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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 06/10/2026

Nobelpreisträger Hegemann zur aktuellen Forschungsförderung in Europa. www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 02/09/2026

This is so cool! Kudos to an already great journal becoming even greater 💙 #openscience

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 26/08/2026

Ich habe heute einen Vortrag bei der ZHAW Doctoral Summer School gehalten zum Thema "Rhetorik und Präsentieren". Habe mich sehr über die Einladung gefreut! Die Folien gibt es hier zum Download ⬇️ zenodo.org/records/2211...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/08/2026

Our department (@ikmz.bsky.social) is looking for a new post-doc working on AI, machine learning, and Digital Transformation in communication! Can only recommend applying! Deadline: August 15. More information: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/08/2026

This fall semester, there's a cool lecture series at UZH titled "Fake Science". Presenters include @yesuncomm.bsky.social, @ianhussey.mmmdata.io and @heldleonhard.bsky.social. Takes place every second Tuesday at 6.15 pm, open to the public. More information: www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 15/07/2026

Neue JIM Studie veröffentlicht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Jugendliche Social Media ambivalent bewerten. ➡︎ 40% berichten eine spürbare Verringerung der Konzentrationsfähigkeit ➡︎ 82% geben an, dass die Plattformen einen wichtigen Zugang zu Wissen bereitstellt Download: mpfs.de/studie/jimpl...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 08/07/2026

This looks really cool! Last time I checked, this wasn't possible (e.g. github pages). Will give it a try! anonymous.4open.science

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 07/07/2026

New preprint: "Open science in Communication: How are we doing?" In this commentary, I provide a short narrative overview of how #openscience is developing in Communication. Feedback welcome! #openscience #opencomm osf.io/preprints/so...

Open science in Communication: How are we doing?
Abstract
Communication has recently started a conversation on open science. In this narrative overview, I share perspectives on how the field of Communication is doing regarding the implementation of open science practices and principles, highlighting positive examples and suggesting missed opportunities. I discuss this process using the open science – science reform wheel, which differentiates 10 different principles and practices: transparency, accessible publishing, research process, research practices, public discourse, inclusion, research infrastructures, publication system, incentivization, and teaching and training. Although overall levels are still low, Communication has made substantial progress in terms of data sharing and preregistration. On the other hand, still no ICA journal has introduced the publication format of registered reports, which is a missed opportunity to reduce publication bias and to improve research quality.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 06/07/2026

So cool to see that our faculty offers phd courses on reproducible research – proud! #openscience

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 29/06/2026

New publication by Jasmijn Krujit, @bnbakker.bsky.social et al. in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social: Only a minority of studies in Communication transparently share research materials or data. Way to go ... #openscience www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 29/06/2026

Update 3: Implemented another dimension "Open Science vs. Science Reform". Not perfect, but perhaps good enough? H/t @matti.vuorre.com

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/06/2026

Currently writing a commentary on #openscience in our field. Because open science is so large, decided to start with a visual overview. Any feedback? Did I forget something? Anything that doesn't make sense? Typos? Better design ideas? Any feedback much appreciated!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 20/03/2026

I don't understand ... why is that not a vignette study? It's a hypothetical scenario?

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 20/03/2026

I actually quite like your vignette study 💕

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 18/03/2026

Thanks for sharing! It seems several things can be true at the same time, and it's rather a question of which problem is worse? In the paper @amengel.bsky.social & @scottclifford.bsky.social well describe the probs with inverted/negative items. So what's worse, low factorial validity or AB?

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 13/03/2026

@mediastudiespress.bsky.social has published an open-access book on sociologist Erving Goffman. Below is a summary by David Park, which really makes me want to read the book. Check it out and download for free here: www.mediastudies.press/from-erving-...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 13/03/2026

In Communication, we don't have many diamond open access journals. One is History of Media Studies, published by @mediastudiespress.bsky.social. The journal is quite international. It includes book reviews, opinion pieces, & critical perspectives. Will follow more closely! hms.mediastudies.press

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/03/2026

Cloudflare also thinks I'm a bot. Cannot open the site 😭

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/03/2026

Cool: I regularly ask students about perceived social media effects on well-being (a) in general and (b) for them personally, and the third person effect reliably shows up. Even with N < 30.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 02/03/2026

80% of people ≥ 18 are in favor of social network site ban for people < 14, in 🇩🇪.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 27/02/2026

Absolutely. Often it's not good at the actual task. Another thought I had was that the illustration used wasn't perhaps the best. Because at least in winter times most people happily take the chairlift as they come for the joy for riding down. Here, chairlifts are experience enablers.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 27/02/2026

Great article! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

AI’s greatest strength—removing friction from work and relationships—is also a liability. Prioritizing outcome over process, it eliminates desirable difficulties that drive growth. By subtracting effort from life, AI risks removing the struggles that teach us, the loneliness that connects us, and the labor that makes life meaningful.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 16/02/2026

Starting in 30 mins! Follow live here: www.phil.uzh.ch/de/dienstlei...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 13/02/2026

The University of Zurich publication tracking system provides #openaccess stats directly on the landing page. Love it!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 12/02/2026

I’m happy to accept unnecessary acronyms if they’re that good 🤝

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 02/02/2026

💯 hier meine Standardantwort

Sehr geehrter Herr

Haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihre Mail.

Ich muss Ihnen für Ihre Anfrage leider absagen. Als Hintergrund: Ich bekomme sehr viele Anfragen, in welcher ich in der Rolle als Experte gebeten werde, den aktuellen Forschungsstand oder eine inhaltliche Fragestellungen zu bewerten.

Gegenüber der Presse ist das ein gängiges und sinnvolles Verfahren, im Rahmen einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit fällt es aber meiner Einschätzung nach in den eigenen Aufgaben- und Leistungsbereich.

Liebe Grüsse

Tobias Dienlin

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 21/01/2026

I’d be surprised (but very open to!) if the effect would vanish completely or below relevance. Eg in other longitudinal research we see that selection effect (r side) is ~ half the size of media effect (mid) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31061122/ (I think there’s even a meta analysis showing this)

Results of a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model specification curve analysis relating social media use and life satisfaction. (Left) Between-person correlations. (Center) Within-person effects of social media use on life satisfaction. (Right) Within-person effects of life satisfaction on social media use. Each point on the x axis represents a different combination of analytical decisions (i.e., life satisfaction domain, gender, number of waves, estimator, data imputation, and control variables). The “dashboard” depicts which gender and life satisfaction domain the specific combination of analytical decisions analyzed; the resulting ψ value (Left) or β value (Center and Right) is shown in the plot above (red indicates P > 0.05, black indicates P < 0.05). For the unabridged figure, including the complete set of analytic decisions and underlying code, see doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4XP3V

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 21/01/2026

Here's the zero-order correlation tab, icyi. I think it's quite remarkable that even having a psych. diagnosis is less strongly related with phq-9/life sat than SNS use (in blue). Would've never expected that. In the multiple reg. the coeff does go down, but much remains (~.20 for SNS).

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 20/01/2026

Yes. We have run both models, and I actually prefer the one without smartphones in it but only SNS and IMs (see below). Context: I shared both versions with our partners, and for the presentation they selected this one.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

This potential negative media effect was stronger for > females > younger users > users with less pocket money > users with Austrian nationality

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

In a multiple regression, controlling for several socioeconomic factors (age, gender, national background, living together with both parents, pocket money, siblings, ...), we found that smartphone use and social networking site use significantly and not-trivially predicted well-being.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

Today, we presented the main results of the mental health days study 2025 (N = 8.177). Results > In May 2025, Austria implemented a nationwide smartphone-ban at schools > Compared to 2024, smartphone use went down by 30 mins > Life satisfaction went up (5.36 to 5.52) > Depression sank (15% to 12%)

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 19/01/2026

Starting now: press conference where we present the Mental Health Days Study 2025. Livestream/rewatch: www.mentalhealthdays.eu

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 18/12/2025

Happy to have received this note by @jmp-hogrefe.bsky.social! I don't review as much as I used to, so this was a pleasant surprise. It's a great idea of JMP to publicly acknowledge reviewers. Reviewing is an important part of quality control with little concrete benefits, so everything helps!

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 26/11/2025

Gestern sprach @robert-habeck.de an der UZH. Die Bedrohung der liberalen Demokratien sieht er in wirtschaftlicher Stagnation, Schwächung des Mittelstands, vorangetrieben durch Globalisierung und Wohlstandsschere. Social Media verstärke politische Extremisierung.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 26/11/2025

Opening a cluster analysis lecture with a @dingdingpeng.the100.ci post go brrrr

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 24/11/2025

Top three reasons given why female scholars are less likely to share their research online: - Considered less effective - Less time to do so - Considered more harmful Data from Agnes Horvat, n > 3.000.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 17/11/2025

Glad to see that in the criteria for tenure our department now explicitly includes #openscience. There’s hope! @ikmz.bsky.social @esserfrank.bsky.social

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 04/11/2025

And here's the study and central figure. Kratz, F., & Brüderl, J. (2025). Assessing age trajectories (of subjective well-being): Clarifying estimands, identification assumptions, and estimation strategies. European Sociological Review, jcaf038. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 29/10/2025

Looking forward to @fassiluisa.bsky.social‘s talk at our department next week :)

Social Media Use and
Adolescents’ Mental Health:
What do we actually know?
Guest Talk
Media Psychology & Methods Division
Monday, 03 November 2025
14.00 – 15.00, AND-3-23

Luisa Fassi is a Graduate
Student with the Medical
Research Council Cognition
and Brain Sciences Unit at
University of Cambridge, UK
Biography
Luisa Fassi is a PhD researcher at the
University of Cambridge, working across
the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences
Unit and the Department of Psychiatry.
Her doctoral research, which was recently
recognised by the Psychology of
Technology Dissertation Award, focuses
on studying the relationship between
social media use and adolescents' mental
health.
Abstract
Mental health conditions affect one in
seven adolescents globally, and social
media has become a central part of young
people’s daily lives. These parallel trends
have sparked widespread concern, yet
research linking social media use to youth
mental health remains mixed and often
lacks clinical relevance. In this lecture, I
present findings from two complementary
studies that aim to bridge this gap and
inform both clinical and societal
responses. The first is a pre-registered
systematic review and meta-analysis that
synthesizes 15 years of research on the
relationship between social media use and
internalising symptoms (e.g., depression,
anxiety) in both community and clinical
samples. The second study is a registered
report that analyses a nationally
representative UK sample to examine
differences in social media use among
adolescents with and without mental
health conditions. Unlike most studies that
rely on single-questionnaire assessments,
this study integrates clinical diagnoses
made by professional raters based on
multi-informant interviews. Together,
these findings highlight the need for more
targeted psychoeducation, clinical
assessments, and interventions that reflect
adolescents’ diverse lived experiences
when it comes to social media use.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 27/10/2025

Das @foeg.bsky.social hat soeben das aktuelle Jahrbuch zur Qualität der Medien in der Schweiz vorgestellt. Zentrale Ergebnisse: - Anzahl der News-Depriviertem nimmt stetig zu - News-Deprivierte mit weniger Wissen - AI Tools beinhalten ≥ 5% Fake News - Medienqualität stabil

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 26/09/2025

“[S]tatistical complexity risks becoming decorative—used to signal analytical sophistication rather than deepen theoretical insight” Several good points by Winston Peng in his inaugural piece as HCR editor. academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 24/09/2025

ICYW, this is how @ikmz.bsky.social students are writing their theses.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 10/09/2025

We're happy to have @laurentwang.bsky.social come visit our division at @ikmz.bsky.social Tuesday next week! Everyone onsite invited to join :)

Biography
Laurent Wang is a doctoral candidate in
the Department of Communication at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
His research focuses on the social and
psychological uses and effects of
information communication technologies
(e.g., artificial intelligence, social media).
Specifically, he uses quantitative and
qualitative methods to study how people
1) negotiate online privacy decisions and
2) navigate digital inequalities challenges
in the constantly-shifting technological
landscape. He has published in flagship
journals such as Communication
Research, Communication Monographs,
New Media & Society, Information,
Communication & Society, and Journal of
Advertising. He has received prestigious
research awards such as the James J.
Bradac Award and the Steven H. Chaffee
Award for Excellence in Research. His
research activities have been supported
by various external (e.g., the National
Science Foundation, Washington Media
Scholars Foundation, and the
International Communication
Association) and internal funding sources
(e.g., UCSB’s African and Asian Students
in STEM program).

Abstract
The rapid advancement of digital
technologies presents significant
challenges for individuals seeking to
safeguard their personal information and
effectively navigate the digital
environment. This talk addresses these
challenges by drawing from psychological,
structural, and ecological perspectives.
Insights from three research projects
highlight that privacy management and
digital inequality are not merely matters of
individual choice, but are also embedded
in broader sociotechnical contexts. The
talk concludes by outlining future
theoretical and practical directions for
understanding and addressing the
intertwined issues of technology, privacy,
and inequality in the digital society.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 10/09/2025

At #mepsy25, I’ll present research together with @shinyikang.bsky.social where we test five central claims of @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social‘s anxious generation, using large scale data from the #mentalhealthdays. Join Thursday, 4.15 pm, LK051 Spoiler alert: we get somewhat surprising results.

Five central claims of Jonathan Haidt:
1. Well-being, particularly depression, is deteriorating.
2. Social media negatively impacts youth well-being.
3. Social networking sites are more harmful than messaging apps.
4. Effects are more harmful for girls.
5. Effects are more harmful for younger users.

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