Alcides Velasquez
- Associate Professor
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Lawrence
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Biography —
Alcides Velasquez is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. His research interests include political uses of social media, such as social media political expression and activism, and digital inequalities. His current focus of research revolves around the question of how the current opinion climate shapes political communication and participation patterns among ethnic minority groups.
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Selected Publications —
Velasquez, A., Barnidge, M., & Rojas, H. (2021). Group consciousness and corrective action: The mediating role of perceived media bias and of proattitudinal selective exposure. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 98(1), 105–125. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699020949249
Velasquez, A., Quenette, A., & Rojas, H. (2021). WhatsApp Political Expression and Political Participation: The Role of Ethnic Minorities’ Group Solidarity and Political Talk Ethnic Heterogeneity. International Journal of Communication, 15