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Our lab has been productive in the past months. Explore our latest publications covering a wide range of topics!🎉(1/4) soc.kuleuven.be/smc/news/media…

As 2024 wraps up, a big thanks to all of you for the inspiring moments—conferences, collaborations, and more! Wishing everyone a restful holiday & a vibrant start to 2025! 🎉 Exciting news: our name has changed to the Media Psychology Lab, better reflecting our evolving mission.

Don't miss the deadline for submitting your work for the special issue of Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap on children, youth and digital media (January 27, 2025)! aup-online.com/upload/CfP%20T…

Excited to share our latest article, written in celebration of the Journal of Children and Media 18th anniversary! 🤩 In this piece, we explore the pivotal role of time in media effects research. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Laura Vandenbosch Lara Schreurs Robyn Vanherle J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social

And here an overview of the last 8 commentaries (3/3).

#CallforPapers ! With esther mtz, Marian Blanco Ruiz, & and JasminaRo , we invite scholars to submit their work for a special issue in the journal Doxa Comunicación on "Digital Environments and Mental Health in Young People: Challenges and Opportunities." Details below ⬇️

Vandaag is het Safer Internet Day! Dit jaarlijkse event focust op hoe we van het internet een leuke, veilige en betere plek kunnen maken voor alle kinderen en jongeren Mediawijs Conseil supérieur de l'éducation aux médias Média Animation asbl #webinar #AI #saferinternetday #veiligonline #esafety #clicksafe

In één jaar tijd zag Child Focus een sterke stijging in het aantal meldingen van deepnudes. Valse naaktbeelden waarbij kleding met AI werd verwijderd. Lees de verhalen van enkele slachtoffers op unwearablewardrobe.be. #TheUnwearableWardrobe

Wat als je kind online in contact komt met een verdacht persoon? Hoe kan je hem of haar weerbaar maken? Speel met je kind ons gratis #preventiespel ‘OK Groomer’ op Roblox en leer er samen de juiste reflexen. Ontdek hier het spel: childfocus.be/nl-be/Seksuele… #grooming #preventie

15/02-16/02, our lab participated in KU Leuven Inside, celebrating 600 years of KU Leuven🎉 We presented our research on digital media's effects in a smartphone use expo📱 & our professors Steven Eggermont, Kathleen Beullens & Laura Vandenbosch delivered 600-second lectures👩‍🏫

New from the Media Psychology Lab! 📚✨ Jan–Feb 2025 publications on: 🔹 Prevention interventions 🔹 Environmental influences 🔹 Mobile dating 🔹 Nutrition misinformation 🔹 Sexual health & identity 🔹 Body image 🔹 Alcohol 🔹 Digital media effects soc.kuleuven.be/smc/news/media…

“it is vital to ensure a more expansive and up-to-date approach to freedom of expression, recognising that women’s rights in particular to free speech are adversely impacted by non-consensual, misogynistic and sexually violent content.” onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/our-r…

The ERC-funded project MIMIc will be at Osaka #EXPO2025! It explores how ever-changing #media ideals shape young lives, driving personal & societal challenges. What is the real impact of these pressures? 👉 projectmimic.eu #MediaInfluence #TeenMentalHealth #EUatExpo

We're proud to announce that the MIMIc Project, led by Laura Vandenbosch alongside team members Anaëlle Gonzalez - gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, JasminaRo, Gaëlle Vanhoffelen, and @lucacarbone__lc will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! projectmimic.eu European Research Council (ERC)

Vandaag worden jongeren door sociale media steeds vroeger geconfronteerd met gedeelde naaktbeelden en desinformatie over seks, zonder dat de school hen daarop goed voorbereidt. De huidige minimumdoelen op vlak van seksualiteit zijn te vaag, zegt collega Wannes Magits in Gazet van Antwerpen

Ben je net als Kathleen Beullens, Sofie_Vranken en Femke Geusens een onderzoeker in wetenschapscommunicatie? Stel je kandidaat voor de wetenschapscommunicatieprijs of deel dit bericht! Reglement: bit.ly/4hdH2BF YouTube: bit.ly/4lhQ8ja Sociale Wetenschappen - Social Sciences KU Leuven Media Psychology Lab

Excited to share that our MIMIc Project, (team members Anaëlle Gonzalez - gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, JasminaRo, Gaëlle Vanhoffelen, and @lucacarbone__lc ) on social media uses and teen's well-being and success beliefs will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! Many thanks to European Research Council (ERC) !

In fall 2024, Laura Vandenbosch, Kathleen Beullens & other experts joined ECAT European Commission's roundtables on how digital platforms affect children’s health. The findings are available in a report aiming to support the #DigitalServicesAct implementation & protect children online📘

New paper in JCMC📃📢 With Lara Schreurs & Laura Vandenbosch we explored the reciprocal longitudinal links between adolescents' perceived digital well-being & self-esteem + the role of digital inequality & smartphone screen time doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/z… European Research Council (ERC) MIMIc project

New season, new publications! 🌸Here's what our research group has published in March and April 2025: soc.kuleuven.be/smc/news/media…