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Wang, Zuoming; Walther, Joseph B.; Hancock, Jeffrey T. – Human Communication Research, 2009
This study investigates the influence of interpersonal communication and intergroup identification on members' evaluations of computer-mediated groups. Participants (N= 256) in 64 four-person groups interacted through synchronous computer chat. Subgroup assignments to minimal groups instilled significantly greater in-group versus out-group…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Identification, Group Dynamics
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Aubrey, Jennifer Stevens; Taylor, Laramie D. – Human Communication Research, 2009
We present a program of research investigating the effects of lad magazines on male body self-consciousness and appearance anxiety. Study 1, based on panel data from undergraduate men, showed that lad magazine exposure in Year 1 predicted body self-consciousness in Year 2. Study 2 was an experiment that showed that men assigned to view objectified…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Anxiety, Males, Undergraduate Students