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Rachel Bailey
Information:
Department of Telecommunications
rachbail 'at' indiana 'dot' edu
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Biography:
Rachel’s research interests include cognitive and emotional responding and information processing of media. She has collaborated on many different academic research projects ranging in topic from motivational activation’s effect on processing of ads to sensationalism in news stories to the effects of customization in video games on children’s perceptions of branded foods. For the past several months, Rachel also has been active in industry research. She accepted a temporary appointment with a private media research firm based in Austin, Texas, exclusively contracted to Disney Media Networks. Before accepting this appointment, Rachel managed The Psychological Research on Information and Media Effects (PRIME) Lab, an academic laboratory specializing in psychophysiological research. Rachel received her Master of Arts in Strategic Communication at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2008. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Missouri-Columbia in 2007. Rachel is published in CyberPsychology and Behavior and has presented several projects at international conferences, including the International Communication Association and the Society for Psychophysiological Research.









