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“What Is Computer-Mediated Communication?”—An Introduction to the Special Issue
At a time when nearly all social activities could be, and likely are, mediated in some ways by some forms of computing technology, what should be the focus of CMC research? How do we theorize and study computer-mediated (or should we say…
Rise of Machine Agency: A Framework for Studying the Psychology of Human–AI Interaction (HAII)
Advances in personalization algorithms and other applications of machine learning have vastly enhanced the ease and convenience of our media and communication experiences, but they have also raised significant concerns about privacy, transparency of…
Authenticity Model of (Mass-Oriented Computer-Mediated Communication: Conceptual Explorations and Testable Propositions
While several major theories and models have emerged and guided research on computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the interpersonal context, equivalent theoretical development seems to be lacking in the study of mass-oriented CMC, despite a large…
Computer-Mediated Communication in the Age of Communication Visibility
This article argues that a distinctive aspect of computer-mediated communication (CMC) is the way it can make communication visible to others in ways that were previously impractical. We propose a theory of communication visibility that recognizes…
Explicating Cues: A Typology for Understanding Emerging Media Technologies
Cues have long been an important concept in computer-mediated communication (CMC), as several core theories have utilized cues to explain how they get filtered and interpreted through technologies. As computing technologies evolved, other related…
AI-Mediated Communication: Definition, Research Agenda, and Ethical Considerations
We define Artificial Intelligence-Mediated Communication (AI-MC) as interpersonal communication in which an intelligent agent operates on behalf of a communicator by modifying, augmenting, or generating messages to accomplish communication goals.…
Children’s mobile communicative practices and locational
privacy
Children start using smartphones increasingly from early ages. This makes it more difficult for them to develop an understanding of online privacy
and managing their personal data. Many parents monitor and regulate children’s online media use.…
and managing their personal data. Many parents monitor and regulate children’s online media use.…
Cutting the Cord: Social and Scholarly Revolutions as CMC Goes Mobile
Mobile media and communication (MMC) serve as the preferred context for going online among many individuals today and the only means for others less fortunate. As computer-mediated communication (CMC) increasingly goes mobile, scholars should bear in…
Are We Moving Towards Convergence or Divergence? Mapping the Intellectual Structure and Roots of Online Social Network Research 1997–2017
Online social networks (OSNs), comprised of varying types of relations among actors that interact through social technologies, are widespread in today’s media environment. However, questions remain whether we are moving towards convergence within the…
The Conduct and Consequence of Research on
Digital Communication
Research on digital communication is best served by concentrating not on current technological tools, but rather on the novel processes of social and communicative change to which such technologies are often closely linked. Thus, scholarship should…