Description
This edited volume examines the ways in which rapidly changing technologies and patterns of media use influence, and are influenced by, our emotional experiences. Following introductory chapters outlining common conceptual frameworks used in the study of emotion and digital media effects, this book is then organized around four general areas highlighting the intersection of technology use and emotional experience: how people experience, and researchers measure, emotions in response to digital media use; potential emotional harms and enrichments resulting from online behaviors; the socio-emotional dynamics of online interaction; and emotion's role in engagement with online information. Chapters span a wide range of topics, including physiological and neuroscientific responses to new media, virtual reality, social media and well-being, technology addiction, cyberbullying, online hate and empathy, online romantic relationships, self-presentation online, information seeking, message sharing, social support, polarization, misinformation, and more.Through a social scientific lens, contributing authors provide nuanced, interdisciplinary perspectives on these salient social phenomena, offering cogent reviews and critiques of the literatures and avenues for future research. In essence, this volume highlights the centrality of emotions in understanding how ever-present media technologies influence our lived experiences.
Table of Contents
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF EMOTION AND DIGITAL MEDIA PSYCHOLOGYCh 1: Perspectives on Emotion in the Digital AgeChris Skurka & Robin L. NabiCh 2: Emotions and Technological AffordancesElizabeth Cohen & Jessica Gall MyrickPART II: EXPERIENCING EMOTIONS IN DIGITAL CONTEXTSCh 3: Physiological Responses to using Digital MediaRussell B. ClaytonCh 4: Media and Emotions: Insights from a Neuroscience PerspectiveMatt Minich, Ran Tao, & Christopher N. CascioCh 5: Social Media and the Social BrainMary E. Andrews, Rui Pei, Nina Lauharatanahirun, Alexandra M. Paul, & Emily B. FalkCh 6: Computational Sentiment Analysis: Promises and PitfallsYotam Ophir & Dror WalterCh 7: Virtual Reality and Emotion: A 5-year Systematic Review of Empirical Research (2015-2019)David M. Markowitz & Jeremy N. BailensonPART III: ONLINE WELL-BEING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIESCh 8: Social Media Use, Emotional Experiences, and Well-Being: A Consideration of Anxiety, Depression, and HopeRobin L. Nabi, Lara Wolfers, & Jesse KingCh 9: The Role of Emotion in Maladaptive Internet Use: Internet Addiction, Problematic Internet Use, and Deficient Self-RegulationStephen A. Rains & Robert S. TokunagaCh 10: Online Social Aggression: Harassment and DiscriminationJesse FoxCh 11: Social Media and Mental Health: Reviewing Effects on Eudaimonic Well-BeingAdrian Meier & Leonard ReineckeCh 12: Online InspirationMary Beth Oliver & Arthur A. RaneyPART IV: SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DYNAMICS OF ONLINE INTERACTIONCh13: Social Media Self-Presentation and Emotion: Evidence of Selective Self-Presentation, Self-Affirmation, and Social SharingCatalina L. TomaCh 14: Online Hate: A Prosocial Explanation of Antisocial Behavior and Affordances of Social MediaJoseph B. WaltherCh 15: Media Use and EmpathyMarie-Louise Mares & Susan S. KongCh 16: Online Emotional Social Support and Coping with Stress and CrisesJessica Gall Myrick, Rachelle L. Pavelko, & Olivia CohenCh 17: Social Media, Jealousy, and Romantic RelationshipsSonja UtzPART V: ENGAGEMENT WITH ONLINE INFORMATIONCh 18: Emotion and Online Information SelectionKate T. Luong & Silvia Knobloch-WesterwickCh 19: Emotion, Information Sharing, and Social MediaAriel Hasell & Robin L. NabiCh 20: Emotion, Affective Polarization, and Online CommunicationYphtach Lelkes & Sean FischerCh 21: Emotion,Ddigital Media, and MisinformationBrian E. WeeksCh 22: Love Bombs and Twitter Terror: Emotion and Affect in Terrorist Websites and Other Online MediaSean Aday
