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Communication Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Media Influence and Health, Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication. Over its lifetime it has published 2,096 papers, which have received 152,577 citations.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Communication Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Media Influence and Health Social Media and Politics Media Studies and Communication Social and Intergroup Psychology Attachment and Relationship Dynamics |
| ISSN | 0093-6502 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 4.7 |
| h-index | 190 |
| i10-index | 1,470 |
| Top institutions publishing here | The Ohio State University |
| Journal website | crx.sagepub.com |
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While computer-mediated communication use and research are proliferating rapidly, findings offer contrasting images regarding the interpersonal character of this technology. Research trends over the history of these media are reviewed with observations across trends suggested so as to provide integrative principles with which to apply media to different circumstances. First, the notion that the media…
Several theories and much experimental research on relational tone in computer-mediated communication (CMC) points to the lack of nonverbal cues in this channel as a cause of impersonal and task-oriented messages. Field research in CMC often reports more positive relational behavior. This article examines the assumptions, methods, and findings of such research and suggests that…
It is suggested that one of the reasons that there is such a lack of clarity as to whether the media have effects is that researchers have proceeded from the wrong theoretical conceptualizations to study the wrong questions. The dependency model of media effects is presented as a theoretical alternative in which the nature of…
This article expands understanding of the digital divide to more nuanced measures of use by examining differences in young adults' online activities. Young adults are the most highly connected age group, but that does not mean that their Internet uses are homogenous. Analyzing data about the Web uses of 270 adults from across the United…
This article proposes a “critical mass” explanation for the diffusion of interactive media, such as telephone, paper mail systems, electronic mail, voice messaging, or computer conferencing, within communities. Interactive media have two characteristics not shared by many other innovations. First, widespread usage creates universal access, a public good that individuals cannot be prevented from enjoying…
