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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🚨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!

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

"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

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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!

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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 !

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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...

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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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👇

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Gaëlle Vanhoffelen @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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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Heleen Dekoninck @heleendekoninck.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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✨

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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 !

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Media Psychology Lab @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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

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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🆕 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...

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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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