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Violent app games and the general learning model: Arousal, affect and access to aggressive thoughts
(2015)
Previous research has shown that violent video gameplay can lead to increased violent behaviour and/ or decreased prosocial behaviour due to changes in access to aggressive thoughts, affect and arousal (Anderson, Camagey ...
Adolescents' response to parental Facebook friend requests: The comparative influence of privacy management, parent-child relational quality, attitude and peer influence
(2015)
As adolescents increasingly use smartphones to access the Internet, parental ability to monitor their online activities diminishes. An established surveillance technique ls for parents to 'friend' their adolescent children ...
Smartphone usage and dependency in urban and rural Irish adults
(2015)
The aim of the current study was to determine age and gender differences in smartphone usage and dependency in urban and rural Irish settings as dependency on smartphone technology has become a global issue. 250 Irish ...
Cybertrends an exploratory study of who and why?
(Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2015)
Social Networking Research is in the limelight across the media world, it's not surprising with 74% of internet users having an active account on Social Networking Sites such as Facebook. This study explores personality ...
Deception detection in online and offline communication: The effect of trust levels and perspective taking in real time communication
(2015)
Humans have been found to detect lies only at the rate of chance (Ott, Choi, Cardie & Hancock, 2011; Talbot, 2012; Toma & Hancock, 2012). Where communication online can elicit higher rates of trust and sharing personal ...
Homophobic words face to face and online: An emotional hit and run
(2015)
The current study explores the referral of derogatory words used by heterosexuals towards gay men online and offline. Ethnophauliusms such as gay, fag and shirt-lifter are words that promote hegemonic masculinity and the ...
From "like" to "buy" - The effect of Facebook fan-page type post on purchase intention
(Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2015)
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between Facebook fan page posts and purchase intention. Fitness fan pages post a variety of content and as such four are used in this research as a sample. A content ...
Labyrinth of passion on Facebook: Individuals' attitudes towards electronic observation of romantic partners
(2015)
Previous studies have shown that individuals hold different opinions about electronic observation of romantic partners. Furthermore, it has been suggested that attachment style and personality traits have an impact on the ...