TY - JOUR
T1 - Endlessly Connected
T2 - Moving Forward with Agentic Perspectives of Mobile Media (Non-)Use
AU - Karsay, Kathrin
AU - Vandenbosch, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Mass Communication & Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The ubiquity of mobile media devices provides an abundance of new challenges and opportunities relevant to mass communication research. In an ever-connected and “always-on” society, it seems as if the users have become an inseparable entity with their mobile devices, leading to novel online/offline social norms dynamics, demands for disconnecting and changed media literacy skills. This essay advocates for agentic perspectives of mobile media (non-)use by focusing on the characteristics and implementation of self-regulative and self-reflective processes. Following a literature review on the opportunities and threats of agentic uses of mobile media, we introduce the collection of four empirical studies—each contributing in a unique way to our understanding of agentic (non-)use of mobile media. The essay finishes by identifying future directions for research with the aim to inspire scholars from around the globe to broaden the discourse on mobile media research.
AB - The ubiquity of mobile media devices provides an abundance of new challenges and opportunities relevant to mass communication research. In an ever-connected and “always-on” society, it seems as if the users have become an inseparable entity with their mobile devices, leading to novel online/offline social norms dynamics, demands for disconnecting and changed media literacy skills. This essay advocates for agentic perspectives of mobile media (non-)use by focusing on the characteristics and implementation of self-regulative and self-reflective processes. Following a literature review on the opportunities and threats of agentic uses of mobile media, we introduce the collection of four empirical studies—each contributing in a unique way to our understanding of agentic (non-)use of mobile media. The essay finishes by identifying future directions for research with the aim to inspire scholars from around the globe to broaden the discourse on mobile media research.
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U2 - 10.1080/15205436.2021.1974785
DO - 10.1080/15205436.2021.1974785
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85118772791
VL - 24
SP - 779
EP - 794
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
SN - 1520-5436
IS - 6
ER -