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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 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…

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…

Digital literacy research and practice typically presume certain conditions, such as an urban orientation and adequate, affordable access to
connectivity and devices. But these conditions are not universal; for example, people in small, rural/remote…

Drawing on theories of digital media (non-)use and well-being, this study examines how voluntary disconnection relates to subjective well-being
and what role digital skills play in this relationship. We rely on mobile experience sampling methods to…

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…

Context collapse occurs on social media platforms when different groups are mixed into one audience. To advance the understanding of the ex-
tensive and complex coping strategies people use to address context collapse, this study makes a conceptual…

The social grooming model (SGM), which theorizes social media users’ social grooming behaviors based on invested costs, is robust, reflecting
various and nuanced social grooming styles. However, its core assumptions have not been validated. Using a…

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…

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…