In this installment of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), and her guests delve into the evolution of CMC, the theorizing of social media, and the constantly changing social media landscape. Joined by three of her Associate Editors Lee Humphreys, Caleb Carr and Katy E. Pearce, they discuss their favorite pieces in past issues of JCMC as well as up-and-coming research areas about which they are excited. Tune in to get more insight into JCMC and studies of computer-mediated communication. 

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Featuring

Nicole Ellison

Lee Humphreys

Caleb Carr

Katy E. Pearce

More from the host & speakers: 

Nicole Ellison

Professor | School of Information

University of Michigan

Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Twitter - @nicole_ellison

Lee Humphreys

Professor and Chair | Communication Department

Cornell University Director of the Qualitative and Interpretive Research Institute

Associate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Twitter - @leehumphreys

Caleb Carr

Professor | School of Communication

Illinois State University 

Associate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Twitter - @CalebTCarrPhD

Katy E. Pearce

Associate Professor | Department of Communication

University of Washington.Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies and the Center for an Informed Public

Associate Editor of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Twitter - @katypearce

Works referenced in episode: 

Humphreys, L., Von Pape, T., & Karnowski, V. (2013). Evolving mobile media: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile internet. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 18(4), 491-507.

Rafaeli, S., & Sudweeks, F. (1997). Networked interactivity. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 2(4), JCMC243.
Lange, P. G. (2007). Publicly private and privately public: Social networking on YouTube. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 13(1), 361-380.

Madianou, M. (2014). Smartphones as polymedia. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 667-680.
Humphreys, L. (2018). The qualified self: Social media and the accounting of everyday life. MIT press.

Donner, J. (2007). The rules of beeping: Exchanging messages via intentional “missed calls” on mobile phones. Journal of computer-mediated communication, 13(1), 1-22.
Marler, W. (2022). “You can connect with like, the world!”: Social platforms, survival support, and digital inequalities for people experiencing homelessness. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(1), zmab020.