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Selected Publications
McEwan, B. (2021). Modality switching to modality weaving: Updating theoretical perspectives for expanding media affordances. Annals of the International Communication Association, 45(1), 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2021.1880958
McEwan, B. (2020). Sampling and validity, Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(3), 235-247.
McEwan, B., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Networked maintenance: The effect of Facebook relational maintenance of network centrality. Communication Studies, 71(2),187-202.
Fox, J., & McEwan, B. (2019). Social Media. In M. B. Oliver, Raney, A. A., & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research, 4th ed. Routledge.
McEwan, B., Carpenter, C. J., & Hopke, J. (2018). Mediated skewed diffusion of issues information: A theory. Social Media + Society, 4, 1-14.
McEwan, B. & Flood, M.* (2018). Compressing comments: Reactions to perceived organizational control via social media surveillance. New Media & Society, 20, 1715-1735. doi: 10.1177/1461444817706073
McEwan, B., Sumner, E., Eden, J., & Fletcher, J. (2018). The effects of Facebook relational maintenance on friendship quality: An investigation of the Facebook Relational Maintenance Measure. Communication Research Reports, 35, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2017.1361393
Fox & McEwan, B. (2017). Distinguishing technologies for social interaction. The perceived social affordances of communication channels scale. Communication Monographs, 84,298-318.
McEwan, B. (2016). Communication of communities: Linguistic characteristics of online groups. Information, Communication, and Society, 19, 1233-1249.
McEwan, B., & Horn, D. (2016). ILY & Can U pick up some milk: Effects of relational maintenance via text messaging on relational satisfaction and closeness in dating partners. Southern Journal of Communication, 81, 168-181.
Floyd, K., Veksler, A. E., McEwan, B., Hesse, C., Boren, J. P., Dinsmore, D. R., & Pavlich, C. A. (2016). Social inclusion predicts lower blood glucose and low-density lipoproteins in healthy adults. Health Communication.
Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2016). The players of micro-dating: Individual and gender differences in goal orientations toward micro-dating apps. First Monday, http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6187
McEwan, B., Fletcher (Marmo), J., Eden, J., Sumner (Bryant), E. (2014). Development and validation of a Facebook relational maintenance measure. Communication Methods and Measures, 8, 244-263.
Schoonover, K., & McEwan, B. (2014). Are we really just friends?: The audience challenge in cross-sex friendships. Personal Relationships, 21, 387-403.
Pfafman, T.,& McEwan, B. (2014). Polite women at work: Negotiating professional identity through strategic assertiveness. Women's Studies in Communication, 37, 202-219.
McEwan, B. (2013). Sharing, caring, and surveilling on social network sites: An Actor Partner Interdependence Model investigation of Facebook relational maintenance. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 16, 858-862.
McEwan, B., & Zanolla, D. (2013). When online meets offline: A field investigation of modality switching. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 1565-1571.
Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2013). Who are we educating? Why undergraduate students choose to major in communication. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 32, 2-11.
McEwan, B. (2013). Retention and resources: How social network resources relate to institutional commitment. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, 15, 113-128.
McEwan, B., & Mease, J. (2012). Compressed crystals: A metaphor for mediated identity expression. In C. Cunningham (Ed.). Social networking and impression management: Self-presentation in the digital age. (pp. 85-106). Lanham, MD: Lexington.
McEwan, B. (2012). Managing boundaries in the Web 2.0 classroom. In H. Schwartz (Ed.),Interpersonal Boundaries in Teaching and Learning, #131. (pp. 15-28). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
McEwan, B. & Guerrero, L. K. (2012). Maintenance behavior and relationship quality as predictors of perceived availability of resources in newly formed college friendship networks. Communication Studies, 4, 421-440.
Farinelli, L., Babin, B., & McEwan, B. (2012). Emotional investment: An exploration of young adult friends’ emotional experience and expression using an investment model framework. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 206-227.
McEwan, B. & Sobre-Denton, M. (2011). Virtual cosmopolitanism: Constructing third cultures and transmitting social and cultural capital through social media. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4, 252-258.
McEwan, B. (2011). Hybrid engagement: How Facebook helps and hinders students’ social integration. In L. Wankel & C. Wankel (Ed.) Higher Education With Social Media: Applications in Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Alumni, Careers, and Other Functions. (pp. 3-23). Bingley, UK: Emerald.
McEwan, B. & Guerrero, L. K. (2010). Freshmen engagement through communication: Communication skills as predictors of friendship formation strategies and rewarding social networks among college freshmen. Communication Studies, 61, 445-463.
Guerrero, L. K., Farinelli, L., & McEwan, B. (2009). Attachment, emotional expression, and relational satisfaction. Communication Monographs, 76, 487-514.
Floyd, K., Boren, J. P., Hannawa, A. F., Hesse, C., McEwan, B., & Veksler, A. (2009). Effects of romantic kissing on blood lipids, stress, and relationship satisfaction among healthy adults. Western Journal of Communication, 73, 113-133.
McEwan, B., & Johnson, S. (2008). Relational violence: The darkest side of haptic communication. In L. K. Guerrero & M. L. Hecht (Eds.), The nonverbal communication reader (3rd ed). Waveland Press: Long Grove, IL.
Need access to an article? Copy of a book chapter? Email me at b-mcewan at wiu.edu.
McEwan, B. (2021). Modality switching to modality weaving: Updating theoretical perspectives for expanding media affordances. Annals of the International Communication Association, 45(1), 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2021.1880958
McEwan, B. (2020). Sampling and validity, Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(3), 235-247.
McEwan, B., & Carpenter, C. J. (2020). Networked maintenance: The effect of Facebook relational maintenance of network centrality. Communication Studies, 71(2),187-202.
Fox, J., & McEwan, B. (2019). Social Media. In M. B. Oliver, Raney, A. A., & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research, 4th ed. Routledge.
McEwan, B., Carpenter, C. J., & Hopke, J. (2018). Mediated skewed diffusion of issues information: A theory. Social Media + Society, 4, 1-14.
McEwan, B. & Flood, M.* (2018). Compressing comments: Reactions to perceived organizational control via social media surveillance. New Media & Society, 20, 1715-1735. doi: 10.1177/1461444817706073
McEwan, B., Sumner, E., Eden, J., & Fletcher, J. (2018). The effects of Facebook relational maintenance on friendship quality: An investigation of the Facebook Relational Maintenance Measure. Communication Research Reports, 35, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2017.1361393
Fox & McEwan, B. (2017). Distinguishing technologies for social interaction. The perceived social affordances of communication channels scale. Communication Monographs, 84,298-318.
McEwan, B. (2016). Communication of communities: Linguistic characteristics of online groups. Information, Communication, and Society, 19, 1233-1249.
McEwan, B., & Horn, D. (2016). ILY & Can U pick up some milk: Effects of relational maintenance via text messaging on relational satisfaction and closeness in dating partners. Southern Journal of Communication, 81, 168-181.
Floyd, K., Veksler, A. E., McEwan, B., Hesse, C., Boren, J. P., Dinsmore, D. R., & Pavlich, C. A. (2016). Social inclusion predicts lower blood glucose and low-density lipoproteins in healthy adults. Health Communication.
Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2016). The players of micro-dating: Individual and gender differences in goal orientations toward micro-dating apps. First Monday, http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6187
McEwan, B., Fletcher (Marmo), J., Eden, J., Sumner (Bryant), E. (2014). Development and validation of a Facebook relational maintenance measure. Communication Methods and Measures, 8, 244-263.
Schoonover, K., & McEwan, B. (2014). Are we really just friends?: The audience challenge in cross-sex friendships. Personal Relationships, 21, 387-403.
Pfafman, T.,& McEwan, B. (2014). Polite women at work: Negotiating professional identity through strategic assertiveness. Women's Studies in Communication, 37, 202-219.
McEwan, B. (2013). Sharing, caring, and surveilling on social network sites: An Actor Partner Interdependence Model investigation of Facebook relational maintenance. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 16, 858-862.
McEwan, B., & Zanolla, D. (2013). When online meets offline: A field investigation of modality switching. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 1565-1571.
Carpenter, C. J., & McEwan, B. (2013). Who are we educating? Why undergraduate students choose to major in communication. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 32, 2-11.
McEwan, B. (2013). Retention and resources: How social network resources relate to institutional commitment. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, 15, 113-128.
McEwan, B., & Mease, J. (2012). Compressed crystals: A metaphor for mediated identity expression. In C. Cunningham (Ed.). Social networking and impression management: Self-presentation in the digital age. (pp. 85-106). Lanham, MD: Lexington.
McEwan, B. (2012). Managing boundaries in the Web 2.0 classroom. In H. Schwartz (Ed.),Interpersonal Boundaries in Teaching and Learning, #131. (pp. 15-28). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
McEwan, B. & Guerrero, L. K. (2012). Maintenance behavior and relationship quality as predictors of perceived availability of resources in newly formed college friendship networks. Communication Studies, 4, 421-440.
Farinelli, L., Babin, B., & McEwan, B. (2012). Emotional investment: An exploration of young adult friends’ emotional experience and expression using an investment model framework. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 206-227.
McEwan, B. & Sobre-Denton, M. (2011). Virtual cosmopolitanism: Constructing third cultures and transmitting social and cultural capital through social media. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4, 252-258.
McEwan, B. (2011). Hybrid engagement: How Facebook helps and hinders students’ social integration. In L. Wankel & C. Wankel (Ed.) Higher Education With Social Media: Applications in Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Alumni, Careers, and Other Functions. (pp. 3-23). Bingley, UK: Emerald.
McEwan, B. & Guerrero, L. K. (2010). Freshmen engagement through communication: Communication skills as predictors of friendship formation strategies and rewarding social networks among college freshmen. Communication Studies, 61, 445-463.
Guerrero, L. K., Farinelli, L., & McEwan, B. (2009). Attachment, emotional expression, and relational satisfaction. Communication Monographs, 76, 487-514.
Floyd, K., Boren, J. P., Hannawa, A. F., Hesse, C., McEwan, B., & Veksler, A. (2009). Effects of romantic kissing on blood lipids, stress, and relationship satisfaction among healthy adults. Western Journal of Communication, 73, 113-133.
McEwan, B., & Johnson, S. (2008). Relational violence: The darkest side of haptic communication. In L. K. Guerrero & M. L. Hecht (Eds.), The nonverbal communication reader (3rd ed). Waveland Press: Long Grove, IL.
Need access to an article? Copy of a book chapter? Email me at b-mcewan at wiu.edu.
