Human Communication Research

Human Communication Research publishes the best empirical research examining human communication processes and effects.

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Call for Papers - Human Communication Research

We're now accepting submissions for a special issue: "Who Are We Studying in Communication Research? Revisiting Audience in a Transforming Media Environment"

Extended abstract deadline: August 31, 2026

https://t.co/uh0GzeyGsa

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New in HCR: Stewart M. Coles (2026) finds that social media endorsements from co-partisans increased exposure intentions for a fictitious television program. This co-partisan endorsement effect was stronger among White participants.

Read more: https://t.co/Llypjhj9aj

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New in HCR: Zhu et al. (2026) show that larger choice sets increased overall and cross-cutting news selection, while choice set composition shaped cross-cutting exposure. Attitudes and behavioral intentions did not significantly change in the short term.

https://t.co/gGkQAV9a6V

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We’re excited to announce that HCR is now on LinkedIn!

Stay connected with us: https://t.co/UR7a7ELQVc

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New @HCR_Journal issue out now!

Featuring research on interparental conflict and parent-child triangulation, body-positive and fitspirational influencers, communicated sense-making in social groups, and digital panopticon/dataveillance.

https://t.co/ce0fO23v51

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Great work by Priska L. Breves, Sophie C. Boerman, Jan-Philipp Stein, Carolin Ischen, and @ZephMCvanBerlo on this study!

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New in HCR: In a 3-week longitudinal study, Breves et al. (2025) show that body-positive influencer content (vs. fitspirational content) fostered stronger parasocial relationships and increased wishful identification and body satisfaction over time.

https://t.co/X3hk2kWVrd

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New in HCR: Across two experiments, Appel et al. (2025) show that congeniality bias persisted regardless of fiction vs. non-fiction labeling, emerging for positive portrayals but not for negative ones, with non-fiction slightly preferred overall.

Read: https://t.co/TadBqbCkOq

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New in HCR: @wliao229, Ya-Ching Lee, @haoning_xue, and @EmilyKMcKinley find that AI use (N = 2,187) is driven by self-agency and machine-communion, highlighting how trait perceptions operate within relational schemas and evolve with trust over time. Read: https://t.co/f9cpW4rxDg

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New in HCR: Meier & Masur (2025) study the "digital panopticon" via a 3-wave longitudinal experiment. While dataveillance links to privacy resignation between-person, critical privacy literacy is the key within-person predictor of self-inhibition.

Read: https://t.co/VjBFdP8HFU

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📢 New in HCR by @R_AmandaCooper & @alice_fanari:

Returning Christian missionaries use metaphors, memorable messages & personification filtered through Christian in-group vernacular to make sense of their experiences and post-missionary identity.

Read: https://t.co/rY7lxftO1X

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📢 New in HCR by @y_anthony_chen & @catalina_toma:

Two preregistered experiments show Instagram self-presentation is self-affirming and, when it comes before upward social comparison, can buffer envy; well-being effects may depend on activity sequence.

https://t.co/mSFGUdDVME

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📢 New in HCR: Influencers can mobilize!

In two experiments and a field study, influencer posts with collective response efficacy increased collective efficacy beliefs and action intentions, especially among followers with strong parasocial bonds.

Read: https://t.co/MIohOdIYjT

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📢 New in HCR by @JanaDreston and @AndreasNanz:

Both intentional search and accidental exposure to election info on social media boost political knowledge—but don’t improve vote-choice alignment. Intentional seekers just feel more confident.

Read: https://t.co/RqFW34fFbP

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📢 New in HCR! Vol. 51, Issue 4 (Oct 2025)!

Studies on intellectual humility, AI imaginaries, media parenting, gender and sexist behavior, political communication, identity, and parent-child conversations about mental health.

Read the full issue here: https://t.co/pCPzZ4XhKf

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📢 New in HCR:

“What do people watch under adversity?"

Netflix viewing histories with diary data show no evidence that daily adversity predicts content choice. Instead, coping strategies shape genre preferences.

🔗 https://t.co/9DriuFiPaB

#Coping #MoodManagement #DiaryData

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New editorial note out in Human Communication Research @HCR_Journal. https://t.co/kxMmhGzEnt

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⏰ Deadline Day!

🚨 Don't forget to submit your extended abstract to HCR's Special Issue: "Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts."

📌 Due: Sep 15, 2025
👤 Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert (UPenn)
🔗 https://t.co/yweTTxhu4M

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⏰ 10 days left!

Submit your extended abstract to Human Communication Research's Special Issue, "Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts."

📌Abstracts due: Sept 15, 2025
Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert (UPenn)
🔗 https://t.co/yweTTxgWfe