Julius Klingelhoefer

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procrastination with digital media.

tackle this methodologically by asking about disco. in general (media and non-media) while disco. only refers to media. But of course we would expect that this deliberate, strategic non-use would result in lower use or displacement to more productive use which would be linked with less...

Thanks, Tobias!

Interesting point! In the literature, we don't see disconnection conceptually linked with procrastination. The way we (and usually the literature) conceptualize it, disconnection is the deliberate reduction of (aspects of) use, not just less use in general. We also tried to...

Might also be an osf problem but the link works on my computer. Here is a direct link to psyarxiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...

But long story short, yes, our research indicates that digital disconnection seems to be effective to reduce procrastination in everyday life.

with @aliciagilbert.bsky.social & @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Preprint⚠️
Scrolling and swiping tend to be more interesting than studying or working, leading to procrastination. Can we do something about that? We investigated whether temporary deliberate non-use of digital technologies (digital disconnection) is effective as a strategy against procrastination.

Digital Disconnection as a Self-Regulatory Strategy Against Procrastination: https://osf.io/3j64v

Hello Bluesky👋 This is our first post as the IKMZ Media Psychology & Methods division.
Since it’s Spotify Wrapped season, we thought we’d start with a game: Can you guess the age Spotify gave to our members? 🎧🤔
Our Team will reply in the comments ⬇️
P.S. That’s us at our traditional team-fondue 🫕�

This plot shows the number of users in the Study 1 sample that self-described as 'addicted' to Instagram versus those who were 'at risk' of clinical addiction. The ratios for the addiction symptom scale are 9:371 and for the perceived addiction 69: 311, suggesting a much greater proportion of users self-perceive as addicted than are actually addicted to Instagram

Excited to see these studies (finally) published in Scientific Reports! 🚨

S1: More social media users perceived themselves as addicted than met clinical addiction criteria.

S2: Increasing perceived addiction hurt perceived control over use and increased self-blame for overuse.

Thread below... 🧵

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🚨 Preprint alert: Do 1) smartphone event log data access and 2) the Experience Sampling Method cause reactivity effects in studies? @dougaparry.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, and I investigated this very question using data from 815 German Android users.

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Abstract mal anders: In einem neuen Video der @unimainz.bsky.social gebe ich einen Einblick in unsere neue Studie zu #Disconnection und #Wohlbefinden

#sciencecomm #wisskomm #digitalwellbeing #tiktok

www.tiktok.com/@unimainz/vi...

A screenshot of the article title "Disconnect to Recharge: Well-Being Benefits of Digital Disconnection in Daily Life" and the abstract.

📬 Pub alert

Do effects of digital disconnection interventions translate to well-being benefits in *daily life*?

Our new ESM study concludes: yes but no... kinda 👽🔋
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Out now in Communication Research
doi.org/10.1177/0093...

Our new study on the everyday effects of digital disconnection on well-being is finally out! 🎉

NEW PREPRINT 💡

Together with @dougaparry.bsky.social, I just published a new preprint experimentally examining how specific normative cues on social media shape self-disclosure using an innovative simulation approach.

Link: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Read on for more information (1/9) 👇

YouTube video by Neely Center State of the Science: Digital Media and Addiction Webinar

Had fun presenting on my forthcoming work about social media habits and addiction at the USC Neely Center and Addiction Sciences Institute the other week...A recording is now available on YouTube! Link below goes to my intro and ~15min talk; Q&A is at the end!

youtu.be/QT6G0PpvQhg?...

Excellent talk! Love the clarity with of the arguments for habits. For me, It's always a struggle in reviews to point out the problem with using the addiction framework haphazardly. Also, great points for the solutions - we should absolutely hold the tech companies to account.

Ever found yourself scrolling on your phone in the middle of a conversation?📱👥Curious about why this happens, @annastockmann.bsky.social and I explored the situational drivers of co-present phone use in our new🔓#OpenAccess paper, just published in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social🎉 (1/6)

@klingelhoefer.bsky.social is a PhD candidate and researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research focuses on digital disconnection, mental heatlh, digital self-regulation, technology use at work, and intensive longitudinal methods.

I believe this paper makes a similar argument (though not directly related to phubbing):
Dombrowski, J., & Trepte, S. (2025). Felt Time Scale (FTS): Development and Validation. OSF. doi.org/10.31219/osf...

We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python

Find out more:
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📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

@janadreston.bsky.social is a PhD student at @unidue.bsky.social. Her research focuses on political and scientific communication on social media. She analyses the impact of information processing on knowledge and participation.

📱🏡 Sarah Wagner explores how long-term care residents in 🇨🇦 engage with - and sometimes resist - mobile tech.

💡 The study reframes digital inclusion through relational digital agency, highlighting choice, limits, and meaning in connection and disconnection.

🔓 #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1177/2050...

How often is too often in ESM research?
🚨New study out!
We compared 6 beeps/day vs. 12 beeps in 2 h bursts.
Both work, but burst designs show more fatigue + attrition — still useful if high temporal precision matters.
App onboarding, though? Big bias alert. 📱

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Very cool panel! Looking forward to attending.

Digitox seminar January 2026 - Department of Media and Communication The state of the field: A panel conversation on theoretical and methodological developments in disconnection studies. Where have we been and where are we going?

Looking forward to being on this STACKED panel celebrating five years of the Digitox seminar series on digital disconnection 🎉 We'll be taking stock of the past, present, and future of disconnection 📵

www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/...

Causal inference interest group, supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies Seminar series 20th October 2025, 3pm BST (UTC+1) "Making rigorous causal inference more mainstream" Julia Rohrer, Leipzig University Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRohrer

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...