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
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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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf032
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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.
doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf031
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We’re excited to announce that HCR is now on LinkedIn!
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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.
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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.
doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf029
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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: 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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf027
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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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf026
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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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf025
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29 Nov 2025
📢 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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf028
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16 Nov 2025
📢 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.
doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf022
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3 Nov 2025
📢 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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf024
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24 Oct 2025
📢 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: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf023
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1 Oct 2025
📢 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/5…
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29 Sep 2025
📢 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.
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#Coping #MoodManagement #DiaryData
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New editorial note out in Human Communication Research @HCR_Journal. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf021
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15 Sep 2025
⏰ 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)
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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)
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