VOLUME 19 • 2020
Digital Data Aggregation, Analysis, and Infrastructures in FinTech Operations
ABSTRACT. This paper analyzes the outcomes of an exploratory review of the current research on FinTech operations. The data used for this study was obtained and replicated from previous research conducted by Deloitte, Financial News, KPMG, Pollfish, PwC, and SYKES. I performed analyses and made esti..
Restoring Public Trust in Digital Platform Operations: Machine Learning Algorithmic Structuring of Social Media Content
ABSTRACT. I develop a conceptual framework based on a systematic and comprehensive literature review on public trust in digital platform operations. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Pew Research Center, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding machine learning algorith..
Behavioral Dynamics of Depression and Social Anxiety in Relation to Smartphone Addiction
ABSTRACT. Despite the relevance of smartphone use disorder, only limited research has been conducted on this topic. Using and replicating data from Forrester, Insights West & iamota, KDM Engineering, MarketingCharts, Pew Research Center, and YouGov, we performed analyses and made estimates regar..
Technology-related Behaviors and Attitudes: Compulsive Smartphone Usage, Stress, and Social Anxiety
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study was to empirically examine technology-related behaviors and attitudes. Building our argument by drawing on data collected from AARP, Insights West & iamota, MarketingCharts, Pew Research Center, and YouGov, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding th..
Problematic Smartphone Use Severity: Behavioral Addiction, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Pathological Personality Traits
ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to synthesize and analyze existing evidence on problematic smartphone use severity. Using and replicating data from ExactTarget, Insights West & iamota, MarketingCharts, Pew Research Center, and Screen Education, we performed analyses and made estimates regardi..
Smartphone Addiction Risk, Anxiety Symptom Severity, and Depression Psychopathology
ABSTRACT. Based on an in-depth survey of the literature, the purpose of the paper is to explore the psychology of addictive smartphone behavior. Using and replicating data from BankMyCell, Common Sense Media, Deloitte, Insights West & iamota, Northpoint Washington, Pew Research Center, SlickText..
Addictive Behavior of Problematic Smartphone Users: The Relationship between Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
ABSTRACT. Employing recent research results covering addictive behavior of problematic smartphone users, and building our argument by drawing on data collected from AARP, The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, ExactTarget, MarketingCharts, Pew Research Center, we performed analyses and ma..
Regulating Fake News Content during COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence-based Reality, Trustworthy Sources, and Responsible Media Reporting
ABSTRACT. We draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on regulating fake news content during COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore this, we inspected, used, and replicated survey data from Pew Research Center and Statista, performing analyses and making estimates regarding findin..
The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword: Humor as a Social Justice Tool
ABSTRACT. Some humor, while making us laugh, contains shadows of hostility toward those who cause strife – the racists, the bigots, the unaware and uneducated. Believe it or not, humor does have the ability to educate, to counter stereotypes and, if all else fails, to get even. Although humor can pe..
Einstein and Freud on Why War?
ABSTRACT. The paper sketches the context in which Einstein and Freud’s joint publication Why War? appeared under the auspices of the League of Nations in 1933. Instead of the authors’ holding a lack of rationality and the human proclivity for aggression responsible, the paper emphasizes the increasi..