New study: Shwadhin Sharma & Anita Khadka show how ChatGPT helps students in Nepal reduce cognitive load, lower anxiety, boost engagement, and support learning.
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New study: Shwadhin Sharma & Anita Khadka show how ChatGPT helps students in Nepal reduce cognitive load, lower anxiety, boost engagement, and support learning.
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@luytioco.bsky.social and Jason Cabañes argue for non-Western and Global South theory-building in mobile media research.
💡 A must-read for scholars seeking inclusive, contextualized approaches to mobile communication.
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@luytioco.bsky.social and Jason Cabañes argue for non-Western and Global South theory-building in mobile media research.
💡 A must-read for scholars seeking inclusive, contextualized approaches to mobile communication.
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In Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, phone numbers are more than technical identifiers, they function as tools of surveillance, control, and symbolic boundary-making.
New study by Tamar Ashuri, Malka Shacham & Dvora Vidmann
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In Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, phone numbers are more than technical identifiers, they function as tools of surveillance, control, and symbolic boundary-making.
New study by Tamar Ashuri, Malka Shacham & Dvora Vidmann
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Shuai Li reviews "Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice" (2021) by Max Schleser, a comprehensive exploration of how smartphones have reshaped filmmaking, visual storytelling, and creative practice.
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Shuai Li reviews "Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice" (2021) by Max Schleser, a comprehensive exploration of how smartphones have reshaped filmmaking, visual storytelling, and creative practice.
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Halima Lul Ali reviews "TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video" by Kaye, Zeng & Wikström (2022), examining TikTok as a mobile-first platform shaping creativity, labor, and power.
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Halima Lul Ali reviews "TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video" by Kaye, Zeng & Wikström (2022), examining TikTok as a mobile-first platform shaping creativity, labor, and power.
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Why?🧐
Digital & comp tools are central to our field, but scattered. MRR gives them a home - supporting transparency, reuse & recognition.🏠🤝
✍🏻 Editor @dscheykopp.bsky.social
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Why?🧐
Digital & comp tools are central to our field, but scattered. MRR gives them a home - supporting transparency, reuse & recognition.🏠🤝
✍🏻 Editor @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Learn more here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
💡Zheng Yang, Yuanting Huang, Mingyue Zhu, & Xi Lu show that the same platform produces different political engagement depending on the terminal used (📱 WeChat Mini Program, 📲 app, 🌐 mobile web, 🖥️ PC).
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💡Zheng Yang, Yuanting Huang, Mingyue Zhu, & Xi Lu show that the same platform produces different political engagement depending on the terminal used (📱 WeChat Mini Program, 📲 app, 🌐 mobile web, 🖥️ PC).
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Focus groups by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social, Stephen Katz, @socbarb.bsky.social & Kirsten L. Ellison show that older adults are capable, creative, and tech-savvy on their own terms.💡
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Focus groups by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social, Stephen Katz, @socbarb.bsky.social & Kirsten L. Ellison show that older adults are capable, creative, and tech-savvy on their own terms.💡
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📱👥 @anishaarenz.bsky.social & @annastockmann.bsky.social examine what triggers phone use while with others.
💡 Across 829 interactions, co-present use rose when others were on their phones or notifications appeared.
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📱👥 @anishaarenz.bsky.social & @annastockmann.bsky.social examine what triggers phone use while with others.
💡 Across 829 interactions, co-present use rose when others were on their phones or notifications appeared.
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Findings:
Nomophobia → self-control ⬇️ → academic achievement 📉
Nomophobia → self-esteem ⬇️ → mental health 💔
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Findings:
Nomophobia → self-control ⬇️ → academic achievement 📉
Nomophobia → self-esteem ⬇️ → mental health 💔
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Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
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Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
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"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
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#gamestudies #platformstudies
"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#gamestudies #platformstudies
💔 Key finding: Being phubbed threatens social needs, lowers mood, and reduces intention to interact.
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💔 Key finding: Being phubbed threatens social needs, lowers mood, and reduces intention to interact.
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Yongjian Li & Tonny Krijnen show how Chinese older seasonal migrants use Douyin (TikTok) to create hybrid digital–physical spaces and reimagine mobility.
💡 Their vlogs challenge ageist views with vitality and agency.
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Yongjian Li & Tonny Krijnen show how Chinese older seasonal migrants use Douyin (TikTok) to create hybrid digital–physical spaces and reimagine mobility.
💡 Their vlogs challenge ageist views with vitality and agency.
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💡 The study reframes digital inclusion through relational digital agency, highlighting choice, limits, and meaning in connection and disconnection.
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💡 The study reframes digital inclusion through relational digital agency, highlighting choice, limits, and meaning in connection and disconnection.
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📈 Key finding: For U.S. youth, reflective disengagement eases habitual checking stress 🧘- but can heighten it for compulsive checkers. 😣
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📈 Key finding: For U.S. youth, reflective disengagement eases habitual checking stress 🧘- but can heighten it for compulsive checkers. 😣
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A new study by Morley Weston, Daniel Vogler, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Pascal Jürgens & Mark Eisenegger finds:
⏰ Peaks on voting day
📉 Dips on weekends
📱 Spikes at first unlock
🔗 Boosts by social apps
#OpenAccess
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A new study by Morley Weston, Daniel Vogler, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Pascal Jürgens & Mark Eisenegger finds:
⏰ Peaks on voting day
📉 Dips on weekends
📱 Spikes at first unlock
🔗 Boosts by social apps
#OpenAccess
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kvgaever.bsky.social, daviddeseg.bsky.social, smurphee.bsky.social & Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele show how smartphone email, chat, work app & social media use shape time pressure and task juggling.
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In their new study, @renbarau.bsky.social, Rory Mulcahy & Aimee Riedel show how positively framed alerts can spark curiosity and boost engagement - even for those who usually avoid the news.
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In their new study, @renbarau.bsky.social, Rory Mulcahy & Aimee Riedel show how positively framed alerts can spark curiosity and boost engagement - even for those who usually avoid the news.
🔓 #OpenAccess
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Debjani Chakraborty & Chhavi Garg explore how older users navigate tech amid linguistic, social, and generational barriers—revealing how age, family, and culture shape digital life.
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Debjani Chakraborty & Chhavi Garg explore how older users navigate tech amid linguistic, social, and generational barriers—revealing how age, family, and culture shape digital life.
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This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, @annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘♀️
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This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, @annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘♀️
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Pei Shao’s study shows how families governed kids’ phone use, reshaping household space, family roles, and parenting under state oversight.
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Pei Shao’s study shows how families governed kids’ phone use, reshaping household space, family roles, and parenting under state oversight.
Read it here 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...