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An agenda for open science in communication

In the last 10 years, many canonical findings in the social sciences appear unreliable. This so-called “replication crisis” has spurred …

Worth to share? How content characteristics and article competitiveness influence news sharing on social network sites

We investigated how sharing performance on Facebook and Twitter is influenced both by news articles’ content characteristics and the …

(Why) does comment presentation order matter for the effects of user comments? Assessing the role of the availability heuristic and the bandwagon heuristic

Research has shown that user comments influence peoples’ perceptions, with recent evidence suggesting that comment presentation order …

Assessing the extent and types of hate speech in fringe communities: A case study of alt-right communities on 8chan, 4chan, and Reddit

Recent right-wing extremist terrorists were active in online fringe communities connected to the alt-right movement. Although these are …

Nebenbei, mobil und ohne Ziel? Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu Nachrichtennutzung und -verständnis von jungen Erwachsenen

Particularly among young adults, the use and consumption of news and information has changed in the past years. The reliance on …

The Matthew Effect in social media news use: Assessing inequalities in news exposure and news engagement on social network sites (SNS)

Social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become a key part of online users? news diets. On social network sites, even …

Negativity wins at last: How presentation order and valence of user comments affect perceptions of journalistic quality

A number of studies show that user comments on news websites can affect news-related judgments and perceptions. However, with news …

Online and (the feeling of being) informed: Online news usage patterns and their relation to subjective and objective political knowledge

As online news today is an important source of political information and available in vast quantities, understanding its use and its …

Entertainment motivations and gaming-specific gratifications as antecedents of digital game enjoyment and appreciation

Media psychological research has identified a broad range of gratifications that can result from playing digital games and fuel …

(A)synchronous communication about TV series on social media: A multi-method investigation of Reddit discussions

Audiences’ TV series entertainment experiences are increasingly shaped not only by the events on the ‘first screen’ but also by …