Dr. Mary Beth Deline
Assistant Professor
School of Communication
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Office
Fell Hall - FEL 426
Office Hours
Tuesday, 5-6; Thursday 2:15-3:15.
Office Phone
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- About
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Biography
I investigate information avoidance, how changes are implemented in organizations and communities, and how resistance to these changes occurs, often in sustainability contexts. This requires intersecting strategic, organizational and environmental communication, using methods ranging from qualitative interviews to surveys to content analyses.
Current Courses
297.005Communication Research Methods
297.006Communication Research Methods
274.001Environmental Communication
274.001Environmental Communication
Ph D Communication
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Top Five Great Idea for Teaching, PR Division, AEJMC
AEJMC PR Division
2022
AEJMC ComSHER Teaching Award (Honorable Mention)
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division
2019
College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Support Award
Illinois State University
2019
Book, Chapter
Shanahan, J., McComas, K., Deline, M.B. (2022). Representations of the environment on television, and their effects. In A. Hansen & R. Cox (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication. Routledge.
Shanahan, J., McComas, K., Deline, M.B. (2015). Representations of the environment on television, and their effects. A. Hansen and R. Cox (Eds), Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication. Routledge: New York.
Deline, M.B. (In press). Caring for each other: Expanding moral climate change research. In J. R. Blaney (Ed.). Understanding Pope Francis: Message, media, and audience. Lexington Books.
Journal Article
Deline, M.B. (2022). Looking back, stepping forward: COVID-19 KSA development and adaptation assessment for post-traumatic growth. Journal of Public Relations Education, 8(3), 120-139. https://aejmc.us/jpre/?p=3251
Deline, M.B., Kahlor, L.A. (2019). Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model, Communication Theory , 29(3), http://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qty035
Deline, M.B. (2018). Framing resistance: Identifying frames that guide resistance interpretations at work. Management Communication Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/0893318918793731
Deline, M.B. (2015). Energizing organizational research: Advancing the energy field with group concepts and theories. Energy Research and Social Science, 8,207-221. doi 10.1016/j.erss.2015.06.003
Dixon, G., Deline, M.B., McComas, K., Chambliss, L., Hoffman, M. (2015). Saving energy at the workplace: The salience of behavioral antecedents and sense of community. Energy Research and Social Science, 6, 121-127. doi 10.1016/j.erss.2015.01.004
Presentations
Environmental information avoidance motives. The Conference on Communication and the Environment. International Environmental Communication Association. (2023)
The (fish) scales of justice: How perceived fairness influences social license to operate in aquaculture development. International Communication Association. (2023)
Top Five GIFT winners. PR Division of AEJMC, pedagogy pre-conference. PR Division, AEJMC. (2022)
Truths, Lies, and Compliance with Covid-19 Guidance. AEJMC. (2021)
White Young Adults’ Motives for COVID-19 Information Avoidance. AEJMC. (2021)
Deline, M.B., Dalrymple, K., Worwood, J., Geng, P., Reed, E. Sticking my head in the sand: Motives for environmental information avoidance. (Forthcoming). International Communication Association. Online.
Deline, M.B. Teaching about politics and the environment. (Forthcoming). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Online.
Deline, M.B., & Geng, P. (Forthcoming). Resistance Drivers. Paper to be presented at The 2020 National Communication Association. Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Deline, M.B. ComSHER Teaching Award Panel. Winning entry to be presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Deline, M.B., & Dalrymple, K. Framing Efficacy Upstream and Downstream: Examining Efficacy Media Frames in Relation to Distributed Water Pollution Risks. The 2019 Conference on Communication and Environment. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Grants & Contracts
I'm Dying to Avoid That: Inequitable Risk, Information Avoidance and Health Communication Campaigns. ISU. Illinois State University. (2021)
NFIG. ISU. Illinois State University. (2019)