Popular Press & Media Highlights

​Unfinished (Series 28)

March 6, 2023  Hosted by Aleks Krotoski ​

Ever had that gnawing feeling that there’s some unfinished business you have an itch to resolve? Maybe it’s a friendship you’ve let drift or a task at work left incomplete. Maybe it’s that sense of having too many tabs open at once on your computer. Our hyper-connected modern lives facilitate multi-tasking and the expansion of our social circles, and it could be argued a by-product of this is that we have more unfinished business than we had in the past. 

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jscm


Dr. Leah LeFebvre Ranked as Prolific Scholar in Communication Studies

January 9, 2023

Dr. Leah LeFebvre, associate professor in communication studies, was recently named one of the most prolific scholars in communication studies based on a study published this month in Communication Education.

cis.ua.edu/2023/01/09/dr-leah-lefebvre-ranked-as-prolific-scholar-in-communication-studies/


Social Media Always Remembers — Which Makes Moving On From a Breakup that Much Harder

December 14, 2022

theconversation.com/social-media-always-remembers-which-makes-moving-on-from-a-breakup-that-much-harder-194727


Can Online Dating Burnout Be Stopped?

June 26, 2022  Jessica Klein

www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220624-can-online-dating-burnout-be-stopped


Why People Behave Badly On Dating Apps

May 6, 2022  Jessica Klein

www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220505-why-people-behave-badly-on-dating-apps


“Ghosted?” How to Reduce Uncertainty when the Relationship Suddenly Ends

April 2022

​https://cis.ua.edu/communicator-42-Research-Spotlights/


Ghosting: A Disappearing Act Dominating Dating

December 4, 2019 – Ana Ford and MaryKate Forte

student.elon.edu/aford8/deadlastghost/


Ghosted: Love Gone Missing 

October 31, 2019 – Eric Goodcase & Denzel L. Jones 

http://shoutengine.com/RelevatePresentsScholarsShip/ghosted-love-gone-missing-with-dr-leah-lefebvre-ry-87338

Co-hosted with Ryan Rasner


Why is Everyone “Ghosting”?

October 2019 Jennifer King Lindley


How to Deal with Being Ghosted

September 23, 2019  Jennifer King Lindley

https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/relationships/being-ghosted


Why Are Some People Still Embarrassed to Use Dating Apps?

September 20, 2019 Ashley Ross

https://swipelife.tinder.com/post/online-dating-stigma


The Endless Breakup

June 2019 – Printed Magazine

www.psychologytoday.com/us/magazine/archive/2019/05

May 17, 2019 – Online: Psychology Today 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201905/the-endless-breakup


Offensive Student Evaluations
​’leave academics in fear’

May 31, 2019 Anna McKie

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/offensive-student-evaluations-leave-academics-fear


The Anatomy of Ghosting

March 11, 2019 Vinita Mehta

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/201903/the-anatomy-ghosting


It’s Ghosting or Be Ghosted

January 22, 2019 Suzanne Blake

https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/01/ghosting-dating-0122


Ghost No More: The Rise of Unnecessary Breakup Text

January 24, 2018 Aditi Shrikant

www.rewire.org/love/unnecessary-breakup-text/



Is Tinder Really a Hookup App?

June 11, 2017 Gwendolyn Seidman

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-encounters/201706/is-tinder-really-hookup-app