Adolescence (the stage between 10 and 24 years) is a period of life characterised by
heightened sensitivity to social stimuli and the increased need for peer interaction. The …

Purpose Virtually all contemporary scientific papers studying careers emphasize its
changing nature. Indeed, careers have been changing during recent decades, for example …

Commercial social media are being increasingly adopted in formal learning settings even
though they have not been conceived specifically for education. Whereas highly popular …

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 …

This exploratory study seeks to understand the diffusion of disinformation by examining how
social media users respond to fake news and why. Using a mixed-methods approach in an …

Applying uses and gratifications theory (UGT) and social capital theory, our study examined
users of four social networking sites (SNSs)(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat) …

Parties are adapting to the new digital environment in many ways; however, the precise
relations between populist communication and social media are still hardly considered. This …

An extensive literature shows that social relationships influence psychological well-being,
but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We test predictions about online …

Ephemeral social media, platforms that display shared content for a limited period of time,
have become a prominent component of the social ecosystem. We draw on experience …