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Curious about what German-speaking media psychologists and our international friends are up to? Then this list might be for you.
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🚀 Call for Applications: Fellowships & Working Groups 🚀
@cais-research.bsky.social is now accepting applications for innovative projects exploring the societal impact of #digitaltransformation. Open to experts from academia and practice, all career stages, disciplines, and research approaches. 🔎👩💻📈
@cais-research.bsky.social is now accepting applications for innovative projects exploring the societal impact of #digitaltransformation. Open to experts from academia and practice, all career stages, disciplines, and research approaches. 🔎👩💻📈
📢 Apply now:
Form your own CAIS Working Group!
Work interdisciplinarily on digital transformation, get funding, and meet in Bochum. Travel & accommodation covered.
👉 For Working Group Meetings in 2027
🗓 Application Deadline: Dec 19, 2025
www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
Form your own CAIS Working Group!
Work interdisciplinarily on digital transformation, get funding, and meet in Bochum. Travel & accommodation covered.
👉 For Working Group Meetings in 2027
🗓 Application Deadline: Dec 19, 2025
www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🚀 Call for Applications: Fellowships & Working Groups 🚀
@cais-research.bsky.social is now accepting applications for innovative projects exploring the societal impact of #digitaltransformation. Open to experts from academia and practice, all career stages, disciplines, and research approaches. 🔎👩💻📈
@cais-research.bsky.social is now accepting applications for innovative projects exploring the societal impact of #digitaltransformation. Open to experts from academia and practice, all career stages, disciplines, and research approaches. 🔎👩💻📈
📢 JOB ALERT 📢
Two PhD positions in an @erc.europa.eu project at @uni-muenster.de with @thorstenquandt.bsky.social om "Dark Nerd Communities".
Check out and share! 👇
Two PhD positions in an @erc.europa.eu project at @uni-muenster.de with @thorstenquandt.bsky.social om "Dark Nerd Communities".
Check out and share! 👇
🎓 We’re hiring!
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺
🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments
🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews
Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇
#AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
📢 JOB ALERT 📢
Two PhD positions in an @erc.europa.eu project at @uni-muenster.de with @thorstenquandt.bsky.social om "Dark Nerd Communities".
Check out and share! 👇
Two PhD positions in an @erc.europa.eu project at @uni-muenster.de with @thorstenquandt.bsky.social om "Dark Nerd Communities".
Check out and share! 👇
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Please consider submitting a paper to our special issue in the Journal Entertainment Computing (Elsevier):
Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026.
The full call can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026.
The full call can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Please consider submitting a paper to our special issue in the Journal Entertainment Computing (Elsevier):
Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026.
The full call can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Digital Worlds, Real Impact - The Evolving Role of Games in Society. Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026.
The full call can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
📢 Call for blog posts!
The #DiversPrivat project is looking for short articles, opinions & creative pieces on diversity-sensitive online privacy. Deadline: 14 Dec 2025. Submit (DE/EN) to: [email protected] 👉 privacy4all.de/blog
The #DiversPrivat project is looking for short articles, opinions & creative pieces on diversity-sensitive online privacy. Deadline: 14 Dec 2025. Submit (DE/EN) to: [email protected] 👉 privacy4all.de/blog
Blog – privacy4all.de
Privatsphäre ist was für jeden - auch online!
privacy4all.de
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢 Call for blog posts!
The #DiversPrivat project is looking for short articles, opinions & creative pieces on diversity-sensitive online privacy. Deadline: 14 Dec 2025. Submit (DE/EN) to: [email protected] 👉 privacy4all.de/blog
The #DiversPrivat project is looking for short articles, opinions & creative pieces on diversity-sensitive online privacy. Deadline: 14 Dec 2025. Submit (DE/EN) to: [email protected] 👉 privacy4all.de/blog
@hannahdecker.bsky.social is a postdoc at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social . She holds a PhD from @unidue.bsky.social, for which she analysed online political campaigning on social media and the role of personalised content. Currently, she focuses on positive effects of #digitalmedia and #medialiteracy.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
@hannahdecker.bsky.social is a postdoc at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social . She holds a PhD from @unidue.bsky.social, for which she analysed online political campaigning on social media and the role of personalised content. Currently, she focuses on positive effects of #digitalmedia and #medialiteracy.
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Great opportunity! Professorship in Communications Sciences with a Concentration on Change and Innovation in Communication.
Start: August 2027
Where: @ikmz.bsky.social
Infos: 👇
Start: August 2027
Where: @ikmz.bsky.social
Infos: 👇
UZH: Professorship in Communications Sciences with a Concentration on Change and Innovation in Communication
The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in communication sciences with a concentration on change and innovation in communication starting on 1 August 2027. Candidates for thi...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Great opportunity! Professorship in Communications Sciences with a Concentration on Change and Innovation in Communication.
Start: August 2027
Where: @ikmz.bsky.social
Infos: 👇
Start: August 2027
Where: @ikmz.bsky.social
Infos: 👇
📢 JOB ALERT 📢
@tilburg-university.bsky.social is looking for a Full professor of Communication, Cognition, and Information.
You can find the full description here. 👇
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@tilburg-university.bsky.social is looking for a Full professor of Communication, Cognition, and Information.
You can find the full description here. 👇
urlr.me/qUpCMS
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 JOB ALERT 📢
@tilburg-university.bsky.social is looking for a Full professor of Communication, Cognition, and Information.
You can find the full description here. 👇
urlr.me/qUpCMS
@tilburg-university.bsky.social is looking for a Full professor of Communication, Cognition, and Information.
You can find the full description here. 👇
urlr.me/qUpCMS
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social is a PhD candidate and researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research focuses on digital disconnection, mental heatlh, digital self-regulation, technology use at work, and intensive longitudinal methods.
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social is a PhD candidate and researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research focuses on digital disconnection, mental heatlh, digital self-regulation, technology use at work, and intensive longitudinal methods.
@dpossler.bsky.social is a Postdoc at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies (IJK) at @hmtmh.bsky.social. His research focuses on the use and effects of (digital) media, e.g. how and why digital media offer meaningful entertainment experiences as well as methodological research.
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@dpossler.bsky.social is a Postdoc at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies (IJK) at @hmtmh.bsky.social. His research focuses on the use and effects of (digital) media, e.g. how and why digital media offer meaningful entertainment experiences as well as methodological research.
@janadreston.bsky.social is a PhD student at @unidue.bsky.social. Her research focuses on political and scientific communication on social media. She analyses the impact of information processing on knowledge and participation.
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
@janadreston.bsky.social is a PhD student at @unidue.bsky.social. Her research focuses on political and scientific communication on social media. She analyses the impact of information processing on knowledge and participation.
Özen Odağ, Professor of Psychology at Touro University Berlin, studies how media can impact users’ identity, political agency, values, and beliefs, especially in vulnerable groups.
As Chair, she plans to embed topics like digital resilience, media literacy, and social responsibility in the division.
As Chair, she plans to embed topics like digital resilience, media literacy, and social responsibility in the division.
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Özen Odağ, Professor of Psychology at Touro University Berlin, studies how media can impact users’ identity, political agency, values, and beliefs, especially in vulnerable groups.
As Chair, she plans to embed topics like digital resilience, media literacy, and social responsibility in the division.
As Chair, she plans to embed topics like digital resilience, media literacy, and social responsibility in the division.
@romohseni.bsky.social is a postdoc in the #MediaPsychology and Media Design group at TU Ilmenau. He holds a PhD from the University of Osnabrueck, for which he experimentally investigated in-game aggression and helping. His current research focuses on sexist online hate speech on video platforms.
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
@romohseni.bsky.social is a postdoc in the #MediaPsychology and Media Design group at TU Ilmenau. He holds a PhD from the University of Osnabrueck, for which he experimentally investigated in-game aggression and helping. His current research focuses on sexist online hate speech on video platforms.
📣Job alert 📣
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
We are hiring 11 Doctoral Researchers (100%) in the DFG-RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age". Uni Wuerzburg, Germany. Disciplines: Communication, Psychology, Computer Science. Topics: VR / XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation. More: go.uniwue.de/rtg3087jobs Please share
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣Job alert 📣
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
11 positions for PhD candidates (100%) open in the RTG "The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age"(Wuerzburg). You can apply for 3 areas:
✅ Immersive virtual reality
✅New (Para-)Social Encounters
✅Epistemic challenges
Topics: VR/XR, storytelling robots, influencers, misinformation 👇
The newly elected young scholar representatives of the @dgps.bsky.social met up to start their work. 💪
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. 📢
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. 📢
In den letzten Wochen haben viele Fachgruppen der @dgps.bsky.social ihre Jungmitglieder-Vertreter:innen in den Fachgruppenleitungen gewählt. 🗳✨
Wir haben diesen Anlass genutzt, um uns zu vernetzen, Ideen auszutauschen und spannende neue Angebote für unsere Jungmitglieder zu planen. 🚀🤝
Wir haben diesen Anlass genutzt, um uns zu vernetzen, Ideen auszutauschen und spannende neue Angebote für unsere Jungmitglieder zu planen. 🚀🤝
September 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The newly elected young scholar representatives of the @dgps.bsky.social met up to start their work. 💪
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. 📢
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. 📢
Exciting new job in Landau 🤩 We’re searching for a Professor of Political
Psychology (W2). Very much looking forward to your applications – if you
have any questions, please reach out to me. jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...
Psychology (W2). Very much looking forward to your applications – if you
have any questions, please reach out to me. jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...
W 2-Professur für Politische Psychologie (m/w/d)
jobs.rptu.de
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Returned from this year's #MediaPsych25 conference in Duisburg with lots of inspiration, food for thought, & new ideas (note to self: no, you cannot start 2 more projects).
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
September 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Returned from this year's #MediaPsych25 conference in Duisburg with lots of inspiration, food for thought, & new ideas (note to self: no, you cannot start 2 more projects).
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
New division chairs incoming!
#MePsych25 marked the end of the chair team's term. Huge thanks to @lenafrescamente.bsky.social(Chair), @stephanwinter.bsky.social(Vice Chair), @romohseni.bsky.social(Treasurer), @dpossler.bsky.social & @lunafrauhammer.bsky.social(ECR Representatives) for their work!
#MePsych25 marked the end of the chair team's term. Huge thanks to @lenafrescamente.bsky.social(Chair), @stephanwinter.bsky.social(Vice Chair), @romohseni.bsky.social(Treasurer), @dpossler.bsky.social & @lunafrauhammer.bsky.social(ECR Representatives) for their work!
September 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New division chairs incoming!
#MePsych25 marked the end of the chair team's term. Huge thanks to @lenafrescamente.bsky.social(Chair), @stephanwinter.bsky.social(Vice Chair), @romohseni.bsky.social(Treasurer), @dpossler.bsky.social & @lunafrauhammer.bsky.social(ECR Representatives) for their work!
#MePsych25 marked the end of the chair team's term. Huge thanks to @lenafrescamente.bsky.social(Chair), @stephanwinter.bsky.social(Vice Chair), @romohseni.bsky.social(Treasurer), @dpossler.bsky.social & @lunafrauhammer.bsky.social(ECR Representatives) for their work!
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Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier (FAU WiSo) hat als einer von zwei Forschern der FAU einen Starting Grant des European Research Councils (ERC) zugesprochen bekommen. Für ihre Projekte werden beide Forscher mit jeweils 1,5 Millionen Euro gefördert. 👏 Weitere Infos hier: go.fau.de/1cad
@adrianmeier.bsky.social
@adrianmeier.bsky.social
Dr. Carlos L. Bassani forscht zu Nanokristallen und Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier zu sozialer Gesundheit. Für ihre Projekte haben die beiden FAU-Wissenschaftler jeweils einen ERC Starting Grant in Höhe von 1,5 Millionen Euro zugesprochen bekommen.
Mehr erfahren: www.fau.de/2025/09/news...
Mehr erfahren: www.fau.de/2025/09/news...
ERC Grant: Nanokristalle und soziale Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt
Zwei Forscher der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) haben jeweils einen Starting Grant des European Research Councils (ERC) zugesprochen bekommen. In der neuen Runde werden Dr.
www.fau.de
September 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier (FAU WiSo) hat als einer von zwei Forschern der FAU einen Starting Grant des European Research Councils (ERC) zugesprochen bekommen. Für ihre Projekte werden beide Forscher mit jeweils 1,5 Millionen Euro gefördert. 👏 Weitere Infos hier: go.fau.de/1cad
@adrianmeier.bsky.social
@adrianmeier.bsky.social
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Excited to be attending @mepsy.bsky.social #MePsy25 for the first time, this week!
I’ll be sharing work in progress & findings from 3 projects on:
(1) online risks and digital literacy (interviews)
(2) digital disconnection discourses (NLP)
(3) digital trace data methods (position)
⬇️ for details:
I’ll be sharing work in progress & findings from 3 projects on:
(1) online risks and digital literacy (interviews)
(2) digital disconnection discourses (NLP)
(3) digital trace data methods (position)
⬇️ for details:
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Excited to be attending @mepsy.bsky.social #MePsy25 for the first time, this week!
I’ll be sharing work in progress & findings from 3 projects on:
(1) online risks and digital literacy (interviews)
(2) digital disconnection discourses (NLP)
(3) digital trace data methods (position)
⬇️ for details:
I’ll be sharing work in progress & findings from 3 projects on:
(1) online risks and digital literacy (interviews)
(2) digital disconnection discourses (NLP)
(3) digital trace data methods (position)
⬇️ for details:
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Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
From r/nosurf to #digitaldetox: A computational analysis of discourses of technology resistance and digital well-being
@chrdrn.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social
We will present preliminary results from our analysis of Twitter & Reddit data.
📆 11.09, 16h15, LK051
@chrdrn.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social
We will present preliminary results from our analysis of Twitter & Reddit data.
📆 11.09, 16h15, LK051
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
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Kicking off #MePsy25 by @mepsy.bsky.social with a look into the future: at the doctoral workshop (organized by @germanneubaum.bsky.social and @sabinetrepte.bsky.social ), the next gen of media psychologists will discuss their dissertations with mentors & peers &get insights into all things academia
September 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Kicking off #MePsy25 by @mepsy.bsky.social with a look into the future: at the doctoral workshop (organized by @germanneubaum.bsky.social and @sabinetrepte.bsky.social ), the next gen of media psychologists will discuss their dissertations with mentors & peers &get insights into all things academia
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Always wonderful to be at #MediaPsych. Thank you to @germanneubaum.bsky.social and his @unidue.bsky.social team who arranged such a strong conference!
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Always wonderful to be at #MediaPsych. Thank you to @germanneubaum.bsky.social and his @unidue.bsky.social team who arranged such a strong conference!
🏆 The Media Psychology Division is once again awarding its Best Paper Award!
We’re recognizing the best media psychology article published in a peer-reviewed journal since Jan 1, 2023.
Prize: €500
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Details below ⬇️
We’re recognizing the best media psychology article published in a peer-reviewed journal since Jan 1, 2023.
Prize: €500
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Details below ⬇️
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June 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🏆 The Media Psychology Division is once again awarding its Best Paper Award!
We’re recognizing the best media psychology article published in a peer-reviewed journal since Jan 1, 2023.
Prize: €500
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Details below ⬇️
We’re recognizing the best media psychology article published in a peer-reviewed journal since Jan 1, 2023.
Prize: €500
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Details below ⬇️