Research
Journal articles
- Skoric, M. M., Zhu, Q., Koc-Michalska, K., Boulianne, S., & Bimber, B. (2021). Selective Avoidance on Social Media: A Comparative Study of Western Democracies. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211005468 (SSCI listed, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, IF=4.578, 8/110)
- Goyanes, M. & Skoric, M. M. (2021). Citizen (dis)engagement on social media: How the Catalan referendum crisis fostered a teflonic social media behaviour. Mediterranean Politics.
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2021.1904349 (SSCI listed, Area Studies, IF=2.588, 7/80)
- Zhu, Q., Skoric, M. M. (2021). Political implications of disconnection on social media: A study of politically motivated unfriending. New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444821999994 (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=8.061, 2/94)
- Zhu, Q., & Skoric, M.M. (2021). From Context Collapse to “Safe Spaces”: Selective Avoidance through Tie Dissolution on Social Media. Mass Communication and Society. DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2021.1883671 (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=3.309, 25/94)
- Zhang, N. & Skoric, M. M. (2020). Getting their voice heard: Chinese environmental NGO’s Weibo activity and information sharing. Environmental Communication. 14(6), 844-858. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=2.469, 17/88)
- Skoric, M.M., Liu, J., & Jaidka, K. (2020). Electoral and public opinion forecasts with social media data: A meta-analysis. Information, 11(4), 187. (ESCI listed)
- Shen, F., Xia, C., & Skoric, M. M. (2020). Examining the roles of social media and alternative media in social movement participation: A study of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Telematics and Informatics, 47, 101303. (SSCI listed, Inform. Science and Library Science, IF=3.714, 11/89)
- Skoric, M. M., & Zhang, N. (2019). Opinion leadership, media use, and environmental engagement in China. International Journal of Communication. 19, 1-22. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=1.069, 61/88)
- Zhang, N., & Skoric, M. M. (2019). Making the news: environmental NGOs and their media visibility in China. Chinese Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2019.1610468 (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=1.064, 62/88)
- Jaidka, K., Ahmed, S., Skoric, M. M. & Hilbert, M. (2019). Predicting elections from social media: A three-country, three-method comparative study. Asian Journal of Communication. 29(3), 252-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2018.1453849 (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=1.097, 59/88)
- Skoric, M. M., Zhu, Q., & Lin, J.-H. (2018). What predicts selective avoidance on social media: A study of political unfriending in Hong Kong and Taiwan. American Behavioral Scientist, 62(8), 1097-1115. doi.org/10.1177/0002764218764251 (SSCI listed, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, IF:1.311, 30/96)
- Nan, Z. & Skoric, M. M. (2018). Media use and environmental engagement: Examining differential gains from news media and social media. International Journal of Communication, 12, 380-403. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=1.128, 50/84)
- Zhu, Q., Skoric M. M., & Peng, T. Q. (2018). Citizen’s use of the internet and public service delivery: A longitudinal study of the first-level administrative divisions in China (1997-2014). International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 5(3), 32-42. (ESCI listed)
- Zhu, Q., Skoric, M. M., & Shen, F. (2017). I shield myself from thee: Selective avoidance on social media during political protests. Political Communication, 34(1), 112-131. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=2.467, 10/79)
- Park, Y., & Skoric, M. M. (2017). Personalized ad in your Google Glass? Wearable technology, hands-off data collection, and new policy imperative. Journal of Business Ethics, 142(1), 71-82. (SSCI listed, Ethics, IF:2.354, 2/51)
- Skoric, M. M., Zhu, Q., Pang, N. (2016). Social media, political expression, and participation in Confucian Asia. Chinese Journal of Communication, 9(4), 331-347. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=0.562, 64/79)
- Skoric, M. M., Zhu, Q., Goh, D., & Pang, N. (2016). Social media & citizen engagement: A meta-analytic review. New Media & Society, 18(9), 1817-1839. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=4.180, 1/79)
- Skoric, M. M. & Zhu, Q. (2016). Social media and offline political participation: Uncovering the paths from digital to physical. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 28(3), 415-426. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF=1.254, 36/79)
- Skoric, M.M., Pan, J., Fu, W. W., Sim, C., & Park, Y. (2015). Getting a job 2.0: The role of mobile and online social networks in promoting entrepreneurship and job mobility. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 14(1), 5-22.
- Skoric, M. M., & Park, Y. J. (2014). Culture, technologies and democracy: A cross-national analysis of political development. Telematics & Informatics, 31(3), 364-375. (SSCI listed, Information and Library Science, IF:1.120, 30/84)
- Poor, N., & Skoric, M. (2014). Death of a guild, birth of a network: Online community ties within and beyond code. Games and Culture, 9(3), 182-202. (SSCI listed, Cultural Studies, IF:0.390, 14/37)
- Skoric, M. M. (2014). The implications of big data for developing and transitional economies: Extending the Triple Helix? Scientometrics, 99(1), 175-186. (SSCI listed, Interdisciplinary Computer Science, IF:2.183, 22/102 )
- Skoric, M. M. & Poor, N. D. (2013). Youth engagement in Singapore: The interplay of traditional and social media. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 57(2), 1-18. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:0.892, 39/74)
- Pan J., & Skoric, M.M. (2013). Gender and social resource: Predicting divides of social network site and mobile phone use in Singapore. Chinese Journal of Communication, 6(2), 221-239. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:0.391, 58/74)
- Huynh, K. P., Lim, S. W., & Skoric, M. M. (2013). Stepping out of the magic circle: Regulation of play/life boundary in MMO-mediated intimacy. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(3), 251-264. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:2.172, 6/74).
- Kwan, G. C. E. & Skoric, M. M. (2013). Facebook bullying: An extension of battles at school. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(1), 16-25. (SSCI listed, Multidisciplinary Psychology, IF:2.273, 24/129)
- Chong, G. Y. M, Teng , S. K. Z, Siew, A. S. C., & Skoric, M. M. (2012). Cultivation effects of video games: A longer-term experimental test of first- and second-order effects. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(9), 952-971. (SSCI listed, Social Psychology, IF:1.330, 33/60)
- Teng, S. K. Z, Chong, G. Y. M, Siew, A. S. C. & Skoric, M. M. (2011). Grand Theft Auto IV comes to Singapore: The effects of repeated exposure to violent video games on aggression. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 14(10), 597-602. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:2.710, 1/72)
- Skoric, M. M. & Kwan, G. C. E. (2011). Platforms for mediated sociability and entertainment and online social capital: The case of Facebook and video games. Asian Journal of Communication, 21(5), 467-484. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:0.407, 53/72)
- Skoric, M. M. & Kwan, G. C. E. (2011). Do Facebook and video games promote political participation among youth? Evidence from Singapore. eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, 3(1), 70-79.
- Skoric, M. M., Chua, J. P, Liew M. A. Wong K. H., Yeo P. J. (2010). Online shaming in the Asian context: Community empowerment or civic vigilantism? Surveillance & Society, 8(2), 181-199.
- Tandoc, E. C. & Skoric, M. M. (2010). The pseudo-events paradox: How pseudo-events flood the Philippine press and why journalists don’t recognize it. Asian Journal of Communication, 20(1), 33-50. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:0.420, 55/67)
- Skoric, M. M, Sim, C., Han, T. J. & Fang, P. (2009). Podcasting and politics in Singapore: An experimental study of medium effects. Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 8(2), 27-43.
- Skoric, M. M., Teo, L. C. T. & Neo, R. L. (2009). Children and video games: Addiction, engagement, and scholastic achievement. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 12(5), 567-72. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:1.591, 5/55)
- Neo, L. R. & Skoric, M. M. (2009). Problematic instant messaging use among university students. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(3), 627-657. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:3.639, 1/55)
- Skoric, M. M. & Ng, D. Y. Y. (2009). Bowling online, not alone: Online social capital and political participation in Singapore. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(2), 414-433. (SSCI listed, Communication IF:3.639, 1/55)
- Skoric, M. M. (2007). Is culture destiny in Asia? A story of a Tiger and a Lion. Asian Journal of Communication, 17(4), 396-415.
- Kwak, N., Poor, N., & Skoric, M. (2006). Honey, I shrunk the world! The relationship between Internet use and international engagement. Mass Communication and Society, 9(2), 189-213.
- Williams D. & Skoric, M. (2005). Internet fantasy violence: A test of aggression in an online game. Communication Monographs, 72(2), 217-233. (SSCI listed, Communication, IF:0.442, 34/42)
- Kwak, N., Skoric, M. M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2004). To broadband or not to broadband: The relationship between high-speed Internet and knowledge and participation. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 48(3), 420-445. (SSCI listed, IF:0.461, 33/40)
Book
Skoric, M. M. & Pang, N. (under contract). Research Handbook on Social Media and Society. Edward Elgar.
Book chapters
- Skoric, M. M. (2015). Selective avoidance on social media and citizen participation: Evidence from Singapore and Hong Kong. In W. Hofmeister (Ed.), Nationalism in Asia and Europe. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Shiftung.
- Skoric, M. M. (2015). Facebook, mobile phones and political participation during the 2011 Singapore General Election. In T. H. Tan & A. Mahizhnan (Eds.) Impact of new media on Singapore General Election 2011. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
- Skoric, M. M., Park, Y., Jiang, Y. (2014). Cultural values and digital networks as predictors of sustainable democratic development. In J. Servaes (Ed.) Technological determinism and communication for sustainable social change. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- Skoric, M. M. (2014). Social media and youth participation in Singapore. In H. Gil de Zúñiga (Ed.) New agendas in communication: New technologies & civic engagement. New York: Routledge.
- Skoric, M. M., Tang, S. W. H., Liao, Y., & Poor, N. D. (2010). Technology as place. In S. Allan (Ed.) Rethinking communication: Keywords in communication research (pp. 151-164). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
- Huesmann, L. R. & Skoric, M. (2003). Regulating media violence: Why, how, and by whom? (pp. 219-240). In B. Young & E. Palmer (Eds.) Children and the Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling to Children. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Skoric, M. & Furnham, A. (2002). Gender role stereotyping in television advertisements: A comparative study of British and Serbian television. In S. Shohov (Ed.) Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 10, pp. 123-142). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. * Reprinted in J. Z. Arlsdale (Ed.) Trends in Social Psychology.(2003; pp. 71-90). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Research monographs, working papers, and professional publications
- Skoric, M. M. (2013). Social media and citizen engagement: The hopes, the fears and the empirical evidence. Politika Annual Journal, 37, 66-72.
- Skoric, M. M. (2013). What is slack about slacktivism? Working paper, Inter-Asia Roundtable 2012: Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Cyberactivism Research, Asia Research Institution (ARI), National University of Singapore.
- Skoric, M. M., Leow, K. L., Lu, J., Tan, X. H., & Tan, G. Y. C. (2009). How social are social media? The relationship between Facebook™ use and online social capital. Telekomunikacije, 2(3), 20-28.
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
- Skoric M. M, Liu, J. & Jaidka, K. (2019). Social media and electoral predictions: A meta-analytic review. Proceedings of BLED 2019 eConference. http://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/418
- Ahmed, S., Jaidka, K., & Skoric, M. M. (2016). Tweets and votes: A four-country comparison of volumetric and sentiment analysis approaches. Proceedings of the Seventh International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), AAAI.
- Poor, N. & Skoric, M. M. (2016). Play together, stay together? Community cohesion and stability in an MMO”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Washington, D.C.: IEEE Computer Society.
- Zhu, Q, Skoric M. M. & Peng, T. Q. (2014). Internet penetration and public service delivery: A longitudinal study of the first-level administrative divisions in China (1997-2012). In M. Skoric, P. Parycek & M. Sachs (Eds.), Proceedings of CeDEM Asia 2014 – International Conference on e-Democracy & Open Government, Edition Donau-Universität Krems.
- Zhu, Q., & Skoric, M. M. (2014). The role of ICTs and persistent and adaptive authoritarianism: A study of China at the administrative division level. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Washington, D.C.: IEEE Computer Society.
- Ahmed, S., Skoric, M. M. (2014). My name is Khan: The Use of Twitter in the Campaign for the 2013 Pakistan General Election. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Washington, D.C.: IEEE Computer Society.
- Skoric, M. M., Zhu, Q., Goh, D, Pang, N. (2013). Does social media promote engagement? A meta-analytic review of the literature. Proceedings of the Seventh International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), AAAI (abstract).
- Skoric, M. M. & Poor, N. D. (2013). Barriers to entry and online political activism: The hopes and fears around slacktivism. In P. Parycek & N. Edelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of CeDEM 2013 – International Conference on e-Democracy & Open Government, Edition Donau-Universität Krems.
- Pan, J., Skoric, M. M. and Poor, N. D. (2012). Liberating technologies? Perceptions of government control and citizens’ use of social media during the elections. Proceedings of BLED 2012 eConference. http://aisel.aisnet.org/bled2012/35
- Skoric, M. M., Pan, J., & Poor, N. D. (2012). Social media and citizen engagement in a city-state: A study of Singapore. Proceedings of the Sixth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), AAAI.
- Skoric, M. M., Poor, N. D., Achananuparp, P, Lim, E. P., & Jiang, J. (2012). Tweets and votes: A study of the 2011 Singapore General Election. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Washington, D.C.: IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.607
- Jung, Y., Skoric, M. M., Kwon, J. H. & Detenber, B. (2011). Watching vs. playing: Effects of violent media on presence, physiological arousal and aggressive cognitions. Proceedings of the 13th International Society for Presence Research Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 26 – 28, 2011.
- Rao, P. & Skoric, M. M. (2011). Web searching for health: Theoretical foundations for analyzing problematic search engine use. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo’11), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6984/2011, 59-66. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24704-0_11
- Skoric, M. M., Poor, N. D., Liao, Y., & Tang, S. W. H. (2011). Online organization of an offline protest: From social to traditional media and back. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Washington, D.C.: IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2011.330
- Skoric, M. M. & Kwan, G. C. E. (2010). Do Facebook and video games promote political participation among youth? Evidence from Singapore. In A. Prosser & P. Parycek (Eds.) Proceedings of EDEM 2010 – Conference on Electronic Democracy (pp. 79-86). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Computer Society.
- Skoric, M. M. (2008). Political cultures and political technologies of the Western world. In: F. Sudweeks, H. Hrachovec, & C. Ess (Eds.), Proceedings of Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2008 (CATaC’08) (pp. 333-347). Murdoch, Australia: Murdoch University.