Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Hedonistic smartphone usage refers to smartphone activities for instant gratification and pleasure; increased hedonistic use is associated with perceived stress, problematic smartphone usage, and smartph…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Mobile applications are often positioned as a technologically driven answer to navigating the world with disability; nevertheless, apps created for specialized communities designed to facilitate mobility…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Mobile applications are often positioned as a technologically driven answer to navigating the world with disability; nevertheless, apps created for specialized communities designed to facilitate mobility…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Research demonstrates that phubbing—the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at one’s mobile phone—interferes with the quality and satisfaction of social interactions. This article exam…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Free-to-play has become a common business strategy in the game market, the associated microtransactions of which have attracted academic attention. In recent years, gacha games have gathered a considerab…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Balancing everyday tasks with the expectations of others regarding one’s availability via smartphone is a challenge, especially for mothers. This research replicated and further developed studies by Half…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. Mobile instant messaging (MIM) applications have received increasing attention from social science researchers lately. Despite the high frequency of its use for multiple purposes, research in such enviro…
Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. This article rethinks digitally mediated family, contending that WeChat facilitates the integration of digitally mediated Chinese family units and family practices into an entire system within traditiona…
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Mobile Media &Communication, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic and the worldwide lockdowns that followed the same have led to drastic changes in our lifestyles. While the lockdowns marked a global transition to a world of online services and pr…