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Sociale media verbieden voor -16-jarigen: zinvolle maatregel of schijnoplossing? Australië's ban roept vragen op. Lees onze blog voor nuance en inzichten uit onderzoek 👉 kuleuven.be/child-youth/nl… #Australia"

As 2024 wraps up, a big thanks to all of you for the inspiring moments—conferences, collaborations, and more! Wishing everyone a restful holiday & a vibrant start to 2025! 🎉 Exciting news: our name has changed to the Media Psychology Lab, better reflecting our evolving mission.

Excited to share our latest article, written in celebration of the Journal of Children and Media 18th anniversary! 🤩 In this piece, we explore the pivotal role of time in media effects research. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Laura Vandenbosch Lara Schreurs Robyn Vanherle J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social

15/02-16/02, our lab participated in KU Leuven Inside, celebrating 600 years of KU Leuven🎉 We presented our research on digital media's effects in a smartphone use expo📱 & our professors Steven Eggermont, Kathleen Beullens & Laura Vandenbosch delivered 600-second lectures👩‍🏫

Grote pornoplatformen beweren dat we met z’n allen minder porno kijken, maar klopt dat wel?📉 Prof. Dr. Laura Vandenbosch besprak op 19 feb bij VRT NWS Laat de nieuwste cijfers over pornografiegebruik bij jongeren📊 🎥 Herbekijk (min 12:14 - 21:10): vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/vrt…

New from the Media Psychology Lab! 📚✨ Jan–Feb 2025 publications on: 🔹 Prevention interventions 🔹 Environmental influences 🔹 Mobile dating 🔹 Nutrition misinformation 🔹 Sexual health & identity 🔹 Body image 🔹 Alcohol 🔹 Digital media effects soc.kuleuven.be/smc/news/media…

We're proud to announce that the MIMIc Project, led by Laura Vandenbosch alongside team members Anaëlle Gonzalez - gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, JasminaRo, Gaëlle Vanhoffelen, and @lucacarbone__lc will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! projectmimic.eu European Research Council (ERC)

On March 28, DOCVILLE Filmfest an international film festival at Cinema Zed (Leuven) will screen the documentary Can't Feel Nothing. Following the screening, our @lucacarbone__lc, will discuss youth’s mental health and social media use. Welcome to join!🎬docville.be/en/film-en?id=…

🌍Happy #WorldHealthDay! Our research on how media impacts well-being helps improve health. Last year Kathleen Beullens, Sofie_Vranken & Femke Geusens's #Smokefree project won the Prize for Science Communication!🎉Share & give other talented researchers the recognition they deserve!

Last week marked the end of Lise-Marie Nassen’s 6-week research stay at the The Ohio State University School of Communication where she collaborated with Joe Bayer's Mobile Social Cognition Lab.📱This stay fostered collaborations on perceptions of social media use, perceived addictiveness, and disconnection.

🏆 Congratulations to Media Psychology Lab (Kathleen Beullens, Lara Schreurs, Steven Eggermont, & Laura Vandenbosch) for winning the SSH Society Award 2025 with ‘Digital media & youth: finding balance between risks and benefits’! #MaatschappijPrijsHW 🔗 More info: soc.kuleuven.be/smc

This week Adéla Švestková concluded her 3-month visit from IRTIS. She worked on a longitudinal study on adolescent mHealth app use and wellbeing with Kathleen Beullens & Robyn Vanherle and led a seminar on how we navigate health online. Excited for future collaborations!