Using media for coping: a scoping review
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Mobile phones, television, internet services, games, and social media offer diverse and numerous opportunities for coping with stress in everyday life. Different disciplines have contributed to answering how these media are used for coping. Consequently, fragmented and disconnected research perspectives have evolved. To improve integration, we conducted a scoping review. A total of 318 articles met the inclusion criteria. Three main perspectives on media use for coping were identified: (1) stress and coping, (2) mood management and emotion regulation, and (3) media addiction and problematic media use. Each perspective has contributed to different aspects of the use of media for coping. Six advancements are proposed, which attempt to integrate perspectives and to guide future research on coping using media.
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- Authors
- Wolfers, L. N., & Schneider, F. M.
- Affiliations
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (DE)
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schneider, Frank M.
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-07-25
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1210-1234
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W3039421121
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 94
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 161.09
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- MADOC (University of Mannheim) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- universität mannheim
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- stress coping, mood management, emotion regulation, media addiction, problematic media use, mobile devices, television, online services, video games, social media
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