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Life fits home: Exploring people's experience with a COVID-19 tracing app in Turkey through a qualitative study Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Alper Alan
Mobile apps have been developed to manage COVID-19 in many countries. However, for these apps to be truly effective, they need to be widely adopted by society. To date, there has been less qualitative research on user experiences and perspectives on these apps. The goal of this study was to explore how users perceive and use different features of a COVID-19 tracing app provided in Turkey. Semi-structured
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Escaping the rough life of the street: Roofless people and mobile social media Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Vojtěch Dvořák
Roofless people are among the most vulnerable, marginalized, and silenced societal groups. However, access to social media through mobile devices may provide opportunities for battling their stigmatization, social exclusion, low self-esteem, and self-acceptance. This study aims to explore how people who are experiencing rooflessness use and represent themselves on social media. This qualitative study
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COVID-19 now and then: Reflections on mobile communication and the pandemic Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Adriana de Souza e Silva, Mai Nou Xiong-Gum
The COVID-19 pandemic may soon be coming to its end, but COVID-19 still kills thousands of people every single day (at time of writing). Even if COVID-19 now represents less of a health risk, and l...
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Mechanisms of maternal and paternal phubbing on adolescents’ self-control: The attenuating effect of having a sibling Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Xiaochun Xie, Xiangyun Tang, Siqi Wu, Xinyuan Shen
Parental phubbing refers to parents being distracted by their phone during an interaction with their child. The present study investigated how parental phubbing relates to adolescents’ self-control...
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Contact tracing apps, nationalism, and users with disability in the Global South: The faith in state and collective objective Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Abdul Rohman, Dyah Pitaloka
Contact tracing apps have magnified the potential usefulness of mobile media and communication technologies for responding to disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Their efficacy and eth...
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Perceived vs. observed mHealth behavior: A naturalistic investigation of tracking apps and daily movement Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Chang (Molly) Mao, Joseph B. Bayer, Morgan Q. Ross, Lisa Rhee, Huyen T. K. Le, Jerry Mount, Hsiu-Chi Chang, Yung-Ju Chang, Alexander Hedstrom, Shelly R. Hovick
Research on mHealth apps provides mixed evidence regarding their effectiveness for behavior change, including physical activity. Synthesizing prior perspectives, we test predictors of tracking app ...
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Mobilizing care? WeChat for older adults’ digital kinship and informal care in Wuhan households Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Haiqing Yu, Ge Zhang, Larissa Hjorth
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the digital amplify all aspects of our lives—work, sociality, health, intimacy, care, and inequality. In a time of restrictions and physical distancing, the role of the di...
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Networks in motion: The alliances of information communication technologies and mobility technologies during the 1918 influenza pandemic Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Miles C. Coleman, Will Mari
In this article, we turn back to the 1918 influenza pandemic to throw light on the alliances of information communication technologies and technologies of mobility (such as the car) during the pand...
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Pilgrimage to Fátima and Santiago after COVID: Dis/connection in the post-digital age Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Ana Jorge
This paper reports on a practice-centered study focusing on pilgrimage to explore mobile and digital media dis/connectivity in the context of a particular configuration of personal mobility. Pilgri...
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W(h)ither the device divide? Changing relationships between personal computer or mobile device with online activities Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Ronald E. Rice, Katy E. Pearce, Kevin J. Calderwood
The “device divide” occurs when uses of the Internet vary substantially by device. While the mobile phone was welcomed as a way to reduce the general digital divide, much early research presumed th...
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Google Maps’ COVID-19 layer as an interface for pandemic life Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Alex Gekker
The paper explores Google Maps’ COVID-19 layer, a special feature launched by the cartographic platform in September 2020, and shut down two years later. Through the reading of promotional corporat...
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The second-level smartphone divide: A typology of smartphone use based on frequency of use, skills, and types of activities Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Alexander Wenz, Florian Keusch
Smartphones have become one of the most frequently used devices for accessing the Internet. Although a growing body of research has examined the second-level digital divide with a focus on general ...
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Repurposing a WhatsApp group: How a fantasy cricket group transformed into a site of care and support during India's second wave of Covid-19 Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Aditya Deshbandhu, Sejal Sahni
Set in the context of India's second Covid-19 wave (April–June 2021), this article examines the transformation of a WhatsApp group originally created to study a pool of fantasy sport players into a...
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Overestimating or underestimating communication findings? Comparing self-reported with log mobile data by data donation method Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-11-25 Biying Wu-Ouyang, Michael Chan
Mobile phone usage is typically measured via self-reporting. However, scholars have questioned the validity of self-reported data, which may lead to Type I or Type II errors. Using an online survey...
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Situational boundary conditions of digital stress: Goal conflict and autonomy frustration make smartphone use more stressful Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Alicia Gilbert, Susanne E. Baumgartner, Leonard Reinecke
Mobile connectivity can negatively affect smartphone users by eliciting stress. Past research focused on stress-inducing potentials of smartphone use behaviors and, recently, on the cognitive-motiv...
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Does parental smartphone use predict parents’ perceptions of family life? An examination of momentary associations between parental smartphone use, parental experiences of quality time, and parental perceptions of difficult child behavior Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Floor Denecker, Lieven De Marez, Koen Ponnet, Mariek Vanden Abeele
This article reports the findings of a multi-method study that explored whether frequency and duration of parental smartphone use in the presence of children is associated with parents’ perceptions...
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Looking back to look forward: 5G/COVID-19 conspiracies and the long history of infrastructural fears Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Jordan Frith, Scott Campbell, Leah Komen
Almost as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading throughout much of the world, conspiracies arose that blamed the virus on the deployment of fifth-generation cellular networks (5G) infrastru...
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Playing remotely: The COVID-19 pandemic and mobile locative gaming in Northeast Brazil Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Luiz Adolfo Andrade, Jesse Nery Filho
Mobile locative games consist of a subset of mobile games that encourage players to go outside, by promoting outdoor activities and physical meetings. Because of this, their gameplay breaks the cor...
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Book readers in the digital age: Reading practices and media technologies Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Annika Schwabe, Lukas Kosch, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Günther Stocker
With the rising popularity of digital reading media, leisure reading is undergoing a transformation process. However, the reasons for readers to adopt e-book reading or to stick to traditional prin...
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Reluctant mobilism: Forced displacement Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-09-25 Maren Hartmann
The article returns to Maren Hartmann's 2013 concept of mediated mobilism, not only highlighting its current relevance, but also underlining its less convincing aspects. Emphasized is the enduring ...
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The relational ontology of mobile touchscreens and the body: Ambient proprioception and risk during COVID-19 Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Ingrid Richardson, Rowan Wilken
In this article, we explore the tension between the significance of touch as a vital sensory modality of human experience and how, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, proximity and (tactile) int...
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Mobile communication research in 15 top-tier journals, 2006–2020: An updated review of trends, advances, and characteristics Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Ran Wei, Jichen Fan, Jindong Leo-Liu
Benefiting from the smartphone turn in wireless telecommunication, studies about mobile telephony have continued to grow in the 3/4G era. To explore the growth trends in the 3/4G era, and what and ...
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Book Review: Smartphone Communication: Interactions in the App Ecosystem by Francisco Yus Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Jinmei Lyu
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Book Review: It Happened on Tinder: Reflections and Studies on Internet-Infused Dating by Amir Hetsroni and Meriç Tuncez (Eds.) Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Dean Inwood
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Corrigendum to “Book Review: Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance by Lucas Melgaço and Jeffrey Monaghan” Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-03-23
Kowalewski, M. (2022). Book Review: Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance by Lucas Melgaço and Jeffrey Monaghan. Mobile Media & Communication, 10(1), 157–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579211051851a
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Influence of professional mobile device usage on Work/Family Border Theory Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Sharon L. Storch, Anna Victoria Ortiz Juarez-Paz
The development of mobile communication technologies and their associated professional usage within the domestic (nonwork) sphere proves challenging to understand and to establish work–life balance. To understand the foundational decisions to incorporate technology (mobile devices) within our domestic time and space, this study explores how individuals use their mobile device for professional or work-oriented
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Business as usual? Taking stock of submissions and reviews two years after the first coronavirus lockdowns Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Veronika Karnowski, Thilo von Pape
Academic publishing is under increasing scrutiny for its role in reproducing gender inequality among academics (Lundine et al., 2019) and other inequalities related to such differences as authors’ ethnicity and geographic context (Collyer, 2018). Not only are scholarly publications a critical success factor at various stages of the academic career (Winslow & Davis, 2016), but they also constitute the
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Digital well-being in an age of mobile connectivity: An introduction to the Special Issue Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Minh Hao Nguyen
Although the ubiquitous connectivity afforded by mobile media brings benefits to people’s work, social, and leisure lives, these benefits are sometimes overshadowed by the burdens of 24/7 connectivity, which challenge the well-being of individuals and society. Digital well-being is an emerging concept that refers to how people experience these benefits and burdens. This Special Issue brings together
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Where horizontal and vertical surveillances meet: Sense-making of US COVID-19 contact-tracing apps during a health crisis Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Jeeyun (Sophia) Baik, Eugene Jang
Analyzing user reviews of seven US digital contact-tracing apps for COVID-19, this article unpacks how the new form of surveillance technology is understood and experienced by individuals during a global health crisis. The findings suggest that the app users felt empowered via self-tracking capacity and expressed community-level care and concerns, including those regarding the marginalized. At the
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COVID-19 surveillance in Israeli press: Spatiality, mobility, and control Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-12-29 Aya Yadlin, Avi Marciano
In March 2020, Israel passed emergency regulations authorizing its internal security agency to track citizens’ mobile phone geolocations in order to tackle the spread of COVID-19. This unprecedented surveillance enterprise attracted extensive media attention and sparked a vigorous public debate regarding technology and democratic values such as privacy, mobility, and control. This article examines
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Your phone ruins our lunch: Attitudes, norms, and valuing the interaction predict phone use and phubbing in dyadic social interactions Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Christiane M. Büttner, Andrew T. Gloster, Rainer Greifeneder
Phubbing—ignoring another person in order to use a smartphone instead—is an increasingly common behavior that disrupts interactions and harms relationships. Using the frameworks of the theory of planned behavior and an interaction value approach, we examined the driving factors of phubbing frequency. Four preregistered predictors were tested: attitudes toward phubbing, subjective norms of phubbing
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Book Review: Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance by Lucas Melgaço and Jeffrey Monaghan Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Maciej Kowalewski
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Book Review: Cell Tower by Steven E. Jones Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Devam Thapa
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You are not alone: Smartphone use, friendship satisfaction, and anxiety during the COVID-19 crisis Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Anja Stevic, Kevin Koban, Alice Binder, Jörg Matthes
Due to ‘stay-at-home’ measures, individuals increasingly relied on smartphones for social connection and for obtaining information about the COVID-19 pandemic. In a two-wave panel survey (NTime2 = 416), we investigated associations between different types of smartphone use (i.e., communicative and non-communicative), friendship satisfaction, and anxiety during the first lockdown in Austria. Our findings
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How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM3UNE) Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-11-22 Frank M. Schneider, Sarah Lutz, Annabell Halfmann, Adrian Meier, Leonard Reinecke
Using mobile media can be both detrimental and beneficial for well-being. Thus, explaining how and when they elicit such effects is of crucial importance. To explicate boundary conditions and processes for digital well-being, this article introduces the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM³UNE). Instead of assuming mobile media to be pathogenic, the IM³UNE offers a salutogenic
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A meta-analysis of the overall effect of mHealth physical activity interventions for weight loss and the moderating effect of behavioral change theories, techniques, and mobile technologies Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Yan Qin, Xiaojing (Romy) Wang, Namkoong Kang
Mobile technologies offer the potential for efficacious and cost-effective lifestyle interventions for weight loss. Extant research indicates that mobile health (mHealth) lifestyle interventions are potentially effective and practical methods of weight loss, but it is less known what intervention characteristics are associated with weight loss effects. This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness
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Oh, no, Pokémon GO! Media panic and fear of mobility in news coverage of an augmented reality phenomenon Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Tal Laor, Hananel Rosenberg, Nili Steinfeld
Media panics research is concerned with widespread social anxiety formed around a new technology or medium. This study adds to existing research by characterizing a new form of media panic around augmented reality applications, and specifically that which erupted concerning Pokémon GO, a popular augmented reality game. Based on a content analysis of items related to the game published in Israel's major
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Datafied mobile markets: Measuring control over apps, data accesses, and third-party services Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-11-02 Sofie Flensburg, Signe S. Lai
The increasing use of mobile applications (apps) has turned data harvesting, mining, and distribution into commercial as well as functional backbones of mobile communication. Acknowledging that contemporary markets for mobile communication are increasingly datafied, this article maps and discusses how infrastructures for mobile datafication are controlled. It combines perspectives from critical data
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Disciplining the Akratic user: Constructing digital (un)wellness Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-10-18 Chad J. Valasek
Contemporary discourse around digital well-being tends to focus on self-control when it comes to “addicting” social media apps and digital devices. By acting on behalf of users, designers and engineers promote various self-regulating products and services in order for users to “fix” the distractible brains of typical users. This paper explores the role of the history of psychology on user-experience
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Book Review: Jeremy W. Morris and Sarah Murray (Eds), Appified: Culture in the age of apps Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Jiaxi Hou
gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/redmi-gaming-phone-launch-april-end-xiaomi-call-of-dutymobile-partnership-lu-weibing-2412567 Livingstone, S. (2020). Digital by default: The new normal of family life under COVID-19. Parenting for a Digital Future. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2020/05/13/ digital-by-default/ Navani, R. (2021). Why India’s gaming industry is on the rise. World Economic
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Book Review: Aditya Deshbandhu, Gaming Culture(s) in India: Digital Play in Everyday Life Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Devina Sarwatay
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Studying problems, not problematic usage: Do mobile checking habits increase procrastination and decrease well-being? Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-08-04 Adrian Meier
Most prior research on the effects of mobile and social media on well-being has worked from either the “technology addiction” or “screen time” approach. Yet these frameworks struggle with considerable conceptual and methodological limitations. The present study discusses and tests an established but understudied alternative, the technology habit approach. Instead of conflating mobile usage with problems
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The (other) two percent also matter: The construction of mobile phone refusers Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-08-04 Hananel Rosenberg, Kalia Vogelman-Natan
Technological resistance practices hold significant insights regarding the media’s role as much as its adoption and usage practices. However, studies examining media non-use have generally overlooked mobile phone resisters—individuals voluntarily deciding not to own mobile phones. Based on 25 in-depth interviews with mobile phone refusers, this study presents two refuser types differing in refusal
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Digital detox: An effective solution in the smartphone era? A systematic literature review Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-07-15 Theda Radtke, Theresa Apel, Konstantin Schenkel, Jan Keller, Eike von Lindern
Smartphone use, e.g., on social network sites or instant messaging, can impair well-being and is related to clinical phenomena, like depression. Digital detox interventions have been suggested as a solution to reduce negative impacts from smartphone use on outcomes like well-being or social relationships. Digital detox is defined as timeouts from using electronic devices (e.g., smartphones), either
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Book Reviews: Germaine Halegoua, The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-07-06 Andrew Hutcheon,Jess Hardley
In The Digital City, Germaine Halegoua offers a broad and refreshing examination of the state of the smart city and its (potential) inhabitants. The book draws on information emerging from some key smart city sites across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S., including “smart-from-the-start” cities such as Masdar City and the Songdo IBD, and extensive fieldwork, especially near ground zero of
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WhatsApp group as a shared resource for coping with political violence: The case of mothers living in an ongoing conflict area Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-06-11 Yuval Roitman, Daphna Yeshua-Katz
In recent years, mobile media applications have become a significant resource for crisis communication and communal coping during natural disasters and wars. Drawing on communal coping and media affordance research, we examined the roles that a WhatsApp group plays for mothers living in an ongoing conflict area. We examined, through in-depth interviews, a local WhatsApp group operating in a community
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Parental surveillance and parenting styles: Toward a model of familial surveillance climates Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-05-27 Avi Marciano
This study examines parental surveillance of preadolescents based on location-tracking applications installed on their smartphones. Applying reflexive thematic analysis to 24 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with mothers of middle-school children, the study asks how mothers with different parenting styles describe their surveillance ideologies and practices, and what are the sociocultural imageries
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A galaxy of apps: Mobile app reliance and the indirect influence on political participation through political discussion and trust Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-05-09 Thomas J. Johnson, Magdalena Saldaña, Barb K. Kaye
The power of app-driven mobile phones was first unleashed in 2011 when they were used to mobilize protesters and gain support for political movements in the United States and abroad. Mobile devices have since become the bedrock of political activism. To examine the influence of app reliance on offline and online political participation, this study builds on the Orientation-Stimulus-Reasoning-Orientation-Response
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Book review: Amit S. Rai, Jugaad Time: Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-04-26 Yu-Wei Lin
The second section—Practices and Performances—complicates the human–technology relationship in ambient play with the introduction of multispecies approaches to ambient play. This section explores the affective qualities of ambient play as the observation of a performance of play becomes an experience of play in and of itself. In Morethan-Human Play, the authors reflect on the role of domestic animals
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Book review: Ana Serrano Tellería (ed.), Between the Public and Private in Mobile Communication Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-04-26 Pengxiang Li
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The Tinder Games: Collective mobile dating app use and gender conforming behavior Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-04-16 Sabrina Sobieraj, Lee Humphreys
Mobile dating apps like Tinder became very popular among young adults, and, in contrast to mobile dating websites, they were designed to create a more game-like experience. While it is well documented that seeking entertainment is one core motivation for mobile dating app use, the social nature of entertainment has garnered less attention. Therefore, in this paper we draw on research on entertainment
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Caught in the moment: Are there person-specific associations between momentary procrastination and passively measured smartphone use? Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-03-05 George Aalbers, Mariek M. P. vanden Abeele, Andrew T. Hendrickson, Lieven de Marez, Loes Keijsers
Procrastination is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon. Although research suggests smartphones might be involved, little is known about the momentary association between different patterns of smartphone use and procrastination. In a preregistered study, 221 students (Mage = 20, 55% female) self-reported procrastination five times a day for 30 days (i.e., experience sampling method) while their smartphone
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Book review: Larissa Hjorth & Ingrid Richardson, Ambient Play Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Tina Tianyi Liu
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Family technoference: Exploring parent mobile device distraction from children’s perspectives Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Anneleen Meeus, Lennert Coenen, Steven Eggermont, Kathleen Beullens
The goal of the present study is to understand how preadolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ mobile device distraction (“technoference”) are related to their global assessment of family satisfaction. Building on existing research, a model is established that investigates this association through three mediators: parent–child conflict; companionship; and perceived emotional support. Data from a
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Explicating self-phones: Dimensions and correlates of smartphone self-extension Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Morgan Quinn Ross, Joseph B. Bayer
Given its role as a constant companion, the mobile phone has long been thought of as an extension of the self. However, the psychology of smartphone self-extension has received relatively little attention through empirical research. By explicating theorized facets of self-extension, we explore the dimensionality of smartphone self-extension and examine how established psychological orientations map
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Mobile bystanders and rubbernecks, disaster tourists, and helpers. Towards a theoretical framework for critically studying action possibilities at accident sites Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-01-30 Linus Andersson, Ebba Sundin
This article addresses the phenomenon of mobile bystanders who use their smartphones to film or take photographs at accident scenes, instead of offering their help to people in need or to assist medical units. This phenomenon has been extensively discussed in Swedish news media in recent years since it has been described as a growing problem for first responders, such as paramedics, police, and firefighters
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Book review: Jane Vincent and Leslie Haddon (Eds.), Smartphone cultures Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Ludmila Lupinacci
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Book review: Gabriele Balbi and Paolo Magaudda, A history of digital media: An intermedia and global perspective Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Richelle M Crotty
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Failed hybrids: The death and life of Bluetooth proximity marketing Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Gabriel Nicholas, Aaron Shapiro
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons were once heralded as the “holy grail of marketing,” a “cookie” for the physical world. An entire industry—proximity marketing—evolved to capture value from beaco...
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Mobile phones in the spread of unreliable information on Twitter: evidence from the 2017 French presidential campaign Mobile Media & Communication (IF 3.859) Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Julien Figeac, Pierre Ratinaud, Nikos Smyrnaios, Guillaume Cabanac, Ophélie Fraisier-Vannier, Tristan Salord, Fanny Seffusatti
This article analyzes the spread of unreliable information on Twitter during the 2017 French presidential campaign, focusing on the use of mobile phones with regard to information-sharing behavior....