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Last published 2026
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Austin D. Eubanks

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7 h-index 24 pubs 121 cited

  • Humans
  • Racial Groups
  • Racism
  • Politics
  • Television
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Male
  • Knowledge
  • Young Adult

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Austin D. Eubanks' research investigates the intersection of media, politics, and public perception, particularly focusing on political communication during election cycles. His work has examined the influence of visual presentation styles and audience responses, such as applause, laughter, and booing, on candidate evaluations during presidential debates. Eubanks has studied how visual priming and framing in media coverage can shape voter perceptions of political figures and electoral outcomes.

His publications include analyses of the 2016 and 2020 presidential debates, exploring how camera treatment and observable audience reactions correlate with candidate performance and electoral status. Eubanks also contributes to research on psychological and behavioral outcomes, with recent work linking pragmatic prospection to positive life and workplace results, and exploring methods to overcome the innovator's bias through future-mindedness.

Eubanks has an h-index of 7, with 24 total publications and 121 citations. He has collaborated with several researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Patrick A. Stewart, Anastasia Makhanova, Brandon C. Bouchillon, and Freddie J. Jennings.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 121

Selected Publications

  • The Political Functions of Smiles by Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump During the 2024 Presidential Debate (2026)
    American Behavioral Scientist DOI OpenAlex
  • Follower Expectations Regarding the Functions of Smiles During the 2024 Presidential Election Reflect Political Identity (2026)
    American Behavioral Scientist DOI OpenAlex
  • Racial Knowledge and the Tenets of Critical Race Theory: Is Opposition to CRT Due to Ignorance? (2025)
    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Audience Responses to Heroic Speeches (2024)
  • Visual overload: The influence of broadcast social media visuals on televised debate viewing outcomes (2023)
    Journal of Visual Political Communication 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Audience Responses to Heroic Speeches (2023)
  • Visual Priming and Framing During the 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates: Electoral Status Predicts Favorable Camera Treatment (2020)
    The International Journal of Press/Politics 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Outcome-based dissonance and Morton's Fork: Evaluative consequences of unfavorable alternatives in the 2016 U.S. presidential election (2019)
    Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Visual priming and framing of the 2016 GOP and Democratic Party presidential primary debates (2019)
    Politics and the Life Sciences 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Facing Your Competition: Findings from the 2016 Presidential Election (2018)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Candidate Performance and Observable Audience Response: Laughter and Applause–Cheering During the First 2016 Clinton–Trump Presidential Debate (2018)
    Frontiers in Psychology 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Visual Presentation Style 2: Influences on Perceptions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Based on Visual Presentation Style During the Third 2016 Presidential Debate (2017)
    American Behavioral Scientist 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Visual Presentation Style 1: A Test of Visual Presentation Styles and Candidate Evaluation During the First 2016 Presidential Debate (2017)
    American Behavioral Scientist 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • “Please Clap”: Applause, Laughter, and Booing during the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary Debates (2016)
    PS Political Science & Politics 14 citations DOI OpenAlex

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