Adrian Meier

Our recent #disconnection study with @klingelhoefer.bsky.social & @adrianmeier.bsky.social 😊

Are you considering joining our winter writing school in Duisburg but unsure about funding? We (@mepsy.bsky.social) are offering two 150€ scholarships that cover accomodation for the writing school. Apply now via the form (Deadline is the 15th of December)!

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.

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...

Prof. Dr. Adrian Meier (FAU WiSo) hat als einer von zwei Forschern der FAU einen Starting Grant des European Research Councils (ERC) zugesprochen bekommen. Für ihre Projekte werden beide Forscher mit jeweils 1,5 Millionen Euro gefördert. 👏 Weitere Infos hier: go.fau.de/1cad
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Great position paper on challenges (and possible solutions) on theorizing in media psychology by @adrianmeier.bsky.social and @dpossler.bsky.social in the first panel of #mediapsych25 #MePsy25

Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social

@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social

@journal-of-comm.bsky.social is currently rolling out a new special issue on #time -- we're really happy to contribute a #multiverse analysis on the role of time specifications in the study of media effects on well-being!

@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

Possible futures all at once: time frame and time lag in short-term longitudinal media effects research on well-being Abstract. When assessing media effects, we seldom consider how they change over time. Especially with the prevalence of smartphone use as short-lived, frag

To investigate media effects, do we have to think more clearly about time ⌚? Our new publication in the 🎉*Journal of Communication*🎉 investigates how our conceptualizations of time can affect our conclusions: doi.org/10.1093/joc/... (1/6)

Finally :) Preprint of Susanne Baumgartner and my paper Short but still valid: Validating Single-Item Measures for Key Communication Science Constructs for Experience Sampling Research.
In a 5-Study procedure, we assess the validity of in total 21 constructs osf.io/preprints/ps...

This year, I am living in a simulation - literally. 🌀

@mscharkow.bsky.social, and I are currently conducting a #simulation study on how users interact with algorithms in short-video environments such as #TikTok. I’ve had two incredible opportunities to share our progress so far.

@klingelhoefer.bsky.social entering the multiverse and explaining how time dimensions of digital media use help explain why we sometimes find effects on well-being — and sometimes do not ⏱️📱 #ica25

If you're still going strong on the last day of #ica25 catch our presentation on the role of time in media effects research in this wonderful panel!
With @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social and @adrianmeier.bsky.social

@aliciaernst.bsky.social rocking our presentation on disengagement from mobile media apps 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ica25

Please join us for the Communication & Technology Business Meeting Fri Jun 13 at 4:30pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). #ICA25

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Are you a CAT member? Presenter? Just interested? Come to the Communication & Technology Business Meeting Fri Jun 13 at 4:30pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). At a business meeting, we summarize the state of the Division, talk about the future, and celebrate achievements. #ICA25

Catch me tomorrow at the Dis/Connection and Digital Well-Being session 🙋🏻‍♀️

I will present our new ESM study on #disconnection and #well-being, a super fun project w @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @adrianmeier.bsky.social

While the 'belief' plot draws attention, the core message of the final, deliberative consensus statements is that evidence linking smartphone and social media use to negative outcomes is limited, mixed, context-dependent, insufficient to support causal claims, and better research is needed.

Two professorships in Political Communication & Digital Media (W3 or W2-W3 tenure-track) at the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg in Bavaria! 📣🏛️🤖

May be interesting for folks over @fgkommpol.bsky.social, @icacat.bsky.social and related fields.

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Universität Basel: PhD in Media Psychology (100%) The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and i...

I am hiring :-). I look for a PhD student & a postdoc for my new Digital Lives team at the U of Basel. Looking for 2 who are excited to study our everyday digital lives with me in the next years.

Please share with your network.

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“Are Bad Things Bad?”: Technopsychology and the Problem of Unacknowledged Normativity Volume 6, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000160

Ever read a psychological study and thought, “Wait… isn’t this just proving what we already knew?” Yeah, me too. So I wrote a paper about it. Turns out, asking “Are bad things bad?” isn’t groundbreaking. Features phubbing, technoference, & other pseudoempirical stars. tmb.apaopen.org/pub/5zfg49sw...

The 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (#ICA25), set for 12-16 June in Denver Colorado, USA, is shaping up to be ICA’s largest conference yet, tracking with Toronto and Paris in terms of preregistration numbers. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the evolving situation in the United States which has raised concerns for some members of the ICA community intending to participate. We recognize your concerns regarding the uncertain environment and appreciate your feedback and perspectives. We affirm ICA’s dedication to a global exchange of knowledge and perspectives and protecting the free exchange of ideas among our members and attendees. Current rhetoric and actions in some US communities run counter to ICA’s commitment to ensuring the full and equal participation of all members of our global academic community and conflict directly with ICA's IDEA principles.

Our immediate plan includes the following interventions, which aim to preserve your right as scholars to freely present your work and collaborate with your peers: As always, we have made standard invitation letters for visa purposes available via the submission website: you can find your letter attached to your profile in ScholarOne (the submission system). As of 19 February, we have done a new run of all letters without the title of the paper(s) mentioned; papers are identified by submission ID number so that your research topics are not mentioned. You may find these new letters in your profile as well.

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

This fall: The doctoral workshop of the Division Media Psych | German National Assocation of Psychology @mepsy.bsky.social Feedback from peers and mentors (tba), tipps and the #pizzaoven story. Looking forward to this event chaired by @germanneubaum.bsky.social and me

Kicked off #Etmaal2025 with a nice workshop on systematic review automation using ASReview!

Ahh too bad, get well soon!

Über Platz 1 freuten sich @aliciagilbert.bsky.social , @klingelhoefer.bsky.social und @adrianmeier.bsky.social für den Beitrag „Digital aufatmen: Positive Auswirkungen von Digital Disconnection auf das psychologische Wohlbefinden im Alltag“. 😮‍💨🔌

A photo of the coauthors Julius Klingelhoefer, Alicia Gilbert, and Adrian Meier with their top paper certificate.

Our disconnection project won a top paper #award at the @rezfo.bsky.social media use and effects conference last week! 🎀✨🪩 Happy times with my coauthors @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

➡️ Find the preprint of the study at osf.io/preprints/ps...

What is a good social scientific theory? How can we construct it?
@adrianmeier.bsky.social and I discussed these questions and presented hand’s-on-methods in our “Theory Construction”-workshop at #RezFo2025.
Many thanks @uschwertberger.bsky.social, @annaschorn.bsky.social & Jana Keil for having us!

👋 Excited for #Etmaal2025?
Join #MediaPsychology and CAM for a workshop on stakeholder engagement in media and well-being research.

💡 Hear from Esther Rozendaal, @dougaparry.bsky.social, Marijn Martens, and @adrianmeier.bsky.social as they share their insights @etmaal2025.bsky.social!

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PhD students whose work connects with Communication and Technology and/or Mobile Communication theories, methods, and topics are encouraged to apply to the Doctoral Consortium, an #ICA25 pre-conference to be held on Thurs Jun 12.
https://buff.ly/3USZB4A