2026 Student and Early Career Lunch

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The final activity organized by our 2024-2026 Student & Early Career Representative, Morgan Ross, was a wonderful lunch for early-career mobile communication researchers. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and welcome new faces to the division.​​

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Read our complete recap of ICA 2026 here: 

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2026 Mobile Communication Presentations 

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Friday, June 05, 2026

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12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Bluebell (CTICC2, Lev 3), Mobile Communication Top Student-Only Papers, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Morgan Ross, Oregon State University

• The Dynamic Representational System of Navigation Software: Algorithm, Context, and Negotiation—How Digital Navigation Reshapes Spatial Knowledge and Mobility Practices. X. Li; H. Li

• Maintaining Mobility: Shared Bicycles’ Repair and Urban Commuter Life —An Ethnography Based on Urban Streets. X. LI; Y. Yang

• Douyin Forgot Me: How Anthropomorphic Algorithmic Imaginary Intensify Precarity Among Older Content Creators. Y. Wang; H. Lin

• Beyond "No Other Choice": The Restricted on WeChat, the State of Exception, and Their Structure of Feeling. X. Wu

• Selling Speed, Revoking Citizenship: Data Throttling, Instantaneous Downgrading, and the Politics of Connectivity in China. Y. LIU; X. Wen

 

1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Hall 2 (CTICC1, Ground Level), Mobile Communication Poster Session, Poster Session, Mobile Communication

• Bridging Co-Presence and Rituals: Digital Intimacy Practice of Chinese Long-distance Family in WeChat Groups. L. Wei; Y. li; J. He; M. Wang; Z. Hong; C. Ning

 

3:00 PM-4:15 PM, Bluebell (CTICC2, Lev 3), Mobile Communication Top Papers, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Adriana de Souza e Silva, Northeastern U

• Intimate Surveillance of the Ordinary: Youth’s Negotiation of Digital Location Tracking With Parents and Peers. J. Dereymaeker; T. De Leyn; E. Devos; R. De Wolf

• Somebody’s (Still) Watching Me: Reactivity to Smartphone Logging and Experience Sampling. R. Toth; D.A. Parry; J. Klingelhoefer

• Global Patterns of Voluntary Disconnection in the Digital Age: A Comparative Study of Nine Countries. M. Nguyen; M. Hornstrup Jespersen; A. Beattie; M. Bingol; O. Bor; V. Bozan; f. comunello; B. Dyczewski; F. ieracitano; S. Jang; K. Kopecka-Piech; H. Le; U. Lee; K. Lukoff; D. Marella; M. Matassi

• TikTok Disconnection and Its Impact on Use, Task Procrastination, and Psychological Well-being in Emerging Adults. L. Nassen; A. Meier; K. Karsay

• Desperate for Disconnection? A Two-Study Investigation of the Simpson Paradox of Self-Control in the Context of Digital Well-Being and Digital Disconnection. M. Vanden Abeele; M. Šaradín Lebedíková; M. Martens; S. Murphy; D. de Segovia Vicente; K. Van Gaeveren; D. Smahel

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Saturday, June 06, 2026

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9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Westin Ballroom East (Westin, Old Harbour Level), HIGH-DENSITY: Topics in Mobile Communication, High-Density Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Andrew Yee, Nanyang Technological U

• Mindless Smartphone Use: Measuring Habitual App Openings Using a Decoy App Paradigm. T. Van Timmeren; J. Dano; L. Gunschera; S. De Wit

• Beyond Homogeneity: Late Smartphone Adoption Influences Fixed Mindset and Depression Differently Among Urban and Rural Adolescents. Z. Tu; M. Zhou

• Making Sense of Public Charging for Personal Mobile Devices With Raymond Williams’ ‘Mobile Privatization’. G. Lattanzi

• From Public Curation to Private Connection: Affective Curation and Digital Intimacy in Chinese Youth’s. Kuolie Z. Liu

• Risk Mapping as the Production of Local Knowledge: A Case Study of Dog Owners’ Anti-Poison Mapping Practices. C. ZIFAN

• Voices off the Grid: Zello, Youth Activism, and Digital Resistance in Kenya’s #RejectFinanceBill 2024 Protests. W. Njathi; L.J. Komen; M. Kemibaro

• Relational Visibility on Tiktok: How Blind or Visually Impaired Vloggers Gain Ties and Social Capital? T. Cao; T. Liu

 

10:30 AM-11:45 AM, de Gama (Westin, Old Harbour Level), Mobile Media in Everyday Contexts, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Ragan Glover, U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Mobile Phone Empowerment in Everyday Life: Differential Susceptibility of Positive Phone Use Effects X. Tan; L.N. Wolfers; A. Arenz; B.T. McDaniel

• Three Dimensions of Screen Activity Fragmentation: Within-Person Change Over Time and in Relation to Perceived Motivational States R. Park; Y. Chang; B. Reeves; N. Ram

• Texting for Connection: Examining the Role of Texting Content, Availability Pressure, and Emotional Fatigue Through the Lens of Communicate Bond Belong Theory D. de Segovia Vicente; M. Vanden Abeele; K. Van Gaeveren; S. Murphy; J. Hall

•  Media Use at Red Lights: A Driver-Centered Investigation C. ZIFAN

• Diabetes, Devices, and Daily Life: Understanding Situations of Mobile Media Use in Chronic Disease Self-Management J. Brill; V. Karnowski; A. Wiedicke

• The Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) in Communication: A Methodological Review M. Wang; J. Liu

 

3:00 PM-4:15 PM, 1.63 (CTICC1, Lev 1), Mobile Inequalities Among Marginalized Communities, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Floor Fiers, U of Amsterdam

• Algorithmic Ambivalence: LGBTQ+ Social Media and Mental Health Among Chinese Gay Men L. Dragić; K. DENG

• Off-Label Mobile Practices: Temporal Capital in Lebanon’s Telecommunication Sector C.T. Najem

• Concealed Disparity and Algorithmic Black Boxes: Mobile Use Among Chinese Silver Hair Demographic C. Guo; D. Murti; E. Ma; L. Zhang

• Digital Inequality in the Usage of Potentially Harmful Applications an Alternative Theoretical Avenue Based on Non-inclusionary Advantages J. Qi; T. Yang; W. Ye; W. Zhang

• Strategic Ordinariness and Calibrated Authenticity: How LGBTQ+ Couples Navigate Algorithmic Visibility on TikTok J.S. Labor; C. Samonte

 

Sunday, June 07, 2026

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9:00 AM-10:15 AM, 1.64 (CTICC1, Lev 1), Mobile Media and Well-Being, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: David de Segovia Vicente, Ghent University

• Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once? Within- and Between-Person Effects of Digital Stress Experiences K. Koban

• Bored Scrolling: Describing and Predicting Boredom-Driven Smartphone Use P. Decorte; H. Vandebosch; K. Poels

• From Busy to Empty: How Perpetual Online Exacerbates Time Poverty and Erodes Meaning in Life F. Yu; J. Tian; K. Wang; M. Zhan

• Measuring Digital Media Use and well-being: A Digital Media Use Variability Model Y. Liu; Y. Wang; L. Magis-Weinberg; N. Osgood; L. Marciano

• Comparing Self-Perceptions of Smartphone “Addictions” and “Habits” R. Pourafshari; J.B. Bayer

 

12:00 PM-1:15 PM, 1.64 (CTICC1, Lev 1), Mobile Disconnection Practices, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Joseph Bayer, The Ohio State U

• The Social Embeddedness of Digital Disconnection: (Dis)connection, Social Norms, and Stress in Daily Messaging A. Gilbert; M.Q. Ross; J.B. Bayer; L. Reinecke

• Spaces of Digital Disconnection: A Go-Along Study of Dining Areas, Libraries, and Movie Theaters G. Zurstiege; N.S. Borchers

• Is Habitual Smartphone Use at Odds With Digital Disconnection? L. Lemahieu; M. Vanden Abeele; K. Poels

• Connecting and Disconnecting in Daily Life: An Integrative Model of (Dis)Connection Norms, Needs, and Habits M.Q. Ross; A. Gilbert; J.B. Bayer; L. Reinecke

• Always Hungry for More? Situation- and Person-Related Factors Driving Experiences of Closure in Mobile Media Use A. Schnauber-Stockmann; A. Ernst

 

1:30 PM-2:45 PM, 1.62 (CTICC1, Lev 1), Surveillance, Privacy, and Mobile Platform Governance, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Jordan Frith, Clemson U

• Community Notes Versus Comments: The Roles of Social Norms and Refuter Identity in Shaping User-involved Misinformation Correction Effects X. Dong; M. Sun

• Visibility Moderation: An Attempt to Reconcile the Social Media User Privacy Paradox W. Hou; N. Xie; J. Xu

• Architects of Mobile Surveillance: Regulators, Tech Firms, SMMEs Roles in Reshaping Freight Labor W. Zhang

• Mobile Communication Technologies Interrupting Blue-Collar Work: Learning From Workers’ Responses F. Fiers; O. Eisele

 

Monday, June 08, 2026

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12:00 PM-1:15 PM, 1.64 (CTICC1, Lev 1), Platforms, Mobile Infrastructure, and Precarious Empowerment in the Global South, Panel Session, Mobile Communication, Organizer: Leah Komen, Daystar U; Organizer: Jordan Frith, Clemson U

• Digital Extractivism in Africa’s Emerging Digital Ecosystem W. Mano; L. Mukhongo

• Mobile Communication Platforms in the Global South as double-edged Swords L.J. Komen

• Digital Integration of Refugees in the Netherlands W. Marler

• The Complexities of Mobile LLM Uptake in Mexico R. Glover

• Mobile Infrastructures in the Global South as Emerging Battlegrounds in the Supposed “New Cold War” J. Frith

 

1:30 PM-2:45 PM, 2.41-2.43 (CTICC1, Lev 2), Mobile Communication in Personal Relationships, Standard Paper Session, Mobile Communication, Chairs: Jeffrey Boase, University of Toronto

• Let’s Hack It Together: Collective Technological Practices of Chinese Children in Digital Parenting J. Chen

• Self-Extension In Mobile Dating Applications: Affordances, Habitual Use, and Sense of Self in Finding Online Dating Success K.D. Coduto

• AI on Dating Apps: Links Between Usage Frequency, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Willingness to Use AI A. Binder; A. Stevic; J. Kankova; J. Matthes

• Platformized Parenting in China: Mediatizing the Family Through Mobile Homework Check-ins J. Tian

• Pocket or Desktop AI? How Media Type Shapes Emotional Disclosure via Portability B. Li; Y. HUANG; Y. Cao; Q. Zhou; W. Wang; R. Zhang

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