Peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and papers
A current list, including preprints, is available on my Google Scholar profile.
2026
Can Immersion Protect us From Distraction? The Impact of Real-World Distractions on Learning in Augmented Reality. Čopič Pucihar, K., Trajkovska, K., Weerasinghe, M., Waqas, A., Parry, D. A., Le Roux, D. B., & Kljun, M. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–21. DOI
The promise and peril of social media: How context shapes online risks and digital literacy among adolescents in a semi-rural South African community. Steytler, M. M., & Parry, D. A. Journal of Children and Media, 1–18. DOI
An effort recalibration framework for digital media use and cognition. Wiradhany, W., Parry, D., & Aru, J. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI
When Sharing Becomes the Norm: How Disclosure Prevalence and Relational Similarity Shape Social Norms on Social Media. Masur, P. K., & Parry, D. A. Technology, Mind, and Behavior. DOI
2025
Connect to disconnect: What an online community for digital disconnection can tell us about digital well-being. Parry, D., Kuit, C., Murray, A., & van der Westhuizen, A. New Media & Society, 14614448251362436. DOI
Do mindsets really matter? A second look at how perceptions of social media experiences relate to well-being. Parry, D. A., & Coetzee, B. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 30(4), zmaf011. DOI
Does the mere presence of smartphones impact cognition in the high school classroom? Le Roux, D. B., Parry, D. A., & Feldman, J. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 19(4). DOI
The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Digital Media Use on Attention. Baumgartner, S. E., Parry, D. A., Beyens, I., Wiradhany, W., Uncapher, M., Wagner, A. D., & Bavelier, D. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 31–37). Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI
Synthetic Diversity: Examining the Effects of Ethnic Targeting Using AI-Generated Political Ads. Wack, M., & Parry, D. A. International Journal of Communication.
Is It Time to Abandon the Media Multitasking Index? Parry, D. A., & Fisher, J. T. Journal of Media Psychology, 1864–1105/a000470. DOI
From Screen Time to Daily Rhythms: A Mixed Methods Study of Smartphone Use Among German Adults. Toth, R., Parry, D., & Emmer, M. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 5. DOI
Open Science. Dienlin, T., Kruikemeier, S., & Parry, D. A. Elgar encyclopedia of political communication.
2024
Assessing computational reproducibility in Behavior Research Methods. Ellis, D. A., Towse, J., Brown, O., Cork, A., Davidson, B. I., Devereux, S., Hinds, J., Ivory, M., Nightingale, S., Parry, D. A., et al. Behavior Research Methods. DOI
We’re in This Together: Visible Social Support Actions in Virtual Teams Using Enterprise Social Media. Henry, M. S., Parry, D. A., & Roux, D. B. L. International Journal of Business Communication. DOI
Does the Mere Presence of a Smartphone Impact Cognitive Performance? A Meta-Analysis of the “Brain Drain Effect”. Parry, D. A. Media Psychology, 27(5), 737–762. DOI
Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection. Ross, M. Q., Gilbert, A., Klingelhoefer, J., Matassi, M., Nassen, L., Bruyssel, S. V., Verlinden, A., & Parry, D. A. Media, Culture & Society, 46(4), 851–862. DOI
Social Media Use and Internalizing Symptoms in Clinical and Community Adolescent Samples: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Fassi, L., Thomas, K., Parry, D. A., Leyland-Craggs, A., Ford, T. J., & Orben, A. JAMA Pediatrics, 178(8), 814. DOI
Social media and youth mental health: Simple narratives produce biased interpretations. Sewall, C. J. R., & Parry, D. A. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(7), 507–514. DOI
Without access to social media platform data, we risk being left in the dark. Parry, D. A. South African Journal of Science, 120(3/4). DOI
Extracting Meaningful Measures of Smartphone Usage from Android Event Log Data: A Methodological Primer. Parry, D. A., & Toth, R. Computational Communication Research, 7(1). DOI
2023
Platform-controlled social media APIs threaten open science. Davidson, B. I., Wischerath, D., Racek, D., Parry, D. A., Godwin, E., Hinds, J., Van Der Linden, D., Roscoe, J. F., Ayravainen, L., & Cork, A. G. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(12), 2054–2057. DOI
Digital wellbeing applications: Adoption, use and perceived effects. Parry, D. A., Le Roux, D. B., Morton, J., Pons, R., Pretorius, R., & Schoeman, A. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107542. DOI
Cross-domain online vigilance, boundary management and stress among knowledge workers. Conradie, L., Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. South African Journal of Business Management, 54(1). DOI
Using Browser Data to Understand Desires to Spend Time Online. McCrosky, J., Parry, D. A., Sewall, C. J. R., & Orben, A. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 4(1), 17–27. DOI
Mediation analysis of conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiments on vaccine willingness. Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch'ng, B., Koszałkowska, K., Lacko, D., Milfont, T. L., Lee, Y., et al. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235–246. DOI
2022
Social Media and Well-being: A Methodological Perspective. Parry, D., Fisher, J. T., Mieczkowski, H., Sewall, C. J. R., & Davidson, B. I. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45. DOI
The Role of Self-Regulation in Experiences of Digital Distraction in College Classrooms:. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (pp. 92–119). IGI Global. DOI
An exploratory investigation of the use and effects of academic instant messaging groups among university students. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. Education and Information Technologies, 27(1), 1055–1080. DOI
Investigating predictors of online vigilance among university students. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. Information Technology & People, 35(1), 27–45. DOI
ICT Education: 51st Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, SACLA 2022, Cape Town, South Africa, July 21–22, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. Springer International Publishing. DOI
COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Blackburn, A. M., Vestergren, S., the COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium, Blackburn, A. M., Vestergren, S., Tran, T. P., Stöckli, S., Griffin, S. M., Ntontis, E., Jeftic, A., et al. Scientific Data, 9(1), 331. DOI
2021
The Role of Depression in the Discrepancy Between Estimated and Actual Smartphone Use: A Cubic Response Surface Analysis. Sewall, C. J. R., & Parry, D. A. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(2), 178–186. DOI
A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use. Parry, D., Davidson, B. I., Sewall, C. J. R., Fisher, J. T., Mieczkowski, H., & Quintana, D. S. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–13. DOI
Working in a post Covid-19 world: Towards a conceptual framework for distributed work. Henry, M. S., Roux, D. B. L., & Parry, D. A. South African Journal of Business Management, 52(1), 11. DOI
“Cognitive control in media multitaskers” ten years on: A meta-analysis. Parry, D. A., & le Roux, D. B. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 15(2). DOI
Media multitasking, online vigilance and academic performance among students in three Southern African countries. le Roux, D. B., Parry, D. A., Totolo, A., Iyawa, G., Holloway, J., Prenter, A., & Botha, L. Computers & Education, 160, 104056. DOI
An Agenda for Open Science in Communication. Dienlin, T., Johannes, N., Bowman, N. D., Masur, P. K., Engesser, S., Kümpel, A. S., Lukito, J., Bier, L. M., Zhang, R., Johnson, B. K., et al. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 1–26. DOI
Off-task media use in academic settings: cycles of self-regulation failure. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. Journal of American College Health, 69(2), 134–141. DOI
2020
Testing the feasibility of a media multitasking self-regulation intervention for students: Behaviour change, attention, and self-perception. Parry, D. A., le Roux, D. B., & Bantjes, J. R. Computers in Human Behavior, 104, 106182. DOI
Managing in-lecture media use: the feasibility and value of a split-class policy. Parry, D. A., Le Roux, D. B., & Cornelissen, L. A. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 32(2), 261–281. DOI
An Analysis of Problematic Media Use and Technology Use Addiction Scales – What Are They Actually Assessing? Abendroth, A., Parry, D. A., Le Roux, D. B., & Gundlach, J. In Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology (pp. 211–222). Springer International Publishing. DOI
The Town Square in Your Pocket: Exploring Four Metaphors of Social Media. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology (pp. 187–198). Springer International Publishing. DOI
Introducing the Media Use Behaviour Conceptual Framework. Parry, D. A., & Le Roux, D. B. In Responsible Design, Implementation and Use of Information and Communication Technology (pp. 175–186). Springer International Publishing. DOI
2019
Media multitasking and cognitive control: A systematic review of interventions. Parry, D. A., & Le Roux, D. B. Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 316–327. DOI
Investigating differences in the attention distribution strategies of high and low media multitaskers through a two-dimensional game. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 13(3). DOI
Permanently online, permanently connected: living and communicating in a POPC World: by Peter Vorderer, Dorothée Hefner, Leonard Reinecke, and Christoph Klimmt, New York, Routledge, 2018, 269 pp., $54.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-138-24500-6 (paperback). Parry, D. A. Information, Communication & Society, 22(12), 1841–1844. DOI
Computing Research in South Africa: A Scientometric Investigation. Parry, D. A. South African Computer Journal, 31(1). DOI
Off-Task Media Use in Lectures: Towards a Theory of Determinants. Parry, D. A., & Le Roux, D. B. In ICT Education (pp. 49–64). Springer International Publishing. DOI
Does automation influence career decisions among South African students? Mbilini, S. N., Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In Proceedings of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists 2019 (pp. 1–10). ACM. DOI
An exploratory investigation of online and offline social behaviour among digital natives. Broughton, A., Daly, M., Marx, N., Nieuwoudt, M., Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In Proceedings of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists 2019 (pp. 1–10). ACM. DOI
2018
In-Lecture Media Use and Academic Performance: Investigating Demographic and Intentional Moderators. Parry, D. A., & Le Roux, D. B. South African Computer Journal, 30(1). DOI
2017
In-lecture media use and academic performance: Does subject area matter? Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 86–94. DOI
A New Generation of Students: Digital Media in Academic Contexts. Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In ICT Education (pp. 19–36). Springer International Publishing. DOI
2016
Human Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence: A Comparison in the Domain of Sports Prediction. Pretorius, A., & Parry, D. A. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (pp. 1–10). ACM. DOI
Can I Have Your Attention, Please?: An Empirical Investigation of Media Multitasking during University Lectures. Leysens, J., Le Roux, D. B., & Parry, D. A. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (pp. 1–10). ACM. DOI
2015
Maps as a technique for visualizing load-shedding schedules. Parry, D., & Cowley, C. In Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Research Conference on South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (pp. 1–9). ACM. DOI