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 Full details: academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/sp...

New in HCR: What makes a television show feel like “a show for us”? @stewartcoles.bsky.social (2026) finds that co-partisan endorsement increased exposure intentions for a fictitious television program, while racial ingroup endorsement alone did not. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR: Wicke et al. (2026) find that targeted universalist messaging about Child Tax Credit expansion did not reduce policy support among White Americans, but it increased anger, responsibility stereotyping, and lowered perceived government responsibility. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR: Zhu et al. (2026) find that larger choice sets increased overall and cross-cutting news selection. Choice set composition shaped cross-cutting exposure, but attitudes and behavioral intentions did not significantly change in the short term. Read: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

We’re excited to announce that HCR is now on LinkedIn! Stay connected with us: www.linkedin.com/company/huma...

New HCR issue out now! Vol. 52(2), April 2026. Dive into cutting-edge research on interparental conflict and parent-child triangulation, body-positive and fitspirational influencers, communicated sense-making in social groups, and digital panopticon/dataveillance. academic.oup.com/hcr/issue/52/2

New in HCR: In a 3-week longitudinal study, Breves et al. (2025) find that body-positive influencer content, compared with fitspirational content, fostered stronger parasocial relationships and increased wishful identification and body satisfaction over time. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR: @markusappel.bsky.social 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 the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR: @wliao229.bsky.social, Ya-Ching Lee, @hnxue.bsky.social and @ekmckinley.bsky.social find that AI use (N = 2,187) is driven by self-agency and machine-communion, highlighting how trait perceptions operate within relational schemas and are shaped by trust over time. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR by @ymeier.bsky.social & @masurphil.bsky.social: A 3-wave longitudinal study shows dataveillance relates to privacy resignation between-person, while critical privacy literacy is the key within-person predictor of self-inhibition. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

📢 New in HCR: Interviews with 26 missionaries show metaphors, memorable messages, & personification, grounded in Christian in-group vernacular, support sense-making during reentry. This extends the CSM model with personification & in-group vernacular. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

📢 New in HCR: Two preregistered experiments show that Instagram self-presentation can be self-affirming and, when it occurs before upward social comparison, can buffer against envy. The well-being effects of social media can depend on the sequence of activities. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

New in HCR by @pmerz.bsky.social & @cvsikorski.bsky.social: Influencer posts with collective response efficacy increased these beliefs and collective action intentions. Effects were strongest for followers with strong parasocial bonds; repeated exposure amplified effects. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

📢 New in HCR by @janadreston.bsky.social and @andreasnanz.bsky.social: 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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

📢 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: academic.oup.com/hcr/issue/51/4

📢 New in HCR: “What do people watch under adversity?" By combining Netflix viewing histories with diary data, this study finds no evidence that daily adversity predicts content choice. Instead, coping strategies shape genre preferences. 🔗 academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-... #Coping #MoodManagement

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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) 🔗 For details: academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/ca...

⏳ Countdown: 10 days left! Human Communication Research is accepting submissions for a Special Issue: "Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts" 📌 Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert (UPenn) 📝 Extended abstracts due Sept 15, 2025 🔗 academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/ca...

⏰ 21 days left! HCR Special Issue: "Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts" Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert (University of Pennsylvania) 📌 Extended abstracts due September 15, 2025 🔗 Full details: academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/ca...

New Publication Alert from HCR! How is AI constituted as valuable in organizations? Emma Christensen shows how communicative practices mobilize expectations and imaginaries to shape what AI means. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/... #AI #HumanCommunicationResearch #SociotechnicalImaginaries

🚨Call for Papers – HCR🚨 Special Issue: Advancements in the Study of Causal Mechanisms across Communication Contexts Guest Editor: R. Lance Holbert (University of Pennsylvania) 📌 Abstracts due: September 15, 2025 📝 Full papers due: March 2026 🔗 Details: academic.oup.com/hcr/pages/ca...

New Article from HCR! A global study by Jane Shawcroft & Drew P. Cingel identifies five media parenting profiles across four world regions, showing how culture shapes which parenting approaches best support adolescent well-being in the digital age. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

Special Issue Alert from HCR – Now Available! Theme: Communication and the Self: Past, Present, and Future Guest Editors: Dr. Markus Appel and Dr. Amanda Holmstrom Read here: academic.oup.com/hcr/issue/51/3 #HumanCommunicationResearch #HCRSpecialIssue