New Perspectives on (Anti)Social Media

New Perspectives on Media Credibility Research

Power, reason, closure: critical perspectives on new media theory

This article addresses the question of new media studies’ meta-theoretical premises. It is argued that the field’s exceptional openness towards theory and method is a valuable asset, which needs to be cultivated by means of a more explicit meta-theoretical debate. Drawing on critical theory, three meta-theoretical criteria concerning power, reason and closure are suggested and applied in a revi...

Media Use and Well-Being: New Perspectives on the Risks and Benefits of Media Exposure

The growing influence of media in our daily lives is hard to overlook: Media content in the form of communication, information, and entertainment demands a significant share of our leisure time and waking hours. Online and mobile media have further extended the scope of traditional mass media and make media content and computer-mediated communication available at any time and at any place. Conc...

Economic Perspectives on Media Mergers and Consolidation

Antisocial personality disorder: new directions

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for antisocial personality disorder (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2009) were welcomed for drawing attention to this relatively common but debilitating and costly condition that until recently many psychiatrists believed was untreatable. In the past decade, the historical antipathy of psychiatrists a...