Nicole B. Ellison

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1977

Impact of Technology on Adolescents Social Media and Politics Knowledge Management and Sharing Digital Marketing and Social Media Social Capital and Networks

Publications

172

Citations

48,636

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1977

In context

Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 48,636cohort median 1,166

Publications / year (recent): 3.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 53% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 17 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

The relationship between social media use and perceived social support, loneliness, and emotional connection across 7 countries
Journal of Quantitative Description Digital Media · 2026
AI Has Joined the Chat
2026
Seeing like an API: Platform-mediated research and the politics of access
Big Data & Society · 2026
Not Just 'For You': How the Algorithmic Crystal Mediates Communication and Identity Work on TikTok's FYP
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2025
Designing for Discourse: Social Media, Socio-Technical Rhetorical Strategies, and Affirmative Action Discussions
2025
Adolescents’ Online Communication Practices in a Digital World
2024
Beyond Active-Passive: Towards the Next Stage of Social Media and Mental Health Research
2024
To use or be used? The role of agency in social media use and well-being
Frontiers in Computer Science · 2023
Social Media and College-Related Social Support Exchange for First-Generation, Low-Income Students: The Role of Identity Disclosures
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2023
“It’s Your Finsta at the End of the Day . . . Kind of”: Understanding Emerging Adults’ Self-Presentational Changes on Secondary Accounts
Social Media + Society · 2023
Toward work’s new futures: Editors’ Introduction to Technology and the Future of Work special issue
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2023
The Algorithmic Crystal: Conceptualizing the Self through Algorithmic Personalization on TikTok
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2022
Scholarship on well-being and social media: A sociotechnical perspective
Current Opinion in Psychology · 2022
“On My Head About It”: College Aspirations, Social Media Participation, and Community Cultural Wealth
Social Media + Society · 2022
Mindsets Matter: How Beliefs About Facebook Moderate the Association Between Time Spent and Well-Being
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 2022

Publishes in

Social Media + Society×6
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction×6
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media×4
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication×2
New Media & Society×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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