Devadas Menon (communication scholar)

Devadas Menon is an Indian media and communication researcher who works in the area of cyberpsychology, Social media behavior, and Uses and gratifications theory.

Menon began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Media and Communication at the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) . He later moved to the Space Applications Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), working in the area of mass communication research and science communication.

He also serves as an Editor of the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Select publications

• Menon, D., & Shilpa, K. (2023). “Chatting with ChatGPT”: Analyzing the factors influencing users' intention to Use the Open AI's ChatGPT using the UTAUT model. Heliyon, 9(11).
• Menon, D. (2022). Factors influencing Instagram Reels usage behaviours: An examination of motives, contextual age and narcissism. Telematics and Informatics Reports, 5, 100007.
• Menon, D. (2022). Updating ‘Stories’ on social media and its relationships to contextual age and narcissism: A tale of three platforms–WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. Heliyon, 8(5).
• Menon, D. (2022). Uses and gratifications of photo sharing on Instagram. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 168, 102917.
• Menon, D. (2024). The Bumble motivations framework-exploring a dating App's uses by emerging adults in India. Heliyon, 10(3).
• Menon, D., & Shilpa, K. (2023). “Hey, Alexa”“Hey, Siri”,“OK Google”….” exploring teenagers’ interaction with artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled voice assistants during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 38, 100622.