Publications

Articles and Proceedings

Epstein, D. & Quinn, K. (Forthcoming). The dimensionalized privacy behavior model: An empirical test of a conceptual proposition. Behaviour & Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2024.2443523

Masur, P., Epstein, D., Quinn, K., Wilhelm, C., Baruh, L. & Lutz, C. (2025). Comparative privacy research: Literature review, framework, and research agenda. The Information Society, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2025.2451863

Quinn, K, Leiser, S, O’Connell, C, Muramatsu, N, Marquez, DX, & Chin, J. (2024). Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of smart speakers in behavioral intervention research with older adults: Mixed methods study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024;26:e54800. https://doi.org/10.2196/54800

Quinn, K. & Epstein, D. (2023). Dimensionalizing privacy to advance the study of digital disempowerment. Big Data & Society, 10(2). https://doi-org/10.1177/20539517231221739

Quinn, K. (2021). Social media and social well-being in later life. Ageing & Society, 41(6), 1349-1370. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001570

Chin, J., Quinn, K., Muramatsu, N., & Marquez, D. (2020). A User Study on the Feasibility and Acceptance of Delivering Physical Activity Programs to Older Adults through Conversational Agents. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 64(1), 33–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641010

Epstein, D. & Quinn, K. (2020). Markers of online privacy marginalization: Empirical examination of socioeconomic disparities in social media privacy attitudes, literacy, and behavior. Social Media + Society, 6(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120916853

Quinn, K., Miyawaki, C., Croff, R., Vogel, M., Belsa, B., Souza, A., Liu, M, Edwards, V., & Friedman, D. (2020). Terms and Measures of Cognitive Health Associated with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Scoping Review. Research on Aging, 42(5-6). https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027520911284

Quinn, K., Epstein, D. & Moon, B. (2019). We Care About Different Things: Non-Elite Conceptualizations of Social Media Privacy. Social Media + Society, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119866008

Quinn, K. (2018). Cognitive effects of social media use:  A case of older adults. Social Media + Society, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118787203

Quinn, K. & Epstein, D. (2018). #MyPrivacy: How users think about social media privacy. In Proceedings of SMSociety’18, July 18–20, 2018. New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3217804.3217945

Quinn, K. & Papacharissi, Z. (2018).  The contextual accomplishment of privacy. International Journal of Communication 12(2018), 45-67. Available at https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/7016

Quinn, K. (2017). The cognitive benefits of social media use in later life: Results of a randomized, controlled pilot study. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Article No. 54 – SMSociety’17July 28–30, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3097286.3097340

Quinn, K., Smith-Ray, R. & Boulter, K. (2016). Concepts, terms, and mental maps: Everyday challenges to older adult social media adoption. In J. Zhou & G. Salvendy (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging, Chapter 22. Berlin:  Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_22. 

Quinn, K. (2016). Contextual social capital:  Linking the contexts of social media use to its outcomes. Information, Communication & Society, 19(5), 582-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1139613

Quinn, K. (2016). Why We Share: A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Privacy Regulation in Social Media Use. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 60(1), 61-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2015.1127245

Quinn, K. and Powers, R. (2016). ‘Sharing’ in digital spaces: A re-conceptualization based on reader comments to online news. Information, Communication and Society, 19(4), 437-441. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1092565

Quinn, K. (2014). An ecological approach to privacy:  “Doing” online privacy at midlife. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 58(4), 562-580. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2014.966357 

Quinn, K. (2013). We Haven’t Talked in 30 Years!  Relationship Reconnection and Internet Use at Midlife. Information Communication & Society, 16(3) 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.756047

Quinn, K. (2010). Methodological Considerations in Surveys of Older Adults: Technology MattersInternational Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society8(2), 114-133.

Quinn, K. (2010 Nov). Surveys of Older Adults: Technology Matters. Alert!, 50(11).

 Book Chapters

Quinn, K. (2023). Privacy in later life. In S. Trepte and P. Masur (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Social Media and Privacy. New York: Routledge.

Quinn, K. & Epstein, D. (2019). There is hope: Race, gender and the uses and gratifications of social media. In R. Lind (Ed.), Race/Gender/Class/Media (4th ed., pp. 23-28). New York: Routledge.

Quinn, K. and Papacharissi, Z. (2017). Our networked selves: Personal connection and relational maintenance in social media use. In J. Burgess, T. Poell & A. Marwick (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Social Media (pp. 353-371). New York: Sage.

Quinn, K. (2016). Older Adults and Social Media: Foreshadowing  Challenges of the Digital Future? In P.G. Nixon, R. Rawal & A. Funk (Eds.), Digital Media Usage Across the Lifecourse. Surrey, UK:  Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Quinn, K. (2016).Blurring Boundaries: Social Media and Boundary Maintenance at Midlife. In P.G. Nixon, R. Rawal & A. Funk (Eds.), Digital Media Usage Across the Lifecourse. Surrey, UK:  Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Quinn, K. (2014). Learning new tricks:  The use of social media in later life. In C. L. Harrington, D. Bielby & A. Bardo (Eds.), Aging, Media, and Culture. Lanham, MD:  Lexington Books.

Quinn, K. & Papacharissi, Z. (2014). The place where our social networks reside:  Social media and sociality.  In M. B. Oliver & A. Raney (Eds.), Media and Social Life. New York:  Routledge. 

Barnhurst, K. & Quinn, K. (2012). Political Visions:  Visual Studies in Political Communication. In H. Smetko & M. Scammell (Eds.), Handbook of Political Communication. London:  Sage.

Barabasi, A-L. (2011). Introduction and Keynote to A Networked Self (K. Quinn, Ed.). In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A Networked Self:  Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites, (pp. 1-14). New York:  Routledge.

 Encyclopedia Entries

Quinn, K. (2017). The Association of Internet Researchers. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. London: Sage.

 Book Reviews

Quinn, K. (2014). Review of Google and the Culture of Search. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 58(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2014.93