Nicole Muscanell

JHT · Research & Development

Text-based communication via the Internet has provided new opportunities to study social influence and persuasion. Specifically, Guadagno and Cialdini (2005) contend that the effectiveness of social influence attempts have yet to be thoroughly investigated online. To test Guadagno and Cialdini's contention, the present study examined whether the so...

Social networking sites are a rich source of untapped data. While much research has been conducted on Facebook and other Social Networking Sites (SNS), less has done so by collecting data straight from the source. This may be due to challenges related to ethical issues and the ever-changing nature of social networking sites themselves (i.e., securi...

This research compared technology use among homeless young adults with that of college students as a means of understanding technology use among young adults today; people who have grown up with technology. Specifically, social network site (SNS) usage was assessed for two age-matched young adult samples, one drawn from a large introductory psychol...

Abstract Social networking Web sites, such as Facebook, have changed the way in which people communicate online. The present study examined the relationship between jealousy and Facebook use experimentally by asking participants to imagine viewing their romantic partner's Facebook page. We varied the hypothetical privacy settings and number of phot...

Research indicates that exposure to swearing, an experience often perceived as a norm violation may affect individual and group behaviors. To further explore this, we examined whether personal and group norms for swearing influence the extent to which exposure to swearing spreads virally and affects group performance during an online group discussi...

ResearchGate, a social network site for academics, prominently displays the achievements of people one follows (“With 150 new reads, X was the most read author from their institute”). The goal of this paper was to examine the emotional and motivational effects of these system-generated messages, thereby extending prior research on envy-evoking stat...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage and utility of ResearchGate (RG), which is a social networking site where scientists disseminate their work and build their reputations. In a sample consisting largely of American and European academics, the authors analyzed the ways they use the site, what they thought about the site’s util...

Social Networking Sites (SNS) allow for communication to a diverse audience (relatives, friends, co-workers, are collapsed into one audience). This may complicate sharing and self-disclosure on social media by creating a greater risk of disclosing information that may be perceived as inappropriate. This research more closely examined what specific...

Social media, especially social network sites (SNS) such as Facebook have grown rapidly in popularity in the last ten years. [...]

Risk beliefs and self-efficacy play important roles in explaining smoking-related outcomes and are important to target in tobacco control interventions. However, information is lacking about the underlying beliefs that drive these constructs. The present study investigated the interrelationships among young adult smokers' beliefs about the nature o...

Recent news in the media has suggested that younger people are using popular social media such as Facebook less and are quickly adopting newer media, such as the self-destructing app Snapchat. Snapchat is unique in that it erases messages several seconds after they have been sent, affording its users a higher level of privacy. Yet, little research...

Personality factors have been found to predict a variety of behaviors, including cooperation, sharing, and strategic behaviors within professional contexts. Specifically, individuals’ preferences for self vs. other outcomes (social value orientation) are predictive of strategic sharing behaviors in mixed motive situations. For instance, self-focuse...

Internet crime, including fraud and spread of malicious software, is a pervasive and costly global issue. Many of these crimes occur not because of technology failure but because of the human element. People can easily be manipulated through social engineering – the use of psychological tactics to influence individuals to assist in their own victim...

Media psychology involves the scientific examination of the cognitive processes and behavior involved in the selection, use, interpretation, and effects of communication across a variety of media (e.g., via the Internet, television, telephone, film). Media are central to people's lives, with projections indicating that an average person spent over...

Background Many health risks are associated with both genetic and behavioural factors. Concerns have been raised that learning about such multifactorial risks might have detrimental effects on health-related beliefs, cognitions, and affect. However, experimental evidence is sparse. Objective To explore the effects of reading an online news article...

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 2(2) of Psychology of Popular Media Culture (see record 2013-13053-003). Figure 1 was labeled and scaled incorrectly. The correct Figure 1 is presented in the erratum. All versions of this article have been corrected.] This study investigated the persuasive impact of information pr...

Reports an error in "The Opinion-Changing Power of Computer-Based Multimedia Presentations" by Rosanna E. Guadagno, Nicole L. Muscanell, Jill M. Sundie, Terrilee A. Hardison and Robert B. Cialdini (Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Advanced Online Publication, Mar 11, 2013, np). Figure 1 was labeled and scaled incorrectly. The correct Figure 1 i...

Much of the previous research examining why some women choose to remain in abusive relationships sug-gests that women remain with an abusive spouse for a number of reasons, many of which place blame on themselves or their partner instead of the situation (Eckstein, 2011). While personal and contextual reasons for remaining in a relationship are imp...

The present study examined the influence of gender and personality on individuals’ use of online social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. Participants were 238 undergraduate students who reported being members of Facebook, MySpace, or both. Based on prior research examining online behavior, we expected that gender and scores on the...

The present study examined whether traditional gender role expectations (Eagly, 1987) influence behaviors in non-traditional contexts such as online virtual environments. Participants were 352 Second Life users who reported their activities and experiences in Second Life. Results indicated that men and women differed in the types of activities they...

Since its inception, people have constantly found new and unexpected ways to communicate via the Internet. One such use has been the recruitment of new members by terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda (Riedel, 2007). Al Qaeda uses social influence techniques to induce individuals to become terrorist sympathizers (Burton & Stewart, 2008; Gerwehr...

Since its inception, people have constantly found new and unexpected ways to communicate via the Internet. One such use has been the recruitment of new members by terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda (Riedel, 2007). Al Qaeda uses social influence techniques to induce individuals to become terrorist sympathizers (Burton & Stewart, 2008; Gerwehr...