The #ica26 preconference Affecting myself?! Exploring self & feedback effects in digital communication aims at bringing together scholars to discuss how communicators are shaped by messages & feedback. Extended abstracts due Jan 30, 2026. www.medienstruktur.ifp.uni-mainz.de/affecting-my...

📲 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....

When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬 @sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored. 🧵 image: SORA

I’m incredibly grateful to receive the #ICA25 Dordick Dissertation Award! Many thanks to @icacat.bsky.social and to all the inspiring mentors, colleagues, and friends who have supported me throughout my PhD journey 🎓🏆🤩

🎉 Together with @sarahlutz.bsky.social: New paper out in Computers in Human Behavior Reports! We asked: After being excluded online or offline do people cope by staying in the same space or by escaping it? 🧵: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

📢 New article! What happens when a message gets deleted before you can read it? 🧐📱

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

📣 We're #hiring! Looking for a stellar student to do a #PhD on feelings of social exclusion in a personal or political context / on political participation and exchange. All information on the link below. Please share widely! 🔄 #SocialPsych #PolPsy #PhDSky #PsychSciSky jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Mit diesem Phänomen hat sich auch Sarah Lutz von der Professur Medienpsychologie, in einer gemeinsamen Veröffnetlichung mit Christiane Büttner, befasst: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#PublicationAlert "Diese Nachricht wurde gelöscht" - vermutlich kennt jede:r das Gefühl, etwas zu verpassen, wenn im Gruppenchat so eine Benachrichtigung erscheint.

Platz 3 ging an Sarah Lutz, Annabell Halfmann, Frank M. Schneider, Anna Freytag & Dorothée Hefner für „Mit Achtsamkeit zu einer besseren mentalen Gesundheit? Ein messwiederholtes Online-Experiment zu den Folgen von Erreichbarkeitsdruck bei der Messenger-Nutzung auf Wohlbefinden und Unwohlsein“ 💬🔕

📢 Publication Alert! Excited to share that our latest research, co-authored with @chrbuettner.bsky.social, has just been published! 🎉 #MediaPsychology 🔓 #OpenAccess via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....