Psychology-infused research has always been a central section within the literature on
mobile media and communication, highlighting the diverse emotional, cognitive, social, and …

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 …

Media use varies between persons (person-specific variation) and within persons (situation-
specific variation, that is, the same individual uses media differently across situations) …

Researching people in their chaotic and complex everyday lives is challenging for
researchers at any time but especially during the application of social distancing measures …

New media technologies are often assumed to have negative effects on user's mental
health. However, several studies found no or only small effects. Building on a social …

Communication researchers have long sought to situate or contextualize media behaviors in
their natural settings. However, the many approaches taken to understand media behavior …

An increasing number of studies indicate that individuals have difficulties in exerting self-
control over media use, such as mobile messaging. Specifically, individuals frequently …

We investigate instant-messaging (IM) users' sense-making and practices around read-
receipts: a feature of IM apps for supporting the awareness of turn-taking, ie, whether a …

Communication technology enables employees to be constantly connected at the cost of
potentially blurring the boundaries between work and private life, which can be detrimental …

Investigating social media use effects on children's and adolescents' well-being is one of the
most contested research fields today. With a fast-growing literature, yet increasingly …