Faculty Affiliate, Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah
Assistant Professor, Communication

u6044690@utah.edu

Publications

• CLIMATE CHANGE: Freiling, I., & Matthes, J. (2023). Correcting climate change misinformation on social media: Reciprocal relationships between correcting others, anger, and environmental activism. Computers In Human Behavior, 145, 107769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107769, 04/2023

Presentations

• ENERGY: Yeo, S. K., Cacciatore, M. A., Freiling, I., McKasy, M., Su, L. Y.-F., Siskind, S. R., & Caven, J. (2023, December 13). That’s Funny: The Role of Humor in Risk and Benefit Perceptions and Support for Geothermal Energy. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) conference, Washington, D.C., 12/2023
• CLIMATE CHANGE: Freiling, I. & Matthes, J. (2023, May 25–29). Perceived climate change misinformation on social media: Why people choose to correct it and what correction does with them. 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada., 01/2023
• CLIMATE CHANGE: Reiter, F. & Freiling, I. (2023, May 25–29). “I Believe It’s True”: How Mainstream Media and Right-Wing Alternative Media Use Fuel Belief in Climate Change Truth Claims. 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Toronto, Canada., 01/2023

Internal Service

• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Representative of the College of Humanities, Global Change and Sustainability Center, 08/2023-07/2024