AsianCommRsrc

This is the official Twitter account of the peer-reviewed journal, Asian Communication Research published by Korean Society for Journalism & Communication Studies. We will tweet articles published in the journal as well as calls for special issues.

@NIU_DeptofComm The authors present and test their new "model of injunctive normative influence" that seeks to understand how communication affects injunctive normative pressure. They look at the role of guilt as a mediator of message perceptions and behavioral intentions. 2/2

New article from D. D. Henningsen and M. L. M. Henningsen of @NIU_DeptofComm : "Open Wide and We’ll See How You’ve Done: Proposing and Testing a Model of Injunctive Normative Influence in Dentist-Patient Interactions about Flossing" #HealthComm 1/

test that examined the effects of exposure to aggressive, gender-based comments on experience of negative emotions and support for government social media moderation 2/2

New Article: Can Social Media Be a Place for Women? Effects of Aggressive Comments on User Engagement in Collective Action for Gender Equality in China by Huanlin Li, Ziyang Xie, &Jisu Kim social identity model of deindividuation effect (SIDE) model 1/ doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

@olivermb the role of media in shaping our social lives. They suggest those interested in positive media psychology give more attention to the concepts of cognitive empathy and synchrony.

The next Hidden Gem article from Mary Beth Oliver (@olivermb ) et al. They ask us to revisit Joshua Meyrowitz’s book "No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior" (1985) to remind us of the importance of connectedness and 1/ doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

@GABhash @hanwoopark international internet using multiple forms of data at multiple levels. This project was an early use in the field of Communication of #bigdata and provides helpful context to internet researchers in understanding the internet as a series of "small worlds." 3/3

@GABhash @hanwoopark Their 1st hidden Gem (Nam & Barnett, 2010) examined adoption and disadoption data from South Korea and found important variations in the shape of trends, with implications for understanding diffusion. Their 2nd (Barnett & Park, 2014), examined the structure of the 2/

Next in the Hidden Gems series: George Barnett (@GABhash) and Han Woo Park (@hanwoopark ) first discuss how the fragmented nature of the field of Communication contributes to how many important papers are missed. 1/ doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

@NarrProf for someone's misfortunes occur for strangers and friends alike but to feel good about someone's positive outcomes, we need a stronger link to them. Green suggests that in general, those studying narratives need to consider research on interpersonal processes. 2/2

Our second paper in the new issue on Hidden Gems in Media Research is from @NarrProf Melanie Green, who argues that comm, especially those interested in narratives, should focus on some work on interpersonal perception that found that sympathy 1/2 acr.comm.or.kr/xml/39538/3953…

attention. Interestingness is a function of the extent to which disparate phenomena can be explained with a smaller number of constructs. As such, Katz argues it should be an important consideration in our theory-building.

We are starting to publish the second round of Hidden Gems papers, this issue focusing on Media. Our first is from James E. Katz, he points to a 1971 paper on the importance of "interestingness" in predicting which theories capture public and academic 1/2 acr.comm.or.kr/xml/39537/3953…

New paper out! Boster, Shaw, & Anthony conducted a study testing ways to increase the accuracy of self-reports of sensitive behaviors. They found a survey on a computer worked as well as more resource-intensive methods: doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

New article by Ralf Schmälzle and @huskey about the issue of when to consign constructs to the "construct dump" Boster recently suggested in his article in ACR. They focus on the need for constructs across levels of theorizing include bio and behavior doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

Construct Dump and no more used in our research. His examples include: 1-factor Machiavellianism 1-factor opinion leadership Communication Anxiety as separate from other traits Lack of social support & Loneliness as separate

New invited essay here at ACR: acr.comm.or.kr/_common/do.php… Frank Boster has written an engaging and provocative essay making several points: 1. We operationalize very few variables 2. Many variables we use are not construct valid 3. We should consign many variables to the... 1/

New paper: Peng Hwa Ang (ICA Fellow) and Wenhui Zhou discuss how contributions to Communication research from researchers in Asia can improve and provide insights into Communication phenomenon through a uniquely Asian perspective. doi.org/10.20879/acr.2…

is that our discipline might profit from de-emphasizing the importance of having a narrowly focused research program. Ewoldsen has certainly lived that advice, having made major contributions in persuasion, media effects, and a variety of cognitive processes. 2/2

Our final Hidden Gem essay focuses, perhaps surprisingly, on an essay in Quarterly Journal of Speech. @d_ewoldsen focuses on an essay by Gary Cronkhite he read as a grad student about defining the field as the study of symbolic processes. One of the implications he develops 1/