Human Communication and Technology Division
Interest Group Awards
Listed here are awards given by the Interest Group to its members. Interests Groups are smaller communities within NCA's large membership that provide a range of resources including networking opportunities, Annual Convention programming, leadership opportunities, awards, and specialized information dissemination channels, among others.
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Top Paper Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Erin M. Sumner, Audrey Herrera, and Artemio Ramirez, "Video Chat and In Person Modality Switches in Online Dating: An Exploration of Modality Switching Motives, Modality Expansion, Channel Choice, and Outcomes" |
| 2022 | Andrew High, Erin Ruppel, Bree McEwan, & John Caughlin, "Computer-Mediated Communication and Well-Being in the Age of Social Media: A Systematic Review" |
| 2021 | Haley R. Hatfield, Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Matthew Klein, & Kristine Nowak;"Confronting Whiteness through Virtual Humans: A Systematic Review of 20 Years of Research in Prejudice and Racial Bias Using Virtual Environments" |
| 2021 | Lucas J. Youngvorst & Andrew C. High;"The Mediating Role of Affordances on the Relationship Between Communication Channel and Perceptions of Supportive Conversations" |
| 2021 | Jeffrey A. Hall, Annie Julia Santarelli, & Jennifer L Christofferson;"Digital Stress as a Mediator of the Relationship between Mobile and Social Media Use and Psychological Functioning" |
| 2021 | Won-Ki Moon, S. Mo Jones-Jang, & Myojung Chung;"Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Reduce Partisan Motivated Reasoning? Evaluating the Credibility of Fact-checking Messages from Human, AI, and User Consensus" |
| 2020 | Natalie Pennington and Jeffrey Hall, "Does Facebook-Enabled Communication Influence Weak Tie Relationships Over Time? A Longitudinal Investigation into Mediated Relationship Maintenance” |
| 2019 | Emily Cramer, Bryan Jenkins, and Yoonmo Sang, "What’s Behind that Screenshot? Privacy Windows and Capturing Data on Screen" |
| 2018 | Jeeyun Oh, Jung Ah Lee, Sebitha Sudarshan, & Guan Soon Khoo, "Interactive interface creates sense of community: The combinatory effects of modality and source interactivity on user engagement" |
| 2016 | Jian Raymond Liu, Michael Stefanone, and Jessica Covert, "Source-Target Relationship and Specificity of Other-Generated Information: An Extension of Warranting Theory" |
| 2015 | Bree McEwan and Jesse Fox, “Why Communication Technologies Matter: Developing a Scale to Assess the Perceived Social Affordances of Communication Channels” |
| 2014 | Craig Scott, Punit Dadlani, Maria Dwyer, Surabhi Sahay, and Erin McKinely, “Technologies of Concealment: Appropriateness, Effectiveness, and Motivations for Hiding Organizational Identity” |
| 2013 | Young Shin Lim and Brandon Van Der Heide, “All Things Considered: Perceived Credibility of Online Consumer Reviews” |
| 2012 | Rebecca DiVerniero and Angela Hosek, “Twitter as a Classroom Tool: Exploring the Use, Benefits, and Downfalls from the Perspectives of Instructors and Students” |
Top Student Paper Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Alexandra Leah Grimm, "Affective Aliens in Virtual Reality: Understanding PETA’s Abduction Campaign" |
| 2022 | Yifei Lu & Yi Sun, "Mobility and Non-Mobility: How Do Cell Phones Affect the Private Rhythm of People in the Bedroom" |
| 2021 | Nitzan Navick & Allison P. Mazur;"The Role of Technological Affordances in Cybersexual Harassment: Additional Opportunities, Added Consequences, and Antiquated Outcomes" |
| 2021 | Xindi Zhao & Xiaojing Wong"Listen to the Crowd: The Effects of Danmaku Videos on Viewers’ Perceptions" |
| 2021 | Rebecca Frazer;"Experimental Operationalizations of Anthropomorphism in HCI Contexts: A Systematic Review" |
| 2021 | Sharalyn Bechtel Manzanares;"Virtual Patriarchy: Gender Bias in Smart Speakers Alexa and Google" |
| 2020 | Riley Richards, "The Role of Multiple Channel Verbal Affection in Dyadic Romantic Relationships" |
| 2019 | Kati Sudnick, "Empathy Within and Without: The Survival of Interpersonal Communication in a Digital Age" |
| 2018 | Valerie Rubinsky, "A Communication interdependence perspective of sexual communication and technology use in BDSM relationships" |
| 2015 | Ningxin Wang, David Roache, and Kimberly Pusteri, “The Interconnections of Multiple Communication Modes in Long-Distance Dating Relationships (LDDRs): Examining the Communicative Interdependence Perspective in Different Relational Contexts” |
| 2014 | Amanda Guzman, “From Channel to Communicator: Rethinking the Role of Technology in Communication” |
| 2013 | Jian Rui, Jessica Covert, and Tanuka Mukherjee, “Social Capital: Network Structure, SNS Use, and Offline Activities” |
| 2012 | David Askay, “Silence in the Crowd: The Spiral of Silence Contributing to the Positive Bias of Opinions in an Online Review System” |
Top Dissertation Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Jess Dominguez, "Memes & Relational Communication: The Use of Idiomatic Utterances With Interpersonal Media" |
| 2022 | Mohammad Ala-Uddin, "Reclaiming the 'C' in ICT4D: A Critical Examination of Discursive (Un)Freedoms in Digital State Policy and News Media of Bangladesh and Norway" |
| 2021 | Miriam Brinberg;"Romantic Relationship Development & Text Messaging Communication of New Couples" |
| 2020 | Bingjie Liu, "Effects of Agency Locus and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence: Uncertainty Reduction and Emerging Mind" |
| 2019 | Edmund W. J. Lee, "#Hooked? Extending the Social Cognitive Model in Examining the Antecedents of Problematic Social Network Sites Use Among Singaporean Adolescents and Adults" |
| 2018 | Maura R. Chenney |
| 2016 | Michael Hanus |
| 2015 | Liesel Sharabi, “Modality switching in online dating: Identifying the communicative factors that make the transition from an online to an offline relationship more or less successful” |
| 2014 | Stephanie Robbins |
| 2013 | Erin M. Bryant |
Top Thesis Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Enoch Montes, "Inspiring or Demoralizing? Deservingness Perceptions Help Determine Why Emerging Adults Experience Positive or Negative Effects From Envy Inducing Social Media Posts" |
Outstanding Book Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Shane Tilton, Meme Life: The Social, Cultural, and Psychological Aspects of Memetic Communication |
| 2021 | Jeffrey A. Hall, Relating Through Technology (Cambridge University Press 2020) |
| 2019 | Keri K. Stephens, Negotiating Control: Organizations and Mobile Communication (Oxford University Press, 2018) |
| 2017 | Bree McEwan, Navigating New Media Networks: Understanding and Managing Communication Challenges in a Networked Society (Lexington Books, 2017) |
| 2015 | Zizi Papacharissi, Affective Publics: Politics, Emotion, and Twitter (Oxford University Press, 2014) |
Outstanding Article Award
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Marco Dehnert and Paul Mongeau, "Persuasion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Theories and Complications of AI-Based Persuasion," published in the Human Communication Journal in 2022. |
| 2020 | Jesse Fox & Bree McEwan, "Distinguishing Technologies for Social Interaction: The Perceived Social Affordances of Communication Channels Scale," Published in Communication Monographs, 84(3), 298-318. |
| 2018 | David C. DeAndrea, "Advancing warranting theory" |
| 2016 | Brian Spitzberg, (2014). Toward a model of meme diffusion (M3D). Communication Theory, 24, 311-339. |
| 2014 | Keri K. Stephens, Ashley K. Barrett, and Michael Mahometa |
Graduate Student Travel Scholarships
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Jeong-Woo Jang, Daria S. Heinemann, and David Askay |