Hoe authentiek zijn jongeren nu echt op BeReal? 🔍 Interview deze week in @knack.be over ons onderzoek naar de (spoiler: niet altijd zo) authentieke zelfpresentaties van jongeren op BeReal en welke invloed dit op hun zelfbeeld kan hebben: www.knack.be/nieuws/techn...

BeReal in vrije val: wat is er misgelopen met de ‘authentieke’ sociale media-app?

BeReal werd in 2022 een hype onder gen Z’ers. De app omschrijft zichzelf als ‘de eenvoudigste app voor het delen van foto’s om één keer per dag je echte

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We proudly share that Professor @laraschreurs.bsky.social has received the 2025 KU Leuven Research Council Prize for the Humanities & Social Sciences!🏆 This award recognizes her theoretical and empirical work and community-driven interventions to empower adolescents in their social media literacy

Publication alert! 🤩 @jasminarosic.bsky.social, @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social and I investigated the longitudinal links between adolescents' perceived digital well-being and self-esteem. Give our paper published in JCMC a read here👇

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New paper in JCMC📃📢 With @laraschreurs.bsky.social & @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social we explored reciprocal longitudinal links between adolescents' perceived digital well-being & self-esteem + the role of digital inequality & smartphone screen time doi.org/10.1093/jcmc... @erc.europa.eu MIMIc project

Important 🚨 we are currently missing about 9 of our rented table lamps as well as photobooth attributes. Can we kindly ask to bring these back or drop them off at the registration desk. #etmaal2025

The countdown is on! 🎉We’ve wrapped up our final prep meeting, and in just one week, we’ll be gathering for #Etmaal2025 in stunning Bruges at the iconic @bmccbruges. We can't wait to see you there! 🙌✨

👋 Excited for #Etmaal2025? Join #MediaPsychology and CAM for a workshop on stakeholder engagement in media and well-being research. 💡 Hear from Esther Rozendaal, @dougaparry.bsky.social, Marijn Martens, and @adrianmeier.bsky.social as they share their insights @etmaal2025.bsky.social!

📢The programme for #Etmaal2025 in Bruges is now live! Explore the sessions and start planning your conference experience: 🔗 etmaal2025.org/programme/. Also, there are only two weeks left to register for the conference at the regular fee! More details here: etmaal2025.org/registration/