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Postdoctoral Researcher

🚨📣 We’re recruiting a postdoc! 📣🚨
Are you curious about how the environments in which people spend time influence their health? Are you motivated by research that promotes climate action, resilience, and wellbeing?
Read more and apply here: www.asc.upenn.edu/node/5905

Excited for #ICA26? Check out all the essential conference logistics—venue details, schedules, registration info, and more—to make the most of your time in Cape Town. buff.ly/PnA7RVS

Submissions are now being accepted for #ICA26 📢 Explore all 36 CFPs and find the perfect fit for your work.⏳ Submit your papers, panels, and proposals before the deadline (3 November). buff.ly/wO6NuoP

First #ica25 in the books! It was a treat to meet so many wonderful people and to present projects at @icacsab.bsky.social and infosys divisions. Here’s to many more ICA’s to come!

And that’s a wrap for us at #ICA2025! Thank you to all the presenters, attendees, and our amazing officers for working year round and making this happen.
See you next year at @icahdq.bsky.social 2026 at Capetown☀️

🎉 Congratulations to @fhopp.bsky.social on winning @icacsab.bsky.social’s Rising Star Award!

Dr. Hopp, PI of the Moral Computing Lab at ZPID and former MNL member, continues to shape the field through rigorous and high-quality science. We’re so proud!

🎉 Congratulations to former lab member Dr. Sungbin Youk on winning a Top Paper award at @icacsab.bsky.social!

His research used multifaceted analytic approaches to explore how brain activity can help us understand and predict donation behaviors in response to Singapore PSA videos #ica25

We would also like to congratulate Simal Gerot at the University of Iowa for receiving the Rockstar Reviewer Award. Thank you for your constructive and details feedback for every paper assigned to you 📝🎉

We want to congratulate @fhopp.bsky.social at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) for receiving the Rising Star in Communication Science Award 💫 for his excellent work in moralized messages and how large language models align with humans’ moral judgements. Watch out for this rising star!!

Very happy to see that @overbye.bsky.social’s fantastic work on detecting bias in human-in-the-loop algorithms was awarded a top paper in @icacsab.bsky.social this year. Incredibly interesting, rigorous, and timely research! #ica25

Amazing works were presented at our Top Paper sessions (Part 2)Congrats to these presenters!!🎉

Amazing works were presented at our Top Paper sessions (Part 1) Congrats to these presenters!!🎉

Join us today for a joint reception at 6 pm! 😎
We will have our Top Paper session today starting at 1:30 following by our business meeting at 4:30

Communication and Change Dedicated to advancing the understanding of communication in the context of rapid technological and societal transformation Promotes communication research ...

Dr. Robert F. Potter and I are co-editing a special issue on "Dynamics of Human Communication" for the journal Communication and Change. If you're interested, feel free to check out the details below or come chat with me at ICA! #ICA25
link.springer.com/journal/4438...

I hope to see more amazing talks like the CAM talk yesterday that really helped to bridge the gap on how new phone bans at school help and hurt teens, parents, and teachers.
4 presentations all pointing to the same conclusion -> (see below)
#ica25

Phenomenal health communication research panel hosted by CSAB which highlighted great research from the @falklab.bsky.social at #ica25!

@xinyiwang.bsky.social on curiosity’s role in health info seeking, and Ben Muzekari on how ad cues spark smoking cravings (via experiments + fMRI). 🧠🚬

Hey #ica25, introducing The Mobile Observation of Advertising Toolkit, a new app for capturing ads in the wild from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, & YouTube.

@icacm.bsky.social Data Collection Tools & Datasets
Sunday 15th | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | Colorado B (Grand 2)

@internetobservatory.org.au

Cool research on the biological understanding of wellbeing and prosocial behaviors!

We’re always amazed at the impact you can make in just 3 minutes. Thank you to CSAB for hosting an incredible showcase of groundbreaking work. All the presenters inspired us. A special shoutout to @musamalik.bsky.social for his standout paper on global morality! #ica25

Fun talks about Examining Morality, Bias, and Viewing the News and Movies!

🎉 And, we're off! The first day of sessions has started. Get ready for inspiring sessions, new connections, and unforgettable moments. Let’s make it an amazing start! 💥 #ICA25

Welcome to ICA!!
Our first HIGH DENSITY session: Engagement with Technology and Digital Media has started!

Apparently there are no more 'starter packs' on BlueSky, but I did make a #ica25 ICA Divisions and Interest Groups list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Pro tips #ica25 & Bluesky:

1️⃣ Pin the feed below (👍 @vkarnowski.bsky.social)

2️⃣ SHARE stuff, no algorithmic amplification so if you see something colleagues should see, SHARE it ♾️

3️⃣ Be considerate when sharing research, get presenter consent 👏

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Are you planning to attend #ICA25 this week? Save yourself time on-site by registering ahead of time online! Don’t miss out on all the sessions, events, and networking—secure your spot today. buff.ly/UPc9DS8

ICA Top Paper: Ni, Lin, Potter, & James Yuqian (Neil) Ni In our lead up to #ICA25, we are providing information about papers that received Top Paper awards from the Communication Science and Biology (CSaB) Interest Group. Each paper rece…

Leading up to #ICA25 we're sharing info on Top Paper recipients. Today, you can read about "Revisiting Negativity Bias with Numerically Symmetrical Stimuli in a Dynamic Environment" by Yuqian (Neil) Ni, Yuki Yuxian Lin, Robert F. Potter, Thomas W. James: commscience.org/ica-top-pape...

... and of course we'll find some time to hang out! Sunday 15 June at 6pm, we'll have a reception a few of our pals across @icahdq.bsky.social in Centennial B. Let's grab a beverage and chat. =)

... and of course we'll find some time to hang out! Sunday 15 June at 6pm, we'll have a reception a few of our pals across @icahdq.bsky.social in Centennial B. Let's grab a beverage and chat. =)

ICA Top Paper: Ma, Haworth, & Hu Zexin “Marsha” Ma In our lead up to #ICA25, we are providing information about papers that received Top Paper awards from the Communication Science and Biology (CSaB) Interest Group. Ea…

Leading up to #ICA25 we're sharing info on Top Paper recipients. Today, you can read about "Effects of Narrative versus Non-Narrative Pictorial Warning Labels on Visual Attention and Alcohol-Related Cancer Risk Perceptions" by Zexin Ma, Joshua Haworth, & Jun Hu: commscience.org/ica-top-pape...

ICA Top Paper: Overbye-Thompson, Hamilton, & Fisher Hannah Overbye-Thompson In our lead up to #ICA25, we are providing information about papers that received Top Paper awards from the Communication Science and Biology (CSaB) Interest Group. Each pap…

Leading up to #ICA25 we're sharing info on papers that received Top Paper awards. Today, you can read about "Expectation of Algorithm Bias Increases Caution: Implications for Human-in-the-Loop Decisions" by @overbye.bsky.social Kristy Hamilton & @jacobtfisher.online : commscience.org/ica-top-pape...