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Morgan Quinn Ross
@mqrmobile.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Oregon State. Studying mobile media + mobility + identity + disconnection and plugging prime numbers into microwaves. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 21d
Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, Dave DeAndrea and I clarify and test identity shift theory. Our findings show the importance of identification with claim and suggest a possible reorientation of the theory toward biased scanning:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 5d
Coming up next week!

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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 16d
First up in the @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar event calendar is How to Submit to the Mobile Communication Division, featuring International Liaison @luytioco.bsky.social and former chair Keri Stephens. Details here:
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 6d
Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 7d
They ditched their old phone, but now they find they are using their tablet more in bed :P
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 8d
Old news!

www.brewhoop.com/2022/3/8/229...
Giannis Would Start In Any Era: A Primer on Affordances
Your best source for quality Milwaukee Bucks news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.
www.brewhoop.com
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 8d
Applying Gibson's theory of affordances to sports?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
What is CLA, the revolutionary coaching method used by Victor Wembanyama and other top athletes?
This radical coaching method was once a secret. Now, it’s reimagining athletic training and powering champions all over the world.
www.nytimes.com
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 8d
From this angle at least!
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 9d
They switched to a small screen to make it harder for themselves to read articles in bed!
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 9d
Spotted in the wild 👀
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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 11d
The #ica26 preconference Affecting myself?! Exploring self & feedback effects in digital communication aims at bringing together scholars to discuss how communicators are shaped by messages & feedback. Extended abstracts due Jan 30, 2026. www.medienstruktur.ifp.uni-mainz.de/affecting-my...
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 12d
Cancel the rest of the course: the grad students of Mobile Communication, Self, and Society already understand mobile communication better than me 🎨
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 14d
Nail 🤝 head

My favorite: AI-generated emails sent to university listservs by folks making more than me 👏

hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 16d
First up in the @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar event calendar is How to Submit to the Mobile Communication Division, featuring International Liaison @luytioco.bsky.social and former chair Keri Stephens. Details here:
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 16d
Another year, another full slate of @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar events! Here are the details:
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 20d
Thanks to @aliciagilbert.bsky.social for presenting this project at #mepsy25! To use a metaphor completely unrelated to where I was during the presentation, it's like the Bryce Canyon hoodoos: possibly about to topple at any moment, but impeccably shaped over time to be stunning
Bryce canyon hoodoos
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 20d
Somewhat out-of-date, but: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ESM & Mobile Sensing Solutions: Feature Table
docs.google.com
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 21d
Not yet! And yes!
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 21d
Honored to be a part of Big Tech's training data /s

www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...
AI Watchdog - The Atlantic
The Atlantic's ongoing investigation of the books, videos, and other media used by the world's most powerful tech companies to train their AI models.
www.theatlantic.com
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 21d
Complementary access is provided here for the first 50 folks:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/N2UYI...
And a postprint is available here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 21d
Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, Dave DeAndrea and I clarify and test identity shift theory. Our findings show the importance of identification with claim and suggest a possible reorientation of the theory toward biased scanning:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
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Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · 28d
You heard it here first (maybe): The CAT/Mobile doctoral consortium will officially be happening again at #ica26 in Cape Town! Are you dissertating? Consider applying for mentorship from top scholars in comm tech / mobile.
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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 24d
📲 Always feel pressured to be online?

This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, ‪@annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘‍♀️

🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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ICA Mobile Communication @icamobile.bsky.social · 23d
We are currently accepting extended abstracts and workshop proposals for the #ICA2026 Mobile Preconference! We invite submissions across diverse disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical backgrounds!

Deadline is 30th January 2026, and the full call can be found here: www.icamobile.org/calls
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · 29d
There are a BUNCH of awesome candidates up for election in @icamobile.bsky.social this year. Cast your vote before October 21st! www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...
International Communication Association
The upcoming calendar is currently empty.
www.icahdq.org
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Chafic Tony Najem @chaficnajem.bsky.social · Sep 1
My latest, Digital Carceral Mobilities, is out now with @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1177/2050...
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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · Sep 2
And here are some recent papers challenging such work:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does the Mere Presence of a Smartphone Impact Cognitive Performance? A Meta-Analysis of the “Brain Drain Effect”
A growing body of research investigates the general possibility that the mere presence of a smartphone might negatively impact cognitive performance, with some researchers posing the “brain drain” ...
www.tandfonline.com
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