About me
Hi I'm Jack, and I recently graduated from Michigan State University with an M.A. in Media and Information. I also completed my undergraduate degree at Michigan State University, graduating with high honors with a B.S. in Human Biology. Currently, I am assisting with research in various topics pertaining to media psychology at Michigan State. My thesis was focused on research that examined the connection between narrative selection and cognitive dissonance. The aim of this research was to reveal how the narratives we opt for might address cognitive inconsistencies to offer insights into the cognitive mechanisms of narrative persuasion and its implications for decision-making and belief formation. Additionally, I am currently working on a research paper titled "Deepfaking medical images: Eroding trust in medical diagnosis" that examines the potential threat of deepfake medical images, their generation through generative adversarial networks, and the potential injection points in the cybersecurity of hospital networks.