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Romantic Relationships

Frampton, J. R., & Fox, J. (in press). Social media’s role in romantic partners’ retroactive jealousy: Social comparison, uncertainty, and information seeking. To appear in Social Media & Society.

Song, W., & Fox, J. (2016). Playing for love in a romantic video game: Avatar identification, parasocial interaction, and motivations for use predict Chinese women’s romantic beliefs. Mass Communication & Society, 19, 197-215. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2015.1077972

Fox, J., & Ralston, R. A. (2016). Queer identity online: Informal learning and teaching experiences of LGBTQ individuals on social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 635-642. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.009

Fox, J., & Moreland, J. J. (2015). The dark side of social networking sites: An exploration of the relational and psychological stressors associated with Facebook use and affordances. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 168-176. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.083

Fox, J., & Tokunaga, R. S. (2015). Romantic partner monitoring after breakups: Attachment, dependence, distress, and post-dissolution surveillance on social networking sites. CyberPsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 18, 491-498. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0123

Fox, J., & Warber, K. M. (2014). Social networking sites in romantic relationships: Attachment, uncertainty, and partner surveillance on Facebook. CyberPsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 17, 3-7. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0667 [PDF]

Fox, J., Osborn, J., & Warber, K. M. (2014). Balancing the benefits and drawbacks of social networking sites: A dialectical analysis of the use of Facebook in romantic relationships. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 527-534. doi: 101.1016/j.chb.2014.02.031

Anderegg, C. M., Dale, K., & Fox, J. (2014). Media portrayals of romantic relationship maintenance: A content analysis of relational maintenance behaviors on prime time television. Mass Communication & Society, 17, 733-753. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2013.846383

Fox, J., & Anderegg, C. (2014). Romantic relationship stages and social networking sites: Uncertainty reduction strategies and perceived relational norms on Facebook. CyberPsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 17, 685-691. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0232

Fox, J., & Warber, K. M. (2013). Romantic relationship development in the age of Facebook: An exploratory study of emerging adults’ perceptions, motives, and behaviors. CyberPsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 16, 3-7. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0288 [PDF]

Fox, J., Warber, K. M., & Makstaller, D. (2013). The role of Facebook in romantic relationship development: An exploration of Knapp’s relational stage model. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 30, 772-795. doi: 10.1177/0265407512468370

Fox, J., & Frampton, J. (2017). Social media stressors in romantic relationships. In N. Punyanunt-Carter & J. S. Wrench (Eds.), Swipe right for love: The impact of social media in modern romantic relationships. (pp. 181-196). New York: Lexington Books.

Fox, J. (2016). The dark side of social networking sites in romantic relationships. In B. K. Wiederhold, G. Riva, & P. Cipresso (Eds.), The psychology of social networking: Communication, presence, identity, and relationships in online communities. Berlin, Germany: DeGruyter Open.

Fox, J., & Anderegg, C. (2016). Turbulence, turmoil, and termination: The dark side of social networking sites for romantic relationships. In E. Gilchrist & S. Long (Eds.), Contexts for dark side communication. (pp. 269-280). New York: Peter Lang.

Fox, J. (2015). Models of relationship development. In C. Berger & M. Roloff (Eds.), International encyclopedia of interpersonal communication. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118540190

Fox, J., & Potocki, B. (2014). Technology and culture: Sociocultural explanations for sexting. In T. C. Heistand & W. J. Weins (Eds.), Sexting and youth: A multidisciplinary examination of research, theory, and law. (pp. 95-122). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.