Search Results - "Human communication research"

Parasocial Interaction and Parasocial Relationship: Conceptual Clarification and a Critical Assessment of Measures by Dibble, Jayson L., Hartmann, Tilo, Rosaen, Sarah F.

“…Parasocial interaction and parasocial relationship are often conflated conceptually and methodologically, leaving researchers unclear as to which concept is…”
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Pornography Consumption and Satisfaction: A Meta‐Analysis by Wright, Paul J., Tokunaga, Robert S., Kraus, Ashley, Klann, Elyssa

“…A classic question in the communication literature is whether pornography consumption affects consumers' satisfaction. The present paper represents the first…”
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My AI Friend: How Users of a Social Chatbot Understand Their Human–AI Friendship by Brandtzæg, Petter Bae, Skjuve, Marita, Følstad, Asbjørn

“…Use of conversational artificial intelligence (AI), such as humanlike social chatbots, is increasing. While a growing number of people is expected to engage in…”
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Relational Turbulence Theory: Explaining Variation in Subjective Experiences and Communication Within Romantic Relationships by Solomon, Denise Haunani, Knobloch, Leanne K., Theiss, Jennifer A., McLaren, Rachel M.

“…This essay extends the relational turbulence model as a framework for understanding communication in romantic relationships. Following the relational…”
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Revising the Communication Mediation Model for a New Political Communication Ecology by Shah, Dhavan V., McLeod, Douglas M., Rojas, Hernando, Cho, Jaeho, Wagner, Michael W., Friedland, Lewis A.

“…A long tradition of research focuses on conversation as a key catalyst for community integration and a focal mediator of media influence on participation…”
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Understanding Self‐Effects in Social Media by Valkenburg, Patti M.

“…The aim of this article is to improve understanding of self‐effects in social media, and to compare self‐effects with reception effects. Self‐effects are the…”
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When News Meets the Audience: How Audience Feedback Online Affects News Production and Consumption by Lee, Eun‐Ju, Tandoc, Edson C.

“…Innovations in communication technology have changed the way news is produced and consumed. Various digital platforms, ranging from news websites to social…”
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Partisan Provocation: The Role of Partisan News Use and Emotional Responses in Political Information Sharing in Social Media by Hasell, A., Weeks, Brian E.

“…Citizens increasingly rely on social media to consume and disseminate news and information about politics, but the factors that drive political information…”
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The Nature of Psychological Reactance Revisited: A Meta-Analytic Review by Rains, Stephen A.

“…Psychological reactance (Brehm, 1966; Brehm & Brehm, 1981) has been a long‐standing topic of interest among scholars studying the design and effects of…”
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Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization by Kelly Garrett, R., Gvirsman, Shira Dvir, Johnson, Benjamin K., Tsfati, Yariv, Neo, Rachel, Dal, Aysenur

“…The American electorate is characterized by political polarization, and especially by increasingly negative affective responses toward opposing party members…”
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Opinion Climates in Social Media: Blending Mass and Interpersonal Communication by Neubaum, German, Krämer, Nicole C.

“…Social media's capacity for users to generate, comment on, and forward content (including mass media messages) to other users has created new forms of mass…”
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I Don't Like You Because You're Hard to Understand: The Role of Processing Fluency in the Language Attitudes Process by Dragojevic, Marko, Giles, Howard

“…Two experiments examined the effects of processing fluency—that is, the ease with which speech is processed—on language attitudes toward native‐ and…”
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"Leave Your Comment Below": Can Biased Online Comments Influence Our Own Prejudicial Attitudes and Behaviors? by Hsueh, Mark, Yogeeswaran, Kumar, Malinen, Sanna

“…Increased use of online communication in everyday life presents a growing need to understand how people are influenced by others in such settings. In this…”
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Developing and Validating the Perceived Parental Media Mediation Scale: A Self-Determination Perspective by Valkenburg, Patti M., Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor, Hermanns, Jo, de Leeuw, Rebecca

“…The aim of this study was to develop the Perceived Parental Media Mediation Scale (PPMMS). The PPMMS measures adolescents' perceptions about how frequently…”
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Explaining the Effects of Narrative in an Entertainment Television Program: Overcoming Resistance to Persuasion by Moyer-Gusé, Emily, Nabi, Robin L.

“…Research has examined the ability of entertainment‐education (E‐E) programs to influence behavior across a variety of health and social issues. However, less…”
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Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications Beyond Hedonism by Oliver, Mary Beth, Bartsch, Anne

“…This article elaborates upon the notion of media enjoyment in the context of film viewing by proposing a complementary type of gratification that we…”
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Story Perspective and Character Similarity as Drivers of Identification and Narrative Persuasion by Hoeken, Hans, Kolthoff, Matthijs, Sanders, José

“…Identification with a character is an important mechanism of narrative persuasion. In 2 studies, the impact of character similarity on identification was…”
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Media Multitasking Effects on Cognitive vs. Attitudinal Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis by Jeong, Se-Hoon, Hwang, Yoori

“…Despite the recent proliferation of research on media multitasking, a comprehensive meta‐analytic review of its effects has not been available. Based on a…”
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Slacking Off or Winding Down? An Experience Sampling Study on the Drivers and Consequences of Media Use for Recovery Versus Procrastination by Reinecke, Leonard, Hofmann, Wilhelm

“…Today's constant availability of media content provides users with various recreational resources. It may also challenge self‐control, however, once media…”
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Mobile Persuasion: Can Screen Size and Presentation Mode Make a Difference to Trust? by Kim, Ki Joon, Sundar, S. Shyam

“…Guided by the Modality, Agency, Interactivity, and Navigability (MAIN) model of technology effects and the heuristic–systematic model (HSM) of information…”
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