Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h...
Alicia Gilbert
@aliciagilbert.bsky.social
PhD candidate communication science @ifpmainz.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social | Student & Early Career Representative @icamobile.bsky.social digital disconnection | social media | self-regulation | well-being
I'm back working after ~3 months off to care for my son. And it looks like its going to be an interesting time for social media regulation in the EU! I wrote something about my thoughts on the leaked proposal regulations for social media in the EU. www.linkedin.com/posts/dougap...
A social media ban in the EU? Reflections on the leaked proposals | Douglas A. Parry
A social media ban in the EU? Stronger protections are needed, but banning young people is not the answer. Ahead of the expected announcement, some reflections on the leaked proposals, the promise o...
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The who's who of mobile communication scholarship coming together 🤩 If you ever wanted to see your scholar idols together at one table - this is THE event ⭐️ (and it's hybrid, too!) Sign-up link below
ICA Mobile Communication@icamobile.bsky.social · 2w agoOral Histories of Mobile Communication Screening 📺 (HYBRID EVENT) Join the screening of the Oral Histories of Mobile Communication project on Tuesday, Sept. 22 3:30-5:00 pm (EDT) online or at Northeastern University: 350A Snell Library. Register here: northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗳️ !!Vote now for our new division Vice-Chair!! 🗳️ ICA elections have opened so members can cast their votes until 20 October at 12:00 noon EDT. Help elect our new Mobile Communication Division Vice-Chair and vote on the proposed changes to our bylaws! Vote here: www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...
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UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.
UW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professor
Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.
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When and where to find our work at #ICA26
Morgan Quinn Ross@mqrmobile.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'll be presenting work with @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @joebayer.bsky.social, and @leonardreinecke.bsky.social on a model of (dis)connecting in daily life based on norms + needs + habits 📳 in the mobile disconnection panel for @icamobile.bsky.social at 12pm Sunday in 1.64 (CTICC1, Lev 1)
The ICA Communication and Technology Division is thrilled to announce the #ICA26 top poster in CAT is Mora Matassi, Universidad de 'San Andrés' Title: Social Readings of Social Media Disconnection. See it Sun 7 June, 1:30pm, Hall 2 (CTICC1).
🚨🚨Teilnehmende gesucht! @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @leonardreinecke.bsky.social Tägliche Instagram-Nutzer*innen für Studie im Rahmen meiner Masterarbeit gesucht! Ich freue mich sehr über eure Unterstützung! Hier geht's zur Vorbefragung ⬇️ sosci.zdv.uni-mainz.de/instagram-nu...
Introducing new JoC SI publication: “Possible futures all at once: time frame and time lag in short-term longitudinal media effects research on well-being”, by @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
The special issue on time in communication research in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social is now out. Proud to be part of it with this article in which we investigate the influence of time frame and time lag and theorize on temporal processes underlying media effects.
Journal of Communication@journal-of-comm.bsky.social · 6mo agoIntroducing new JoC SI publication: “Possible futures all at once: time frame and time lag in short-term longitudinal media effects research on well-being”, by @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
@rzhprfshr.bsky.social is our March 2026 scholar in the spotlight! She is a PhD student working closely with @joebayer.bsky.social and Dr Mimi Brinberg in understanding how everyday mobile media use affects relationships. See our full interview with Razieh here! www.icamobile.org/scholar-razieh
➡️ Next up: the #ICA_Mobile Information Sessions! A great chance to learn 📖 and ask questions 🙋 about our division. Join us on 7 + 8 April! Here's the link: tinyurl.com/icamobileevent (password: ICAMOBILE)
If you are working with multilevel data, try out my new package mlstats 📦 — an #rstats package for multilevel analyses. You can create publication-ready descriptive tables like the one below (including within- AND between-group correlations + ICCs). github.com/felixdidi/ml... Details in thread 🧵↓
Anti-government student protests spread to more Iranian universities www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran anti-government student protests spread to more universities
A fresh wave of anti-government protests at several Iranian universities that began on Saturday has spread to more campuses.
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"Die fallen auf jeden KI-Müll rein" – Jugendliche fordern Social-Media-Verbot für Menschen über 40 www.der-postillon.com/2026/02/soci...
"Die fallen auf jeden KI-Müll rein" – Jugendliche fordern Social-Media-Verbot für Menschen über 40
Berlin (dpo) - Gibt es bald ein Social-Media-Verbot für Über-40-Jährige? In einer Pressekonferenz haben genau das Jugendliche heute gefordert. Ihre Fo
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
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🚨 It's time again for @icamobile.bsky.social's Early Career Colloquium! 🎤 Want to briefly + casually present to early career scholars about a mobile comm project you're working on (any stage)? 📊 Fill this out before 17 February! ✍️ @icasecac.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social forms.gle/pTYBKGZRyWtz...
Early Career Colloquium: Interest Form
Calling all early career scholars! Want to briefly and casually present to fellow early career scholars about a mobile communication project you're working on (at any stage)? Fill out this form and yo...
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As a fan of this interview series, I was stoked when the @icamobile.bsky.social division approached me to share thoughts and projects for their Feb edition of #ScholarInTheSpotlight 😊
ICA Mobile Communication@icamobile.bsky.social · 8mo agoFebruary 2026's scholar in the spotlight is @aliciagilbert.bsky.social! Alicia is a PhD candidate and research associate at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. You can read our interview with Alicia here: www.icamobile.org/scholar-alic...
Our recent #disconnection study with @klingelhoefer.bsky.social & @adrianmeier.bsky.social 😊
Mainz University@mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 9mo agoDigital media breaks can improve well-being: New study finds short-term mood benefits from intentional digital disconnection – while showing that external pressure to unplug can backfire 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/digital-media… #DigitalDisconnection #DigitalDetox #SocialMedia #offline
☎️ Calling all early career scholars! Want to talk casually with an @icamobile.bsky.social senior scholar about a mobile comm project you're working on? Fill out this form by 19 January + we'll match you with a senior scholar to provide feedback: forms.gle/hdhayc34dXEb...
Senior Scholar Support: Interest Form
Calling all early career scholars! Want to talk casually to a senior scholar about a mobile communication project you're working on (at any stage)? Fill out this form and we will match you with a seni...
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Mora Matassi is January's scholar in the spotlight! She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can view the full interview with Mora through this link: www.icamobile.org/scholar-mora
hey #mobilecomm community @icamobile.bsky.social For a new exhibition on 100 yrs of mobile telephony, the Communication Museum in Frankfurt am Main prepared a website w many cool historic photos. 🤳 They also discuss a phoneless future 🤫 www.digitales-museum-fuer-kommunikation.de/expotizer-un...
Unterwegs telefonieren – Digitales Museum für Kommunikation
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Exciting times ahead! In June, our newly elected officers @lisemarienassen.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, and @deeptiapte.bsky.social will officially step into their roles to take #ICAMobile forward. We look forward to introducing them at the #ICA26 Business Meeting. Stay tuned!
The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.
New preprint from our digital disconnection project with @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @adrianmeier.bsky.social We find that #disconnection can help to reduce #procrastination.
Julius Klingelhoefer@klingelhoefer.bsky.social · 10mo agoPreprint⚠️ Scrolling and swiping tend to be more interesting than studying or working, leading to procrastination. Can we do something about that? We investigated whether temporary deliberate non-use of digital technologies (digital disconnection) is effective as a strategy against procrastination.
Excited to see these studies (finally) published in Scientific Reports! 🚨 S1: More social media users perceived themselves as addicted than met clinical addiction criteria. S2: Increasing perceived addiction hurt perceived control over use and increased self-blame for overuse. Thread below... 🧵
5️⃣/🔟 In Scientific Reports, 5 of the top 10 most cited articles have an article number of 1. 5️⃣/🔟 In Nature Communications the same: 5 of the top 10 are article 1s. Coincidence? 👇 scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0... I think not.
Abstract mal anders: In einem neuen Video der @unimainz.bsky.social gebe ich einen Einblick in unsere neue Studie zu #Disconnection und #Wohlbefinden #sciencecomm #wisskomm #digitalwellbeing #tiktok www.tiktok.com/@unimainz/vi...
Was bringt Digital Detox? Und wie schaffe ich es, das durchzuhalten? Alicia Gilbert vom Institut für Publizisitik der #UniMainz forscht genau zu diesen Fragen – ein paar Einblicke gibt's im Video ✨ 👉 ...
TikTok video by Universität Mainz
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Alicia Gilbert@aliciagilbert.bsky.social · 11mo ago📬 Pub alert Do effects of digital disconnection interventions translate to well-being benefits in *daily life*? Our new ESM study concludes: yes but no... kinda 👽🔋 @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social Out now in Communication Research doi.org/10.1177/0093...
