About the Authors

Raymond J. Pingree

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

rpingree@lsu.edu

Affiliation Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Brian Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Mingxiao Sui

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Media and Communication, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, United States of America

Kathleen Searles

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication and Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Nathan P. Kalmoe

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication and Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Joshua P. Darr

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication and Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Martina Santia

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Kirill Bryanov

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.