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- Collection: VOL 27 ISSUE 3 2022
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Rules for Mediated Romance: A Digital Exploration of How Couples Negotiate Expectations
Framed by expectancy violation theory, this study used joint interviews to explore why couples create communication rules for their technology use and what happens if the expectation is violated. Participants’ (n ¼ 36) narratives were analyzed…
Vicarious Interactions in Online Support Communities: The Roles of Visual Anonymity and Social Identification
Online information seekers often do not actively post or engage in interactions with others, inviting
research on how passive users of online communities benefit from the information they see. Based on the social identity model of deindividuation…
research on how passive users of online communities benefit from the information they see. Based on the social identity model of deindividuation…
Humor Reduces Online Incivility
Online incivility is a persistent issue facing many news and social media platforms. To better understand it, we examined whether humorous content reduced online incivility and whether the
(in)civility of another user might mitigate or amplify this…
(in)civility of another user might mitigate or amplify this…