Are you considering joining our winter writing school in Duisburg but unsure about funding? We (@mepsy.bsky.social) are offering two 150€ scholarships that cover accomodation for the writing school. Apply now via the form (Deadline is the 15th of December)!

Preprint⚠️ Scrolling and swiping tend to be more interesting than studying or working, leading to procrastination. Can we do something about that? We investigated whether temporary deliberate non-use of digital technologies (digital disconnection) is effective as a strategy against procrastination.

📬 Pub alert Do effects of digital disconnection interventions translate to well-being benefits in *daily life*? Our new ESM study concludes: yes but no... kinda 👽🔋 @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social Out now in Communication Research doi.org/10.1177/0093...

Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier (FAU WiSo) hat als einer von zwei Forschern der FAU einen Starting Grant des European Research Councils (ERC) zugesprochen bekommen. Für ihre Projekte werden beide Forscher mit jeweils 1,5 Millionen Euro gefördert. 👏 Weitere Infos hier: go.fau.de/1cad @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Great position paper on challenges (and possible solutions) on theorizing in media psychology by @adrianmeier.bsky.social and @dpossler.bsky.social in the first panel of #mediapsych25 #MePsy25

Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social

@journal-of-comm.bsky.social is currently rolling out a new special issue on #time -- we're really happy to contribute a #multiverse analysis on the role of time specifications in the study of media effects on well-being! @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

To investigate media effects, do we have to think more clearly about time ⌚? Our new publication in the 🎉*Journal of Communication*🎉 investigates how our conceptualizations of time can affect our conclusions: doi.org/10.1093/joc/... (1/6)

Finally :) Preprint of Susanne Baumgartner and my paper Short but still valid: Validating Single-Item Measures for Key Communication Science Constructs for Experience Sampling Research. In a 5-Study procedure, we assess the validity of in total 21 constructs osf.io/preprints/ps...

This year, I am living in a simulation - literally. 🌀 @mscharkow.bsky.social, and I are currently conducting a #simulation study on how users interact with algorithms in short-video environments such as #TikTok. I’ve had two incredible opportunities to share our progress so far.

@klingelhoefer.bsky.social entering the multiverse and explaining how time dimensions of digital media use help explain why we sometimes find effects on well-being — and sometimes do not ⏱️📱 #ica25

If you're still going strong on the last day of #ica25 catch our presentation on the role of time in media effects research in this wonderful panel! With @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social and @adrianmeier.bsky.social

@aliciaernst.bsky.social rocking our presentation on disengagement from mobile media apps 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ica25

Please join us for the Communication & Technology Business Meeting Fri Jun 13 at 4:30pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). #ICA25

Are you a CAT member? Presenter? Just interested? Come to the Communication & Technology Business Meeting Fri Jun 13 at 4:30pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). At a business meeting, we summarize the state of the Division, talk about the future, and celebrate achievements. #ICA25

Catch me tomorrow at the Dis/Connection and Digital Well-Being session 🙋🏻‍♀️ I will present our new ESM study on #disconnection and #well-being, a super fun project w @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @adrianmeier.bsky.social

While the 'belief' plot draws attention, the core message of the final, deliberative consensus statements is that evidence linking smartphone and social media use to negative outcomes is limited, mixed, context-dependent, insufficient to support causal claims, and better research is needed.

Two professorships in Political Communication & Digital Media (W3 or W2-W3 tenure-track) at the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg in Bavaria! 📣🏛️🤖 May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields. jobs.utn.de/jobposting/6...

I am hiring :-). I look for a PhD student & a postdoc for my new Digital Lives team at the U of Basel. Looking for 2 who are excited to study our everyday digital lives with me in the next years. Please share with your network. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Ever read a psychological study and thought, “Wait… isn’t this just proving what we already knew?” Yeah, me too. So I wrote a paper about it. Turns out, asking “Are bad things bad?” isn’t groundbreaking. Features phubbing, technoference, & other pseudoempirical stars. tmb.apaopen.org/pub/5zfg49sw...

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

This fall: The doctoral workshop of the Division Media Psych | German National Assocation of Psychology @mepsy.bsky.social Feedback from peers and mentors (tba), tipps and the #pizzaoven story. Looking forward to this event chaired by @germanneubaum.bsky.social and me

Kicked off #Etmaal2025 with a nice workshop on systematic review automation using ASReview!

Über Platz 1 freuten sich @aliciagilbert.bsky.social , @klingelhoefer.bsky.social und @adrianmeier.bsky.social für den Beitrag „Digital aufatmen: Positive Auswirkungen von Digital Disconnection auf das psychologische Wohlbefinden im Alltag“. 😮‍💨🔌

Our disconnection project won a top paper #award at the @rezfo.bsky.social media use and effects conference last week! 🎀✨🪩 Happy times with my coauthors @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social ➡️ Find the preprint of the study at osf.io/preprints/ps...

What is a good social scientific theory? How can we construct it? @adrianmeier.bsky.social and I discussed these questions and presented hand’s-on-methods in our “Theory Construction”-workshop at #RezFo2025. Many thanks @uschwertberger.bsky.social, @annaschorn.bsky.social & Jana Keil for having us!

👋 Excited for #Etmaal2025? Join #MediaPsychology and CAM for a workshop on stakeholder engagement in media and well-being research. 💡 Hear from Esther Rozendaal, @dougaparry.bsky.social, Marijn Martens, and @adrianmeier.bsky.social as they share their insights @etmaal2025.bsky.social!

PhD students whose work connects with Communication and Technology and/or Mobile Communication theories, methods, and topics are encouraged to apply to the Doctoral Consortium, an #ICA25 pre-conference to be held on Thurs Jun 12. https://buff.ly/3USZB4A

📬 Wie jedes Jahr haben wir vor der RezFo-Jahrestagung im Januar in Bamberg einen Methodenworkshop organisiert: "Konzeption und Weiterentwicklung von Theorien in der Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung" geleitet von @dpossler.bsky.social und @adrianmeier.bsky.social. Interesse? ➡️ t.uzh.ch/1Nj

As part of the Cutting-edge Communication Research @ascor.bsky.social series I gave a talk on time in media effects research in November. Thanks to the team for an amazing visit to Amsterdam and for the engaging discussions.

Are age restrictions really the best we can do? Or are there better ways to improve the impact of social media on youth well-being? Join us in finding out! I’m seeking a PhD student to support the collaborative PROMISE project 🇪🇺 More info: www.commsci.rw.fau.eu/team/job-pos... Thanks for sharing!

In case you missed it, the Australian parliament has passed legislation banning young people from using "social media" without any indication of: 1️⃣ What falls in or out of that category? 2️⃣ How such a ban will be enforced? 3️⃣ What specific outcomes they seek to improve? 4️⃣ How the'll measure success?

Super excited to work with this fantastic group and better understand how social media could be regulated and/or redesigned to improve youth well-being outcomes!

Does social media harm mental health? A Meta-review by @adrianmeier.bsky.social & @leonardreinecke.bsky.social shows SM has a small negative association with MH: it is associated with a boost in social resources, slightly increased depressive symptoms & lower self-esteem.🧪 doi.org/10.1177/0093...

Using your phone less = feeling better? Our new study suggests yes ✅ - but only to a small degree, when it's your own decision, & likely short-lived. 📢 Preprint out now: #Disconnect to recharge ⬇️ osf.io/preprints/ps... @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

📢1st dissertation paper alert📢 Out now in JoC: Why do people #disengage from media use? Very excited to see this one published🌟 Kudos to my wonderful co-authors @leonardreinecke.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social Susanne Baumgartner & @felixdidi.bsky.social academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

I still can’t really believe it, but we won the mobile communication division top paper award at #ica24. 🎉🎉🎉I am truly blessed and grateful to everyone who made this possible, especially my wonderful co-authors @aliciagilbert.bsky.social (not pictured unfortunately) and @adrianmeier.bsky.social.

For a presentation on digital disconnection strategies & productivity, check out our presentation at 12 with Minh Hao Nguyen & Sarah Geber 2/2

Exciting opening to #ica24 at the mobile precon and mobile/CAT doctoral consortium. If you're interested in situational disconnection motivations, catch our presentation in the mobile communication top paper session tomorrow at 3pm w/ @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social 1/2

"Unravelling Passive Social Media Use Through Screenomes", a paper co-authored by #JMPOutstandingReviewer @adrianmeier.bsky.social from @unifau.bsky.social will be presented at #ICA24 on June 22nd. #JMPatICA24

Congratulations to Adrian Meier at FAU Erlangen- Nürnberg for being selected as an outstanding reviewer in 2023 by the editors at JMP. @adrianmeier.bsky.social, thank you for your ongoing support for JMP! #JMPOutstandingReviewer

💡 Wofür braucht es Theorien? Was ist eine gute Theorie? Wie kann man praktisch Theoriebildung betreiben? Diese Fragen beantworteten @adrianmeier.bsky.social und @dpossler.bsky.social in ihrem Theorieworkshop am IfP. Wir danken für den wertvollen Input!

#CfP: “Well-Being in the Digital World” - Special Issue of the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society #wjds. Submit your abstracts by July 31, 2024: ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj... @adrianmeier.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social @jwicriticalai.bsky.social @sonjas0815.bsky.social

📣Job offer: I'm looking for a postdoc interested in emotion, motivation, and/or social psychology. German not required and much flexibility. Thanks for sharing! Happy to answer questions. More information: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

🥇Der geteilte erste Platz ging an @klingelhoefer.bsky.social , @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @chrdrn.bsky.social & @adrianmeier.bsky.social. Sie untersuchten auf Basis von Logdaten Zusammenhänge zwischen verschiedenen Indikatoren der Smartphonenutzung 📱 und situativem Wohlbefinden ☹️🙂 (2/4)

Welche Auswirkungen haben soziale Medien auf die mentale Gesundheit bei jungen Menschen? Darüber hat Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier, Juniorprofessor für Kommunikationswissenschaft an der FAU WiSo, in einem Beitrag von MDR Wissen gesprochen: bit.ly/3NYxZaP @unifau.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Why do we sometimes put our phones in a different room or mute a group chat? With @aliciagilbert.bsky.social & @adrianmeier.bsky.social, we investigated why people engage in digital disconnection in everyday life. In a two-week experience sampling study, we asked people about (1/3)