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Katy E. Pearce
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 35
Citations - 1862
Katy E. Pearce is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & The Internet. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 32 publications receiving 1444 citations. Previous affiliations of Katy E. Pearce include Georgetown University & University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Explicating Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Affordances in Communication Research
TL;DR: This study aims to clarify inconsistencies regarding the term affordances by examining how affordances terminology is used in empirical research on communication and technology through an analysis of 82 communication-oriented scholarly works on affordances.
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Digital Divides From Access to Activities: Comparing Mobile and Personal Computer Internet Users
Katy E. Pearce,Ronald E. Rice +1 more
TL;DR: While sociodemographic differences are more influential, device type can increase likelihood of use for some “capital enhancing” activities, but only for a computer, thus, although mobile Internet is available for those on the wrong side of the digital divide, these users do not engage in many activities, decreasing potential benefits.
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Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy
TL;DR: In this paper, a multilevel model examining the relationship between Internet penetration, individual Internet use, and citizen demand for democracy across 28 countries was proposed, finding that greater democratization and Internet penetration moderate the relationship of Internet use and demand for democratic governance.
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Networked Authoritarianism and Social Media in Azerbaijan
Katy E. Pearce,Sarah Kendzior +1 more
TL;DR: A mixed-methods study examines how the government of Azerbaijan dissuaded Internet users from political activism as discussed by the authors, finding that the government has successfully dissuaded frequent internet users from supporting protest and average Internet users in Azerbaijan from using social media for political purposes.
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Organizational Media Affordances: Operationalization and Associations with Media Use
TL;DR: The concept of affordance has been increasingly applied to the study of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational contexts as discussed by the authors, however, almost no research operationalizes affordances, limiting comparisons and programmatic research.