We had the best time at the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social conference this week. It’s the friendliest and most interesting conference. So many incredible presentations from researchers doing interesting and important work! And we got to chat to some of them!

a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes' 1/

What kinds of people are trolls? #Cyberpsychology

New Paper! 📱Are Social media mental health policies and wellbeing tools meaningful interventions or superficial solutions? 🤔 #socialmedia #techforgood #trustandsafety

great postdoc opportunity in a lovely place with people doing v important and thoughtful work on health, mental health and employment

I was delighted to review @inbitspodcast.com from @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social for Newstalk's Pod Squad this week. Find out what we thought about it here: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Working on a new podcast episode on radicalisation. Have any of you an experience you’d like to share? Has someone you know been radicalised - by right wing extremism, white supremacy, religious extremism, or any other type. #cyberpsychology

How do we process toxic feedback? We explore how negativity bias impacts us, especially with online feedback. Our brains aren't built for constant hate. #OnlineHate #Cyberpsychology #OnlineTrolling #OnlineHarassment

Tomorrow - we’ll be talking about trolling. You’ve all seen hateful harassment online - but how prevalent is it, who gets the worst of it, and how does it affect people? The second episode of this in two weeks will look at who the trolls are. #cyberpsychology #OnlineHarassment #OnlineTrolling

This is such a great book - it’s the one I recommend to everyone interested in how tech affects our lives. No scaremongering, cherrypicking evidence, or other nonsense. Just really good nuanced and evidence based discussions of the core issues with tech. Easy to read & I loved the audiobook!

New Preprint: "A Simple Future For Media Effects" @lennertcoenen.bsky.social, @yesuncomm.bsky.social, & I critically discuss our field's current emphasis on complexity. Instead, we argue to value description, prioritize regularities, formalize models, and unify theories. osf.io/preprints/os...

11-19-yrs-old with mental health difficulties use social media more and differently. This does not mean that social media cause poor mental health, but that those who are vulnerable use social media in ways that may worsen their mental health doi.org/10.1038/s415...

If you missed our last episode - this is the bit you want to hear! Why do men send d*ck pics? #cyberpsychology @drliam.bsky.social @nicolafh.bsky.social

Do you want to know why men send d*ck pics, and not just on dating apps? Then this episode is for you! We talk about why they do it (it might not be what you think), how different groups of people react to them (women, including young women and girls, men) We also talk harassment! It’s fun! 🫠

Ever wondered if the dating scene has changed over 20 years? We talk about who is dating online, all the different motivations for using, beyond relationships, what people are getting out of it, and what makes people more successful at it #cyberpsychology open.spotify.com/episode/6Jz4...

Our first online dating episode is out. We focus more on the positive aspects - who dates online and why, what are the benefits beyond meeting a partner? Also how does it work - what works and doesn’t work in dating profiles from the research? #cyberpsychology open.spotify.com/episode/6Jz4...

Episode 3 - online dating - is out tomorrow! This is the first of two parts - because apparently Nicola can’t stop talking about this topic! Part one is the who, why, and what people get out of it episode. Part two - next week - will be the darker side #cyberpsychology

#Adolescence itself has created a moral panic as a reaction to it! Thanks to @inbitspodcast.com for expressing a level head approach, without even mentioning the series! @simonharrisireland.bsky.social Read or listen! Are we really 'addicted' to our phones? In print @irishexaminer.bsky.social wed!

Tomorrow!! Our episode about technology addiction!

What’s are we in bits about in episode two? #cyberpsychology

This is a great introduction to In Bits (love the title!) and will help anyone listening to better parse the reporting and research around tech and wellbeing, and spot when bold proclamations in that space are worth questioning. Well done @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social!

Delighted that so many people are listening to our first episode!! 🥳 #cyberpsychology #podcast

The first episode of the podcast is out! We talk about what the research actually says about the panicky headlines about our tech use. We hope you enjoy it! Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and everywhere you get your pods #cyberpsychology open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n...

Here’s what we’re going to cover on our podcast in the next few weeks. We’d love to hear from you about the topics you’d like us to talk about in future episodes! #cyberpsychology @drliam.bsky.social @nicolafh.bsky.social

The first episode of our new podcast drops tomorrow!! It’s all about moral panic and technology. We hope you’ll give it a listen! #cyberpsychology @drliam.bsky.social @nicolafh.bsky.social

There's still time to submit an abstract for our annual cyberpsychology conference #Cyber25 Deadline: 14th April 🗓️ www.bps.org.uk/event/cyberp...

This is a great piece on science communication - and sums up exactly what we're trying to do with our podcast! (which is out tomorrow - yay!)

Excited to launch our new podcast “InBits” with @nicolafh.bsky.social this Tuesday! We’ll be breaking down on our technological lives through tangible research discussion 🎙️ #cyberpsychology #Education #Mentalhealth #podcast

My first actual Bluesky post - and it’s about this brand new podcast on cyberpsychology by m’colls @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social which launches on Tuesday. Just like its creators, it is bound to be both awesome and educational. Really looking forward to it

Our new podcast is launching Tuesday! We’ll be talking about all things cyberpsychology. From social media “addiction” to trolling, online dating to persuasion - we’re aiming to get into it all! Listen to our trailer and follow for updates! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i... #cyberpsychology