Volume 3 Issue 2 Apr- Jun 2025

Author Name: Roshika Date: 25-03-2026 News framing—the selection and emphasis of particular aspects of reality to promote specific interpretations, evaluations, and policy prescriptions—represents one of the most extensively studied phenomena in political communication research. This paper provides a comprehensive synthesis of framing effects research spanning Entman’s (1993) canonical definition through contemporary social media framing dynamics, with […]

Author Name: Megha Singh Date: 25-03-2026 The proliferation of digital news platforms, social media feeds, push notifications, and 24-hour news cycles has created an unprecedented information environment that systematically challenges human cognitive capacity. This paper provides a comprehensive examination of cognitive overload as a measurable psychological phenomenon in digital news consumption, synthesizing theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence,

Author Name: Mr. Tarun Panda Date: 25-03-2026 The Dark Triad of personality—comprising narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—has emerged as a critical explanatory framework for understanding disruptive, antisocial, and disinformation-related behavior in digital media environments. This paper provides a comprehensive psychometric investigation of Dark Triad trait–social media engagement relationships, synthesizing evidence from 45+ empirical studies and examining the

Author Name: Mrs. Sonal Agarwal Date: 25-03-2026 Individual differences in cognitive processing style constitute a foundational but underexplored determinant of news media preferences, consumption depth, and source selection. This paper develops a comprehensive psychometric framework for audience segmentation based on cognitive style, integrating four validated constructs: Need for Cognition (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982), the Cognitive Reflection

Author Name: Dr. Sundeep Katevarapu Date: 25-03-2026 The relationship between personality and media consumption has garnered significant scholarly attention as digital media ecosystems grow increasingly complex and personalized. This paper presents a comprehensive psychometric investigation into how the Big Five personality traits—Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (OCEAN)—predict diverse media consumption patterns across traditional