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Hanjie Liu
@hanjieliu.bsky.social
Hánjié || PhD candidate in media psychology @MSUComArtSci || M.A. in Mass Communication @UMN_HSJMC ‘21|| Editorial Assistant for @journal-of-comm.bsky.social|| (She/她)
That’s a wrap on my #AEJMC25! Feeling so grateful for this wonderfully supportive community. Big thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster, and it was so lovely meeting new friends and catching up with familiar faces. Let’s keep in touch!
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hey folks at AEJMC! I’m thrilled to be presenting my ESM study at AEJMC this Saturday!

If you’re attending, let's connect! I’ll be at Salon 9 [LB2L], Poster 44 on Saturday at 9:45 AM- please stop by and let's chat more!

#AEJMC2025#AEJMCSanFrancisco#AEJMC25
August 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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I have a new paper on "The Psychology of Virality" with @steverathje.bsky.social

We explain how similar psychological processes (eg preferential attention to negativity, social motives, etc.) drive the spread of information across online and offline contexts: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Hanjie Liu
High social aloofness was linked to reduced exploration, lower
decision noise, and high choice stickiness in a bandit task. These effects reflect habitual and outcome-driven behaviours, linking social disengagement to nonsocial decision flexibility.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Social aloofness is associated with non-social explore-exploit decisions - Communications Psychology
High social aloofness was linked to reduced exploration, lower decision noise, and high choice stickiness in a bandit task. These effects reflect habitual and outcome-driven behaviours, linking social...
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Finally :) Preprint of Susanne Baumgartner and my paper Short but still valid: Validating Single-Item Measures for Key Communication Science Constructs for Experience Sampling Research.
In a 5-Study procedure, we assess the validity of in total 21 constructs osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io
July 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the JoC Reception at #ICA25. It was wonderful seeing so many colleagues and friends in person. We are grateful to all of you whose contributions make the JoC possible! (Special thanks for photos from Jamil and Hanjie.)
June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reposted by Hanjie Liu
In this Review, Elisa C. Baek, Razieh Pourafshari & Joseph B. Bayer describe how four distinct uses of the term 'social connection' -- as subjective perceptions, social networks, synchrony & interpersonal behaviors -- have contributed to understanding this concept

PDF: rdcu.be/erbWH
The four conceptualizations of social connection - Nature Reviews Psychology
The term ‘social connection’ is operationalized differently across disparate strands of research. In this Review, Baek et al. highlight four distinct uses of the term ‘social connection’ — as subjecti...
go.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Survived ICA with 3 presentations + 1 collab on social media & mental health📱Had great discussions, laughed a ton with friends, and learned even more.

Also…I’m on the *job market*, so hit me up if you know of any opportunities!

See you next time, all my comm friends!! 🏔️🏙️💙 #ICA25 #ICADenver
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Happy Sunday!☀️ A couple things to add to your #ICA25 itinerary today📝 #MSUICA
June 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Come say hi if you are around! Here are the times & locations and the titles for our presentations today!
Happy Day 3 of #ICA25! Be sure to stop by these SCAMP lab members' presentations today! #MSUICA
June 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I will be presenting 3 works on social media ostracism, self dynamics, and rumination tomorrow at #ICA25 Come say hi if you’re around!
June 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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If you're at #ICA25, would love to see you at our Ohio State reception tonight 7:30-9:30 in the Hyatt Regency, Level 3, Mineral D.
June 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Dr. Robert F. Potter and I are co-editing a special issue on "Dynamics of Human Communication" for the journal Communication and Change. If you're interested, feel free to check out the details below or come chat with me at ICA! #ICA25
link.springer.com/journal/4438...
Communication and Change
Dedicated to advancing the understanding of communication in the context of rapid technological and societal transformation Promotes communication research ...
link.springer.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
SCAMPies are presenting at ICA this year⛰️✈️ 4 of my work about social media and psychological well-being will be presented this Saturday! If you are interested in the similar topics, look forward to connecting with you 😃
SCAMP Lab is excited to attend the 2025 ICA Conference in Denver, CO! ✈️ Many of our lab members will be presenting their work✨ Come say hello at our sessions or if you see us around the conference! 👋 #MSUICA #ICA25
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We cute little Scampies are on Bluesky now 🦋🦋 Come say hi!!
👋 Hi BlueSky! We’re Social Cognition and Media Psychology (SCAMP) Lab, a research group at MSU! We explore how people interact with media 💻🔍 Expect updates on our projects, cool findings, and behind-the-scenes moments from the lab. Stay tuned!
June 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Hanjie Liu
BREAKING:
"Given these circumstances, we have decided not to hold another ICA conference in the United States during this administration and have delayed our contract with Chicago until May 2029."
#ICA25
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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This was such a fun and informative project between @stanfordvr.bsky.social and me. We can learn a lot about a field through large-scale literature overviews facilitated by NLP and LLMs. Check out the paper in Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
February 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by Hanjie Liu
Hello BlueSky friends! As the EIC of the ICA's @icahdq.bsky.social flagship journal Journal of Communication, we wish to attract and showcase the best cutting-edge communication research irrespective of theoretical and methodological approach. Please consider the JoC as your next outlet!
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Ever wondered what researchers beyond #commsky have to say about autonomy in digital technology use (e.g., affordances, situations, context)?

Check out our interdisciplinary, large scale (computational) scoping review w/ @anishaarenz.bsky.social @leonardreinecke.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iwc/...
January 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Excited to share my latest on solitude in @plosone.bsky.social! With Scott Campbell, I leveraged communicate bond belong theory to investigate how different shades of solitude 🚣 balance energy restoration 🔋 and relatedness with others 🫂 for well-being 🙂: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
The tradeoff of solitude? Restoration and relatedness across shades of solitude
Social interaction and solitude entail tradeoffs. Communicate Bond Belong (CBB) theory holds that social interaction can foster relatedness with others at the cost of social energy, whereas solitude c...
doi.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Saying hi to all the Bluesky friends 🙋🏻‍♀️ and thrilled to share some exciting news—all 4/4 of my papers on #socialmedia & #mediapsych will be presented in Denver this year! #ICA25 ⛰️ Already practicing my hug game for old & new friends—brace yourselves for the squishiest! 🫂✨😆
three people are hugging each other in a kitchen .
ALT: three people are hugging each other in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM