Boost your writing this winter! ❄️✍️
We’re thrilled to launch our first-ever Winter Writing Workshop, jointly organized by MiRezFo (DGPuK) and Media Psych youth representatives —designed to help junior scholars make progress on their writing projects.
👉 Sign up by Dec.15th: forms.gle/kPBUDZsVfyHh...
What started as an idea during co-teaching has grown into a beloved project of ours. We’re very thrilled it is now published! 🎉
🔊 Implications
Disengagement, particularly in mobile environments, adds an important piece to the puzzle of non-use alongside #mediaavoidance and #disconnection research, helping us see the full media-use process —from #mediaselection to disengagement. More theory and research is much needed!
💡 The availability of other (non-)mediated activities is crucial for disengagement
💡 In some situations, mobile media disengagement is more effortful than in others
📌 Key insights
💡 Competing activities, goal achievement, and push notifications emerged as the most prevalent cues
💡Disengagement can but does not necessarily have to be “problematic”
💡 Content-related cues are likely uncommon drivers of mobile media disengagement
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📊 Study and findings
Based on these premises and using a one-week event-based #experiencesampling design (118 adults, 1,893 sessions), we identified five disengagement types via multilevel latent class analysis:
1️⃣ Non-self-determined
2️⃣ Self-determined
3️⃣ Priority shifts
4️⃣ Temporary
5️⃣ “Mindless”
🔍We propose three overarching premises for disengagement
⚠️ Cues indicate that disengagement is an option
↔️ Disengagement can mean turning away from a current media activity or toward a new (non-)media activity
💪🏻 Disengagement can vary in effort
🎉 📣 Out now in Communication Research! 📣 🎉
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Haha you found our paper faster than we found the time to post about it! Thanks so much for the shoutout!! So happy, it's published! 🎉
At this point, the study is already a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who came to the talks and discussed it with us! 😊
... and to the comm-science crew ofc for making our visit so amazing @adrianmeier.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, @chrdrn.bsky.social, & Eva
Just yesterday, Michael and I were invited to @fauwiso.bsky.social in Nuremberg 🏰 to present the project to an interdisciplinary crowd. A huge thank you to Malte Reichelt + team for the amazing organization of the #CSS speaker series, ...
In April—just in time for the Netherlands’ flower prime time 🌷 —I joined @ascor.bsky.social’s #CeCoR Talks - such a highlight. I’m very grateful to @Cynthia Dekker, @anishaarenz.bsky.social, and the ASCoR entertainment group for their warm welcome during my short visit.
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.
Actual footage of me eating a tiny snack instead of lunch in-between sessions at #ICA25
It’s Mobile Comm Day at #ICA25 Denver!
We’re live from 10:30am:
📱 Apps & platforms (10:30AM)
🛠️ Mobile methods (12PM)
🧠 Habits, distraction & problem use (1:30PM)
Come join the convo!
Fun times with the bear / in the shade!
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Had a great time being part of a *very* interesting and fun mobile panel presenting and discussing our study on mobile media disengagement 📱 @icamobile.bsky.social
Motto of the day. Excited for the #mobilepreconference #ICA25
IfP Mainz is here, too! @ifpmainz.bsky.social
What content do people watch when experiencing stressors? We matched data donations w/ content descriptions & linked them to diary surveys for an answer! Sadly rejected at #ica25 but proud of this collab w/ @felix-dietrich.de, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @leonardreinecke.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/n2z2
Are age restrictions really the best we can do? Or are there better ways to improve the impact of social media on youth well-being? Join us in finding out! I’m seeking a PhD student to support the collaborative PROMISE project 🇪🇺 More info: www.commsci.rw.fau.eu/team/job-pos... Thanks for sharing!
