This study seeks to analyze the trends in research studies in the past decade which have
utilized Google Trends, a new source of big data, to examine how the scope of research has …

Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

The internet has fundamentally transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories
of mass or interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital world …

Invisible Search and Online Search Engines considers the use of search engines in
contemporary everyday life and the challenges this poses for media and information literacy …

We attempted to clarify the dimensions of e-service quality and their role in producing
perceived value and loyalty among customers of e-commerce websites. We particularly …

This article puts forward a theory of the role of digital media in social change. It begins by
criticizing three theories that currently dominate our understanding of digital media and of …

Misinformation threatens our societies, but little is known about how the production of news
by unreliable sources relates to supply and demand dynamics. We exploit the burst of news …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how meaning is assigned to online
searching by viewing it as a mundane, yet often invisible, activity of everyday life and an …

Excessive online advertising and the advent of its new media and formats, challenge the
understanding of how to use them effectively in order to break the clutter. This study adopts a …

China has in recent years seen the rapid adoption of multifunctional social networking
applications such as WeChat. This paper aims to explore if China's social stratification has …