PROMISE @promiseproject.bsky.social An international research initiative to improve social media policies for youth well-being
Pete Etchells @peteetchells.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook
Emma Rodero @emmarodero.bsky.social Catedrática de Psicología y Neurocomunicación. Directora del Media Psychology Lab. UPF.
Transforma tu comunicación con el poder de la ciencia
Vero Jimeno @verojimeno.bsky.social Professor of Victimology at University of Castilla-La Mancha /
Research Group on Victimology and Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence (G-PIVIA)
Member of the Criminology Research Center (UCLM)
IAMCR @iamcr.org The International Association for Media and Communication Research - IAMCR - is a global professional association of media and communication researchers.
@carolina-saez.bsky.social @carolina-saez.bsky.social 
Tilo Hartmann @thvu.bsky.social Professor (VU Amsterdam), Communication Science, Media Psychology (XR, Immersion, Virtual Worlds, Generative AI, User Experience, Effects)
Emily Towner @emilyanntowner.bsky.social Scientist / PhD in Progress 👇🏻
📍 UK 🇬🇧 @CambridgeUniversity
🎓 Gates-Cambridge Scholar
🧠 Studying psychology and brains
✉️ hello@emilytowner.com
#psychology #neuroscience #development #learning #brain #adolescence
www.emilytowner.com
Dolores Fernández Pérez @doloresfernandez.bsky.social Psychologist | Assistant Professor (PhD) in Criminology at UCLM (Spain)| Criminology Research Center 🎓🔍 | Research Group on Victimology and Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence | Passionate about human behavior, plot twists & dark minds 🎬🕵️♀️
Patricia Palomares Sánchez @patriciaps.bsky.social 👩🎓 Investigadora predoctoral en la Universidad de Alicante
🔎📺 Ficción televisiva y plataformas de VOD con perspectiva de género
Revista Disertaciones @disertaciones.bsky.social El Anuario Electrónico de Estudios en Comunicación Social Disertaciones es una publicación digital de acceso abierto arbitrada e indizada (Scopus) de la Universidad del Rosario (Colombia), la Universidad de Los Andes y la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc) @digisoc.bsky.social Towards an inclusive digital society based on responsible, ethical and sustainable technologies 
Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication.
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com Philosopher & Historian of Biology 🇲🇽 • Postdoctoral Fellow @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.social) • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com • https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052825/the-organism-environment-pairing/ • #philsci #HPS #philsky
International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social This account is for informational purposes. Please get in touch with the appropriate department for assistance. https://icahdq.org/page/ContactUs
Center of Media Psychology & Social Influence @compsilab.bsky.social The COM-PSI Lab at Northwestern University explores the emotional, cognitive, & metacognitive processes that underlie media effects 📺 Learn more about our work! → https://com-psi.northwestern.edu
Livia Tomova @livia-tomova.bsky.social loneliness + social isolation | adolescent development | reward + motivation - Assistant Professor at Cardiff University 
Steven Eggermont @steveneggermont.bsky.social Professor at the Media Psychology Lab | Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences | KU Leuven
FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social Federación de Jóvenes Investigadoras Precarias
https://fji.precarios.org/
Joyce Vissenberg @joycevissenberg.bsky.social Postdoc | Media Culture & Policy Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium | Digital literacy researcher
Abby Mayer, PhD @abbymayerphd.bsky.social Mixed Methods Researcher: Health Comm, Narrative Persuasion, & Media Studies | Ph.D. in Comm, Culture & Media
Newsletter Editor - Commission on the Status of Women at AEJMC
*Views are my own* Website: https://bio.site/AbbyMayer
Dr Danielle Hope @daniellehope25.bsky.social she/her. Cyberpsychologist 🤖. Research Associate at the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (CeBSAP).
Research interests: adolescents' body image, mental health, social media use & behaviour change 📱.
Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social Postdoc at KU Leuven @mediapsychologylab • Affiliated Harvard @weatherheadcenter • media, youth, mental health, social inequalities, CSS www.lucacarbone.com
PlatCom · Plataforma de Revistas de Comunicación @platcom.bsky.social https://plataformarevistascomunicacion.org/
Cyberpsychology Journal @cyberpsy.bsky.social Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Masaryk University.
Marie Jaron Bedrosova @cybermarie.bsky.social Researcher at Masaryk University with a direwolf/cat pack and D&D and SF&F obsession. 🧝🏻♀️📖 Member of @irtis.bsky.social, @medjourmuni.bsky.social, and reviews editor at @cyberpsy.bsky.social.
#feminist #mediastudies #cyberhate
Vojtěch Mýlek @vojtechmylek.bsky.social Postdoc at @irtis.bsky.social, Masaryk University, Brno 🇨🇿
Researching online social interactions & well-being.
NeFCA Media Psychology Division @nefcamediapsych.bsky.social NeFCA's Media Psychology division provides a platform for media psychology scholars working in the Netherlands or Flanders | @etmaal2025.bsky.social | https://nefca.eu/divisions/media-psychology/
Sofie Vranken @sofievranken.bsky.social Postdoc @adme-uvienna.bsky.social
Representative of @nefcamediapsych.bsky.social
Interested in social media - health behaviors - media literacy - science communication
Sarah A Gerson, PhD @sarahagerson.bsky.social Developmental Scientist interested in how children learn from and about others
Reader at Cardiff University
Director of Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science
Zoë Haime @zoehaime.bsky.social Researching how online use impacts mental health at University of Bristol.
@helenvossen.bsky.social @helenvossen.bsky.social 
Int. Congress on Gender, Media and Sexualities @icmgs.bsky.social 👩🏽💻International encounter about challenging approaches of media, gender and affective-sexual identities
🗓️ 8-12 june 2025
✍🏼Call for participation info at: https://www.benasque.org/2025media/index_es.html
@drljorchard.bsky.social @drljorchard.bsky.social 
Ashley Hedrick McKenzie, Ph.D. @hashleytag.bsky.social Assistant professor at Clemson University, studying health communication, cancer prevention, and sexual violence prevention. 
Raquel Recuero @raquelrecuero.bsky.social Professor/Researcher at UFPEL/UFRGS. MIDIARS Lab director.
Also @raquelrecuero@aoir.social
https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/midiars/
https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/raquelrecuero/about-me/
Julia Wilson @juleswilson21.bsky.social Ohio State Communication Ph.D. student, studying positive media psychology and narrative influence
Jolien Trekels @jolientrekels.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Literacy @univie.ac.at ; previously postdoc @DSNLab @UNCPsych 🧠🔗 | research: adolescent development and well-being in a digitalized society 📱✨ | she/her | #AcademicMom
Yongjian Groenendijk-Li @yjlgroenendijk.bsky.social Lecturer | Ph.D Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam🏳️🌈 🇳🇱 | Researching on #digitalmedia, #place, #mobilities, #mobilemedia #home, #ageing, #migration, #TikTok. More here: yongjian.nl
Johanne Kirkeby @johannekirkeby.bsky.social I like bad tv shows and low poly pictures of frogs // I analyse young people for a living (PhD fellow, University of Copenhagen #UCPH)
Emma Whatman @emmawhatman.bsky.social She/Her. Academic @ UniMelb 🫠 I am a feminist media studies researcher who examines postfeminism, young people, & pop culture.
Lise-Marie Nassen @lisemarienassen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at ASCoR, University of Amsterdam // researching digital disconnection & well-being
https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/n/a/l.j.m.nassen/l.j.m.nassen.html
Media Psychology Lab @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science, Media Psychology Lab; researchers interested in the academic and fundamental study of media uses and effects
Gaëlle Vanhoffelen @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social PhD researcher @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social & @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social | online (authentic) self-presentations & adolescents’ identity development | KU Leuven
Rebekka Kreling @rkreling.bsky.social PhD candidate @ifpmainz.bsky.social | Media Psychology | interested in coping, resilience, entertainment, social media and authenticity
Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social French Political psychologist + Postdoctoral researcher at the @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social (KU Leuven) | Teens, (social) media use, influencers, politics and morality | Poetry lover & dog mom
www.anaellegonzalez.com
Robyn Vanherle @robynvanherle.bsky.social Guest Professor at VUB and FWO Postdoctoral Researcher at Media Psychology Lab (KU Leuven) |✍️ Exploring the challenges and opportunities of digitalization on youth’s physical and psychosocial well-being
Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱
✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp
✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com
Ellen Van Houtven @ellenvanhoutven.bsky.social PhD researcher @MediaPsychologyLab KU Leuven | FWO fellow | media effects | adolescents | diversity
Vienna Media Change & Innovation Lab @vmci-univie.bsky.social Research group @ Department of Communication, U of Vienna.
digital media use in youth | political engagement in digital environments | media change & social relations | media innovation & autonomy
Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social Developmental Psychology Associate Professor (Teaching), UCalgary. Child & Youth Advocate. The Sims, PWHL, Children's Media.
Thaïs Marques @thais-marques.bsky.social PhD student | social media | brain functioning + well-being | Adolescence
Cardiff University
Sebastian Cole @sebascole.bsky.social Researcher at IMK, University of Oslo | media and communication | music | algorithms | streaming platforms
Alicia Ernst @aliciaernst.bsky.social PhD candidate in Communication @ifpmainz.bsky.social | interested in algorithmically-curated media selection | digital media use & well-being | in situ methods | digital behavioural data & comp. methods
Giovanna Mascheroni @giovannamas.bsky.social Media sociologist researching digital media, data & AI in children's lives. Dog lover (Eng. Springer Spaniel) TwitterRefugee. Projects: http://www.eukidsonline.net/, https://yskills.eu/, https://datachildfutures.it/
Also on @giovannamas@aoir.social
Markus Appel @markusappel.bsky.social Psychology of Communication, Media Psychology, Professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Father and former table tennis player.
Bieke Zaman @biekezaman.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media + Human-Computer Interaction | Director of the KU Leuven Digital Society Institute
Researching how we shape digital media & how digital media shape us. | Interests: video gaming, gambling, children, participatory design, art
Daniel Possler @dpossler.bsky.social Postdoc at Department of Journalism & Communication Research @hmtmh.bsky.social // Interested in Digital Media Uses and Effects, esp. Entertainment & Video Games, Environmental Communication & Computational Methods // ECR representative @mepsy.bsky.social
Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social Associate Professor at VU Amsterdam | digital communication, privacy, social influence & media literacy | Director of the Digital Media and Behavior Lab - www.dmb-lab.nl | More on: www.philippmasur.de
Thomas Enemark Lundtofte @lundtofte.bsky.social Associate Professor in Media Studies at University of Southern Denmark. Researching the intersection of children/youth, play and digital thingamajigs.
Kyra Hunting @kohunting.bsky.social Associate Professor at UKY. Children's media scholar, also moonlighting in fandom. Mom of a neurodivergent elementary schooler and general chaser of joy.
Brenna Hassinger-Das @blhassinger.bsky.social Academic, mom, volunteer | she/her
Dr Kate Highfield @katehighfield.bsky.social Researcher and teacher educator: young children, media and technology, STEM and STEAM
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social Advancing Positive Futures for Kids in the Digital World
M. Rohangis Mohseni @romohseni.bsky.social Media psychologist | Intersectional humanist
Stephan Dreyer @s3r.bsky.social Stephan Dreyer, PhD, Senior Researcher Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut. Media Law, Media Governance, Digital Childhood, Irony.
Cariad Martin @cariadroseandco.bsky.social PhD researcher and lecturer in Media Studies | Family media and fandom, digital childhood, media ethics | Tragic Millennial | Parent | She/her
German Neubaum @germanneubaum.bsky.social Media Psychologist @UDE - Technology-Mediated Communication - Human-Technology-Interaction - Politics - Morality - Identity Formation - Algorithms - Online Networks
Koji Yoshimura @kojiyoshimura.bsky.social Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). My teaching and research examines the psychology of media entertainment with a focus on ambiguous narratives, meaningful experiences, and interactivity.
Prof Linda K. Kaye @lindakkaye.bsky.social Cyberpsychology |TEDx Speaker| Founding member & a former Chair of BPS Cyberpsychology Section | Owner The CyberDoctor | Associate Head at Edge Hill Psychology | She/her |Using cyberpsychology to inspire user-centred digital innovation.
Revista AE-IC @revistaaeic.bsky.social Revista de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación que ofrece trabajos científicos originales e inéditos en el campo de la Comunicación.
J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social Journal of Children and Media is an academic publication for scholars and professionals who study the role of media in children's and adolescents' lives.
@carlosarcila.bsky.social @carlosarcila.bsky.social 
Yasmina Okan @yasminaokan.bsky.social Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow, Department of Communication, Universitat Pompeu Fabra @upf.edu
Behavioral scientist studying #healthcommunication #riskcommunication #decisionmaking
Patricia Sánchez Holgado @patrixdqv.bsky.social Mente inquieta por naturaleza, comunicadora de profesión, gastroblogger por afición. Practicante de todo tipo de hobbies y creativamente optimista. Profesora en la USAL.
@sherimadigan @sherimadigan.bsky.social Clinical Psych Prof @UCalgary, Tier I Canada Research Chair studying mental health, screens, adversity & resilience | firstgen | settler | mum
www.madiganlab.org | www.ACEsHub.org | www.copewithtrauma.org
Dr. Tatyana Terzopoulos @tatyanatphd.bsky.social Asst. Prof, The Creative School, Toronto Met. U | children’s & youth media/media cultures; critical media (production) education; digital literacies | Media Storyteller
Pierre-Henri Garnier @pierrehenri.bsky.social •°○ Psychologist and researcher (PhD) in child psychiatry at Nantes CHU. Trainer in therapeutic education, focused on teens, families, and cyberpsychology (A.I, VR, XR).#transnumerism: ethical, human-centered tech opposing consu-numerism and transhumanism.
Juan-José Igartua @jjigartua.bsky.social Professor of Media Psychology 
OCA - Observatorio de Contenidos Audiovisuales @oca-usal.bsky.social El Observatorio de Contenidos Audiovisuales (OCA) es una Unidad de Investigación Consolidada de Castilla y León (UIC 313) perteneciente a la Universidad de Salamanca y nacida en el año 2006.
https://linktr.ee/ocausal
@ae-ic.bsky.social @ae-ic.bsky.social 
Rachel Besharat Mann @rbmann.bsky.social I study the intersection of identity development + social media + #literacies at a university.
Big fan of critical thinking, civil discourse, silliness, and dismantling injustice. I also like my dog and paranormal stuff.
Robin Stevens @robinstevens.bsky.social Assoc. professor-Public Health + Health Comm + media for health equity. Banana pudding expert.
Ashley Ricker Gyllen @arickergyllen.bsky.social Research Scientist | Quantitative Expert | Advocate for Mixed Methods | Problem Solver | Champion of Responsible Application of AI in Education | Leader | Mentor | Higher Education Instructor
@simonededroog.bsky.social @simonededroog.bsky.social 
Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social Professor @ Media Psychology Lab KU Leuven 🧑🎓
Dr Judy Watts @wattsupdoc.bsky.social Asst. Professor at University of Kansas, Ph.D. The Ohio State University. Research on narrative persuasion, children and media, media effects, media psychology. Sometimes, I grow sunflowers (see pic) and tomatoes. Aspiring scuba diver.
Jade Davies (she/her) @jadedavies.bsky.social PhD researcher at @uomseed.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social.
Interested in understanding and addressing disparities in mental health. Currently researching social media use and adolescent mental health. http://so-me-study.org.
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
Deborah Nichols @debnichols.bsky.social Assoc Prof, HDFS, Purdue | Study humans of all ages, the tools they use, and the contexts that shape them | Lover of books, music, and exploring the world ✈️ 🚂 ⛴ 🌍 🌎 | Cat person 🐈 | She/her/hers | “I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing.” —Audre Lorde
Amy Jussel, @ShapingYouth @shapingyouth.bsky.social Founder: http://ShapingYouth.org Passionista, media literacy educator, youth advocate, former ad agency pro, author of new Digital Dogs kidlit series using storytelling as applied science for media literacy and critical thinking: http://DigitalDogsBook.com
Nicola Fox Hamilton, PhD 🍉 @nicolafh.bsky.social She/her. Cyberpsychology at IADT. Researches online communication & dating
Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A
Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
Leo Röhlke @leoroe.bsky.social Sociologist (PhD) 📍Bern🇨🇭
Education, Digital Transformation & Social Stratification
Eurovision fan & puppy parent 🐶
Laura Zimmermann, Ph.D. @drlauraz.bsky.social Senior User Experience Researcher at MIND Education
Amber van der Wal @ambervdwal.bsky.social Assistant Professor Youth and Media at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. My primary research focus is on how digital technologies such as social media affect youth well-being
Cecilia Yuxi Zhou @ceciliazhou.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Education University of Hong Kong. Researcher on adolescent digital wellbeing, digital parenting, media literacy and digital citizenship education
Carly Gray @carlygray.bsky.social Developmental psych, nature and health, digital media, recreation 🌱
Currently ORISE postdoc at USDA Forest Service. PhD from University of Washington. Opinions are my own
Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social 🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia);
🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (GenAI & Datafication);
🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
Candice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social Scientist, runner, Canadian still trying to figure out how to live in the US.
Psychology Prof at UCI, who sometimes writes about why we should trust science and avoid panic to really help our kids.
Stine Liv Johansen @stineliv.bsky.social Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Studying children and young people in digital environments. Specific focus on intersections between children+youth, media, and disability.