Research interests [orcid] [google scholar]
- Social impacts of ICTs; digital well-being and digital overuse
- Social differences in Internet use, skills, and atttitudes
- Online privacy; digital footprints and algorithmic selection in everyday life
- Computational methods, comparative and longitudinal analysis
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Büchi M, Festic N and Latzer M (2018) How social well-being is affected by digital inequalities. International Journal of Communication 12: 3686–3706. [open access]
Micheli M, Lutz C and Büchi M (2018) Digital footprints: An emerging dimension of digital inequality. Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society 16(3): 242–251. [publisher]
Büchi M, Just N and Latzer M (2017) Caring is not enough: The importance of Internet skills for online privacy protection. Information, Communication & Society 20(8): 1261–1278. [publisher] [postprint] [poster]
Büchi M and Vogler F (2017) Testing a digital inequality model for online political participation. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3: 1–13. [open access]
Büchi M (2017) Microblogging as an extension of science reporting. Public Understanding of Science 26(8): 953–968. [publisher] [postprint]
Just N, Büchi M and Latzer M (2017) A blind spot in public broadcasters’ discovery of the public: How the public values public service. International Journal of Communication 11: 992–1011. [open access]
Büchi M, Just N and Latzer M (2016) Modeling the second-level digital divide: A five-country study of social differences in Internet use. New Media & Society 18(11): 2703–2722. [publisher] [postprint]
Büchi M (2016) Measurement invariance in comparative Internet use research. Studies in Communication Sciences 16(1): 61–69. [publisher] [preprint]
Selected recent and upcoming presentations
Büchi M, Festic N and Latzer M (2019, May) Widespread digital overuse impairs subjective well-being. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Washington, DC.
Hofer M, Hargittai E, Büchi M and Seifert A (2019, May) Older adults’ Internet use and subjective well-being: The moderating role of Internet skills. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Washington, DC.
Büchi M, Fosch Villaronga E, Lutz C, Tamò-Larrieux A and Velidi S. (2019, May) Profiling and chilling effects: exploring the behavioral mechanisms. TILTing Perspectives 2019 ‘Regulating a world in transition.’ Tilburg, Netherlands. (Authors listed alphabetically).
Recent research reports
Latzer M, Büchi M, Festic N and Just N (2017) Internetverbreitung und digitale Bruchlinien in der Schweiz [Internet diffusion and digital divides in Switzerland]. University of Zurich.
Latzer M, Büchi M, Festic N and Just N (2017) Internet und Politik in der Schweiz [Internet and politics in Switzerland]. University of Zurich.
Latzer M, Büchi M, Festic N and Just N (2017) Internetanwendungen und deren Nutzung in der Schweiz [Internet applications and usage in Switzerland]. University of Zurich.
Latzer M, Büchi M, Festic N and Just N (2017) Vertrauen und Sorgen bei der Internetnutzung in der Schweiz [Trust and concerns of Internet users in Switzerland]. University of Zurich.
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