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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The #ica26 preconference Affecting myself?! Exploring self & feedback effects in digital communication aims at bringing together scholars to discuss how communicators are shaped by messages & feedback. Extended abstracts due Jan 30, 2026. www.medienstruktur.ifp.uni-mainz.de/affecting-my...

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

📲 Always feel pressured to be online? This study by @sarahlutz.bsky.social, Frank Schneider, Annabell Halfmann, ‪@annafreytag.bsky.social & Dorothée Hefner shows how constant availability on messenger apps affects well-being. 🧘‍♀️ 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Christiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

When does waiting for a reply turn into #ghosting? 👻💬 @sarahlutz.bsky.social and I introduce response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing to wait for a response in #online messaging before feeling ignored. 🧵 image: SORA

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Sarah Lutz @sarahlutz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I’m incredibly grateful to receive the #ICA25 Dordick Dissertation Award! Many thanks to @icacat.bsky.social and to all the inspiring mentors, colleagues, and friends who have supported me throughout my PhD journey 🎓🏆🤩

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Christiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🎉 Together with @sarahlutz.bsky.social: New paper out in Computers in Human Behavior Reports! We asked: After being excluded online or offline do people cope by staying in the same space or by escaping it? 🧵: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

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MediaPsychMEP @mediapsychmep.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

📢 New article! What happens when a message gets deleted before you can read it? 🧐📱

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 03/03/2025

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

About the position
• 3-year Ph.D. position (60%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme)
• Can be extended by another 17 months
• Workplace is Zurich

What will be your main tasks?
• Conduct a Ph.D. thesis in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects
• Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach
• Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA and MA levels
• Take part in doctoral training programmes offered by UZH and IKMZ
• Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required

What should you bring to the team?
• Master’s degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline
• Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory
• Expertise in quantitative research methods
• Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory

What do we offer you?
• Great background and support for high quality research
• Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division
• Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere
• Excellent track record of the department in academic career development

How to apply
Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post):
• Letter of motivation (including ideas for your Ph.D. project; max. 2 pages)
• Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and presentations, if applicable)
• MA thesis or equivalent, research publications if already applicable
• Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts

Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025
Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then
The position starts in April or by agreement

About the position
• 3-year postdoctoral position (80%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme)
• One position can be extended up to 3 years, the other up to 6 years
• Workplace is Zurich

What will be your main tasks?
• Conduct research in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects
• Lead your own projects and collaborate in team projects
• Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach
• Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA, MA, and Ph.D. levels
• Take part in supporting and training predocs at the division
• Engage in third party funding activities
• Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required

What should you bring to the team?
• Doctoral degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline
• Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory
• Expertise in quantitative research methods
• Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory

What do we offer you?
• Great background and support for high quality research
• Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division
• Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere

Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post):
• Letter of motivation (including ideas for future research projects; max. 2 pages)
• Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and conference presentations)
• Full-texts of up to three sample publications & PhD dissertation
• Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts

Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025
Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then
The position starts in April or by agreement

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📣 We're #hiring! Looking for a stellar student to do a #PhD on feelings of social exclusion in a personal or political context / on political participation and exchange. All information on the link below. Please share widely! 🔄 #SocialPsych #PolPsy #PhDSky #PsychSciSky jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Institut für Medienforschung der TU Chemnitz @imf-tuc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#PublicationAlert "Diese Nachricht wurde gelöscht" - vermutlich kennt jede:r das Gefühl, etwas zu verpassen, wenn im Gruppenchat so eine Benachrichtigung erscheint.

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Institut für Publizistik (IfP) @ifpmainz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Platz 3 ging an Sarah Lutz, Annabell Halfmann, Frank M. Schneider, Anna Freytag & Dorothée Hefner für „Mit Achtsamkeit zu einer besseren mentalen Gesundheit? Ein messwiederholtes Online-Experiment zu den Folgen von Erreichbarkeitsdruck bei der Messenger-Nutzung auf Wohlbefinden und Unwohlsein“ 💬🔕

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