Kirstie M. Cope Farrar, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Communication

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Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication

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Research Overview

Research Interests:

• the effects of the mass media on individuals
• the effects of the mass media on adolescent socialization
• the effects of televised portrayals of sexual intercourse on young people
• the effects of different contextual features of violent video games on aggression related outcomes
• the effects of mass media portrayals of breastfeeding and childbirth on women’s attitudes towards childbirth and infant feeding

InCHIP Project:

Co-Principal Investigator,
HIV Prevention Computer Game for Urban Minority Emerging Adults

Education

Ph.D. 2001 Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
(Dissertation: Sexual Intercourse on Television: Do Risk and Responsibility Messages Matter?)

M.A. 1998 Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara(Thesis: Sexually-Related Talk and Behavior in Adolescents’ Favorite TV Shows)

B.A. 1995 Communication
(Minor area: English)
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Cum Laude

Recent/Selected Publications

Research Gate