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Item The Effects of Mobile Device Use and Presence on Perceptions of a Conversation Partner(Western Journal of Communication, 2023-05-09) Caplan, Scott E.; Courtright, John A.This study examined the effects of mobile device use, and its mere presence, on in-person conversations. The study utilized an experimental design to replicate and advance existing scholarship on the impact of co-present device use and mere device presence on a conversation. This study examined how the presence of an unused device may hinder conversation, and the results did not replicate the mere presence effect. The study found participants reacted negatively to a confederate’s phone use, regardless of whether it was self- or externally initiated.