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Communication
Cid Goncalves Filho, Flavia Braga Chinelato, Renata de Sousa da Silva Tolentino
Summary: This study examines the impact of consumer perceived ethics on consumer brand usage and brand connection of social networking sites during and after the COVID pandemic. The results show that affective engagement has higher relevance to driving self-brand connection among consumers in social isolation, and consumer perceived ethics consistently affects consumer engagement and involvement.
JOURNAL OF MEDIA ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Eliza Mitova, Sina Blassnig, Edina Strikovic, Aleksandra Urman, Claes de Vreese, Frank Esser
Summary: This study comparatively examines the influence of individual-level characteristics on the desirability of transparency and user control in news recommender systems (NRS) across different countries. The study shows that the desire for responsible NRS features is influenced by individual-level characteristics, but it varies across nations. The findings contribute to the development of responsible AI in journalism.
Article
Communication
Tess van der Zanden, Alexander Peter Schouten
Summary: This study investigates how the creativity criteria of novelty and appropriateness affect impressions of online dating profile owners. The findings suggest that appropriateness is a stronger determinant of romantic attractiveness, and the expectancy violations theory is a useful framework for studying creativity and impression formation in online dating.
Article
Communication
Reed M. Reynolds, Amanda J. Holmstrom, Samantha J. Shebib, David D. Clare, Ashley A. H. Edwards, Allison P. Mazur, Travis L. Poland, Morgan E. Summers, Haley R. Royer, Lu Zhang
Summary: This research examines the influence of characteristics of potential recipients on the production of esteem support messages. The study finds that the recipient's effort can affect the emotions and motivations of potential support providers, influencing the quality of esteem support messages.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Elena Bessarabova, Zachary B. Massey, Haijing Ma, Austin MacDonald, Nathan Lindsey
Summary: This study found that when mortality salience in the terror management health model was combined with freedom-limiting language, it effectively mitigated the maladaptive effects of reactance and increased intentions to purchase high-SPF lotion. This suggests that using freedom-limiting language may be effective in health-prevention messages attempting to communicate deadly health risks.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Jacqueline Mayfield, Milton Mayfield, Doreen Hanke
Summary: This study investigates the impact of leader's motivating language on employee gratitude, work engagement, and empowerment, and compares the differences between the USA and India. By distributing questionnaires to a diverse group of full-time employees using MTurk, the results demonstrate positive relationships between motivating language and employee gratitude, work engagement, and psychological empowerment in both countries. Gratitude partially mediates the relationships between motivating language and the two outcomes, but the strengths of these relationships differ between the two samples.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY
(2023)
Review
Communication
Francesca Sammut, Malcolm Bezzina, Josianne Scerri
Summary: This scoping review summarizes the experiences of journalists in online harassment. The review found that online harassment of journalists is widespread globally and has emotional and psychological consequences for individuals and the journalism industry as a whole. It also poses a threat to press freedom by promoting self-censorship. While there is significant knowledge about the experiences of female journalists, little is known about the impact on male journalists and those with marginalized identities. The review provides recommendations for mitigating the effects of cyberharassment on journalists at various levels.
JOURNALISM PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Communication
Emily Faux
Summary: This article intervenes in Critical Nuclear Studies by addressing the lack of engagement with popular culture in relation to nuclear weapons. By using Oppenheimer (2023) as a catalyst, it explores the role of the desert as a central setting for the origin story of nuclear weapons. The article demonstrates the complex literal and symbolic history of the desert intertwined with nuclear politics, and highlights its paradoxical meanings in popular culture.
MEDIA WAR AND CONFLICT
(2023)
Article
Communication
Aditi Rao, Rebecca Puhl, Kirstie Farrar
Summary: This study conducted a content analysis of images accompanying obesity-related news articles from the U.S. and U.K. It found that weight stigma is prevalent in news media, with persons of higher weight being portrayed in a stigmatizing manner. The study also highlighted the differences in stigmatizing images between the U.S. and U.K. news.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Chenyan Jia, Martin J. Riedl, Samuel Woolley
Summary: Automated tools for parsing and communicating information are increasingly associated with the production of journalistic content. The creation of automated journalism products heavily relies on successful actor networks within and outside organizations. Metrics for measuring the success of automated journalism vary but often focus on enhancing reporting activities and replacing repetitive tasks. Challenges in automated journalism include curating high-quality datasets and managing high stakes errors. Automated journalism is seen as a form of experimentation that helps organizations future-proof themselves.
JOURNALISM STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Communication
Shaheen Kanthawala, Kelley Cotter, Amy Ritchart, Ankolika De, Haley Mcatee, Connie Yun, Julia Decook
Summary: Algorithmic conspirituality is a belief that social media algorithms can intimately understand users and convey personally meaningful messages at the right moment. This study examines this concept through a thematic analysis of TikTok videos, identifying five dimensions of expression and explaining their relationship with the platform's features. Additionally, the study explores the potential positive and negative health outcomes of algorithmic conspirituality in areas such as mental health, smoking, ADHD, and body dysmorphia.
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Desiree Schmuck, Darian Harff
Summary: This study found that the level of institutional mistrust determines whether young people turn to social media influencers (SMIs) as a source of COVID-19 related information and whether they view them as role models when exposed to relevant content. Consulting SMIs who promote noncompliance as a source of COVID-19 information is also related to lower vaccination intentions.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Joo-Young Jung, Allison Kwesell, Lisi Mai
Summary: This study examines the Internet Connectedness and civic engagement in post-disaster Fukushima, Japan. The results of the study show that a broader Internet activity scope and perceiving the Internet as more central are positively related to stronger connections to online neighborhood storytelling networks and increased civic engagement on social media, subsequently affecting offline civic engagement. The study provides specific measures and guidelines for narrowing the digital divide and fostering community engagement, which are important for disaster preparedness and resilience.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Colter D. Ray, Nicholas T. Iannarino, Ningyang Ocean Wang, Brianna M. Matias, Abby W. Westerman, Julie N. Germann
Summary: This study explores the reasons why young adults struggle to provide or avoid providing support to young adult cancer patients, as well as the perceptions of young adult cancer patients regarding the lack of support they receive. The study identifies 21 barriers to the provision of social support, categorized into recipient-focused, supporter-focused, relationship-focused, and context-focused factors. Additionally, cancer patients can address the lack of support by being more direct in expressing their support needs and employing cognitive reappraisal strategies.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Steven R. Wilson, Dennis P. DeBeck, Jared V. Worwood, Joshua M. Scacco, Andrew Anderson, Melissa McCormick, Spencer Margulies
Summary: Drawing on the GPA model, this study examines how individuals encourage hesitant family members to get vaccinated for COVID-19. The results show that perceived threat, anticipated resistance, and political ideology impact individuals' efforts and message features. Liberal participants emphasize the primary goal and exert more pressure.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Elizabeth A. Hintz, Jiyoun Suk
Summary: Guided by the integrative theory of communication work, this study presents a computational and qualitative analysis of Reddit comments authored by patient-users living with chronic overlapping pain conditions. The findings revealed 35 topics and five thematic communities, which mapped onto and extended the typology of communication work and contributing factors, offering methodological, theoretical, and practical implications.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Huong Thi Ngoc Ho, Viet Hung Dinh, Quang Anh Phan
Summary: In a world of constant information and immediate communication, new media literacy is essential. This study analyzed the NML levels of 614 Vietnamese individuals and found that functional literacy is more effective than critical literacy. It also revealed that NML is influenced by age, time spent online, and social media profiles.
COMMUNICATION REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Jesper Stromback, Elina Lindgren, Yariv Tsfati, Alyt Damstra, Rens Vliegenthart, Hajo Boomgaarden, Elena Broda, Noelle Lebernegg, Sebastian Galyga
Summary: The transition to high-choice media environments has led to a shift in how people are exposed to information. Political opinion leaders play a crucial role in disseminating information, but they may also be more susceptible to politically motivated reasoning. Limited research has been conducted on the knowledge levels of political opinion leaders compared to others.
MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Xinyan Zhao, Wenlin Liu
Summary: This study investigates how individuals from diverse backgrounds reconstruct their interpersonal communication networks in response to an emerging disaster and examines the impact of such networks on disaster-coping outcomes. The findings suggest that individuals develop more racially heterogeneous and stronger interpersonal ties to rebuild their communication networks in the face of the 2021 Texas Winter Storm, with variations observed across major ethnic groups. Preexisting interpersonal communication relations both facilitate and constrain disaster network reconstruction.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Communication
Jana Rick, Thomas Hanitzsch
Summary: This paper proposes a theoretical model that determines the factors contributing to journalists' perception of precarity. It suggests that family responsibilities and personality traits are subjective factors influencing journalists' perceptions of precarity, and that perceptions of insecure employment conditions depend on the life stage of the worker.
JOURNALISM STUDIES
(2023)
