Media Effects Research Lab Research Archive All Research Categories Communication Technology Privacy Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction Information Seeking Personalization and Customization Interactivity and Persuasion Web Advertising Social Media Uses and gratifications Psychophysiology Source Credibility Internet Use Gaming Immersion Emotion and Video Games Race, Gender, and Stereotypes Computer-Mediated Communication Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction Avatars and Online Agents Entertainment Persuasion Social Influence Student Publication Category: Communication Technology Internet Use Looking for Love in Mediated Places: Online Dating, Channel Choice, and Relational Satisfaction Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion Source Credibility Internet Use AR for news Exploring its impact on emotions, perceived understandability, content credibility and sharing intention among news readers Communication Technology Web Advertising Social Media Internet Use Entertainment Persuasion To Face or Not to Face? Response Strategies to Cope with Face Threat on Instagram Communication Technology Source Credibility Persuasion Social Influence Does Video Production Value Influence the Credibility of Science Information Communication Technology Source Credibility Persuasion Social Influence Who’s Telling the Story? The Effects of Identity Cues and Advertisement Type on Chatbot Advertising Communication Technology Are Silent Speech Interactions the Future of Voice Activated Personal Assistants? Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion The Effects of Affective Framing and Interactivity on Persuasive e-Learning Communication Technology Gaming Gaming with Discord: Heuristic Evaluations of Customizable Interface Elements Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion Social Media “Video is So Cool, It Makes you Warm!”: The Effects of Mediated Priming on Prosocial Behaviors Communication Technology Information Seeking Interactivity and Persuasion Source Credibility Capitalizing on Clickbait: Identifying the Effects of Listicle Type, Length, and Sponsorship Communication Technology Information Seeking Interactivity and Persuasion Using Dual-Process Theory and Cues of Identifiability to Explain Supportive Exchanges on Social Ques Communication Technology Social Media ‘#nofilter’: Managing boundaries and self-presentations across Finstagram and Instagram Persuasion Social Influence Placemaking as community engagement for college students Communication Technology Social Media Social Influence Spiral of silence on social media: How perceived opinion climate, social media integration and attitude certainty influence the opinion expression of climate change Communication Technology Social Media Examining relationships among Instagram affordances, gratifications, and problematic Instagram use: A technological addiction perspective Communication Technology Social Media Retreat from curated reality: Investigating the relationship between personality traits, motivation, and Facebook disengagement Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion The nudge made me do it: Exploring nudge effectiveness in password management behavior Communication Technology Social Influence Understanding the relationship between leadership and diversity in CSR: Communication Technology Information Seeking Interactivity and Persuasion Gender matters? The effects of instructor gender on perceptions of do-it-yourself-tutorials Communication Technology Social Media Entertainment Self Representative Behaviors Among Instagram Users and their Effect of the Nature of Posts Communication Technology Source Credibility Internet Use Fake News Stories from Credible and Non-Credible News Organizations Communication Technology Social Media How Social Networking Impacts One’s State of Mind Communication Technology Source Credibility Persuasion Bandwagon Cues and Perceived Attitudes Communication Technology Source Credibility How Much Do Advertisements and Bandwagon Cues Affect the Reader’s Perceived Believability, Attention Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion Gaming Computer-Mediated Communication Evaluating Interactivity Types for Data Visualization in Virtual Reality Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion Social Media Persuasion The Effects of Interactivity-induced Control and Absorption on Persuasion Communication Technology Source Credibility Persuasion Exploring the Significance of Modality and Topic on Political Messages Communication Technology Interactivity and Persuasion Evaluating Human-likeness with Modality Difference in Virtual Assistant In VA Interaction Communication Technology Source Credibility Persuasion Corporate “Street Cred” in crises: Does who you are and what you say matter? Communication Technology Social Media Source Credibility Social Influence Finding credibility metrics through non-message related Twitter features Older ResearchNewer Research