Vol. 8, No. 1 (2019)

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Published: 2019-05-31

Articles

• Instagram and American Teens: Understanding Motives for Its Use and Relationship to Excessive Reassurance-Seeking and Interpersonal Rejection

  Pavica Sheldon, Megan Newman

  1-16

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• Relationship Initiation on Facebook: Understanding the Role of Personality

  Michael Langlais, Gwendolyn Seidman

  17-34

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• “It’s Funny to Hear a Female Talk About Routes”: Social Media Reaction to Cam Newton’s Comments About a Woman Reporter

  Kevin Hull, Miles Romney, Ann Pegoraro, Guy Harrison

  35-54

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• Marketing Strategies to Increase Sales in Small Family-Style Restaurant Businesses

  Tammira Lucas, Chad Sines

  55-66

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• Social Media Addiction and Formal Writing Skills among Mass Communication Students in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria

  Kamoru Aremu Salaudeen, Hummulikhairi Aderonke Lawal

  67-86

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• An Exploration of Activities, Reasons, and Barriers of Using Social Media for Food Allergy Management

  Yee Ming Lee, Han Chen

  87-104

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• From “About Me” to “About We”: Therapeutic Intentions of Black American Women’s Natural Hair Blogs

  Danielle Davis, Afiya Mbilishaka, Terrisia Templeton

  105-123

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• Place, Prestige, Price, and Promotion: How International Students Use Social Networks To Learn About Universities Abroad

  Natalia Rekhter, Donald Hossler

  124-145

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• ‘Thanks, but it is more about interacting with fans for us’: Twitter Communication between BBC’s Sherlock and NBC’s Hannibal Fans and Producers

  Lauren Ebanks, Shirley Beresford, Martina Topic

  146-177

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• “Hey guys, check this out! #ad” The Impact of Media Figure-User Relationships and Ad Explicitness on Celebrity Endorsements

  Kathryn L. Lookadoo, Norman C. H. Wong

  178-210

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• Power of Predictive Analytics: Using Emotion Classification of Twitter Data for Predicting 2016 US Presidential Elections

  Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, Raghvinder Sangwan, Colin Neill, Tianhai Zu

  211-230

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• Cultivating Global Citizens through Study Abroad and the Use of Technology with Undergraduate Social Work Students

  Darla D. Beaty, Nathalie P. Jones

  231-248

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• How are We Really Getting to Know One Another? Effect of Viewing Facebook Profile Information on Initial Conversational Behaviors Between Strangers

  Aditi Paul

  249-270

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Essays

• Facebook Under Attack? Privacy – Europe’s Way of Waging War on U.S Giants?

  Charlotte Gerrish, Samya Idi

  271-278

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Book Reviews

• Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest – Book Review

  Nahla Bendefaa

  279-281

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• Outside Insight: Navigating a World Drowning in Data

  Deborah Verwers

  282-284

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• Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy

  Marysol Villeda

  285-287

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