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We had an amazing Mental Health & Tech symposium on Friday! Thank you all for coming and special thanks to our speakers Ine Beyens, Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈, Yael Niv @yaelniv.bsky.social, Uri Hasson Hasson Lab, @adelegoldberg1, Manoj Kumar @[email protected], Jacob Shapiro and Olga Troyanskaya #PrecisionHealth #MentalHealth

In this book chapter (open access), we discuss three advantages of our person-specific media effects approach.

Next Tuesday, April 16, at 4 p.m., Teun Siebers will defend his dissertation on the sizeable effects of smartphones and social media on distraction, task delay, and sleep. The press release of UvA Amsterdam (in Dutch) can be found here: uva.nl/content/nieuws…

✨Emerging Scholar Research Grant ✨ Deadline 5 May Submit applications for a $500 grant to support a specific Mobile Communication research project. The winner will be announced at the Mobile Communication Division business meeting at #ICA24 International Communication Association Details in the call below!

🎤 Join me at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center on April 30, Noon PT, to discuss the impact of social media on youth mental health and explore insights from "The Anxious Child." You can Attend in person or online via Zoom. 🔗 Details & registration: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/april-3…

Compliance with the DSA is a serious matter: Commission opens proceedings against TikTok under the DSA👇 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Today (4/30) at 3:00 PM ET from Cyber Policy Center : Screen Struggles and Screen Delight: Is Social Media Sabotaging or Saving Adolescent Mental health? Patti Valkenburg cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/april-3…

🎓Seminar Stanford University🎓 Last week, I delivered a seminar at Cyber Policy Center about the role of social media use in the decline of youth mental health, moderated by Jeff Hancock. It is now online... 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=5GUwKC…

Congratulations to our 2024 International Communication Association ICA-CAM Award Winners! Check out the insights, advice, and research offered by our winners AnneMarie McClain, Jane Shawcroft, Robyn Vanherle, Chelly Maes, Shina Aladé, Nancy Jennings, and Marie-Louise Mares! ica-cam.org/in-the-spotlig…

🔎Ever wondered what teens themselves think about social media?📱Our public report delves deep into their perspectives, exploring both the benefits and drawbacks of social media. Read our report to discover insights that might just surprise you: edu.nl/ncjda

Dr.Teun Siebers presenting our problems with setting up our TikTok data donation study at the #datadonationsymposium2024

Studying social media effects and want to go beyond the average? 💡Our latest paper in Meta-Psychology provides experience-based recommendations for those wanting to investigate the heterogeneity of social media effects: doi.org/10.15626/MP.20… Patti Valkenburg Ine Beyens @LoesKeijsers

📢Our new Project AWeSome study shows that social media’s impact on three important dimensions of mental health – well-being, self-esteem, & close friendships – is predominantly negative for 60% of adolescents. However, effects varied between platforms. See: osf.io/preprints/psya…

We’re in Ljubljana! @AmbervanderWal kicked things off with a presentation on the differences in the uses and effects of social media among adolescents. Want to read more? Check out the article Social Media+Society edu.nl/e4dxb #ecrea2024