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Bradley M. Okdie

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Brad Okdie received his bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Toledo. He then received a masters degree in social psychology from the University of Northern Iowa in 2006, where he studied social influence and computer-mediated communication. In 2011, Brad obtained a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Alabama, where he examined the role of anonymity, self-awareness, and perceived audience on self-disclosure in online environments. Brad is currently an associate professor at The Ohio State University at Newark where he teaches courses in psychology and conducts research on interpersonal relationships taking place through media.

Primary Interests:

  • Internet and Virtual Psychology
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Person Perception
  • Sociology, Social Networks

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Receiving the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching


Journal Articles:

  • Buelow, M. T., Okdie, B. M., & *Blaine, A. L. (2013). Seeing the forest through the trees: Improving decision making on the Iowa gambling task by shifting focus from short- to long-term outcomes. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, 4, 1-10.
  • Buelow, M. T., Okdie, B. M., Brunell, A. B., & Trost, Z. (2015). Stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it: Ostracism’s lingering effects on cognition and satisfaction of basic needs. Personality and Individual Differences, 76, 39-43.
  • Buelow, M. T., Okdie, B. M., & *Cooper, A. (2015). The Influence of Video Games on Executive Functions in College Students. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 228-234.
  • Cullum, J., Okdie, B. M., & Harton, H. C. (2011). From national relevance to local attitudinal norms regarding the Iraq war: The role of attitude importance and interpersonal influence. Social Influence, 6, 231-248.
  • Edlund, J. E., Nichols, A. L., Okdie, B. M., Guadagno, R. E., Eno, C. A., Heider, J. D., Hanson, E., Sagarin, B. J., Blackhart, G., Cottrell, C. A., & *Wilcox, T. W. (2014). The prevalence and prevention of crosstalk: A multi-institutional study. Journal of Social Psychology, 3, 181-185.
  • Ewoldsen, D. R., Eno, C. A., Okdie, B. M., *Velez, J. A., Guadagno, R. E., & DeCoster, J. (2012). Effect of Playing Violent Video Games Cooperatively Competitively on Subsequent Cooperative Behavior. CyberPsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 15, 1-4.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Lankford, A., Muscanell, N. L., Okdie, B. M., & McCallum, D. M. (2010). Social influence in the online recruitment of terrorists and terrorist sympathizers: Implications for social psychology research. International Review of Social Psychology, 23, 25-56.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Muscanell, N. L., Okdie, B. M., Burk, N. M., & Ward, T. B. (2011). Even in virtual environments women shop and men build: A social role perspective on Second Life. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 304-308.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Okdie, B. M., & Eno, C. (2008). Why do people blog? Personality predictors of blogging. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 1993-2004.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Okdie, B. M., & *Kruse, S. (2012). Dating deception: Gender, online dating, and exaggerated self-presentation. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 642-647.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Okdie, B. M., & Muscanell, N. L. (2013). Have we all Just Become ‘Robo-Sapiens’? Reflections on Social Influence Processes in the Internet Age. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 1-9.
  • Guadagno, R. E., Rempala, D. M., *Murphy, S. Q., & Okdie, B. M. (2013). Why do Internet videos go viral? A social influence analysis, Computers in Human Behavior, 6, 2312-2319.
  • Okdie, B. M., Ewoldsen, D. R., Muscanell, N. L., Guadagno, R. E., Eno, C. A., *Velez, J., Dunn, R. A., O’Mally, J., & Smith, R. L. (2014). Missed programs (There is no TiVo for this one): Why psychologists should study the media. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 180-195.
  • Okdie, B. M., Guadagno, R. E., Berneiri, F. J., Geers, A. L., & McLarney-Vesotski, A. R. (2011). Getting to know you: Face-to-face versus online interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 153-159.
  • Okdie, B. M., Guadagno, R. E., Petrova, P. K., & *Shreeves, W. B (2013). Social influence online: A tale of gender differences on the effectiveness of authority cues. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, 1, 20-31.
  • Okdie, B. M., Rempala, D. M., & Garvey, K. (2016). The first shall be first and the last shall be last: YouTube, Need For Closure, and campaigning in the Internet age. Personality and Individual Differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 89, 148-151.
  • Okdie, B. M., Rempala, D. M., & Garvey, K. (2013). Life in the bubble: An examination of the forwarding of political videos, Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 2425-2430.
  • *Vogel, E. A., Rose, J. P., Okdie, B. M., *Eckles, K., & *Franz, B. (2015). Who compares and despairs? The effects of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 249-256.

Other Publications:

  • Guadagno, R. E., Eno, C. A., & Okdie, B. M. (2009). Personal blogs: An individual difference approach. In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (Eds.), The handbook of research on social interaction technologies and collaboration software: Concepts and trends. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Okdie, B. M., & Guadagno, R. E. (2008). Social influence and computer-mediated communication. In K. St. Amant & S. Kelsey (Eds.), Handbook of research on computer mediated communication (pp. 477-491). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Courses Taught:

  • Advanced Data Analysis
  • Honors Introduction to Psychology
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Social Psychology
  • The Psychology of Social Media

Bradley M. Okdie
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University at Newark
1179 University Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
United States of America

  • Phone: (740) 755-7807
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