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The Perfect Li(f)e: A Longitudinal Study on Positive Social Media Content and European Adolescents’ Perfectionism 完美Li(f)e：积极社交媒体内容与欧洲青少年完美主义的纵向研究

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251337650

Gaëlle Vanhoffelen, Anaëlle Gonzalez, Lara Schreurs, Caroline Giraudeau, Laura Vandenbosch

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Do People Value Expertise? Revisiting Assumptions About Attention to Expertise via Eye-Tracking and the Loss of Expertise Cues During Person-to-Person Transmission of Science Information 人们重视专业知识吗？通过眼动追踪重新审视专业知识注意的假设和科学信息人际传播过程中专业知识线索的丢失

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251339693

Austin Y. Hubner, Jason C. Coronel, Jared Ott, Matthew D. Sweitzer, Samuel Lerner

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Media Cynicism, Media Skepticism and Automatic Media Trust: Explicating Their Connection with News Processing and Exposure 媒体玩世不恭、媒体怀疑和媒体自动信任：与新闻加工和曝光的关系

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251327717

Yariv Tsfati, Aviv Barnoy

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Single Episodes of Health Information Seeking, Scanning, and Avoidance: Findings of an Experience Sampling Methods Study of German Residents Suffering From Acute or Chronic Illness 健康信息寻找、扫描和回避的单一事件：德国急慢性疾病患者的经验抽样方法研究结果

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251328717

Elena Link

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A Systematic Review of Attribution Theory Applied to Crisis Events in Communication Journals: Integration and Advancing Insights 系统回顾传播期刊中应用于危机事件的归因理论：整合并提升洞察力

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251319843

Yingru Ji, Weiting Tao, Chang Wan

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Promoting Mis/Disinformation Literacy Among Adults: A Scoping Review of Interventions and Recommendations 促进成年人的错误/虚假信息素养：干预措施和建议的范围审查

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251318630

Megan Boler, Hoda Gharib, Yoon-Ji Kweon, Amanda Trigiani, Barbara Perry

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More Sources Create Greater Audience Engagement: An Investigation into the Relationship Between the Number of News Sources and Audience Responses 新闻来源越多，受众参与度越高：新闻来源数量与受众反应之间关系的调查

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251324549

Youngkee Ju, Pureum Lee

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Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge 导航社交媒体新闻使用：探索有意和偶然新闻消费对客观和主观政治知识的影响

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251317818

Jana H. Dreston, German Neubaum

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Goal Understanding and Anonymous Cyberbullying in Social Media: How Victims Interpret, Cope with, and Respond to Hurtful Messages Online 目标了解和匿名社交媒体中的网络欺凌：受害者如何解读、应对和回应网上的伤害性信息

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251318617

Nicholas A. Palomares, Rebecca Baumler, Moo Sun Kim, Arjana Almaneih, Maya Dennis, Preetina Ramkissoon, Gianna Rivas, Alyssa Sanchez, Anish Sankhavaram, Rachel Shore, Caroline Van Cleve, Major Wheless

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A Fresh View of the Veracity Effect in Deception Research: Bond and DePaulo Re-examined 对欺骗研究中真实性效应的新看法：Bond和DePaulo的再检验

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Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1177/00936502251316927

Timothy R. Levine, Kim B. Serota

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