Online communication is central to modern social life, yet it is often linked to toxic
manifestations and reduced well-being. How and why online communication enables these …

Two studies examine how experiencing a social need threat (ostracism and rejection)
impacts subsequent preferences for self-disclosure to various digital audiences. Findings …

Despite social media companies' public commitments to do good, they regularly face
international criticism. This article explores how platforms engage in corporate public …

A crucial element of TikTok consumption is the act of sharing TikTok videos with others, such
as friends. In this article I draw on fieldwork with young adult TikTok users based in the …

This study analyzes podcast consumption patterns among young audiences in the United
Arab Emirates, exploring the motivations and engagement of Emirati youth with this …

The aim of this paper is to study the online discourse of Kazakhstan from the point of view of
realization of structural-semantic and linguocultural parameters of online communication. In …

Every day, millions of people take out their phones, open apps such as TikTok, and start
scrolling. They watch videos,'like'them, leave or read comments, and occasionally share the …

Social media sites have become powerful vehicles for social interaction, the dissemination
of information, and the shaping of culture and public attitudes. No social media site has a …

Datafication marks a fundamental paradigm shift for contemporary society, in virtue of which
systems and life-worlds transmute into data or are mediated by it, 1 subjecting human …