Permanently Online, Permanently Connected: Living and Communicating in a POPC World

549 Pages·2017·3.874 MB·English

by  Peter Vorderer (editor), Dorothée Hefner (editor), Leonard Reinecke (editor), Christoph Klimmt (editor)

Permanently Online, Permanently
Connected
Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual
grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently
online/permanently connected phenomenon, its causes and consequences,
and its applied implications. Due to the diffusion of mobile devices, the ways
people communicate and interact with ea other and use electronic media
have anged substantially within a short period of time. is megatrend
comes with fundamental allenges to communication, both theoretical and
empirical. e book offers a compendium of perspectives and theoretical
approaes from leading thinkers in the field to empower communication
solars to develop this resear systematically, exhaustively, and quily. It
is essential reading for media and communication solars and students
studying new media, media effects, and communication theory.
Peter Vorderer is a professor of media and communication studies at the
University of Mannheim. He served as president of the International
Communication Association (ICA) from 2014 to 2015. His resear focuses
on media use and media effects with a special interest in entertainment
resear and new media and the question how does permanent
connectedness with others via mobile devices ange individuals and society
at large.
Dorothée Hefner is a resear associate at the Hanover University of Music,
Drama and Media. Her resear focuses on (permanent) mobile phone use
and digital connectedness and their antecedents, as well as implications for
interpersonal communication, political information, and individual well-
being.
Leonard Reinee is an associate professor at the Department of
Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. His
resear focuses on media uses and effects, media entertainment, and online
communication. He has conducted resear on various aspects of media use
and well-being, including media-induced recovery from stress and strain
and the interaction of media use and self-control.
Christoph Klimmt is a professor of communication at Hanover University
of Music, Drama and Media. Beyond resear on media entertainment,
video games in particular, he is interested in media effects in news,
advertising, risk, health, and science communication. Klimmt is currently
serving as associate editor of the Journal of Media Psychology.
Permanently Online, Permanently
Connected
Living and Communicating in a POPC
World
Edited by Peter Vorderer, Dorothée Hefner,
Leonard Reinecke, and Christoph Klimmt
First published 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Vorderer, Peter, editor. | Hefner, Dorothée, editor. | Reinee,
Leonard, editor. | Klimmt, Christoph, editor.
Title: Permanently online, permanently connected / edited by Peter
Vorderer, Dorothée Hefner, Leonard Reinee, and Christoph Klimmt.
Description: New York and London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017001816 | ISBN 9781138244993 (hardba) | ISBN
9781138245006 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315276472 (ebk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Interpersonal relations. | Interpersonal relations—
Tenological innovations. | Internet—Social aspects. | Cell phones—Social
aspects.
Classification: LCC HM1106 .P4354 | DDC 302.23—dc23
LC record available at hps://lccn.loc.gov/2017001816
ISBN: 978-1-138-24499-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-24500-6 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-27647-2 (ebk)
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Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Part I
Introduction
 1 Permanently Online and Permanently Connected: A New Paradigm in
Communication Resear?
Peter Vorderer, Dorothée Hefner, Leonard Reinecke, and Christoph
Klimmt
 2 A Brief History of Individual Addressability: e Role of Mobile
Communication in Being Permanently Connected
Rich Ling
 3 e Permanently Online and Permanently Connected Mind: Mapping
the Cognitive Structures Behind Mobile Internet Use
Christoph Klimmt, Dorothée Hefner, Leonard Reinecke, Diana Rieger, and
Peter Vorderer
 4 Methodological Challenges of POPC for Communication Resear
Frank M. Schneider, Sabine Reich, and Leonard Reinecke
Part II
POPC and Decision-Making: Selecting, Processing, and
Multitasking
 5 Reconceptualizing Uses and Gratifications vis-à-vis Smartphone
Applications: e Case of WhatsApp
Vered Malka, Yaron Ariel, Ruth Avidar, and Akiba A. Cohen
 6 Always On? Explicating Impulsive Influences on Media Use
Guido M. van Koningsbruggen, Tilo Hartmann, and Jie Du
 7 Permanence of Online Access and Internet Addiction
Christoph Klimmt and Matthias Brand
 8 Multitasking: Does It Actually Exist?
Shan Xu and Zheng Wang
 9 readed Cognition Approa to Multitasking and Activity Switing in
a Permanently Online and Permanently Connected Ecosystem
Prabu David
Part III
Social Dynamics of POPC: Self, Groups, and
Relationships
10 Living in the Moment: Self-Narratives of Permanently Connected Media
Users
Thilo von Pape
11 Geing the Best Out of POPC While Keeping the Risks in Mind: e
Calculus of Meaningfulness and Privacy
Sabine Trepte and Mary Beth Oliver
12 e Experience of Narrative in the Permanently Online, Permanently
Connected Environment: Multitasking, Self-Expansion, and
Entertainment Effects
Kelsey Woods, Michael D. Slater, Jonathan Cohen, Benjamin K. Johnson,
and David R. Ewoldsen
13 Being POPC Together: Permanent Connectedness and Group Dynamics
Katharina Knop-Huelss, Julia R. Winkler, and Jana Penzel
14 POPC and Social Relationships
Sonja Utz
15 Between Surveillance and Sexting: Permanent Connectedness and
Intimate Relationships
Diana Rieger
Part IV
Socialization in a POPC Environment: Development,
Skill Acquisition, and Cultural Influences
16 Growing Up Online: Media Use and Development in Early Adolescence
Amy B. Jordan
17 Being Mindfully Connected: Responding to the Challenges of
Adolescents Living in a POPC World
Dorothée Hefner, Karin Knop, and Christoph Klimmt
18 Permanent Connections Around the Globe: Cross-Cultural Differences
and Intercultural Linkages in POPC
Hartmut Wessler, Diana Rieger, Jonathan Cohen, and Peter Vorderer
Part V
e POPC Citizen: Politics and Participation
19 e POPC Citizen: Political Information in the Fourth Age of Political
Communication
Dorothée Hefner, Eike Mark Rinke, and Frank M. Schneider
20 e Networked Young Citizen as POPC Citizen
Ariadne Vromen, Michael A. Xenos, and Brian D. Loader
21 Permanent Entertainment and Political Behavior
R. Lance Holbert, Carina Weinmann, and Nicholas Robinson
Part VI
Brave New World: Networked Life and Well-Being
22 POPC and Well-Being: A Risk-Benefit Analysis
Leonard Reinecke
23 Being Permanently Online and Being Permanently Connected at Work:
A Demands–Resources Perspective
Sabine Sonnentag
24 e Dose Makes the Poison: eoretical Considerations and Challenges
of Health-Related POPC
Jutta Mata and Eva Baumann
Index