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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.

Identity motives : influences of multiple motives on cognitive and behavioural dimensions of Facebook identity construction (2021)
Thesis
Szeto, S. Identity motives : influences of multiple motives on cognitive and behavioural dimensions of Facebook identity construction. (Thesis). University of Salford

According to Boyd and Ellison’s (2008) definition of social media, Profiles and social connections are two major features that define these online platforms. On Facebook, Profile allows users to build a personal profile that consists of user-supplied... Read More about Identity motives : influences of multiple motives on cognitive and behavioural dimensions of Facebook identity construction.