A longitudinal analysis of how romantic and friendship involvement are associated with depressive symptoms
Junwen Hu
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Feb, 2025.
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Using mixed effects models, I compared the cost and benefits of romantic and friendship involvement for mental health.
Social network density mediates the association between problematic social media use and depressive symptoms
Junwen Hu
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Sep, 2024.
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We showed that the variance in social network structure explained the link between problematic social media use and mental health.
Does online dating make relationships more successful? Replication and extension of a previous study
Junwen Hu, Rui Zhu, and Yue Zhang
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Jul, 2024.
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We compared relationships that began online and offline and showed a noteworthy pattern.
The affective and relational correlates of algorithmic beliefs among U.S. online daters: Extension of two previous studies
Junwen Hu
Computers in Human Behavior, Jul, 2024.
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I showed what online dating outcomes are related to people’s beliefs about dating algorithms.
Algorithm awareness in online dating: associations with mate-searching difficulty and future expectancies among U.S. online daters
Junwen Hu and Emily (Shuo) Zhan
Behaviour & Information Technology, Jan, 2024.
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In this work, we demonstrated the benefits of being more algorithm-aware in online dating and relevant gender differences.
The relationship between preference for online social interaction and affective well-being via compulsive
dating app use: The moderating role of algorithmic beliefs
Junwen Hu and Jian (Raymond) Rui
Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, Sep, 2023.
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We showed the benefits of having positive beliefs in dating algorithms.
Familiarity breeds trust? The relationship between dating app use and trust in dating algorithms via algorithm
awareness and critical algorithm perceptions
Junwen Hu and Rui Wang
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, May, 2023.
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With a mixed-methods design, we showed how online daters make sense of dating algorithms and how that varied by usage.
Exploring the impact of a ‘confining’ imaginary of user-recommendation systems on platform usage and relationship
development among dating app users
Junwen Hu
Behaviour & Information Technology. April, 2023
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With a mixed-methods design, I showed the technological and relational implications of viewing dating algorithms as visibility-confining.
What Does Channel Say? Understanding How Social Media Social Capital Facilitates COVID‐19‐Related Information‐Seeking
and Opinion‐Expression on Two Types of Platforms: User‐oriented versus Content‐oriented
Junwen Hu
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Oct, 2021
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