Joseph B Bayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 165099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph B Bayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph B |
| FAMILY NAME | Bayer |
| SIGNATURE | BAYER J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6555-4472 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Right Fit
Social interactions are crucial for social connection and well-being, yet individuals differ in how much they benefit from them. This two-week experience sampling study ( N = 157; 10,547 social interactions) explored how trait social anxiety shapes interaction quality (i.e., pleasantness, playfulness, and meaningfulness) and momentary energy. We also examined the moderating roles of interaction channel (face-to-face vs. mediated), group size (lar…
Which platforms count? The diverse meanings of “social media” in the United States
Social media use is predictable from app sequences
The situation in media and communication research
Communication researchers have long sought to situate or contextualize media behaviors in their natural settings. However, the many approaches taken to understand media behavior in context have varied considerably. This article proposes a metatheoretical framework for theorizing media behavior at the situational level, encompassing the entirety of circumstances surrounding a media behavior at a given moment. The framework describes how psychologi…
Psychological perspectives on mobile media
Psychology-infused research has always been a central section within the literature on mobile media and communication, highlighting the diverse emotional, cognitive, social, and personality processes that can interact with mobile behavior.While past work on the psychology of media
Perceived vs. observed mHealth behavior
Research on mHealth apps provides mixed evidence regarding their effectiveness for behavior change, including physical activity. Synthesizing prior perspectives, we test predictors of tracking app and physical activity intentions (Study 1; n = 658) and their links to everyday mobility (Study 2; n = 418; n = 27,617,440 observations). Study 1 showed that individuals have overlapping perceptions of tracking apps and physical activity. Taking a natur…
Tracking the temporal flows of mobile communication in daily life
Prior theoretical perspectives assert that mobile media and communication accelerate time perception. To test this hypothesis, we coupled mobile app logs and experience sampling to capture social app use and time perception in daily life. Participants ( N = 132) provided self-reports of time perception ( n = 9,081) and recordings of social app use ( n = 2,193,655). Although people perceived time as relatively fast on average, results did not supp…
How moral adaptability relates to communication and friendship with morally dissimilar others
Moral differences hinder communication and relationship formation. However, perceptions and reactions to moral dissimilarity varies. Accordingly, we explored how moral adaptiveness (a flexible application of morality) relates to the intent to communicate with and befriend morally dissimilar others by focusing on moral relativism (believing that morals are subjective) and moral tolerance (believing that one should not condemn/change dissimilar oth…
Reimagining the Personal Network
The rise of highly curated networks is a pivotal dimension of social media history, yet its diverse origins remain overlooked. Here, two inductive studies investigated the case of Path: a platform (2010-2019) designed around so-called 'Dunbar's Numbers' and core networks (i.e., close friends). Study 1 conducted manual and automated text analyses using App Store archives via the Wayback Machine to evaluate changes in the industry presentation over…
Social by definition
Explicating self-phones
Given its role as a constant companion, the mobile phone has long been thought of as an extension of the self. However, the psychology of smartphone self-extension has received relatively little attention through empirical research. By explicating theorized facets of self-extension, we explore the dimensionality of smartphone self-extension and examine how established psychological orientations map onto these dimensions. Results provide support f…
Rejection sensitivity and interaction quality in everyday life
The elevated satisfaction that comes from interacting with close ties, as opposed to distal ties, is well-established in past research. What remains less clear is how the quality of daily interactions between close versus distal ties may vary as a function of personality. Drawing on data from a 2-week experience sampling study ( N = 108 participants, N = 7755 observations), we consider how trait rejection sensitivity (RS)-or the tendency to worry…
Social Media Elements, Ecologies, and Effects
This review delineates core components of the social media ecosystem, specifying how online platforms complicate established social psychological effects. We assess four pairs of social media elements and effects: profiles and self-presentation; networks and social mobilization; streams and social comparison; and messages and social connectedness. In the process, we describe features and affordances that comprise each element, underscoring the co…
Social Resources as Cognitive Structures
Two experiments examined how the ways in which people mentally represent their personal networks affect perceptions of social support. Social support research often uses “name generators” in which individuals are asked to choose how many people they receive support from, resulting in cognitive networks that confound size and density. Taking a fixed size approach, Study 1 showed that the density of chronically activated networks predicted perceive…
Who Comes to Mind? Dynamic Construction of Social Networks
Much remains unknown about moment-to-moment social-network cognition—that is, who comes to mind as we go about our day-to-day lives. Responding to this void, we describe the real-time construction of cognitive social networks. First, we outline the types of relational structures that comprise momentary networks, distinguishing the roles of personal relationships, social groups, and mental sets. Second, we discuss the cognitive mechanisms that det…
Who likes to be reachable? Availability preferences, weak ties, and bridging social capital
In this paper, we investigate how individual differences in availability preferences are related to (1) self-reported quality of interaction with strong and weak ties and (2) perceptions of bridging social capital. We employed experience sampling methods and collected data over the course of two weeks—combined with surveys at baseline and endpoint, from a random sample of college students (N = 154). We show that individuals who prefer to be more …
Toward curation and personality-driven social networks
Understanding and measuring mobile Facebook use
Although social media are increasingly used through mobile devices, the differences between mobile and computer-based practices remain unclear. This study attempts to tease out some of these differences through multiple analytical strategies and samples. Drawing on theoretical expectations about the affordances, motivations, and cognition of mobile use, we investigate who uses mobile Facebook, why they use it, and how they use it. To do this, we …
Facebook in context(s)
This article advances a contextual approach to understanding the emotional and social outcomes of Facebook use. In doing so, we address the ambiguity of previously reported relationships between Facebook use and well-being. We test temporal (shorter vs longer time spans) and spatial (at home vs away from home) dimensions of Facebook activity using an innovative approach. By triggering smartphone surveys in response to users’ naturalistic Facebook…
Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication
Journal Article Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, 1Corresponding author: Joseph B. Bayer; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sonya Dal Cin, Sonya Dal Cin 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, Search for other works by this author on…
Sharing the small moments
Ephemeral social media, platforms that display shared content for a limited period of time, have become a prominent component of the social ecosystem. We draw on experience sampling data collected over two weeks (Study 1; N = 154) and in-depth interview data from a subsample of participants (Study 2; N = 28) to understand college students’ social and emotional experiences on Snapchat, a popular ephemeral mobile platform. Our quantitative data dem…
Automaticity, mindfulness, and self-control as predictors of dangerous texting behavior
The problems of distracted driving and distracted pedestrian accidents have attracted the attention of public health officials, transportation and psychology researchers, and communication scholars. Though public safety campaigns intended to curb dangerous texting behaviors have been implemented, relatively little is known about the psychological processes involved in these behaviors. Our study integrates emerging research on automatic behavior, …
Connection Cues
Journal Article Connection Cues: Activating the Norms and Habits of Social Connectedness Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Scott W. Campbell, Scott W. Campbell 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Connection Cues
Journal Article Connection Cues: Activating the Norms and Habits of Social Connectedness Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Scott W. Campbell, Scott W. Campbell 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication
Journal Article Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, 1Corresponding author: Joseph B. Bayer; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sonya Dal Cin, Sonya Dal Cin 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, Search for other works by this author on…
Who Comes to Mind? Dynamic Construction of Social Networks
Much remains unknown about moment-to-moment social-network cognition—that is, who comes to mind as we go about our day-to-day lives. Responding to this void, we describe the real-time construction of cognitive social networks. First, we outline the types of relational structures that comprise momentary networks, distinguishing the roles of personal relationships, social groups, and mental sets. Second, we discuss the cognitive mechanisms that det…
The situation in media and communication research
Communication researchers have long sought to situate or contextualize media behaviors in their natural settings. However, the many approaches taken to understand media behavior in context have varied considerably. This article proposes a metatheoretical framework for theorizing media behavior at the situational level, encompassing the entirety of circumstances surrounding a media behavior at a given moment. The framework describes how psychologi…
Facebook in context(s)
This article advances a contextual approach to understanding the emotional and social outcomes of Facebook use. In doing so, we address the ambiguity of previously reported relationships between Facebook use and well-being. We test temporal (shorter vs longer time spans) and spatial (at home vs away from home) dimensions of Facebook activity using an innovative approach. By triggering smartphone surveys in response to users’ naturalistic Facebook…
Explicating self-phones
Given its role as a constant companion, the mobile phone has long been thought of as an extension of the self. However, the psychology of smartphone self-extension has received relatively little attention through empirical research. By explicating theorized facets of self-extension, we explore the dimensionality of smartphone self-extension and examine how established psychological orientations map onto these dimensions. Results provide support f…
Rejection sensitivity and interaction quality in everyday life
The elevated satisfaction that comes from interacting with close ties, as opposed to distal ties, is well-established in past research. What remains less clear is how the quality of daily interactions between close versus distal ties may vary as a function of personality. Drawing on data from a 2-week experience sampling study ( N = 108 participants, N = 7755 observations), we consider how trait rejection sensitivity (RS)-or the tendency to worry…
Automaticity, mindfulness, and self-control as predictors of dangerous texting behavior
The problems of distracted driving and distracted pedestrian accidents have attracted the attention of public health officials, transportation and psychology researchers, and communication scholars. Though public safety campaigns intended to curb dangerous texting behaviors have been implemented, relatively little is known about the psychological processes involved in these behaviors. Our study integrates emerging research on automatic behavior, …
Tracking the temporal flows of mobile communication in daily life
Prior theoretical perspectives assert that mobile media and communication accelerate time perception. To test this hypothesis, we coupled mobile app logs and experience sampling to capture social app use and time perception in daily life. Participants ( N = 132) provided self-reports of time perception ( n = 9,081) and recordings of social app use ( n = 2,193,655). Although people perceived time as relatively fast on average, results did not supp…
Toward curation and personality-driven social networks
Perceived vs. observed mHealth behavior
Research on mHealth apps provides mixed evidence regarding their effectiveness for behavior change, including physical activity. Synthesizing prior perspectives, we test predictors of tracking app and physical activity intentions (Study 1; n = 658) and their links to everyday mobility (Study 2; n = 418; n = 27,617,440 observations). Study 1 showed that individuals have overlapping perceptions of tracking apps and physical activity. Taking a natur…
Reimagining the Personal Network
The rise of highly curated networks is a pivotal dimension of social media history, yet its diverse origins remain overlooked. Here, two inductive studies investigated the case of Path: a platform (2010-2019) designed around so-called 'Dunbar's Numbers' and core networks (i.e., close friends). Study 1 conducted manual and automated text analyses using App Store archives via the Wayback Machine to evaluate changes in the industry presentation over…
Social Resources as Cognitive Structures
Two experiments examined how the ways in which people mentally represent their personal networks affect perceptions of social support. Social support research often uses “name generators” in which individuals are asked to choose how many people they receive support from, resulting in cognitive networks that confound size and density. Taking a fixed size approach, Study 1 showed that the density of chronically activated networks predicted perceive…
Understanding and measuring mobile Facebook use
Although social media are increasingly used through mobile devices, the differences between mobile and computer-based practices remain unclear. This study attempts to tease out some of these differences through multiple analytical strategies and samples. Drawing on theoretical expectations about the affordances, motivations, and cognition of mobile use, we investigate who uses mobile Facebook, why they use it, and how they use it. To do this, we …
Sharing the small moments
Ephemeral social media, platforms that display shared content for a limited period of time, have become a prominent component of the social ecosystem. We draw on experience sampling data collected over two weeks (Study 1; N = 154) and in-depth interview data from a subsample of participants (Study 2; N = 28) to understand college students’ social and emotional experiences on Snapchat, a popular ephemeral mobile platform. Our quantitative data dem…
Automaticity, mindfulness, and self-control as predictors of dangerous texting behavior
The problems of distracted driving and distracted pedestrian accidents have attracted the attention of public health officials, transportation and psychology researchers, and communication scholars. Though public safety campaigns intended to curb dangerous texting behaviors have been implemented, relatively little is known about the psychological processes involved in these behaviors. Our study integrates emerging research on automatic behavior, …
Connection Cues
Journal Article Connection Cues: Activating the Norms and Habits of Social Connectedness Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Scott W. Campbell, Scott W. Campbell 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Understanding and measuring mobile Facebook use
Although social media are increasingly used through mobile devices, the differences between mobile and computer-based practices remain unclear. This study attempts to tease out some of these differences through multiple analytical strategies and samples. Drawing on theoretical expectations about the affordances, motivations, and cognition of mobile use, we investigate who uses mobile Facebook, why they use it, and how they use it. To do this, we …
Facebook in context(s)
This article advances a contextual approach to understanding the emotional and social outcomes of Facebook use. In doing so, we address the ambiguity of previously reported relationships between Facebook use and well-being. We test temporal (shorter vs longer time spans) and spatial (at home vs away from home) dimensions of Facebook activity using an innovative approach. By triggering smartphone surveys in response to users’ naturalistic Facebook…
Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication
Journal Article Consciousness and Self-Regulation in Mobile Communication Get access Joseph B. Bayer, Joseph B. Bayer 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, 1Corresponding author: Joseph B. Bayer; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sonya Dal Cin, Sonya Dal Cin 1Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA, Search for other works by this author on…
Who likes to be reachable? Availability preferences, weak ties, and bridging social capital
In this paper, we investigate how individual differences in availability preferences are related to (1) self-reported quality of interaction with strong and weak ties and (2) perceptions of bridging social capital. We employed experience sampling methods and collected data over the course of two weeks—combined with surveys at baseline and endpoint, from a random sample of college students (N = 154). We show that individuals who prefer to be more …
Toward curation and personality-driven social networks
Social Media Elements, Ecologies, and Effects
This review delineates core components of the social media ecosystem, specifying how online platforms complicate established social psychological effects. We assess four pairs of social media elements and effects: profiles and self-presentation; networks and social mobilization; streams and social comparison; and messages and social connectedness. In the process, we describe features and affordances that comprise each element, underscoring the co…
Social Resources as Cognitive Structures
Two experiments examined how the ways in which people mentally represent their personal networks affect perceptions of social support. Social support research often uses “name generators” in which individuals are asked to choose how many people they receive support from, resulting in cognitive networks that confound size and density. Taking a fixed size approach, Study 1 showed that the density of chronically activated networks predicted perceive…
Who Comes to Mind? Dynamic Construction of Social Networks
Much remains unknown about moment-to-moment social-network cognition—that is, who comes to mind as we go about our day-to-day lives. Responding to this void, we describe the real-time construction of cognitive social networks. First, we outline the types of relational structures that comprise momentary networks, distinguishing the roles of personal relationships, social groups, and mental sets. Second, we discuss the cognitive mechanisms that det…
Social by definition
Explicating self-phones
Given its role as a constant companion, the mobile phone has long been thought of as an extension of the self. However, the psychology of smartphone self-extension has received relatively little attention through empirical research. By explicating theorized facets of self-extension, we explore the dimensionality of smartphone self-extension and examine how established psychological orientations map onto these dimensions. Results provide support f…
Rejection sensitivity and interaction quality in everyday life
The elevated satisfaction that comes from interacting with close ties, as opposed to distal ties, is well-established in past research. What remains less clear is how the quality of daily interactions between close versus distal ties may vary as a function of personality. Drawing on data from a 2-week experience sampling study ( N = 108 participants, N = 7755 observations), we consider how trait rejection sensitivity (RS)-or the tendency to worry…
Reimagining the Personal Network
The rise of highly curated networks is a pivotal dimension of social media history, yet its diverse origins remain overlooked. Here, two inductive studies investigated the case of Path: a platform (2010-2019) designed around so-called 'Dunbar's Numbers' and core networks (i.e., close friends). Study 1 conducted manual and automated text analyses using App Store archives via the Wayback Machine to evaluate changes in the industry presentation over…
Psychological perspectives on mobile media
Psychology-infused research has always been a central section within the literature on mobile media and communication, highlighting the diverse emotional, cognitive, social, and personality processes that can interact with mobile behavior.While past work on the psychology of media
Perceived vs. observed mHealth behavior
Research on mHealth apps provides mixed evidence regarding their effectiveness for behavior change, including physical activity. Synthesizing prior perspectives, we test predictors of tracking app and physical activity intentions (Study 1; n = 658) and their links to everyday mobility (Study 2; n = 418; n = 27,617,440 observations). Study 1 showed that individuals have overlapping perceptions of tracking apps and physical activity. Taking a natur…
Tracking the temporal flows of mobile communication in daily life
Prior theoretical perspectives assert that mobile media and communication accelerate time perception. To test this hypothesis, we coupled mobile app logs and experience sampling to capture social app use and time perception in daily life. Participants ( N = 132) provided self-reports of time perception ( n = 9,081) and recordings of social app use ( n = 2,193,655). Although people perceived time as relatively fast on average, results did not supp…
How moral adaptability relates to communication and friendship with morally dissimilar others
Moral differences hinder communication and relationship formation. However, perceptions and reactions to moral dissimilarity varies. Accordingly, we explored how moral adaptiveness (a flexible application of morality) relates to the intent to communicate with and befriend morally dissimilar others by focusing on moral relativism (believing that morals are subjective) and moral tolerance (believing that one should not condemn/change dissimilar oth…
Social media use is predictable from app sequences
The situation in media and communication research
Communication researchers have long sought to situate or contextualize media behaviors in their natural settings. However, the many approaches taken to understand media behavior in context have varied considerably. This article proposes a metatheoretical framework for theorizing media behavior at the situational level, encompassing the entirety of circumstances surrounding a media behavior at a given moment. The framework describes how psychologi…
The Right Fit
Social interactions are crucial for social connection and well-being, yet individuals differ in how much they benefit from them. This two-week experience sampling study ( N = 157; 10,547 social interactions) explored how trait social anxiety shapes interaction quality (i.e., pleasantness, playfulness, and meaningfulness) and momentary energy. We also examined the moderating roles of interaction channel (face-to-face vs. mediated), group size (lar…
Which platforms count? The diverse meanings of “social media” in the United States
Psychology (20 works) · Computer Science (17 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 works) · Social media (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · World Wide Web (10 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Media Influence and Health (6 works)