Andrew Selepak

Instructional Assistant Professor University of Florida

  • Gainesville FL

Andrew Selepak can speak to a variety of topics, including pop culture, online education, fake news and partisan media.

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Biography

Andrew Selepak is a lecturer and coordinator of the Online Master's program in social media in the College of Journalism and Communication. He has been interviewed by national and international media outlets on a variety of topics, including pop culture, online education, fake news and partisan media. He also frequently discusses how online and social media are having an impact on culture, marketing and communication. Andrew teaches courses on media writing, news and sports reporting, entertainment storytelling and ethics.

Areas of Expertise

Personal Branding
Online Learning
Online Media
Media Effects
Social Media
Pop Culture
Extremism

Media Appearances

The scientific reason why you can’t stop going to Disneyland

Los Angeles Times  online

2023-09-19

To say a lot of people flock to Disneyland and Walt Disney World doesn’t do the mass migration justice. Each year, people descend upon the parks by the tens of millions, and many of them don’t fund the increasingly expensive experience by using their savings alone. Disney die-hard Maddy Thompson of Phoenix says her husband once got a second job to pay for her self-described “Disney addiction.”

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We need to start talking about the endangered male on college campuses

Tampa Bay Times  online

2023-09-07

It’s that time of year when parents send their children off to college. But increasingly, parents are sending off their daughters, not their sons. Males are becoming endangered on college campuses. In the spring of 2023, degree-granting colleges and universities throughout the United States enrolled nearly 17 million students — a decrease of about 9% among undergraduates since 2019. One of the main causes for this decreased enrollment is that males are skipping college altogether.

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Is Threads unraveling already?

The Hill  online

2023-08-03

Elon Musk changing Twitter to X has been dominating the tech news cycle. But the bigger story is how Meta’s Threads (Mark Zuckerberg’s new microblogging alternative) went from a supposed Twitter killer to a failure since the app launched on July 5. In its first few days, Threads gained an unprecedented 100 million-plus users. Twitter, the original microblogging platform that currently has 353 million users and has been around since 2006, took nearly two years to reach 1 million users.

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Exploring anti-science attitudes among political and Christian conservatives through an examination of American universities on Twitter

Cogent Social Sciences

Andrew Selepak

2018-04-10

The purpose of this study was to investigate an unexplored factor as to why some Republicans and conservatives have less trust in science and academia than those on the political left. Twitter accounts for 25 elite American universities were examined for political and religious sentiment and then compared to results from 25 lower ranked schools. The aim was to examine the extent universities post politically liberal or anti-Christian messaging through Twitter.

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Manufacturing white criminals: Depictions of criminality and violence on Law & Order

Cogent Social Sciences

Andrew Selepak, Jason Cain

2015-11-01

This study examines exposure to the police drama television genre and its impact on perceptions of crime and racial criminality. Content analyses of three seasons of Law & Order were examined to evaluate the show’s portrayal of race and crime compared to actual crime statistics for New York City during the same periods. A survey was also conducted to examine perceptions of personal safety and the influence of television’s depiction of race and crime.

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The sound of hate: exploring the use of hatecore song lyrics as a recruiting strategy by the White Power Movement

Intercom

Belio Antonio Martinez Jr., Andrew Selepak

2014-07-01

This study uses grounded theory to examine “hatecore” song lyrics used as a communication strategy to spread skinhead ideology. Results indicate that lyrics portray ethnic and religious minorities, and homosexuals as inferior and subhuman. Jews, the government and whites who oppose skinhead ideology are described as part of the problem.

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