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Overview

Adam Joinson is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focused interest in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Information Systems, Social Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

The main research topics covered by Joinson include:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Information and Cyber Security

Recent publications by Joinson demonstrate a focus on privacy concerns, personality traits related to social media usage, and psychological responses to online interactions. Some notable papers include:

  • "It wouldn't happen to me": Privacy concerns and perspectives following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 2020, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • How is extraversion related to social media use? A literature review, 2020, Personality and Individual Differences
  • Understanding neuroticism and social media: A systematic review, 2020, Personality and Individual Differences
  • Emotional responses to likes and comments regulate posting frequency and content change behaviour on social media: An experimental study and mediation model, 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
  • Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

Joinson frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Social Media + Society
  • Journal of Cybersecurity
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

The researcher also collaborates regularly with various coauthors, including:

  • Joanne Hinds
  • Lukasz Piwek
  • Laura G. E. Smith
  • Brittany I Davidson
  • Kseniya Stsiampkouskaya

Best Publications

  • Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?: motives and use of facebook

    Adam N. Joinson

  • Self-disclosure in computer-mediated communication: The role of self-awareness and visual anonymity

    Adam N. Joinson

  • The Rise of Consumer Health Wearables: Promises and Barriers

    Lukasz Piwek;David Alexander Ellis;Sally Andrews;Adam Joinson

  • Social desirability, anonymity, and Internet-based questionnaires.

    Adam Joinson

  • Understanding the Psychology of Internet Behaviour: Virtual Worlds, Real Lives

    Adam N. Joinson

  • Privacy, trust, and self-disclosure online

    Adam N. Joinson;Ulf-Dietrich Reips;Tom Buchanan;Carina B. Paine Schofield

  • Causes and implications of disinhibited behavior on the Internet.

    Adam Joinson

  • Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet

    Tom Buchanan;Carina Paine;Adam N. Joinson;Ulf-Dietrich Reips

  • Self-disclosure, Privacy and the Internet

    Adam N. Joinson;Carina B. Paine

  • Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology

    Adam Joinson;Katelyn McKenna;Tom Postmes;Ulf-Dietrich Reips

  • What do they snapchat about? Patterns of use in time-limited instant messaging service

    Lukasz Piwek;Adam Joinson

  • Cultural differences, experience with social networks and the nature of true commitment in Facebook

    Asimina Vasalou;Adam N. Joinson;Delphine Courvoisier

  • Me, myself and I: The role of interactional context on self-presentation through avatars

    Asimina Vasalou;Adam N. Joinson

  • Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet

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  • Internet users' perceptions of 'privacy concerns' and 'privacy actions'

    Carina Paine;Ulf-Dietrich Reips;Stefan Stieger;Adam Joinson

  • Self-esteem, interpersonal risk, and preference for e-mail to face-to-face communication

    Adam N. Joinson

  • Knowing me, knowing you: reciprocal self-disclosure in Internet-based surveys.

    Adam N. Joinson

  • Measuring self-disclosure online

    Adam N. Joinson;Carina Paine;Tom Buchanan;Ulf-Dietrich Reips

  • “It wouldn't happen to me”: Privacy concerns and perspectives following the Cambridge Analytica scandal

    Joanne Hinds;Emma J. Williams;Adam N. Joinson

  • Personalization, authentication and self-disclosure in self-administered Internet surveys

    Adam N. Joinson;Alan Woodley;Ulf-Dietrich Reips

  • Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet

    Monica T. Whitty;Adam N. Joinson

  • Privacy, Social Network Sites, and Social Relations

    David J. Houghton;Adam N. Joinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Monica T. Whitty
Monica T. Whitty Monash University
Tom Postmes
Tom Postmes University of Groningen
Jeffrey T. Hancock
Jeffrey T. Hancock Stanford University
Sally Andrews
Sally Andrews University of Sydney
Tobias Greitemeyer
Tobias Greitemeyer University of Innsbruck
Stefan Stieger
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

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