Joining Nicole Ellison in this episode of JCMC: The Discussion are Eugy Han and Dr. Kristine Nowak, two of the authors behind the recently published “People, Places, and Time: A Large-scale, Longitudinal Study of Transformed Avatars and Environmental Context in Group Interaction in the Metaverse”. In addition to discussing their findings, Han and Dr. Nowak share how their transition to remote learning, and subsequent experimentations with VR, informed and inspired this recent study. Han and Dr. Nowak go on to share some advice for scholars interested in integrating VR into their work as well as further discuss potential future applications for VR in academia and research.

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Featuring

Nicole Ellison

Eugy Han

Kristine Nowak

More from our guests:

Nicole Ellison

Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information | School of Information

University of Michigan

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

Twitter: @nicole_ellison; @ica_jcmc

Eugy Han

PhD Candidate & SGF Fellow | Department of Communication

Scholar | Virtual Human Interaction Lab

Stanford University

Twitter: @eugyhan

LinkedIn: Eugy Han

Kristine Nowak

Professor | Department of Communication

Director | Human-Computer Interaction Lab

University of Connecticut

Fulbright Scholar & Visiting Professor | Department of Engineering

University of Palermo

Twitter: @profknowak

LinkedIn: Kristine Nowak

Works Referenced In Episode:

Han, E., Miller, M. R., DeVeaux, C., Jun, H., Nowak, K. L., Hancock, J. T., ... & Bailenson, J. N. (2023). People, places, and time: a large-scale, longitudinal study of transformed avatars and environmental context in group interaction in the metaverse. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(2), zmac031.
Han, E., Nowak, K. L., & Bailenson, J. N. (2022). Prerequisites for Learning in Networked Immersive Virtual Reality.

Kraut, R., Scherlis, W., Mukhopadhyay, T., Manning, J., & Kiesler, S. (1996, April). HomeNet: A field trial of residential Internet services. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 284-291).

Mystakidis, S. (2022). Metaverse. Encyclopedia, 2(1), 486-497.

Copy and Audio Editor:

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

This episode features the trio behind the recently published “A Typology of Social Media Rituals”, Limor Shifman, Blake Hallinan, and Tommaso Trillò, in conversation with Nicole Ellison. Shifman, Hallinan, and Trillò discuss how they developed their typology of social media rituals and what this typology has revealed about digital communications and social media participation across platforms and cultures. They further discuss future applications of their developed typology and their individual next steps in the world of computer-mediated communications.

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Featuring

Nicole Ellison

Limor Shifman

Blake Hallinan

Tommaso Trillò

More from our guests:

Nicole Ellison

Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information | School of Information

University of Michigan

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

Twitter: @nicole_ellison; @ica_jcmc

Limor Shifman

Professor | Department of Communication and Journalism

Vice Dean | Faculty of Social Sciences

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Twitter: @limor_shifman

Blake Hallinan

Senior Lecturer | Department of Communication and Journalism

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Twitter: @blakeplease

IG: @nightmerrily

Tommaso Trillò

Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Communication and Journalism

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Twitter: @tommytrillo

Works Referenced In Episode:

Hallinan, B., Kim, B., Mizoroki, S., Scharlach, R., Trillò, T., Thelwall, M., ... & Shifman, L. (2023). The value (s) of social media rituals: A cross-cultural analysis of New Year’s resolutions. Information, Communication & Society, 26(4), 764-785.

Hillis, K. (2020). Online a lot of the time: Ritual, fetish, sign. Duke University Press.

Trillò, T., Hallinan, B., & Shifman, L. (2022). A typology of social media rituals. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(4), zmac011.

Dayan, D., & Katz, E. (1992). Media events: The live broadcasting of history. Harvard University Press.

Copy and Audio Editor:

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

In this installment of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC), and her guest, Dr. Linda Duxbury, delve into the topic of email communication in the workplace. They discuss the difference between importance and urgency and how these concepts contribute to employees’ perception of email communication. Tune in to hear Dr. Duxbury’s advice on how to improve email communication habits.

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Featuring

Nicole Ellison

Linda Duxbury

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

Linda Duxbury

Chancellor's Professor, Management | Sprott School of Business

Carleton University

Twitter - @Carleton_U

Works referenced in episode:

Lanctot, A., & Duxbury, L. (2022). Measurement of perceived importance and urgency of email: An employees’ perspective. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(2), zmac001.