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An international research initiative to improve social media policies for youth well-being
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Tobias Dienlin
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Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title: „Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“ The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see:
www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...
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Aktuelle Veranstaltungen
https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/agenda.html?event=65213
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Our first issue of the PROMISE 3+3 Newsletter is out - a new way to follow our research on social media policies, and youth well-being! 1/4
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Tobias Dienlin
22 days ago
Today, we presented the main results of the mental health days study 2025 (N = 8.177). Results > In May 2025, Austria implemented a nationwide smartphone-ban at schools > Compared to 2024, smartphone use went down by 30 mins > Life satisfaction went up (5.36 to 5.52) > Depression sank (15% to 12%)
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Tobias Dienlin
22 days ago
Starting now: press conference where we present the Mental Health Days Study 2025. Livestream/rewatch:
www.mentalhealthdays.eu
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Happy New Year from Team PROMISE! ✨ As we step into 2026, we’re looking ahead to some key milestones. We’ll finalize our scoping review (WP1) - bringing together fragmented social media policy proposals and identifying evidence gaps across Europe and beyond. (1/3)
about 1 month ago
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Welcome to Bluesky,
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add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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🎉 The PROMISE project now has an official website! This is where we’ll be sharing updates on our research into social media, platform design, and youth well-being - plus news, team info, and open-access outputs as they’re released. 🔗
promiseproject.univie.ac.at
about 2 months ago
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Garvin Brod
2 months ago
Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development? We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with
@orbenamy.bsky.social
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iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
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IWM TĂĽbingen
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jobs/1023-2025
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Georgia Turner
2 months ago
In the 2020 Election Project, Meta collaborated w/ academics to study how FB impacts elections. ⬇️
@aanixel.bsky.social
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@fassiluisa.bsky.social
& I argue that such research collaborations, w/ clear conflicts of interest, should be regulated. Would love to hear thoughts!đź’¬
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies | PNAS
We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501819122
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We just wrapped an energizing 2-day workshop in Nuremberg - the first in-person meeting of the full PROMISE team! Hosted by our colleagues at Friedrich-Alexander University, the meetup marked a first milestone in our 3-year international project. (1/4)
2 months ago
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Starting our first workshop on theory with a view …
2 months ago
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🚨 Big news from Brussels: The
@europarl.europa.eu
has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for a minimum age of 16 for access to social media:
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
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Children should be at least 16 to access social media, say MEPs | News | European Parliament
MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251120IPR31496/children-should-be-at-least-16-to-access-social-media-say-meps
2 months ago
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This week, PROMISE outreach and policy impact coordinator Jen Adams from the Comms Policy Collaborative, attended
#MozFest2025
where this year's theme was 'unlearning'. (1/3)
3 months ago
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PROMISE is a collaborative initiative. Together with our partners, we are: - Connecting researchers, youth, policymakers, and civil society,
3 months ago
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How can we contribute to social media policies that truly protect and empower young people? Our five Work Packages (WP) form the backbone of our research:
3 months ago
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The PROMISE research initiative: where youth, well-being, policy, and data intersect. We study how social media policies can protect, empower, and support youth in today’s digital world.
#PROMISEproject
4 months ago
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On World Mental Health Day we’re launching PROMISE, a research project exploring youth well-being and social media policies. We aim to understand how these policies affect young people online and develop data-driven recommendations to support their well-being.
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