T.A. Experience
Com 101
Com 102
Com 210
Research Interests:
Political communication, emerging media, social change
Education:
M.A. in communication, Washington State University
B.S. in communication studies, Arizona State University
Conference Presentations:
Borah, P., Lorenzano, K., Sari, M. & Wang, Y. (2017). Being young but not reckless: A study on young adults’ social media flight-or-fight to hostility during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Presented at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Media conference (Political Communication Interest Group), Chicago, IL.
Lorenzano, K., Storm, C., Rhodes, S., Sari, M., & Borah, P. (2017). Public sphere and loathing: Liking, tagging and sharing during the 2016 Presidential Election. International Communication Association (Communication and Technology Division), San Diego, CA.
Sari, M., Rhodes, S., Lorenzano, K., Storm, C. & Borah, P. (2017). “Why not give them a chance?”: Information seeking and perceptions of social media network credibility during the 2016 general election. International Communication Association (Political Communication Division), San Diego, CA.
Lorenzano, K. (2017). Investigating relevant predictors of news story prominence during the 2012 Presidential Election. WSU Academic Showcase, Pullman, WA.
Lorenzano, K. & Peterson, J. (2016). “Not in response to public outcry”: Exploring elite discourse and dominance in Ferguson, Missouri. Presented at the annual National Communication Association conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Jeong, M., Lorenzano, K., & Wang, Y. (2015). Relationship of news media consumption, political efficacy and the moderating effect of political interest in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Presented at the annual Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research conference, Chicago, IL.
Lorenzano, K. (2015). Protest type and community structure in grassroots portrayals of Occupy Wall Street & the Tea Party. Presented at the annual Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research conference, Chicago, IL.
Lorenzano, K. (2015). Is the protest paradigm relevant? Nuisance in the age of Occupy and the Tea Party. Poster presented at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Communication Theory & Methodology Division), San Francisco, CA.
Lorenzano, K. & Kompaniyets, L. (2015). The role of wealth in American politics & public perceptions of political efficacy. Poster presented at WSU Academic Showcase, Pullman, WA.
Awards:
Honorable Mention for MAPOR’S 2015 Doris Graber Student Paper Award for Best Public Opinion Paper (with Minseon Jeong and Meredith Wang)