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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Aug 11

Huge thanks for all the support from @scamplab.bsky.social 💚🌱

Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Aug 11

Huge thanks to @elisavet-av.bsky.social for capturing these wonderful moments 📸 and for being such a supportive and inspiring peer at #AEJMC25!

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Aug 11

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!

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Jul 23

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...

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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · Jul 16

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...

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Lara Wolfers @larawolfers.bsky.social · Jul 14

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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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Journal of Communication @journal-of-comm.bsky.social · Jun 24

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.)

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Jun 16

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...

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

Presentation for our research about rumination and RII

Presentation for my theoretical model on social media and self dynamics

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SCAMP Lab @scamplab.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy Sunday!☀️ A couple things to add to your #ICA25 itinerary today📝 #MSUICA

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 14

Come say hi if you are around! Here are the times & locations and the titles for our presentations today!

SCAMP Lab @scamplab.bsky.social · Jun 14

Happy Day 3 of #ICA25! Be sure to stop by these SCAMP lab members' presentations today! #MSUICA

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 13

I will be presenting 3 works on social media ostracism, self dynamics, and rumination tomorrow at #ICA25 Come say hi if you’re around!

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Jesse Fox @commfox.bsky.social · Jun 13

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.

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Jingjing Han @jingjinghan.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 11

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 @scamplab.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jun 10

We cute little Scampies are on Bluesky now 🦋🦋 Come say hi!!

SCAMP Lab @scamplab.bsky.social · Jun 10

👋 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!

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Thomas Hanitzsch @thanitzsch.bsky.social · May 2

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

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Dave Markowitz @davidmmarkowitz.bsky.social · Feb 10

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/...

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Journal of Communication @journal-of-comm.bsky.social · Feb 4

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!

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Felix Dietrich @felix-dietrich.de · Jan 20

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/...

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Morgan Quinn Ross @mqrmobile.bsky.social · Dec 5

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...

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jan 15

I am a phd candidate studying users’ psychological process of social media usage and social comparison! I’m happy to contribute if it’s something of interests!

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Hanjie Liu @hanjieliu.bsky.social · Jan 15

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 .

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