Johnson, B. K. (2020). Selective exposure. In International encyclopedia of media psychology. . DOI: 10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0262

Johnson, B. K. (2020). Need for affect. In International encyclopedia of media psychology. . DOI: 10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0250

Johnson, B. K. (2020). Self-control: Self-regulation and impulse control. In International encyclopedia of media psychology. . DOI: 10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0252

Woods, K., Slater, M. D., Cohen, J., Johnson, B. K., & Ewoldsen, D. R. (2018). The experience of narrative in the permanently online, permanently connected environment: Multitasking, self-expansion, and entertainment effects. In Permanently online, permanently connected: Living and communicating in a POPC world (pp. 116-128). Routledge.

Johnson, B. K. (2017). Seeking and avoiding of media: Intergroup approaches. Oxford Univ. Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.452

Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Westerwick, A., & Johnson, B. K. (2015). Selective exposure in the communication technology context. (pp. 407-424). John Wiley & Sons.

Rosenbaum, J. E., Johnson, B. K., Stepman, P. A., & Nuitjen, K. C. (2013). “Looking the part” and “staying true”: Balancing impression management on Facebook. In Social networking and impression management: Self-presentation in the digital age (pp. 35-59). Rowman & Littlefield.

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