Human Communication and Technology Research

Discourses of Change: Dialectics in the Meaning of Privacy in Sociotechnical Realms

Building upon a reconceptualization of privacy, this project examines the discursive construction of the meaning of privacy to young adults.

Identity, Marginalization, and the Internet: Differentiating Traditional and Social Media Use

Empowered identity, internet access, and marginalized persona were examined as predictors of receivers' (N = 2271) media use.

Mobile Multitasking: Development of the Electronic Whispering Scale

This study relies on the theoretical concepts of social multitasking (Baron, 2008) to develop a scale to measure the communicative functions of mobile multitasking.

In-person Contact Begets Calling and Texting: Cell Phone Use, Interpersonal Motives, Ftf Interactions, and Loneliness

This study investigated cell phone use and its relationships to interpersonal motives for using cell phones, face-to-face communication, and loneliness.