UMass Boston

Brandon Miller

Department:
Communication
Title:
Associate Professor
Location:
Wheatley Hall Floor 06
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Areas of Expertise

Media effects, Computer-mediated communication, Sexuality and Gender studies

Degrees

PhD (Communication), University of Missouri, 2016
MA (Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism), Syracuse University, 2008
BA (Political Science), Western University, 2007

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Miller, B., & Bond, B.J. (accepted at Western Journal of Communication). YouTube as LGBTQ space: The perspective of the content creators.
  • Miller, B. (accepted at Archives of Sexual Behavior). Going wild online: Exploring the posting of nude photos on Reddit in relation to self-esteem, perceived attractiveness, narcissism, and sensation seeking.
  • Aubrey, J.S., Miller, B., Bond, B.J., & Roberts, L. (2022). The lessons will be televised: Age- and genre-related differences in television portrayals of sexual consequences by gender. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Advance online publication.
  • Hardy, M.M., & Miller, B. (2022). Memorializing tragedy on Twitter: Analyzing #PrayforOrlando following the 2016 Pulse night club shooting. Communication Studies. Advance online publication.
  • Bond, B.J., & Miller, B. (2021). YouTube as my space: The relationships between YouTube, social connectedness, and (collective) self-esteem among LGBTQ individuals. New Media & Society. Advance online publication.
  • Riles, J.M., Funk, M., Miller, B., & Morrow, E. (2021). Inclinations toward intimacy: Mental health and interpersonal interaction in popular film. International Journal of Communication, 15, 2260-2280.
  • Riles, J.M., Miller, B., Funk, M., & Morrow, E. (2021). The modern character of mental health: A 30-year examination of popular film, Communication Studies, 72(4), 668-683. doi: 10.1080/10510974.2021.1953098
  • Miller, B. (2020). Investigating Reddit confessions: Disinhibited self-disclosure and its relationship with social connectedness, loneliness, perceived social support, and life satisfaction, The Journal of Social Media in Society, 9 (1), 39-62.
  • Miller, B. & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2020). Investigating the cultivation of masculinity and body self-attitudes for users of mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 21(2), 266-277. doi: 10.1037/men0000221
  • Miller, B. (2020). A picture is worth 1000 messages: Investigating face and body photos on mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(13), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1610630.
  • Bond, B.J., Miller, B., & Aubrey, J.S. (2019). Sexual talk, behavior, and consequences for lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters on television. Mass Communication & Society. Mass Communication & Society, 22(1), 72-95. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2018.1489058.
  • Miller, B. (2018). Textually presenting masculinity and the body on mobile dating apps for men who have sex with men. Journal of Men’s Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1060826518773417.
  • Behm-Morawitz, E., Miller, B., Lewallen, J. (2018). A model for quantitatively analyzing representations of social class in screen media. Communication Research Reports. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2018.1428544.
  • Miller, B. (2017). YouTube as educator: A content analysis of issues, themes, and the educational value of transgender-created online videos, Social Media + Society, 3(2). 10.1177/2056305117716271.
  • Bond, B., & Miller, B. (2017). From screen to self: The relationship between television exposure and self-complexity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. International Journal of Communication, 11, 94-112.
  • Behm-Morawitz, E., Choi, G., & Miller, B. (2017). Psychological perspectives on the impact of marketing and media on ethnic groups. In A. Blum (Ed.), Social issues in living color: Challenges and solutions from the perspective of ethnic minority psychology (pp. 283-304). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Books.
  • Miller, B., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2016). Exploring social television, opinion leaders, and audience reactions to Diane Sawyer’s coming out interview with Caitlyn Jenner, International Journal of Transgenderism. Advanced Online Publication. doi: 10.1080/15532739.2016.1260513.
  • Miller, B. (2016). A computer-mediated escape from the closet: Exploring identity, community, and disinhibited discussion on an Internet coming out advice forum. Sexuality & Culture, 20(3), 602-625. doi: 10.1007/s12119-016-9343-4.
  • Miller, B., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2016). “Masculine guys only”: The effects of femmephobic social networking application profiles on partner selection for men who have sex with men. Computers in Human Behavior, 62, 176-185. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.088.
  • Lewallen, J., Miller, B., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2016). Lifestyles of the rich and famous: Celebrity media diet and the cultivation of emerging adults’ materialism. Mass Communication and Society, 19(3), 253-274. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2015.1096945.
  • Miller, B. (2015). “Dude, where’s your face?” Self-presentation, self-description, and partner preferences on a social networking application for men who have sex with men: A content analysis. Sexuality & Culture, 19(4), 637-658. doi: 10.1007/s12119-015-9283-4.
  • Miller, B. (2015). “They’re the modern-day gay bar”: Exploring the uses and gratifications of social networks for men who have sex with men. Computers in Human Behavior, 51(A), 476-482. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.023.
  • Miller, B., & Lewallen, J. (2015). The effects of stereotypical and non-stereotypical portrayals of gay men on stereotype activation and homonegativity. Communication Studies, 66(3), 358-377. doi: 10.1080/10510974.2015.1018446.
  • Behm-Morawitz, E., Lewallen, J., & Miller, B. (2015). Real Mean Girls? Reality television viewing, social aggression, and gender-related beliefs among female emerging adults. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/ppm0000074.
  • Click, M., Miller, B., Behm-Morawitz, E., & Aubrey, J.S. (2015). Twi-dudes and Twi-guys: How male fans of Twilight interpret and engage with a feminized text. Men and Masculinities, 19(3), 219-239. doi: 10.1177/1097184X15575159.
  • Miller, B. (2014). Accentuating the queer: An examination of how LGBT websites framed the 2012 presidential election. Electronic News, 8(4), 260-273. doi: 10.1177/1931243114567567.

Additional Information

Brandon Miller (PhD, University of Missouri) is an associate professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His research explores sexual and gender minorities’ use of interactive media, and the effects of this usage on identity, relationships, and society. His research also investigates patterns in mass and user-generated representation of LGBTQ individuals and issues, with particular focus on online self-presentation, language usage, stereotypes, and the potential effects content may have on both LGBTQ and heterosexual, cisgender audiences. Current projects explore topics such as masculinity and body image on apps for men who have sex with men, media as an educational tool to reduce prejudice toward transgender persons, social connectedness and self-esteem in online queer space, mental health portrayals in film, Twitter reactions to the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, and television characters’ sexual behavior, talk, and consequences.

Professor Miller serves as secretary for the National Communication Association’s Caucus on LGBT Concerns, and is a research associate with the Media and Diversity Center at the University of Missouri. He has taught a variety of communication courses, including gender and communication, new media and identity, media and society, new technologies in communication, and interpersonal communication.