2025 Student and Early Career Lunch

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We hosted a wonderful Student and Early Career lunch on 14th June 2025. Wonderful conversations at Sculpture Park near the conference hotel!​​

 

2024 Mobile Communication Presentations 

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Dis/Connection and Digital Well-Being

Chairs: Morgan Ross, Oregon State University; Michaela Šaradín Lebedíková, Masaryk University

• Daily Digital Balance: Disconnection From Digital Media Can Improve Situational Well-Being. A. Gilbert; J. Klingelhoefer; A. Meier

• Physical Nature Associated With Affective Well-Being, but Technological Nature Falls Short: Insights From a Longitudinal Field Study in the United States. M. Ng; Y. Chi; N. Ram; G. Harari

• Mindfully Navigating the Stream of Notifications: Effects of Availability Pressure on Messenger Users’ Well-/Ill-Being. A. Freytag; S. Lutz; A. Halfmann; F. Schneider; D. Hefner

• Nuanced Mobile Disconnection: Exploring the Adoption and Effectiveness of Digital Well-Being Tools. L. Nassen; K. Karsay

• Won’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough? Determinants of Disengaging From Mobile Media Apps in Daily Life. A. Ernst; A. Schnauber-Stockmann

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Miss the Mobile Methods Turn? Reflecting on the Challenges and Potentials of Mobile Communication Science

Chairs: Roland Toth, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society; Razieh Pourafshari, The Ohio State U; Yifei Lu, The Ohio State U; 

Jakob Ohme, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society; Joseph Bayer, The Ohio State U

• Establishing a Paradigm of Situational Media Use and Effects. A. Schnauber-Stockmann; V. Karnowski

• Smartphone Sensing at Scale: Building Shared Infrastructures. D.A. Parry

• Common Sensing? Standardizing Context Sensing in Mobile Communication. G. Harari; M.Q. Ross; M. Vanden Abeele

• Addressing the Unpredictability of Event Occurrence in Event-Contingent Mobile Experience Sampling through Passive Metering and Individualized Scheduling Plans. M. Wieland; L.P. Otto

• Towards a Validation Procedure for Objective Social Media Use Data. I. Beyens; T. Siebers; C.A. Dekker; S.E. Baumgartner

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Theoretical, Methodological and Critical Perspectives on Dis/Connection

Chairs: Douglas Parry, Stellenbosch U; Ellie Yang, Illinois State University

• Measuring Motivations for Social Media Disconnection: Development and Validation of the MSMD Scale. L. Nassen; A. Halfmann; K. Karsay

• The Configuration Approach: A Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Mobile Research. J. Boase

• Reconciling Affordances and Values in the Study of Digital Well-Being and Digital Disconnection: A Theory of Dis/Connection. M. Vanden Abeele; T. Syvertsen

• Navigation Trajectories in Smartphone App Use: Towards a Digital Disconnection Perspective. E. Yang; J. Klingelhoefer; A. Gilbert; X. Dai; A. Meier

• Balancing Social Interaction and Entertainment: Exploring Mobile Use Patterns Through Interpersonal Communication Theories. A. Fernández; M. Vanden Abeele; J. Hall

 

Apps & Platforms

Chairs: Jordan Frith, Clemson U; Jonalou Labor, U of the Philippines Diliman

• Google Maps Review (as a) Sub-Platform: A Narratival Framework of Design, Affordances, and User Activity. M. Schreiber; C.C. Noy

• Why Can a Social Media Platform Act as a Search Engine? Manufactured Usefulness and the Rise of RED in Mobile Search. S. Wu

• Disability and AI in Smart Cities: Centering Accessibility in Conversations Around Hybrid Spaces and Urban Design. R.J. Gualano; G.R. Halegoua; S.W. Campbell

• User Friction in Infinite Scrolling Algorithmic Feeds: Examining the Impact of App Usage and Dependence on News Knowledge. C. Liu; R. Qiao

• Beyond Devices: The Multifaceted Nature of Online News Environments. P. Zerrer; L. Merten; S. Stier; F. Mangold; C. Puschmann; J. Kulshrestha

 

Mobile Methods

Chairs: Alicia Ernst, Johannes Gutenberg U Mainz; Kevin Koban, U of Vienna

• Are Smartphones Stress-Inducing or Stress-Buffering for Adolescents? An Experience Sampling Study. M. Šaradín Lebedíková; D. Lacko; I. Beyens; D. Smahel

• Selecting a Modeling Approach in Longitudinal Mobile Media Research. R. Pourafshari; M. Brinberg; J.B. Bayer

• Short but Still Valid: Validating Single-Item Measures for Key Communication Constructs for Experience Sampling Research. L.N. Wolfers; S.E. Baumgartner

• Reciprocal Effects of Day-to-Day Sleep and Smartphone Use: Within and Between-Person Evidence From a Smartphone and Smartwatch Data Donation Design. P. Decorte; K. Poels; J. Lembrechts; K. Couscheir; A. Barros; C. Vuye; G. de Bruijn

• How to Pair Survey and Sensor Data: A Guide to Ecological Momentary Assessment Designs. Y. Lu; R. Pourafshari; Y. Chang; M. Wieland; L.P. Otto; J.B. Bayer

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Mobile Media and Habit, Distraction and Problem Use

Chairs: Joseph Bayer, The Ohio State U; Alicia Gilbert, Johannes Gutenberg U Mainz

• The Mere Presence of Smartphones Has No Impact on Cognition in the High School Classroom. D.A. Parry; D.B. le Roux; J. Feldman

• Exploring the Interplay of Social Media Use, FoMO, Media Multitasking, and Stress: The Moderating Role of Social Context. X. Zhang; L.N. Wolfers

• Zooming in on Smartphone Habits: Identifying the Temporal Patterns of Automatic Use. R. Toth; D.A. Parry; R. Pourafshari; J.B. Bayer

• Why I Can Not Concentrate: Inconsistency Between Trait and Work Polychronicity Leads to More Media Distraction. Y. Zhang; Z. Tu

• When Digital Connectivity Drivers Meet Digital Disconnection: A Cross-National Study on Habitual and Compulsive Smartphone Checking, Feature-Based and Rule-Based Digital Disconnection Strategies, and Digital Stress Experience. K. Koban

 

Top Papers in Mobile Communication

Chairs: Mariek Vanden Abeele, Ghent U

• What Triggers Co-Present Smartphone Use in Everyday Life? A.Arenz; A. Schnauber-Stockmann

• Mobile Media in Critical Situations: Insights Into Perceptions of Potential Users and Participants of a Usability Test. P. Stehr; A. Schulze; L. Ermel; P. Mueller; D. Reifegerste; C. Rossmann

• What Is Constant Connectivity? Clarifying the Mobile Affordances That Underlie Potential Communication. M.Q. Ross; J.B. Bayer

• Mobile Technology, Solidarity Networks, and Networks of Care Among Refugees in Movement. E. Gonzalez

• “What Are You Looking At?!?” An Eye-Tracking Experiment on Anti-LGBTQIA+ Online Hostility Under Prototypical Mobile Information Consumption Conditions. K. Koban; M. Saumer

 

HIGH-DENSITY: Opportunities and Challenges of Mobile Media for Specific Subpopulations

Chairs: Adriana de Souza e Silva, Northeastern U; Morgan Ross, Oregon State University

• Intergenerational Support Gap in the Digital Integration of Older Adults Using Mobile Phones. S. Li; R. Wei; Y. Liu; S. Han

• Adolescents’ Sexualized Self-Presentations on Social Media: A Cross-National Data Donation Study. F. Konings; L. Vandenbosch; K. Fitzgerald; J. Fardouly; E. Beelen; T. Tabruyn; K. Karsay; C. Maes

• “Rescue the Children Trapped in Smartphones”: Family Politics and Technological Governance in Chinese Left-Behind Children's Families During COVID-19. P. Shao; Y. Fan

• Digital Carceral Mobilities: Mobility and Smuggled Mobile Technologies in Prisons. C.T. Najem

• "I Feel Smarter": The Accidental and Incomplete Affordances of Smartphone Use Among Illiterate Populations in Rural China. Q. Zhao; Z. Yang; H. Gao

• Digitalizing Elderly Care in Hong Kong: Exploring Potentials to Incorporate Interactive Technology to Improve Mental, Social and Spiritual Health Among Senior Populations. W. Zhou; L.W. Xie

• Exploring Smartphone Use Patterns and Well-Being Among Older Adults in Singapore. Y. Su; A. Z. H. Yee; E.W. Lee; G. Loy

• The Contingent Emergence of Solidarity or Distrust Among Migrants in Their Interactions With Mobile Phones. A. Avila

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HIGH-DENSITY: Topics in Mobile Communication I

Chairs: Lara Wolfers, University of Amsterdam; Roland Toth, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society

• Reconstructing the "Order of Connection": A Study of Digital Disconnection Practices Among the Youth at Turning Points in Their Lives. D. Zhang; J. Xing

• Exploring Mobile Crypto Culture: Evidence From Crypto Communities in the Philippines. J.S. Labor; C. Samonte; R.C. Solis

• Mobility Injustice and Community Resistance: Understanding Chinese Taxi Drivers’ Perceptions and Responses to Mobility Platforms. Y. Wei

• Beyond Apps: Modeling Full Distributions of All Screen Content Over Time to Understand Adolescents' Smartphone Use and Mental Health. Y. Chi; M. Cho; K.M. Molaib; X. Sun; T.N. Robinson; N. Ram; B. Reeves

• Swinging From FoMO to JoMO in Smartphone Deprivation of Young Users: The Seven Stages From Grief to Relief. C. Sabag-Ben Porat; H. Rosenberg; M. Blondheim; F. Ieracitano; F. Comunello

• A Comprehensive Theoretical Approach to Phubbing: Development and Validation of Scales Based on the Theory of Interpersonal Behavior. J. Sun; N. Wong

 

HIGH-DENSITY: Topics in Mobile Communication II

Chairs: Aurelio Fernández, U of Navarra & Ghent University; Lise-Marie Nassen, KU Leuven

• “Listen to the Lama”: Analysing Bhutan’s Digital Media and Online Religious Practices. D. Wangchuk; T.L. Sandel

• Experiencing Podcasts in Situ: How the Reception Situation Affects Transportation. D.M. Schlütz; A. Schnauber-Stockmann; V. Karnowski; T.K. Naab

• I'm Not Sure What My Child Does Online: Navigating Motherhood of Digital Natives in Rural India. D. Chakraborty; C. Garg

• Exploring Digital Placemaking of Queer Religiosity: Digital Spaces as Enabling Environments for Queer Religious Practices. M. Agonos; P.D. Figueroa; J.S. Labor

• Glocal Intimacies as Global South Theory-Building for Mobile Media and Communication. C. Uy-Tioco; J. Cabanes

• “I Phub You Because...”: Testing a Theory of Interpersonal Behavior for Predicting Phubbing. J. Sun; N. Wong

• Social Mediafication in the Apposphere: Personal Data Analytics as Social Currency. C. Butkowski; S. Bimo; A. Bhandari

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