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A typology of social media rituals
Given its massive volume and rapid development of new trends, the universe of user-generated content may seem utterly chaotic. Yet the flow of content is underlined by deep-rooted patterns of communication. In this article, we present the first…
When AI moderates online content: effects of human collaboration and interactive transparency on user trust
Given the scale of user-generated content online, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to flag problematic posts is inevitable, but users do not trust such automated moderation of content. We explore if (a) involving human moderators in the…
The Fake One is the Real One: Finstas, Authenticity, and Context Collapse in Teen Friend Groups
Research has shown that as individuals—particularly teenagers—navigate social media, they value authenticity, typically understood as congruence between their online and offline identities. Portraying oneself in an authentic manner, however, is…
I wanna share this, but...: explicating invested costs and
privacy concerns of social grooming behaviors in
Facebook and users’ well-being and social capital
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…
various and nuanced social grooming styles. However, its core assumptions have not been validated. Using a…
The detection of political deepfakes
Deepfake technology, allowing manipulations of audiovisual content by means of artificial intelligence, is on the rise. This has sparked concerns about a weaponization of manipulated videos for malicious ends. A theory on deepfake detection is…
The value affordances of social media engagement
features
Social media engagement is ubiquitous but contested, simultaneously framed as an everyday form of support and an urgent societal risk. To
make sense of these competing claims, we introduce the concept of value affordances, defined as the set of…
make sense of these competing claims, we introduce the concept of value affordances, defined as the set of…
Reclaiming agency in the digital neighborhood: an
ethnographic exploration of ethno-religious minority
youths’ performances of the masculine self
Self-presentation has been identified as a key practice within digital youth cultures. The scholarship on youths’ self-presentation has extensively
investigated how young people negotiate affordances in ways that optimally support their transitions…
investigated how young people negotiate affordances in ways that optimally support their transitions…
A replication and extension of the Personal Social Media
Ecosystem Framework
The recently forwarded Personal Social Media Ecosystem Framework (PSMEF) allows researchers to study social media in terms of generalized
types of user interfaces. This study formally extended the PSMEF via the Digital User Interface Model and…
types of user interfaces. This study formally extended the PSMEF via the Digital User Interface Model and…
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…