The #ica26 preconference Affecting myself?! Exploring self & feedback effects in digital communication aims at bringing together scholars to discuss how communicators are shaped by messages & feedback. Extended abstracts due Jan 30, 2026. www.medienstruktur.ifp.uni-mainz.de/affecting-my...

📲 Always feel pressured to be online?

This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, ‪@annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘‍♀️

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When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬

@sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored.

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I’m incredibly grateful to receive the #ICA25 Dordick Dissertation Award! Many thanks to @icacat.bsky.social and to all the inspiring mentors, colleagues, and friends who have supported me throughout my PhD journey 🎓🏆🤩

🎉 Together with @sarahlutz.bsky.social: New paper out in Computers in Human Behavior Reports!

We asked: After being excluded online or offline do people cope by staying in the same space or by escaping it?

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📢 New article! What happens when a message gets deleted before you can read it? 🧐📱

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs.

If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂

International applications welcome!

Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

📣 We're #hiring! Looking for a stellar student to do a #PhD on feelings of social exclusion in a personal or political context / on political participation and exchange. All information on the link below. Please share widely! 🔄 #SocialPsych #PolPsy #PhDSky #PsychSciSky
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Mit diesem Phänomen hat sich auch Sarah Lutz von der Professur Medienpsychologie, in einer gemeinsamen Veröffnetlichung mit Christiane Büttner, befasst: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#PublicationAlert "Diese Nachricht wurde gelöscht" - vermutlich kennt jede:r das Gefühl, etwas zu verpassen, wenn im Gruppenchat so eine Benachrichtigung erscheint.

Platz 3 ging an Sarah Lutz, Annabell Halfmann, Frank M. Schneider, Anna Freytag & Dorothée Hefner für „Mit Achtsamkeit zu einer besseren mentalen Gesundheit? Ein messwiederholtes Online-Experiment zu den Folgen von Erreichbarkeitsdruck bei der Messenger-Nutzung auf Wohlbefinden und Unwohlsein“ 💬🔕

💡Implications:
Although the delete feature offers benefits for senders (e.g., withdrawing incorrect messages), its adverse psychological impact on those receiving these notifications should not be underestimated.

2️⃣ These effects did not differ from those resulting from receiving no messages at all and were not moderated by fear of missing out.

🔍 Key Findings:
1️⃣ In a manipulated group chat setting, receiving these notifications evoked detrimental effects typically associated with experiences of social exclusion (i.e., threatened needs and impaired mood).

📖 What did we study?
We explored whether exposure to 'delete notifications'—which inform users that their chat partner has deleted a message—evokes feelings of social exclusion.

📢 Publication Alert!
Excited to share that our latest research, co-authored with
@chrbuettner.bsky.social, has just been published! 🎉 #MediaPsychology

🔓 #OpenAccess via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....