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🎉 PhD Defense 🎉 Yesterday, now Dr. Selina Noetzel started off the year successfully with defending her dissertation titled "Why am I Seeing This? Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Effects of Online Political Microtargeting" in fabulous fashion! Attagirl, Selina! 🥳🥳🥳

🚨During the upcoming Etmaal 2025 conference, the Media Psychology division and CAM working group will be hosting an interactive workshop on stakeholder engagement in research on media and well-being. We have invited key experts in this domain. See for more information below :)

🙌🏼Community🙌🏼 AdMe's Ariadne Neu & ASCoR | @[email protected]'s Priska Breves were recently elected chair & vice chair of the Advertising Comm Div of the German Comm Association! For 2 yrs, they will represent its members, inform about/organize events, & promote ECS & international collabs ✨

⏳ Reminder: Just 4 days left to register for #Etmaal2025 at the regular fee! As of the 27th of January, all rates go up for last-minute registrations. So make sure to register! More details here: etmaal2025.org/registration/

🗣️ Science Comm 🗣️ How can researchers effectively present their work to general publics across trad & social media for maximizing societal impact? Sofie_Vranken will address this common challenge during an interactive workshop at Etmaal2025 - etmaal2025.bsky.social. So, if you're around, join in!

The countdown is on! 🎉We’ve wrapped up our final prep meeting, and in just one week, we’ll be gathering for #Etmaal2025 in stunning Bruges at the iconic Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre. We can't wait to see you there! 🙌✨

Meet our steering team 👋 Dr. Tilo Hartmann is professor at the Department of Communication Science at the VU Amsterdam. His research interests include the use, experiences, and perceptions of media, particularly new media technology like Virtual Reality or XR!

Up next Dr. Jolien Trekels! 🚀 She is Assistant Prof. Media Literacy in the Dept of Communication at the University of Vienna, also affiliated w the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & KULeuven Media Psychology Lab. She studies media & well-being, especially among teens

The wait is almost over, #Etmaal2025 is happening in 5 days! All attendees can find a final checklist with practical info in their mailbox and an updated programme (which also contains all event information you need to know) on our website: etmaal2025.org/programme/

Introducing our next steering committee member, Dr. Paulien Decorte! 🎉 She is an MSCA YUFE4 Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University. Her research project investigates how consumers make recipe decisions for their dinners using an app.

Meet Dr. Gaëlle Ouvrein, part of our steering committee! 💡She is an assistant professor of marketing at the Vrij Universiteit Brussel (Dept Communication Sciences). Her research focuses on the positive & negative interactions between media figures and teens in a digital context.

Say hi to Anne Sadza! 🤝 She is Assistant Prof at the Communication Science Dept at Radboud University. She recently finished her PhD on how teens interpret risk behavior portrayals in entertainment media, and how parents' & peers' roles shape teens’ risk behavior interpretations

A warm welcome to Laure Dedecker, our new steering committee member! 🌟 Laure is a PhD student at the Media Psychology Lab (KU Leuven). She studies the role of social media in body image development among young individuals with visible differences using a multi-method approach.

Last but not least, we spotlight Martin Jansen! ✨ He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Language Studies (Radboud University). He studies the relationship between misinformation and social media discussions about cancer screening programs and their public perceptions

🏆 Awards 🏆 At Etmaal2025 - etmaal2025.bsky.social, AdMe's Sofie_Vranken received the highly competitive Dissertation Award from the Netherlands | Flanders Communication Association (NeFCA) for her work on alcohol-related social media effects. We're very proud of you, Sofie!

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