There have been increases in adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour over the last
two decades that coincide with the advent of social media (SM)(platforms that allow …

The human social world is orders of magnitude smaller than our highly urbanized world
might lead us to suppose. In addition, human social networks have a very distinct fractal …

Internet users are increasingly becoming self-publishing consumers. Applying the Uses and
Gratifications (U&G) perspective, this study investigated how people use TikTok in terms of …

The puzzle of whether digital media are improving or harming psychological well-being has
been plaguing researchers and the public for decades. Derived from media richness theory …

Theoretical and empirical work on digital media use and social connectedness has often
considered face-to-face communication to be an available option. But how do various digital …

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings
of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our …

Users have adopted a wide range of digital technologies into their communication
repertoire. It remains unclear why they adopt multiple forms of communication instead of …

Female gaming is a relatively under-researched area, and female gamers often report
experiencing harassment whilst playing online. The present study explored female …

One of the most striking changes in personal life during late modernity is the use of social
media for conducting personal relationships. These changes entail a growing significance in …

The capacity to collect fingerprints of individuals in online media has revolutionized the way
researchers explore human society. Social systems can be seen as a nonlinear …