
Juliana Fernandes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Department of Advertising
Bio
Dr. Juliana Fernandes (Ph.D. University of Florida, 2010) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. Dr. Fernandes is an expert in the uses and effects of negative information in persuasive communication messages and how social and traditional media are used as a strategic tool during political campaigns. She has published academic articles in top advertising and mass communication journals (Journal of Advertising, International Journal of Advertising, Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising, Mass Communication & Society, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journalism, American Behavioral Scientist, American Journal of Media Psychology, and Journal of Social Media in Society) and has several book chapters in edited collections. She has mentored several undergraduate and graduate students on a variety of research and professional projects. Her teaching philosophy centers on the link between conceptual foundation, research and practice in advertising. She believes that good advertising practice cannot be achieved without strong conceptual foundation and research expertise. To learn more about Dr. Fernandes, please visit her personal website: www.julianafernandes.com
Awards
University Research Scholar Program (URSP) Mentor Award, University of Florida, University Research Scholar Program (URSP), 2020.
Second Place Faculty Paper, AEJMC Political Communication Interest Group, 2018.
Third Place Faculty Paper, AEJMC Political Communication Interest Group, 2017.
Nominated for Krieghbaum Under-40 Award, AEJMC, 2016.
Outstanding Reviewer, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2016.
Fellow at the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, 2015.
Listener Choice Award, Academic Minute, WAMC NPR, 2013.
FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication Research Productivity Competition, FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2012.
Areas of Expertise
Advertising Campaign, Research and Strategy, Audience/Consumer Insights, Consumer Psychology, Disinformation / Misinformation, Political CommunicationEducation
B.A. in Journalism, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in Brazil
M.A.M.C 2007, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
Ph.D. 2010, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
News
- Juliana Fernandes to Join More Like Us’ Social Science Advisory Council (May 16, 2023)
- Engagement of Russian Disinformation Ads on Facebook (March 6, 2023)
- Study: An Investigation of a Russian Disinformation Ad Campaign Targeting the 2016 Presidential Election (February 24, 2023)
- Juliana Fernandes Participates in UF Undergraduate Research Panel 2023 Summit Discussion (January 30, 2023)
- Juliana Fernandes and Yang Feng Join Journal of Advertising Editorial Review Board (November 28, 2022)
- All News About Juliana Fernandes
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Silva, M., Giovanini, L., Fernandes, J., Oliveira, D., & Silva, C. S. (2023). What makes disinformation ads engaging? A case study of Facebook ads from the Russian Active Measures Campaign. Journal of Interactive Advertising.
Fernandes, J., Lu, L., & Nunez, S. (2022). A team teaching approach to advertising campaigns capstone course. Journal of Advertising Education.
Fernandes, J., Lewis, N., & Hong, C. (2022). Choice Matters: Responses to Political Information Vary in Randomized vs. Selective Exposure Contexts. Mass Communication & Society.
Shi, H., Giovanini, L., Capecci, D., Czech, L., Fernandes, J., & Oliveira, D. (2022). Lumen: A machine learning framework to expose influence cues in texts. Frontiers in Computer Science.
Segev, S., & Fernandes, J. (2022). The Anatomy of Viral Advertising: A Content Analysis of Viral Advertising from the Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective. Journal of Promotion Management.
Shriver-Rice, M., Fernandes, J., Johns, L., Riopelle, C., & Vaughan, H. (2022). Young adults’ reactions and engagement with short-form videos on sea-level rise. Environmental Communication. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2021.1963800
Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2022). “The Big Lie:” How Fact Checking Influences Support for Insurrection. American Behavioral Scientist.
Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2021). They're not just words: The verbal style of U.S. presidential debate rhetoric. Communication Studies. DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2021.1975145
Fernandes, J., & , M. D. (2021). Which political actors frame the immigration problem? Documenting the incidence of source type and party lines in immigration stories during U.S. Election Coverage (2006-2014). Journalism Practice. DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1870527
Fernandes, J., Segev, S., & Leopold, J. K. (2020). When consumers learn to spot deception in advertising: Testing a literacy intervention to combat greenwashing. International Journal of Advertising, 39(7), 1115-1149. DOI: 10.1080/02650487.2020.1765656
Kim, J. Y., Giurcanu, M., & Fernandes, J. (2017). Documenting the Emergence of Grassroots Politics on Facebook: the Florida Case. The Journal of Social Media in Society, 6(1), 5-41.
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Hong, C. (2016). Is Your Product Really Green? A Content Analysis to Reassess Green Advertising. Journal of Advertising, 45(1), 85-93.
Sweetser, K. D., English, K., & Fernandes, J. (2015). Super PACs and Strong Relationships: The Impact of Digital Interaction on the Political Organization-Public Relationship. Journal of Public Relations Research, 27(2), 101-117.
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Wang, W. (2015). The Effects of Gain Versus Loss Message Framing and Point of Reference on Consumer Responses to Green Advertising. Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising, 36(1), 35-51.
Fernandes, J., & Shumow, M. (2014). Framing politics in transnational communities: Spanish-language immigrant media and election coverage in South Florida. Journalism, 17(8), 961-978.
Segev, S., Wang, W., & Fernandes, J. (2014). The effects of ad-context congruency on responses to advertising in blogs: exploring the role of issue involvement. International Journal of Advertising, 33(1), 17-36.
Fernandes, J. (2013). Effects of Negative Political Advertising and Message Repetition on Candidate Evaluation. Mass Communication and Society, 16(2), 268-291.
Kaid, L. L., Fernandes, J., & Painter, D. (2011). Effects of political advertising in the 2008 presidential campaign. American Behavioral Scientist, 55(4), 437-456.
Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., & Miles, M. D. (2011). The effects of interest group advertising and partisan stereotypes on candidate races: Is same-sex marriage the defining civil rights issues of the new millennium?. American Journal of Media Psychology, 4(1-4), 63-79.
Fernandes, J., Giurcanu, M., & Bowers, K. W. (2011). The Writing on the Wall: A Content Analysis of College Students’ Facebook Groups for the 2008 Presidential Election.
Fernandes, J., Giurcanu, M., Bowers, K. W., & Neely, J. C. (2010). The writing on the wall: A content analysis of college students' Facebook groups for the 2008 presidential election. Mass Communication & Society, 13(5), 653-675.
Book Chapters
Fernandes, J. (2021). Brazilian ethnic media in the United States: An analysis of their social control and pluralistic functions in an electoral context. In Latin American diasporas in public diplomacy. .
Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., Mahone, J., & Al Nashmi, E. (2014). Social network sites and interactivity: Differential expression effects in campaign 2012. (pp. 185-197). Oxford University Press.
Painter, D. L., Al Nashmi, E., Stromback, J., Fernandes, J., Xiang, Z., & Kim, J. Y. (2011). International Coverage of the U.S. Presidential Campaign: Obamamania Around the World. In Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters (pp. 213-233). Routledge.
Str\"omb\"ack, Jesper, ., Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2011). International Media’s Love Affair with Barack Obama: Global coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. In Communication in the 2008 U.S. election: Digital natives elect a president (pp. 275–294). Peter Lang Publishing Group.
Williams, A. P., Kaid, L. L., Landreville, K. D., Fernandes, J., Yun, H. J., Bagley, D., & Urriste, S. (2008). The representation of the European Union elections in news media coverage around the world. In The EU expansion: Communicating shared sovereignty in the parliamentary elections (pp. 153-173). Peter Lang.
Kaid, L. L., Postelnicu, M., Landreville, K., Williams, A. P., Hostrup-Larsen, C., Urriste, S., Fernandes, J., Yun, H. J., & Bagley, D. (2005). Campaigning in the new Europe: News media presentations of the 2004 European Union Parliamentary elections. In Europawahl 2004: Die Massenmedien im Europawahlkampf (pp. 228-251). , Germany: Springer-Verlag.
Kaid, L. L., Postelnicu, M., Landreville, K., Williams, A. P., Hostrup-Larsen, C., Urriste, S., Fernandes, J., Yun, H., & Bagley, D. (2005). Kampagnen im neuen Europa: Die Darstellung der Europawahl 2004 in den Medien. In Europawahl 2004: Massenmedien im Europawahlkampf (pp. 228-251). , Germany: VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften.
Presentations
Fernandes, J., & Segev, S. (2023). Which Executional Elements Work? Lessons from A Comparative Analysis of Viral vs. Non-Viral Advertising. Paper/Poster at American Academy of Advertising, Denver, CO.
Silva, M., Giovanini, L., Fernandes, J., Oliveira, D., & Silva, C. (2022). Facebook ad engagement in the Russian Active Measures Campaign of 2016. Paper/Poster at American Academy of Advertising.
Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2022). The big lie factchecked: Cognitive processing, political trust, and voter enthusiasm. Paper/Poster at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Detroit.
Silva, M., Shi, H., Capecci, D., Giovanini, L., Czech, L., Fernandes, J., & Oliveira, D. (2022). Thinking slow: Exposing Influence as hallmark of cyber social engineering and human-targeted deception. Paper/Poster at USENIX, Enigma Conference.
Tao, W., Fernandes, J., & Yi, J. (2022). When stories are repeated: Narrative persuasion in digital political communication. Paper/Poster at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Detroit.
Fernandes, J., & Cleve, M. (2021). The labeling experiment: Examining the differential effects of equivalent labels on individuals’ associations toward immigrants. Paper/Poster at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Fernandes, J., & Segev, S. (2021). What's in a viral ad? An analysis of viral advertising through the elaboration likelihood model. Paper/Poster at American Academy of Advertising.
Fernandes, J. (2020). Staying relevant in an increasingly interconnected world: How global and multicultural research, teaching, and collaborations can help you grow as a scholar and person. Other at American Academy of Advertising, San Diego, CA.
Segev, S., Liu, Y., & Fernandes, J. (2019). The effect of cultural orientations on green purchase behavior: Comparing American and Chinese consumers. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Dallas, TX.
Fernandes, J., Lewis, N., & Hong, C. (2018). Exposure to political information and life stages: Does the future look brighter when you get older?. Oral Presentation at National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Segev, S., & Fernandes, J. (2018). The positive side of guilt appeals: When effort enhances compliance toward negative induced emotions in advertising. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, New York, NY.
Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2018). They’re not ‘just’ words: The verbal style of U.S. presidential debates. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
Fernandes, J. (2017). Beauty and negativity at the ballot box: Effects of negative political advertising and attractiveness on candidate evaluation. Oral Presentation at International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Fernandes, J., & De Moya, M. (2017). Frame agents of immigration news in the last decade of U.S. election coverage (2006-2016). Oral Presentation at International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Fernandes, J., Segev, S., & Leopold, J. K. (2017). Learning to spot deception in green advertising: Testing a literacy intervention to combat greenwashing. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Boston, MA.
Painter, D. L., & Fernandes, J. (2017). The verbal tone of the 2016 Presidential primaries: Candidate Twitter, debate, and stump speech rhetoric. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Fernandes, J. (2016). Beauty and negativity at the ballot box: Effects of negative political advertising and attractiveness on candidate evaluation. Oral Presentation at 2016 Personality, Party Leaders, and Election Campaigns Workshop, St. John's, Canada.
Fernandes, J., & Segev, S. (2016). Combating advertising greenwashing through consumer literacy. Oral Presentation at ICORIA, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Fernandes, J., & Segev, S. (2016). Exploring the mechanism of guilt appeals: The influence of point of reference on guilt advertising effectiveness. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Seattle, WA.
Liu, Y., Tsai, S., & Fernandes, J. (2016). Pursuing the Chinese dream: Chinese consumers’ response to local and global appeals in advertising. Oral Presentation at ICORIA, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Hong, C. (2015). A content analysis of green advertising: What has changed in twenty years. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.
Kim, J. Y., Fernandes, J., & Giurcanu, M. (2013). Exploring young voters’ political use of Facebook: Florida election context. Oral Presentation at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Wang, W. (2013). Loss for me or loss for the environment? The effect of message framing and point of reference on responses to green advertising. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Albuquerque, NM.
Giurcanu, M., Fernandes, J., & Kim, J. Y. (2013). Second order elections and second order conversations?: Mapping out the relationship between young voters and online political involvement in the 2010 midterm US Elections. Oral Presentation at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Segev, S., Fernandes, J., & Wang, W. (2012). Advertising in blogs: Effects of ad-context congruence, product involvement and issue involvement on responses to banner ads. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Fernandes, J., & Shumow, M. (2012). Framing politics in transnational communities: Spanish-language immigrant media and election coverage in South Florida. Oral Presentation at International Communication Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., Mahone, J., Nashmi, E., & Miles, M. (2012). Social networking sites and interactivity: Differential expression effects in campaign 2012. Oral Presentation at National Communication Association, Orlando, FL.
Jain, R., De Moya, M., & Fernandes, J. (2011). Framing the rise and fall of Sonia Gandhi during the 2004 general elections in India. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Louis, MO.
Fernandes, J., & Wang, W. (2011). Reducing reactance: Exploring the effects of the pairing strategy. Oral Presentation at National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Giurcanu, M., Fernandes, J., & Kim, J. Y. (2011). Second order elections and second order conversations? A content analysis of youth wall conversations on Facebook for political candidates at last presidential and midterm congressional elections. Oral Presentation at American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA.
Fernandes, J., & Kaid, L. L. (2011). Today's vote is not tomorrow's vote: The influence of time perspective on vote likelihood. Oral Presentation at International Communication Association, Boston, MA.
Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., & Miles, M. (2010). The Effects of Interest Group Campaigns on Candidate Evaluations: Agenda-Setting, Partisan Stereotypes, and Information Processing in Televised Political Advertising. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, CO.
Stromback, J., Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., Xiang, Z., Nashmi, E., & Kim, J. Y. (2009). Coverage of the U.S. presidential campaign: Obamamania around the world. Oral Presentation at Broadcast Education Association , Las Vegas, NV.
Zheng, X., Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., & Nashmi, E. (2009). Print media coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential election: Comparative content analysis of press coverage from around the world. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter, Norman, OK.
Fernandes, J. (2009). The influence of advertising spacing on candidate evaluation. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, MA.
Fernandes, J. (2009). The influence of advertising spacing on candidate evaluation. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter, Norman, OK.
Fernandes, J., & Kaid, L. L. (2009). The influence of repeated exposure to negative political advertisements on the evaluations of candidates and vote intention. Oral Presentation at American Academy of Advertising, Cincinnati, OH.
Bowers, K. W., Fernandes, J., Giurcanu, M., & Neely, J. C. (2009). The writing on the wall: A content analysis of college students’ Facebook groups for the 2008 presidential election. Oral Presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, CO.
Fernandes, J., Kaid, L. L., Yun, H. J., Shen, F., Kim, Y., & LeGrange, A. G. (2008). Reconsidering the effects of message content and sponsorship on political advertising. Oral Presentation at American Political Science Association , Boston, MA.
Research
Grants
UF RESEARCH, OR-DRPD-ROF2020: Detecting and Addressing Influence Tactics in Online Propaganda, 2020-2022, $0.
Courses
Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:
- ADV 3500 - Digital Insights - section 5082 - Spring 2023 (PDF)
- MMC 6936 - Applied Theories in Mass Communication - Spring 2023 (PDF)
- ADV 3500 - Digital Insights - section 1A41 - Fall 2022 (PDF)
- MMC 6936 - Applied Theories in Mass Communication - Fall 2022 (PDF)
- ADV 3001 - Advertising Strategy - section 08F1 - Spring 2022 (PDF)
- ADV 3500 - Digital Insights - section 5082 - Spring 2022 (PDF)