Dr. Michael A. Stefanone
Assistant Professor
Office: 327 Baldy Hall
Email: ms297
Phone: (716) 645-1159
Degrees:
B.A., University at Buffalo
M.S., Cornell University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Teaches in these programs:
Bachelor of Arts Communication Department
Master of Arts Communication Department
Ph.D. Communication Department
Research Interests:
Dr. Stefanone's research explores the social psychology of technology use. His main interest is in computer-mediated communication and social media. His research situates technology use in evolving social contexts, addresses novel uses of tools like blogs and social network sites, and explores the effects these technologies have on people's relationships.
He recently published articles in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication linking reality television consumption to a range of web2.0 behaviors including blogging, photo and video sharing, Computers in Human Behavior exploring impression formation and willingness to initiate friendships on social networking sites, and Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking applying contingencies of self worth to explain a range of online behavior.
You can see a short video describing the research here and listen to a brief commentary about online photosharing here.
Finally, to learn more about organ and tissue donation and the grant-funded (HRSA) project Dr. Stefanone is working on in collaboration with Dr. Feeley, visit http://campaign4life.org/.
Ongoing Research Support
R39OT22058 Hollander (PI) 09/01/11-08/31/13
HHS/HRSA/Division of Transplantation ($517,136)
Title: Increasing Organ Donation in New York through Challenge Campaigns
Role: Co-Investigator
10768352 Fu (PI; Dept. of CSE @ UB) 01/01/12-12/31/14
AFOSR ($483,511)
Title: Sicio-Cultural Media Sharing as Conversations: Sensing and Modeling Behavior in Response to Environmental Changes
Role: Co-Investigator
Past Research Support
D71HS09611 Hollander (PI) 09/01/08-08/31/11
HHS/HRSA/Division of Transplantation ($631,782)
Promoting organ and tissue donation through new media
Role: Co-Investigator
Recent Publications
Stefanone, M. A., Anker, A. E., Evans, M., & Feeley, T. H. (In Press). Click to ‘like’ organ donation: The use of online media to promote organ donor registration. Forthcoming in Progress in Transplantation.
Stefanone, M. A., Kwon, K. H., & Lackaff, D. (In Press). The relationship between perceptions of online capital and enacted support. Forthcoming in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Stefanone, M. A., Hurley, C. M., & Yang, Z. J. (In Press). Antecedents of online information seeking. Forthcoming in Information, Communication and Society.
Chung, C. J., Nam, Y., & Stefanone, M. A. (2012). Exploring Online News Credibility: The Relative Influence of Hypertextuality, Interactivity and Multimediality. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 17(1), 171-186.
*Claes, N., Hurley, C. M., & Stefanone, M. A. (2012). Do Me a Solid? Information Asymmetry, Liking, and Compliance Gaining Online. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawai'i International Conference on Systems Scienec (HICSS-45), pp. 4417-4426. January 4-7, Maui.
*Best Paper Award, Organizational Systems and Technology track; Communication and Social Networks minitrack.
Jang, C. Y., & Stefanone, M. A. (2011). Self disclosure on public blogs: The effects of gender, personal traits, and perceived context. IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet, 9(2).
Jang, C. Y., & Stefanone, M. A. (2011). Non-Directed Self-Disclosure in the Blogosphere. Information, Communication and Society, 14(7), 1039-1059.
Stefanone, M. A., Lackaff, D., & Rosen, D. (2011). Contingencies of self-worth and social networking site behavior. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14(1-2), 41-51.
Stefanone, M. A., Huang, Y. C., & Lackaff, D. (2011). Negotiating social belonging: Online, offline, and in-between. In the Proceedings of the 44th Hawai’i International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-44), January 4-7, 2011, Poipu, Kauai. IEEE Computer Society Press, Poipu, Hawai'i, 2011.
Stefanone, M. A., Kwon, K., & Lackaff, D. (2011). The value of online ‘friends’: Networked resources via social network sites. First Monday, 16(2).
Stefanone, M. A., Lackaff, D., & Rosen, D. (2010). The Relationship between Traditional Mass Media and ‘Social Media:’ Reality Television as a Model for Social Network Site Behavior. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 54(3), 508-525.
Rosen, D., Stefanone, M. A., & Lackaff, D. (2010). Online and Offline Social Networks: Investigating Culturally-Specific Behavior and Satisfaction. In the Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS), January 2010. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
Wang, S., Moon, S., Kwon, K., Evans, C., & Stefanone, M. A. (2010). Face off: Implications of visual cues on initiating friendship on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 26(2), 226-234.
Jang, C. Y., & Stefanone, M. A. (2009). I think you know who I am: Bloggers’ perceived identifiability. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, 234-238.
Stefanone, M. A., Jang, C. Y., & Claes, N. (2009). New media in context: Environmental Cues and Self-Disclosure on Weblogs. Social Computing (IEEE, SocialCom), p.416-423. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
Stefanone, M. A., & Lackaff, D. (2009). Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo and Video Sharing. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(4), 964-987.
Stefanone, M. A., Lackaff, D., & Rosen, D. (2008). We’re All Stars Now: Reality Television, Web 2.0, and Mediated Identities. In the Proceedings of ACM’s Hypertext and Hypermedia, 107-112. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
Stefanone, M. A., & Gay, G. (2008). Structural Reproduction of Social Networks in Computer-Mediated Communication Forums. Journal of Behavior and Information Technology, 27(2), 97-106.
Stefanone, M. A., & Jang, C. Y. (2007). Writing for Friends and Family: The Interpersonal Nature of Blogs. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), 123-140.