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View article: Direct Replication in Experimental Communication Science: A Conceptual and Practical Exploration
Direct Replication in Experimental Communication Science: A Conceptual and Practical Exploration Open
Replication is generally considered a keystone of the scientific enterprise. Unfortunately, in communication science, there is a lack of clarity on what a replication actually entails, and to what extent replicators may deviate from origin…
View article: Engaging with Bot Narratives: The Audience Experience and Perceptions of Machine Script Writers
Engaging with Bot Narratives: The Audience Experience and Perceptions of Machine Script Writers Open
Use of AI technology for entertainment purposes is becoming more prevalent, which raises questions about how engagement with machine-generated narratives influences audiences’ enjoyment and perception of the story’s creator. We conducted a…
View article: Exposure to and Effects of International Entertainment on Streaming Platforms: A Review and Agenda for Future Media Psychology Research
Exposure to and Effects of International Entertainment on Streaming Platforms: A Review and Agenda for Future Media Psychology Research Open
The chapter draws from relevant literature in media psychology on the selection, use, and effects of entertainment media to inform an agenda for future research into international content on streaming services. Viewers may be less likely t…
View article: The dark at the end of the tunnel: Doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds.
The dark at the end of the tunnel: Doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds. Open
Doomscrolling refers to a unique media habit where social media users persistently attend to negative information in their newsfeeds about crises, disasters, and tragedies. Given the potential prevalence of this practice and its timely but…
View article: Supplemental Material for The Dark at the End of the Tunnel: Doomscrolling on Social Media Newsfeeds
Supplemental Material for The Dark at the End of the Tunnel: Doomscrolling on Social Media Newsfeeds Open
Doomscrolling refers to a unique media habit where social media users persistently attend to negative information in their newsfeeds about crises, disasters, and tragedies. Given the potential prevalence of this practice and its timely but…
View article: Media use and avoidance experiences during social distancing.
Media use and avoidance experiences during social distancing. Open
Media use significantly increased in many countries as shelter-in-place and social distancing measures were enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, little is known about what specific media were used; the emotional experiences u…
View article: Supplemental Material for Media Use and Avoidance Experiences During Social Distancing
Supplemental Material for Media Use and Avoidance Experiences During Social Distancing Open
Media use significantly increased in many countries as shelter-in-place and social distancing measures were enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Yet, little is known about what specific media were used; the emotional experiences us…
View article: Social comparison and envy on social media: A critical review
Social comparison and envy on social media: A critical review Open
There is both public and scholarly concern that (passive) social media use decreases well-being by providing a fertile ground for harmful (upward) social comparison and envy. The present review critically summarizes evidence on this assump…
View article: Plurality in the Measurement of Social Media Use and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Plurality in the Measurement of Social Media Use and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults Open
On a daily basis, individuals between 12 and 25 years of age engage with their mobile devices for many hours. Social Media Use (SMU) has important implications for the social life of younger individuals in particular. However, measuring SM…
View article: Overcoming challenges and leveraging opportunities
Overcoming challenges and leveraging opportunities Open
It is our great pleasure and honor to begin this year as the new co-editors of Media Psychology. For the four of us, Media Psychology has been an intellectual home throughout our academic lives—a c...
View article: Look Up, Look Down: Articulating Inputs and Outputs of Social Media Social Comparison
Look Up, Look Down: Articulating Inputs and Outputs of Social Media Social Comparison Open
Computer-mediated social comparisons have been identified as a threat to psychological well-being. Because online friends selectively self-present, social comparisons may be biased upward, producing feelings of inadequacy. However, earlier…
View article: Media for Coping During COVID-19 Social Distancing: Stress, Anxiety, and Psychological Well-Being
Media for Coping During COVID-19 Social Distancing: Stress, Anxiety, and Psychological Well-Being Open
In spring 2020, COVID-19 and the ensuing social distancing and stay-at-home orders instigated abrupt changes to employment and educational infrastructure, leading to uncertainty, concern, and stress among United States college students. Th…
View article: Self-control and need satisfaction in primetime: Television, social media, and friends can enhance regulatory resources via perceived autonomy and competence.
Self-control and need satisfaction in primetime: Television, social media, and friends can enhance regulatory resources via perceived autonomy and competence. Open
The relationship between self-control and media use is complicated. Loss of self-control capacity has been linked to generally higher levels of media use, which might represent self-regulatory failure, but could also be attempts at repleni…
View article: An Agenda for Open Science in Communication
An Agenda for Open Science in Communication Open
In the last 10 years, many canonical findings in the social sciences appear unreliable. This so-called “replication crisis” has spurred calls for open science practices, which aim to increase the reproducibility, replicability, and general…
View article: EVALUATING OCEANOGRAPHIC HYPOTHESES: THREE METHODS FOR TESTING IDEAS
EVALUATING OCEANOGRAPHIC HYPOTHESES: THREE METHODS FOR TESTING IDEAS Open
The disciplines of meteorology and oceanography are both vital to understanding the earth system. Throughout most of the last half century, meteorology has largely been a prognostic discipline. Forecasts made by meteorologists have been wi…
View article: Is That My Friend or an Advert? The Effectiveness of Instagram Native Advertisements Posing as Social Posts
Is That My Friend or an Advert? The Effectiveness of Instagram Native Advertisements Posing as Social Posts Open
Advertisers have turned attention to the popular photograph-based social network Instagram. One technique for reaching consumers has been advertisements resembling posts one's friends might make. These native advertisements use Instagram's…
View article: NCA 19 PC04: Getting Results that Survive: Improving Communication Science
NCA 19 PC04: Getting Results that Survive: Improving Communication Science Open
Pre-conference notes, schedule, and repository for Getting Results that Survive: Improving Communication Science.
View article: Health literacy and digital media use: Assessing the Health Literacy Skills Instrument – Short Form and its correlates among African American college students
Health literacy and digital media use: Assessing the Health Literacy Skills Instrument – Short Form and its correlates among African American college students Open
Improving health literacy is increasingly seen as a solution to health problems and inequalities. This study assesses how one of the more recent measures of health literacy, the Health Literacy Skills Instrument – Short Form, performs amon…
View article: Entertainment as a Creature Comfort: Self-Control and Selection of Challenging Media
Entertainment as a Creature Comfort: Self-Control and Selection of Challenging Media Open
A between-subjects experiment examined selective exposure to films in an imagined self-control scenario, and if exposure would be systematically related to perceptions of the film content as challenging, enjoyable, and a should versus a wa…
View article: (Don’t) Tell Me How It Ends: Spoilers, Enjoyment, and Involvement in Television and Film
(Don’t) Tell Me How It Ends: Spoilers, Enjoyment, and Involvement in Television and Film Open
As more people time shift their televsion viewing and engage in online discussions about entertainment media, public concern over spoilers, the premature disclosure of narrative outcomes, has increased. This article reports results from tw…
View article: Steer Clear or Get Ready: How Coping Styles Moderate the Effect of Informational Utility
Steer Clear or Get Ready: How Coping Styles Moderate the Effect of Informational Utility Open
A 2x3x2 between-subjects experiment tested the effect of informational utility on selective exposure to online news stories. Trait coping styles were tested as moderators of informational utility. Informational utility intensity, character…
View article: Motives for Online Friending and Following: The Dark Side of Social Network Site Connections
Motives for Online Friending and Following: The Dark Side of Social Network Site Connections Open
Motives for “friending,” following, or connecting with others on social network sites are often positive, but darker motives may also play an important role. A survey with a novel Following Motives Scale (FMS) demonstrates accordingly that…