Browse Items (18 total)

This manuscript presents findings from a preregistered mixed-method study involving 67,762 ecological momentary assessments and behav-
ioral smartphone observations from 1,315 adults. The study investigates (a) momentary associations between…

The relationships between active (e.g., creating content) and passive (e.g., scrolling) social media (SM) use (SMU) and mental health, wellbeing,
and social support outcomes have received significant attention, yet findings have been mixed. We…

This special issue collects studies about how gender divides manifest in digital environments, spanning online repositories, social media, and
AI-powered technologies. Computational research helps in assessing the nature and prevalence of gender…

Studies of gendered phenomena online have highlighted important disparities, such as who is likely to be elevated as an expert or face gender-
based harassment. This research, however, typically relies upon inferring user gender—an act that…

This study examines how gender stereotypes are reflected in discourses around controversial science issues across two platforms, YouTube
and TikTok. Utilizing the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects, we developed hypotheses and research…

Extensive research reveals gender gaps in social media expression, particularly women’s reduced propensity for sharing political information
and opinions. We examine the impact of political defeat on the gender gap in political expression on social…

This study sought to investigate whether scholarly impact and academic influence differ between men and women in the field of communica-
tion and the extent to which the gender gap has persisted on social media platforms, an arena increasingly used…

The underrepresentation of women in open-source software is frequently attributed to women’s lack of innate aptitude compared to men: natu-
ral gender differences in technical ability (Trinkenreich et al., 2021). Approaching code as a form of…

Social media mindsets are the core beliefs that orient individuals’ expectations, behaviors, attributions, and goals about social media’s role in
their lives. In four survey studies (N 1⁄4 2,179), we show people hold distinct mindsets about the…

This study investigates gender representation in artificial intelligence (AI)-related images across various digital spaces to understand potential biases
and visual narratives in the AI domain. We analyzed a dataset of 28,199 images from news media,…