🚨Last day to register for our ‘Communicating the Popular” Etmaal 2026 pre-conference! This is a unique opportunity to learn and discuss with leading experts in the field about the challenges and opportunities of public communication in today’s academia. Everyone’s welcome, join us!

NeFCA's Popular Media and Culture Division@pmcnefca.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Reminder: Last day to register for our Etmaal pre-conference “Communicating the Popular”! 📝 Register via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"What forms of visibility are expected of scholars studying 'the popular'? How do we communicate critically about the media industries and cultures that mediate our own communication as researchers?" Join us to learn more at our PM&C pre-conference "Communicating the Popular"! 👇 #Etmaal2026

NeFCA's Popular Media and Culture Division@pmcnefca.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 Reminder: Join us at Etmaal 2026 for our pre-conference “Communicating the Popular”! 📝 Register by January 28 via this link: forms.gle/RL1FJcjcchVD...

And we are live! 🚀 The Popular Media & Culture Division of @nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and nuggets of popular culture in the PM&C community. 👉 we want to connect and amplify your work--tag us or reach out if you have anything to share!

It was a pleasure to present my work w/ @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social (@mediapsychologylab.bsky.social) on meritocratic masculinities in music, resonance processes, and youth's mental health. 👉 poster and additional resources: lnkd.in/eUADqqyF Thanks for the organization @digisoc.bsky.social !

Media Psychology Lab@mediapsychologylab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We attended the @digisoc.bsky.social International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society in Leuven.👏@robynvanherle.bsky.social (co-)presented 2 mHealth studies, 1 with @svestkova-ady.bsky.social, @irtis.bsky.social. @luca-carbone.bsky.social presented on meritocratic masculinities in music.

My book review 📚 of Dunkel & Schiller *Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe* is out on @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme! This is a rich and engaging book, OA here: doi.org/10.4324/9781... Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite! 👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...

Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe | Mario Dunkel, Melan

This book focuses on the role of popular music in the rise of populism in Europe, centring on the music-related processes of sociocultural normalisation and the

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Audrey Gagnon@audreygagnon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! This issue includes two book reviews: @ghibordieri.bsky.social discusses Out of Hiding by @kathyblee.bsky.social, Futrell & Simi, while @luca-carbone.bsky.social reviews Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe, ed by Dunkel & Schiller

Excited to share our latest preregistered study with Christoph Klimmt and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social about the role of adolescents’ favorite music artists for the internalization of a performance-oriented self-concept! 🎶 doi.org/10.1080/1520... 1/

The Internalization of a Performance-Oriented Self-Concept Among Adolescents Through Their Favorite Music Artists

Music is a highly popular yet understudied element of adolescents’ media and cultural consumption that functions as an influential agent of socialization. Past work has shown the presence of perfor...

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Prof Dave O'Brien@drdaveobrien.bsky.social · last yr.

CfP! We Want More: Music / Sociology! Call for papers | International Popular Music Studies Conference at @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social 8th April 2026, deadline for abstracts 1st Oct 2025 www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...

Excited to share some conclusions of our research on youth and well-being @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social @jasminarosic.bsky.social @luca-carbone.bsky.social @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.

The MIMIc project, led by @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social‬, investigates how ‘malleable ideals’—the constantly shifting portrayals of success & perfection in media—influence teenagers’ well-being, identity, and life aspirations. Discover more 👉 buff.ly/jLuzdnI

Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉

Looking forward to next week #ICA25! If you are interested in research on music🎵, adolescents🧒, and resonance💥, you can catch me at the following sessions👇

New pub! 📈 Can picture-perfect social media posts make adolescents more perfectionistic? Using a 3-wave panel design, we examined the reciprocal links between exposure to positive content on social media and perfectionism among 1,697 adolescents from Belgium, France, and Slovenia. Read more:

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Pub alert ⚠️ It’s not just about 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 to be like them—it’s about 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯. Our new PoMRA scale measures perceptions of media role models’ attainability. We found that influencers seem more within reach than celebrities, underscoring why attainability matters in media effects studies✨

Darian Harff@darianharff.bsky.social · last yr.

2️⃣ In the concept paper, we argue that closeness to opinion followers in status can make opinion leaders seem *attainable*. In the second pub @jmcquarterly.bsky.social, we (w/ @heleendekoninck.bsky.social and @desireeschmuck.bsky.social) present a measure for attainability: doi.org/10.1177/1077...

Congratulations @jasminarosic.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social !! ✨✨

Jasmina Rosič@jasminarosic.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Call for replication studies and peer-review of pre-registered reports on health behavior, great initiative! We need more of this.

Brian Nosek@briannosek.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for collaborators! We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science. Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies. Details: www.cos.io/rphb

Excited that our MIMIc Project, (team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social , @jasminarosic.bsky.social , @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social and @luca-carbone.bsky.social ) on social media uses and teen's well-being and success beliefs will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! Many thanks to @erc.europa.eu !

We're proud to announce that the MIMIc Project, led by @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social alongside team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, @jasminarosic.bsky.social, @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social, and @luca-carbone.bsky.social will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! www.projectmimic.eu @erc.europa.eu

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.

The ERC-funded project MIMIc will be at Osaka #EXPO2025! It explores how ever-changing media ideals shape young lives, driving personal & societal challenges. What is the real impact of these pressures? 👉 projectmimic.eu #EUatExpo @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social

🆕 3-Year PhD in Quantitative Social Sciences on "Adolescent Social Media, Mental Health & Inequalities"! 🎯 Deadline: March 31 Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social] Apply & Share!👇 webs.uab.cat/touch/jobs/s...

Making sense of heterogenous media content experiences and their effects with @luca-carbone.bsky.social and @chellymaes.bsky.social #etmaal2025 🧑‍🎓🎮📱📺🎧 @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social