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WSU to research parent-teen talk about sex, violence

December 11, 2014 jessica.willoughby

Dr. Stacey J.T. Hust, of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, and Dr. Kathleen Boyce Rodgers, Human Development at Washington State University, have received a $10,000 innovation grant from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) to investigate how parents talk with their teens about violent and sexual content in popular music videos. » More …

Pictures of junk food may be seen as positive

December 5, 2014 jessica.willoughby

Edward R. Murrow Assistant Professor Rachel Bailey collaborated on a project with a faculty member at U.C. Davis and found that pictures of junk food may excite people, even if they know junk food is bad for them. Read the full article about the study that will be published in Health Communication here.