First up in the @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar event calendar is How to Submit to the Mobile Communication Division, featuring International Liaison @luytioco.bsky.social and former chair Keri Stephens. Details here:

Another year, another full slate of @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar events! Here are the details:

Thanks to @aliciagilbert.bsky.social for presenting this project at #mepsy25! To use a metaphor completely unrelated to where I was during the presentation, it's like the Bryce Canyon hoodoos: possibly about to topple at any moment, but impeccably shaped over time to be stunning

Honored to be a part of Big Tech's training data /s www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...

Out now in @mediapsychmep.bsky.social, Dave DeAndrea and I clarify and test identity shift theory. Our findings show the importance of identification with claim and suggest a possible reorientation of the theory toward biased scanning: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

You heard it here first (maybe): The CAT/Mobile doctoral consortium will officially be happening again at #ica26 in Cape Town! Are you dissertating? Consider applying for mentorship from top scholars in comm tech / mobile.

📲 Always feel pressured to be online? This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, ‪@annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘‍♀️ 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We are currently accepting extended abstracts and workshop proposals for the #ICA2026 Mobile Preconference! We invite submissions across diverse disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical backgrounds! Deadline is 30th January 2026, and the full call can be found here: www.icamobile.org/calls

There are a BUNCH of awesome candidates up for election in @icamobile.bsky.social this year. Cast your vote before October 21st! www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...

My latest, Digital Carceral Mobilities, is out now with @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1177/2050...

Proponents for smartphone bans in classrooms often cite negative impacts of the devices' presence on cognition and conversation. But these effects have not replicated often in recent years, perhaps as smartphone norms have changed.

🍊 Juicy read for mobile and disconnection scholars! Awesome approach to theory at topical but also institutional intersections. And exciting to see our dis/collective in this space name-dropped!

Now published, the #DECIDEFramework in #AMPPS. Here we provide a suite of resources to support researchers with ethical considerations in digital behavioural research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

At this year’s preconference, @asouzaesilva.bsky.social launched the History of Mobile Communication project—documenting the field’s evolution through interviews with pioneering researchers from the 1990s and early 2000s. 🎙️📱 New episodes now live at www.icamobile.org/history-proj.... Check them out!

My academic summer this year: new city, new friends & colleagues, new insights 🌞📚 I visited @joebayer.bsky.social and his lab at The Ohio State University during July. Very grateful for a formative time & all the convos @rzhprfshr.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social @stephtorrespantoja.bsky.social

This article shares some interesting findings about younger kids and digital media - particularly around the role of smartphones in filling “spare hours” - but I’m really struggling with the framing in places… (1/?) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Cueing up for repeated exposure: academic.oup.com/ct/advance-a...

How do pilgrim and mountain destinations facilitate a "slow" experience? @anageorge.bsky.social and I discuss #slowtourism and #digitaldisconnection in study of Norway and Portugal @tandfonline.bluesky.social #digitaldetox www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📱✨ CFP: Special Issue "Mobile AI" How is AI reshaping mobile practices & everyday mobility? 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 👥 Eds: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...

🚨 Reminder for division members! 🚨 Planning to attend #ICA2026 or stay active in our vibrant academic community? 👉 Renew your ICA membership by July 31: www.icahdq.org/login.aspx ✅ And don’t forget to select “Mobile Communication” as your division to stay connected with us!

🏄‍♂️ Summer is for plane reading 💺 Highly recommended!

🌍💼📲 Rethinking the workplace in a remote world: Erika Polson explores how digital nomads create a global sense of work—blending place, mobility & digital tools into a connected lifestyle. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2050...

I love that the title uses "delve": Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

👎 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...

"The researchers found addictive behavior to be very common among children — especially in their use of mobile phones, where nearly half had high addictive use." This is misleading: children with "high addictive use" somewhat disagreed with the addiction items. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

📚Inaugural Issue How does AI-Mediated Communication lead to self-extension perceptions? Drs. Scott W. Campbell, Nicole Ellison @nellison.bsky.social, & Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social explore functional, ontological, and anthropomorphic aspects. See: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Strongly recommended! Happy to answer any ECR questions :)

📱 How do older adults (65+) use mobile tech to boost well-being? Riitta Hänninen & Sini Tiihonen reveal how they creatively adapt—using digital & non-digital “workarounds”—to navigate challenges and support successful ageing. 💡✨ 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In need of a digital detox? 🧘‍♂️📵 There’s an app for that! 📲 This study by @yukunyou.bsky.social dives into 55 digital-disconnection apps and user reviews on Google Play—revealing trends, promises, and user struggles. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Next week!

This article reinforces the (blatantly false) stereotype that international students (esp. Chinese students) come from wealth and are privileged, and therefore, they do not deserve opportunities as much as domestic students do. Disappointed to see this from nyt. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

Miss #ica25 already? ⛰️ Luckily, the post-ICA @icamobile.bsky.social hangouts are right around the corner! We'll be chatting informally about ICA et al ☕ you don't need to have attended ICA to join! Here's the link: tinyurl.com/icamobileevent (password: ICAMOBILE)

Wrapping up #ica25 with @rzhprfshr.bsky.social presenting our work with @joebayer.bsky.social reviewing the research under the broad umbrella of “social connection”. And perfect timing because the paper was published TODAY at @natrevpsychol.nature.com 🥳 rdcu.be/erayE

4️⃣th edition of #runningwithpresidents #ica25 ✅! Was #runningpostpresidents as @claesdevreese.bsky.social already had go back, but he was there in spirit 🙃. See you for new runs at #ica26 in South Africa 🇿🇦! @acadianjprof.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social @anishaarenz.bsky.social

So proud to watch @rzhprfshr.bsky.social ROCK her first in-person ICA presentation! 🌠

🚨My sloth sock collection has grown 50% 🦥 Incredibly honored for the awards @icamobile.bsky.social 🎉 Big thanks to my co-author, ex-advisor, and sock junkie @joebayer.bsky.social 🧦 And thrilled at my apparent appointment at @univie.ac.at 🇦🇹

*bubblers

LOVING @mqrmobile.bsky.social and @joebayer.bsky.social 's Mobile Top Paper on theorizing affordances of connectivity! @icamobile.bsky.social

@mqrmobile.bsky.social explicating the concept of constant connectivity, providing a framework for future resarch in #MobileComm 📱 #ICA25

And then — it’s time for our much-awaited TOP PAPERS session! 🏆 Join us at 3PM in Centennial H (Regency 3), followed by our annual business meeting. We’d love to see you there! #ICA25 #MobileComm

3️⃣rd edition #ica25 #RunningWithPresidents. ☀️ 5k and great group. @dscheykopp.bsky.social @thieled.bsky.social @judithrbaum.bsky.social @acadianjprof.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social @netakv.bsky.social & co 👏🏼 PSA 📢 🚨 Last run Monday 630 Hyatt Regency

Fun times with the bear / in the shade!

Congrats Scott! 🎉🪕🎉🪕🎉

The Mobile Division's Student + Early Career Scholar Lunch at #ICA25 is happening tomorrow! At 1:30pm (14 June), we will meet at the Big Blue Bear sculpture 🐻, stop for food at Target 🎯 + chat at Sculpture Park 🛝 Join us if you can! @icasecac.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social‬

And spotted in action by Bingjie Liu!

If you're at #ICA25, would love to see you at our Ohio State reception tonight 7:30-9:30 in the Hyatt Regency, Level 3, Mineral D.

#ICA25 Denver is officially underway! 🎉 Mobile Comm kicks off tomorrow with sessions at 12PM & 3PM — don’t miss talks by @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @annafreytag.bsky.social, @aliciaernst.bsky.social, @annastockmann.bsky.social, @dougaparry.bsky.social & more! 📱💬

🏃 #ica25 public service announcement: #RunningWithPresidents Round 1 🗓️ Friday 06.30 in front of Hyatt Regency. ⏰ Yes early, but #BeatTheHeat #jetlag etc. 📍 App 5k, gentle pace. 🌇 Route scouted by @dscheykopp.bsky.social Let folks know. Everyone is welcome 🎽

Motto of the day. Excited for the #mobilepreconference #ICA25