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Digital Distraction or Stimulated Self-Disclosure: Preadolescents’ Mobile Device Use in the Family Context
This study explored the social repercussions of preadolescents’ mobile device use within the
family context by testing two opposing predictions regarding the impact of technology on the quality of interpersonal relationships. Specifically, we…
family context by testing two opposing predictions regarding the impact of technology on the quality of interpersonal relationships. Specifically, we…
Good News! Communication Findings May be Underestimated: Comparing Effect Sizes with Self-Reported and Logged Smartphone Use Data
Despite long-standing concerns over self-reported measures of media use, media research has relied heavily on self-reported data. This study not only examined discrepancies between survey
and logged smartphone data but assessed whether…
and logged smartphone data but assessed whether…
Don’t Stress Me Now: Assessing the Regulatory Impact of Face-to-Face and Online Feedback Prosociality on Stress During an Important Life Event
This study investigates the interplay between online and face-to-face (FtF) feedback on stress during an important life event. We present data on a two-month, six-wave longitudinal study of 468 Chilean adolescents across three important stages of a…
Failure to Launch: Competing Institutional Logics, Intrapreneurship, and the Case of Chatbots
This article explores the institutional logics of intrapreneurial units, or groups within organizations that are designated to foster organizational innovation. Drawing on interviews with news intrapreneurs developing chatbots in news media…
Plural and Porous: Reconceptualizing the Boundaries of Mobile Messaging Group Chats
In the nascent literature on mobile messaging groups—commonly referred to as “group chats”—
there is a tendency to see them as clearly bounded units of interaction with highly-defined borders. While valuable at times, this approach does not fully…
there is a tendency to see them as clearly bounded units of interaction with highly-defined borders. While valuable at times, this approach does not fully…
Victims’ Goal Understanding, Uncertainty Reduction, and Perceptions in Cyberbullying: Theoretical Evidence From Three Experiments
Cyberbullying is repetitive and aggressive behavior transmitted through mediated channels aimed at directing malice toward a victim with a to-harm goal. Three experiments manipulated a cyberbully’s
identity uncertainty—each employing different…
identity uncertainty—each employing different…
Privacy Management and Self-Disclosure on Social Network Sites: The Moderating Effects of Stress and Gender
A plethora of research has examined the effects of privacy concerns on individuals’ self-disclosure on social network sites (SNSs). However, most studies are based on the rational choice paradigm, without taking into account the influence of…
Sticker and Emoji Use in Facebook Messenger: Implications for Graphicon Change
This study posits that graphicon use follows an evolutionary trajectory characterized by stages.
Drawing on evidence that the uses and functions of emoticons have changed over time and that the introduction of emoji affected the popularity and usage…
Drawing on evidence that the uses and functions of emoticons have changed over time and that the introduction of emoji affected the popularity and usage…
A Bigger Pie: The Effects of High-Speed Internet on Political Behavior
The impact of broader media choice on political behavior is central to the study of political communication. The availability of high-speed Internet, which allows for high bandwidth media
on demand, has given consumers virtually unlimited…
on demand, has given consumers virtually unlimited…