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Luca Carbone

@luca-carbone.bsky.social
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Postdoc at KU Leuven @mediapsychologylab • Affiliated Harvard @weatherheadcenter • media, youth, mental health, social inequalities, CSS www.lucacarbone.com

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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A good recent reference for this: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Loneliness across time and space - Nature Reviews Psychology
People feel lonely when their social needs are not met, which can lead to long-term health issues. In this Review, Luhmann et al. summarize empirical findings on differences in the prevalence of lonel...
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I would assume it is constant but it might also have increased in recent years through algorithms, manfluencers, and similar. It's a pity you don't have data on that, I always think we're missing that part of the story when looking at these differences (which have been there for a long time)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Interesting findings! I would also consider something more fundamental here: boys' emotional stoicism and (lack of) emotional literacy which makes them less capable or likely to share ill-being. Do you have something like "traditional masculinity" that you could use as a moderator?
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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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NeFCA's Popular Media and Culture Division @pmcnefca.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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 · 11/09/2025
Fascinating, looking forward to reading more!
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Maybe we need to update how we conceptualize filter bubbles in the streaming era? Genres themselves also change by becoming more hybrid (thinking here about discussions on genre innovation, such as in Kim & Askin, 2024: doi.org/10.1177/0003...).
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Congratulations on this excellent work! I wonder if the results show us more that we are all omnivore on streaming platforms because there is so much content available, and whether we can actually say something about filter bubbles by just looking at genres (rather than content)?
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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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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
This article is part of my PhD “MainStreaming Success” (www.lucacarbone.com/files/diss.pdf), where I explore how streaming platforms construct and distribute success narratives and how contemporary adolescents consume them in personalized media environments. More soon—stay tuned! the-end/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
3. Temporally-sensitive designs. To understand music narrative effects, we need to disentangle short- vs. long-term effects and better track how adolescents select, engage with, and reflect on different music products (e.g., videos, lyrics, social media) over time. 9/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
2. Similarity matters. Based on SCT and resonance theory, we expected adolescents to identify more with and to learn from artists who share their lived experiences. While we focused on gender, key gaps emerged in race and class. Future work should consider age, race, ethnicity, and class. 8/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
1. Selection, recommendation, and habituation. Given today’s diverse music content, we need to better understand how adolescents engage with heterogeneous narratives—especially how they select, get recommended, and become desensitized to performance-oriented messages. 7/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
These findings shed new light on music narrative effects in today’s streaming era. In the discussion, we reflect on several future directions to best capture music narrative effects. Here, we particularly focus on three aspects that would benefit future research in this area. 6/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Findings show music preferences are fragmented (only 12% kept the same favorite artist) and wishful identification was low (2.14/5). Performance beliefs were common (music: 2.4/5; self-concept: 3.6/5), but adolescents did not internalize a performance-oriented self-concept from music. 5/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
To examine how exposure to performance messages in favorite artists’ music relates to adolescents’ self-concept, we ran a 3-wave panel over one year with 405 Belgian adolescents. We used RI-CLPM with multi-group moderation to separate within- and between-person effects 📈. 4/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Music—especially from favorite artists 🎧—is a key source of performance messages for adolescents. Meta-analyses show that music consumption is linked to message-consistent beliefs, but most research is experimental or cross-sectional. We know little about how music shapes cognition over time 🧠. 3/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Contemporary adolescents live in societies that increasingly reward a view of the self where one's worth depends on their performance, whether at school or in their relationships. Internalizing such messages may empower some adolescents 💪, while leaving others more anxious and pressured ⚠️. 2/
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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/
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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This dissertation was conducted as part of the @erc.europa.eu project MIMIc, a special thanks goes to @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, @jasminarosic.bsky.social, and @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social for riding these years together and for making this dissertation possible!
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thank you Valerie!:)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A special thanks to my supervisor @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social and to my wonderful colleagues at the @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social who guided, supported, and inspired me throughout these years ❤️
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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
A special thanks to all the wonderful scholars I had the pleasure to work with for these papers/presentations: Dr. Edward Noon Prof. @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social Prof. Christoph Klimmt Prof. Julian Schaap
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
👉 A Theory of Resonant Experiences with Media 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 (HYBRID) ICA@75 THEME SESSION: Consolidating Communication Research: Theoretical, Organizational and Methodological Developments 📆 Monday 06/16 🕑 09.00-10.15 📍 Centennial E (Regency 3)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
👉 Effort-Oriented Success Narratives in Music and Their Internalization Among Adolescents 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) Poster Session 📆 Saturday 06/14 🕑 13.30-14.45 📍 REGISTRATION, 70 Centennial Foyer (Regency 3)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
👉 The Internalization of a Performance-Oriented Self-Concept Among Adolescents Through Their Favorite Music Artists 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Youth and Popular Culture (Popular Media & Culture) 📆 Saturday 06/14 🕑 12.00-13.15 📍 Mineral A (Regency 3)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
👉 Performance and Toxicity: The Relationship Between Toxic Communication During Adolescent Videogame Play and Performance-Contingent Self-Esteem 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 HIGH-DENSITY: Growing Up Online: Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health (CAM) 📆 Friday 06/13 🕑 12.00-13.15 📍 Capitol 4 (Regency 4)
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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Might be of interest in this regard: julianschaap.eu/wp-content/u...
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Very much agree! I share below some other resources that might be interesting for this conversation: - why we know more about women's mental health: link.springer.com/10.1007/978-... - classic text on right-wing women: frauenkultur.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Women’s Mental Health: A Critique of Hetero-Patriarchal Power and Pathologization
This chapter provides a searing critique of medical and psychological explanations for women’s higher rates of reported depression. Through a feminist intersectional lens, the chapter conceptual...
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I think there is still much to understand about the roots of such gender gap, today and in previous generations, especially around mental health, feelings of worth, and perceptions of status threat. This might also be an interesting read in this regard: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Yes, also interesting that this propensity is higher today than for previous generations
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This might also be of interest: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The youth gender gap in support for the far right
The 2024 European Parliament election showcased a surprising new trend. While progressive parties have traditionally done well among younger voters, it was far-right parties that enjoyed unpreceden...
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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 · 07/05/2025
Super useful, looking forward to using this! 🤩
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Very interesting, Fabio, thanks for sharing! Would be also interesting to disaggregate this further (e.g., gender x class x ethnicity/race,…)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thank you for sharing, this is inspiring! I particularly like the idea of starting from what’s in front of you, to take it step by step, and to build a community of mutual inspiration and support :)
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Congratulations @jasminarosic.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social !! ✨✨
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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Interesting also for communication scholars #commsky
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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Congratulations and great cover! Looking forward to reading it!
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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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Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Trying to prepare as best as I can: bsky.app/profile/fouc...
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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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