Will social media bans reduce the amount of substance use-related content to which young people are exposed? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... "...true harm reduction may require a shift from policing user age to regulating the safety and transparency of the digital environments..."

Will social media bans reduce the amount of substance use‐related content to which young people are exposed?

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🔔 This week in InSight+ Why we must invest now in digital health interventions for adolescents 👉 buff.ly/EI5UgRA

New paper published in Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, led by PhD student Gedefaw Alen: "Celebrity-Owned Alcohol Brands Promoted on Social Media" doi.org/10.1542/peds...

Such a cool paper! @kbackholer.bsky.social report results from their work on analysing social media data to detect alcohol marketing.

APSAD DAR@apsad-dar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Open Access - Automated Detection of Digital Alcohol Marketing Using SCANNER: An Integrated Deep-Learning Approach Florentine Martino, Navoda Liyana Pathirana, Luai Saif, Asim Bhatti, @kbackholer.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/dar.... @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

🆕 Cannabis Marketing Restrictions and Exposure to Cannabis Marketing in Legal US Cannabis Markets: Findings From the International Cannabis Policy Study Lauren Winfield-Ward, Elle Wadsworth, Pete Driezen, David Hammond doi.org/10.1111/dar.... @uwaterloo.ca @randeurope.org @uniofbath.bsky.social

When alcohol fills the gap: Basic Psychological Need Compensation Predicts Hazardous Drinking @jconigr.bsky.social on chronic frustration through the lens of Self-Determination Theory

New paper from @samathasalim.bsky.social published in @addictionjournal.bsky.social: Comparing the accuracy of artificial intelligence models to detect alcohol in video images. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper on FoMO! We analysed Reddit posts to determine how people who were aiming to reduce their alcohol use dealt with the feelings of FoMO. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

New paper from our PhD student @samathasalim.bsky.social! The paper aimed to determine how we can more efficiently use AI to analyse movies to estimate how often alcohol is shown. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Scalable Sampling Approach for Artificial Intelligence‐Based Alcohol Content Estimation in Movies

Introduction The growing accessibility of movies through streaming platforms has expanded audience reach, but also increases exposure to alcohol portrayals, which is an established risk factor for a.....

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New online: A Scalable Sampling Approach for Artificial Intelligence-Based #Alcohol Content Estimation in #Movies Samatha Pararath Salim, Zhen He, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Joshua Millward, Benjamin Riordan doi.org/10.1111/dar.... @latrobeuni.bsky.social @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social #AI

New open access tutorial paper on how social scientists can use machine learning to analyse images. We think this is a super cool method and we have aimed it at those with no background in programming or computer science psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

We need better measures if we want to properly understand the impact of social media use or exposure to alcohol-related content on alcohol use. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We need better measures to understand the influence of social media on substance use

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“I Don’t Know for Certain”: A Content Analysis of Reddit Posters’ Accounts of Drink Spiking New paper looking at relationships, contexts and impacts of alcohol & drug-facilitated sexual violence ('drink spiking'). Led by Jess Ison & @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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CAPR's director Emmanuel Kuntsche rocked the mic at the recent Global Congress on Behavioural Addictions in Istanbul. Here are some pics from his presentation on how machine learning is used in addiction research.

New from @meganpcook.bsky.social. Gender differences in Aus and NZ alcohol research. There are far fewer single gender studies focused on middle-aged men, despite the fact that they consume the most alcohol and experience the most alcohol-related harms. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gender Differences in Alcohol Research: A Focus on How Men and Women Are Studied in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

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📣Do you conduct research using technology and other novel approaches to address substance use related behaviors? Submit your work to our upcoming special issue on novel approaches to Facilitate Health Behavior Change over at ECP, papers due June 1! tinyurl.com/ECP-Special-...

Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in "drink spiking" but we rarely associate the two. So we analysed Reddit posts to explore alcohol's role in drink spiking & sexual violence. Written with a team of non-Bluesky users & out in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Alcohol and legitimate victimhood: Analysing Reddit posts to understand perceptions of alcohol's role in drink spiking and sexual violence

Drink spiking has gained attention in the media but remains under-researched, particularly in the context of gendered power dynamics and sexual violen…

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Very proud to be part of this systematic review, which has relevance for anyone working in the alcohol and/or gender space! Implications extend beyond alcohol, prompting us to consider how we understand and (re)construct gender in the context of interdisciplinary research.

Megan Cook@meganpcook.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to have our systematic review of the differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade up online at IJDP - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Congratulations @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social! This very cool paper analysed Reddit posts to better understand the perception of the role of alcohol in drink spiking. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Alcohol and legitimate victimhood: Analysing Reddit posts to understand perceptions of alcohol's role in drink spiking and sexual violence

Drink spiking has gained attention in the media but remains under-researched, particularly in the context of gendered power dynamics and sexual violen…

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Congratulations @meganpcook.bsky.social and team for the massive systematic review of 1,267 studies that focused on single gender alcohol studies. They found that the majority of single gender studies focused on women's alcohol use. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Examining gender in alcohol research: A systematic review of gender differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research

This systematic review examined differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade. In particular, it exp…

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📅Save the date! APSAD 2025 is taking place from Sun 9 - Wed 12 Nov 2025 at the International Convention Centre, Gadigal (Sydney), Australia Registration Open: March 2025 Abstract Submission Open: March 2025 Super Earlybird Deadline: Early April 2025 www.apsadconference.com.au #APSAD25

As President of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, I welcome the alcohol research community to Scotland for the KBS 50th Anniversary Symposium organised by the Universities of Stirling and Glasgow (9-13 June 2025): kbs2025scotland.org/home.html

I've also got mine, which I've continuing to update over the past few weeks - will add you now, Tim. go.bsky.app/46UeoTe

Congrats @dadiyama-kylie.bsky.social and @jconigr.bsky.social, Nicole Hewlett and Dr Teagan Weatherall on your NHMRC ideas grant success! "‘BubSafe’ aims to co-create a digital storytelling tool to help health professionals discuss the benefits of having an alcohol-free pregnancy...."

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Institute of Alcohol Studies@ias.org.uk · 2y ago

Alcohol has a significant environmental cost, yet the climate impact of this industry remains poorly understood due to a lack of research. The article explores the hidden carbon footprint of alcohol and why addressing this gap is crucial for a sustainable future. (1/2) www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Thanks Insight Queensland for having me! It is always fun to talk about the work our research team is doing on alcohol, media, and emerging technology. I also got to talk about backwards satanic messages in music, which is just my fav! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lULf...

20th Nov 2024 Benjamin Riordan: How is substance use portrayed in digital media and the impacts?

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Me rereading my own code from 2 months ago:

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y ago

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

I've continued to add my Australian AOD researcher list - check it out, share, and let me know if I'm missing you if you've migrated over in the past week! 😄 Hopefully Turning Point isn't too far behind from following. go.bsky.app/46UeoTe