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Dr. Chelly Maes

@chellymaes.bsky.social
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Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱 ✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp ✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience ✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven chellymaes.com

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Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Thank you, Google, for the invite! Attending the Growing Up in the Digital Age summit was an insightful experience, sparking important conversations about platform responsibility and the evolving digital landscape for kids and teens.
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Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Making sense of heterogenous media content experiences and their effects with @luca-carbone.bsky.social and @chellymaes.bsky.social #etmaal2025 🧑‍🎓🎮📱📺🎧 @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
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Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Proud co-supervisor! @laurededecker.bsky.social shared her intensive study on sexualizing influencers, and @thiwillems.bsky.social rocked her first conference with 2(!) talks on sexual media use at #etmaal2025 🥳 @laraschreurs.bsky.social @steveneggermont.bsky.social @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social
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Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This is my cat’s not-so-subtle way of saying I need to stop grading the ‘commmunicatiewetenschap’ exams 😅
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Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New 🌈 publication lead by Edward Noon on the interrelations between sexual identity stigma, well-being, and online communities among sexual minority youth! Thanks to my co-authors for this great collab! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well‐Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth
Introduction Initial evidence suggests that engaging with accepting communities on social media such as Instagram may inform sexual minority youths' sense of stigma and well-being. However, as exist...
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Etmaal2026 @etmaal2026.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📢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/
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Media Psychology Lab @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
📚We're thrilled to share our latest studies on: 1️⃣Social Media & Depression 2️⃣Adolescents’ Social Media (Dis)connection 3️⃣Sexually Explicit Content & Unwanted Behavior 4️⃣Sexting Among Youth 5️⃣Cross-Cultural Sexual Desire 6️⃣Influencers & Politics 7️⃣Online Hate Speech soc.kuleuven.be/smc/news/med...
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Media Psychology Lab's Publications - November-December 2024
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