Junwen Hu
@owenjw.bsky.social
📇Job market PhD candidate in Communication (Michigan State) | I study how media and messages shape relationships | Dissertating.
https://junwenhu.github.io
https://junwenhu.github.io
Daniel got no theory, but still a nobel in hand.
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Daniel got no theory, but still a nobel in hand.
Check out our latest work on how affordance may protect socially vulnerable individuals on digital platforms.
#OutNow in #iCS
Surveying 381 Chinese dating app users, Hu & Thomas show that anxious attachment is linked to feeling less successful and worse after use. Yet strong anonymity affordances soften these effects, suggesting design features matter for user well-being.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Surveying 381 Chinese dating app users, Hu & Thomas show that anxious attachment is linked to feeling less successful and worse after use. Yet strong anonymity affordances soften these effects, suggesting design features matter for user well-being.
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Are anxiously attached dating app users less successful and feeling worse after use? The moderating role of perceived anonymity affordance
Previous research has demonstrated that anxiously attached individuals have frustrating dating experiences in face-to-face communication. However, little research has tested the association between...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Check out our latest work on how affordance may protect socially vulnerable individuals on digital platforms.
New pub 🤳What do attachment anxiety and platform affordance say about dating app experiences? My coauthor Dr. Marina F. Thomas and I did a study to find out. Take a look via the link (open access). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are anxiously attached dating app users less successful and feeling worse after use? The moderating role of perceived anonymity affordance
Previous research has demonstrated that anxiously attached individuals have frustrating dating experiences in face-to-face communication. However, little research has tested the association between...
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New pub 🤳What do attachment anxiety and platform affordance say about dating app experiences? My coauthor Dr. Marina F. Thomas and I did a study to find out. Take a look via the link (open access). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I found a cute NCA guide from MSU’s Comm PhD intro class back in 2022, prepared and handed out to us by John (Sherry).
July 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I found a cute NCA guide from MSU’s Comm PhD intro class back in 2022, prepared and handed out to us by John (Sherry).
Thank you for reposting!! I’m excited when scholars’ ideas come together from different angles. My amazing coauthors, Amanda Holmstrom, @natpen.bsky.social and Jeffrey Hall. The data are from the American Friendship Project.
Another excellent study by @owenjw.bsky.social. Thanks to @psypost.bsky.social and Eric W. Dolan for mentioning my #SingleAtHeart book
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What friendships can tell us about life satisfaction among singles
Researchers examined how ten aspects of friendship relate to well-being among single adults. The results suggest that feeling satisfied with and capable of managing friendships may be more closely tie...
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July 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thank you for reposting!! I’m excited when scholars’ ideas come together from different angles. My amazing coauthors, Amanda Holmstrom, @natpen.bsky.social and Jeffrey Hall. The data are from the American Friendship Project.
I’m not a fan of articles that summarize findings as “nuanced”—if you can’t explain it in a nutshell, how do you expect your readers to do it?
July 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m not a fan of articles that summarize findings as “nuanced”—if you can’t explain it in a nutshell, how do you expect your readers to do it?
🤳NewPub w/ YooJung Oh: Ghosting, message delays, emotionally unavailable partner… online dating is fraught w/ distress. But some navigate it well. Read & see how mindsets about AI matchmaking @lieselsharabi.bsky.social shape dating outcomes! 🚀 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Stronger Algorithmic Beliefs Were Associated with More Benign Interpretations in Unideal Online Dating Scenarios | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Communication scholars have approached heterogeneous experiences in romantic interactions online from the perspective of algorithmic beliefs. People with higher algorithmic beliefs trust more that alg...
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June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🤳NewPub w/ YooJung Oh: Ghosting, message delays, emotionally unavailable partner… online dating is fraught w/ distress. But some navigate it well. Read & see how mindsets about AI matchmaking @lieselsharabi.bsky.social shape dating outcomes! 🚀 www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
🤳New pub alert! Emotional support is great—especially when messages are empathic, insightful. But, not all friends offer that kind of support. And interestingly, your own traits predict how likely you are to have the more helpful friends around. See my recent JSPR paper: doi.org/10.1177/0265....
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June 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🤳New pub alert! Emotional support is great—especially when messages are empathic, insightful. But, not all friends offer that kind of support. And interestingly, your own traits predict how likely you are to have the more helpful friends around. See my recent JSPR paper: doi.org/10.1177/0265....
🤳New pub: Can you be a happy single? Maybe-depending on your approach to friendships. Check out my paper with Amanda Holmstrom, @natpen.bsky.social, and Jeff A. Hall, using data from the American Friendship Project. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #relationship onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What Friendship Characteristics Are Associated With Well‐Being Among Unpartnered Individuals in the United States?
This paper replicates and extends prior work that demonstrated the general importance of friendships for maintaining well-being, with a focus on unpartnered/single individuals. Using data from two qu...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🤳New pub: Can you be a happy single? Maybe-depending on your approach to friendships. Check out my paper with Amanda Holmstrom, @natpen.bsky.social, and Jeff A. Hall, using data from the American Friendship Project. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #relationship onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I'm honored that my research was commented by Dr. DePaulo. In pop culture, a partner is often called "the one" whereas friends are "just friends". In my recent JSPR paper, it seems that there are good reasons to revisit our view of friendships. #relationship #depression doi.org/10.1177/0265...
June 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I'm honored that my research was commented by Dr. DePaulo. In pop culture, a partner is often called "the one" whereas friends are "just friends". In my recent JSPR paper, it seems that there are good reasons to revisit our view of friendships. #relationship #depression doi.org/10.1177/0265...