Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Vezzoli, M., Zogmaister, C., & Coen, S. (2021). Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000375

In light of the pervasive adoption of smartphones, scholars have explored the consequences of problematic (i.e., excessive and uncontrolled) use of this technology. Studies have often shown that individuals who spend much time using smartphones exp... Read More about Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective.

The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival (2021)
Journal Article
Magioglou, T., & Coen, S. (2021). The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival. European Psychologist, 26(3), 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000442

The present paper discusses how Climate Change and the COVID-19 pandemic can be read as two facets of a Hegemonic Social Representation under construction, the representation of Survival, reshaping other hegemonic, socially shared representations in... Read More about The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival.

Talk like an expert : the construction of expertise in news comments concerning Climate Change (2020)
Journal Article
Coen, S., Meredith, J., Woods, R., & Fernandez, A. (2021). Talk like an expert : the construction of expertise in news comments concerning Climate Change. Public Understanding of Science, 30(4), 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662520981729

This paper explores how readers of UK newspapers construct expertise around climate change (CC). It draws on 300 on-line readers’ comments on news items in The Guardian, Daily Mail and The Telegraph, concerning the release of the IPCC report calling... Read More about Talk like an expert : the construction of expertise in news comments concerning Climate Change.

Promoting pro-environmental behaviour through augmented reality and persuasive informational power: a pilot study (2019)
Journal Article
Coen, S., Fantinelli, S., & Drumm, I. (2019). Promoting pro-environmental behaviour through augmented reality and persuasive informational power: a pilot study. Human Affairs, 29(3), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2019-0028

This pilot study examined the idea that use of a mobile technology can have positive consequences for both individual users and, indirectly, for society. The augmented reality (AR) application used is defined as persuasive technology, because it is i... Read More about Promoting pro-environmental behaviour through augmented reality and persuasive informational power: a pilot study.

News as brands : branding television news channels in the Arab World : a case study of Aljazeera, AlArabiya, AlEkhbaria and Nile television news channels (2019)
Thesis
Alabdalkarim, S. (in press). News as brands : branding television news channels in the Arab World : a case study of Aljazeera, AlArabiya, AlEkhbaria and Nile television news channels. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research is an attempt to examine the use of news programmes as a means of branding television news channels in the Arab World. The researcher used a quantitative content analysis of the news programmes as well as semi-structured interviews with... Read More about News as brands : branding television news channels in the Arab World : a case study of Aljazeera, AlArabiya, AlEkhbaria and Nile television news channels.

An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations (2018)
Thesis
Oni, O. (in press). An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study uses mixed methods to closely investigate how journalistic role conceptions and perceived attributes of new technologies, among other external forces, shape broadcast journalists’ intention and actual use of new media technologies. An inte... Read More about An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations.

Age-based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace : exploring the role of identity integration (2018)
Journal Article
Manzi, C., Paderi, F., Benet-Martinez, V., & Coen, S. (2019). Age-based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace : exploring the role of identity integration. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(4), 705-716. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2533

Previous studies have shown that the presence of age-based stereotypes in the workplace is often associated with lower levels of work engagement and adjustment among older employees. This study examines possible mediators and moderators of this relat... Read More about Age-based stereotype threat and negative outcomes in the workplace : exploring the role of identity integration.

I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities (2017)
Journal Article
Coen, S., Meredith, J., & Condie, J. (2017). I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 27(3), 212-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2299

Community involvement in archaeological digs aims to reconnect people with the history and heritage of where they live. This paper applies social psychological theories to understand how community archaeological projects create opportunities for plac... Read More about I dig therefore we are : community archaeology, place-based social identity, and intergroup relations within local communities.

Why are “others" so polarized? Perceived political polarization and media use in 10 countries (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Rojas, H., Wojcieszak, M., Aalberg, T., Coen, S., Curran, J., …Tiffen, R. (2016). Why are “others" so polarized? Perceived political polarization and media use in 10 countries. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 21(5), 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12166

This study tests the associations between news media use and perceived political polarization, conceptualized as citizens’ beliefs about partisan divides among major political parties. Relying on representative surveys in Canada, Colombia, Greece,... Read More about Why are “others" so polarized? Perceived political polarization and media use in 10 countries.

Non verbal Communication (2016)
Book Chapter
Coen, S. (2016). Non verbal Communication. In G. Mazzoleni (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. The Wiley-Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Political Communication.: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc128

The entry describes the historical, theoretical, and empirical development of scholarship concerning nonverbal communication spanning across disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and communication. It illustrates how the study of nonverbal commu... Read More about Non verbal Communication.

The age of celebrity politics (2015)
Journal Article
Coen, S. (2015). The age of celebrity politics. Psychologist (Leicester), 28(5), 372-375

From celebrity candidates and aspiring singing Prime Ministers to candidates becoming the focus of gossip magazines, the boundaries between celebrity and politics are becoming increasingly blurred. With the National Elections approaching, this... Read More about The age of celebrity politics.

The interplay between religious orientations, state secularism, and gay rights issues (2014)
Journal Article
Hichy, Z., Coen, S., & Di Marco, G. (2014). The interplay between religious orientations, state secularism, and gay rights issues. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 11(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2014.914005

The aim of this study was to test the effects of religious orientations (intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest) and secularism of state on attitude towards both same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. Moreover, the mediating effects of seculari... Read More about The interplay between religious orientations, state secularism, and gay rights issues.

Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’and ‘media malaise’theories of the media : an 11-nation study (2014)
Journal Article
Curran, J., Coen, S., Soroka, S., Hayashi, K., Hichy, Z., Iyengar, S., …Tiffen, R. (2014). Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’and ‘media malaise’theories of the media : an 11-nation study. Journalism, 15(7), 815-833. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913520198

This study, based on a content analysis of television news and survey in eleven nations, explores the split between those who see the media as politically alienating and others who see the media as encouraging greater political involvement. Here, w... Read More about Reconsidering ‘virtuous circle’and ‘media malaise’theories of the media : an 11-nation study.

Auntie knows best? public broadcasters and current affairs knowledge (2013)
Journal Article
Soroka, S., Andrews, B., Toril, A., Shanto, I., Curran, J., Coen, S., …Jones, P. (2013). Auntie knows best? public broadcasters and current affairs knowledge. British Journal of Political Science, 43(4), 719-739. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123412000555

Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are a central part of national news media landscapes. In many countries, PSBs are the first choice of citizens when it comes to news providers. And in perhaps more countries still, PSBs are thought of as specialists... Read More about Auntie knows best? public broadcasters and current affairs knowledge.

Sources in the news (2013)
Journal Article
Tiffen, R., Jones, P., Rowe, D., Aalberg, T., Coen, S., Curran, J., …Soroka, S. (2014). Sources in the news. Journalism Studies, 15(4), 374-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2013.831239

In analysing the news media's role in serving the functions associated with democratic citizenship, the number, diversity and range of news sources are central. Research conducted on sources has overwhelmingly focused on individual national systems.... Read More about Sources in the news.

Online threat, but television is still dominant (2013)
Journal Article
Papathanassopoulos, S., Coen, S., Curran, J., Aalberg, T., Rowe, D., Jones, P., …Tiffen, R. (2013). Online threat, but television is still dominant. Journalism Practice, 7(6), 670-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.761324

As news media change, so media news consumption changes with them. This paper, part of a larger international research project involving 11 countries in four continents (Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia), is focused on news consumption. As the ra... Read More about Online threat, but television is still dominant.

Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception (2010)
Journal Article
Curran, J., Salovaara-Moring, I., Coen, S., & Iyengar, S. (2010). Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception. Journalism, 11(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884909350640

The Finnish media devote more attention to hard news than the British media, yet Finns are less interested in politics than the British. The principal reason for this difference in news values is that Finnish TV is more subject to public service infl... Read More about Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception.

Cross‐National versus individual‐level differences in political information: a media systems perspective (2010)
Journal Article
Iyengar, S., Curran, J., Lund, A., Salovaara‐Moring, I., Hahn, K., & Coen, S. (2010). Cross‐National versus individual‐level differences in political information: a media systems perspective. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 20(3), 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2010.490707

We propose a context-dependent approach to the study of political information. Combining a content analysis of broadcast news with a national survey measuring public awareness of various events, issues, and individuals in the news, we show that prop... Read More about Cross‐National versus individual‐level differences in political information: a media systems perspective.

Technology adoption and journalistic role conceptions : a conceptual review and operational model
Journal Article
Oni, O., & Coen, S. (in press). Technology adoption and journalistic role conceptions : a conceptual review and operational model

The transformative potential of new interactive technology in journalism and specifically in broadcasting, where it touches on participatory programming is widely acknowledged in recent scholarship. Yet, there is no consensus on the implications of i... Read More about Technology adoption and journalistic role conceptions : a conceptual review and operational model.