Vol. 7, No. 1 (2018)

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Published: 2018-05-31

Articles

• Posting #selfie on Instagram: What are People Talking About?

  Sarah Woodruff, Sara Santarossa, Jillian Lacasse

  4-14

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• Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox

  Sarah Grogan, Leonie Rothery, Jenny Cole, Matthew Hall

  15-36

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• Discussing Environmental Issues in Chinese Social Media: An Analysis of Greenpeace China’s Weibo Posts and Audience Responses

  Qihao Ji, Summer Harlow, Di Cui, Zihan Wang

  37-60

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• How Posting Purchases on Social Media Influences Happiness: The Role of Self-Esteem

  Jingyi Duan

  61-77

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• “It’s white people in Asian disguises”: Contesting Race in YouTube’s K-Town

  Linda J. Kim, Brooke Johnson

  78-105

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• The Significance of Written Responses as a Nonverbal Cue that Contributes to Online Young Adult Relationship Initiation

  Emilio S Hernandez, Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter

  106-122

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• University Facebook Pages: Engaging the Alumni Community in the Digital Era

  Adam Peruta, Christina Helm

  123-150

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• Social Media and Workplace Practices in Higher Education Institutions: a Review

  Annalisa Manca, Andrew Whitworth

  151-183

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• Personality Traits as Predictors of Online Customer Review Motivations

  Christopher Manner, Wilburn Lane

  184-210

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• Laughing and Yelling Through Yaks: A Content Analysis of Yik Yak, Exploring Humor Topics, Types, Styles and User Motives in the Anonymous Social Media Environment

  Brandon Chicotsky, Fei Qiao

  211-232

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• The Development of Parasocial Interaction Relationships on YouTube

  Kate Szer Kurtin, Nina O'Brien, Deya Roy, Linda Dam

  233-252

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• Social Media and Shaping Voting Behavior of Youth: The Scottish Referendum 2014 Case

  Saba Munir

  253-279

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• Parasocial Interaction in the Digital Age: An Examination of Relationship Building and the Effectiveness of YouTube Celebrities

  Leslie Rasmussen

  280-294

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• A Framework-based Mapping and Filtering for Social Media

  Tengku Adil Tengku Izhar

  295-312

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• Image, Race, and Rhetoric: The Contention for Visual Space on Twitter

  Michael DiBari, Edgar Clayton Simpson

  313-338

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• Using Microblogging as a Social Media Tool for Discussions in Higher Education Classrooms

  Kathryn V. Dixon, April Sanders, Rebecca S. Putman

  339-365

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• Critical Communications: A Retrospective Look at the Use of Social Media among American Sierra Leoneans during the Ebola Outbreak

  Abimbola Onigbanjo Williams, Jennifer Warren, Lauren Kurlander, Mafudia Suaray

  366-380

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• An Empirical Study of Social Media Exchanges about a Controversial Topic: Confirmation Bias and Participant Characteristics

  Michael Workman

  381-400

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• Why do People Blog: A Q Analysis of Perceptions for Blogging

  Clark Callahan, Tom Robinson, Kris Boyle, Jason Freeman

  401-419

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• Social Media Use in Higher Education: Do Members of the Academy Recognize Any Advantages?

  Barbara Carrick Coleman, Stacie K Pettit, Megan M Buning

  420-442

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• Challenge Accepted! Evaluating the Personality and Social Network Characteristics of Individuals Who Participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

  Rory McGloin, Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

  443-455

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• Impact of Internet Use on Social Capital: Testing Putnam’s Theory of Time Displacement in Urban Pakistan

  Abdul Siraj

  456-468

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