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🎤 ICA 2026 Presentations: DAY 1 🎤
We are kicking off the first day of presentations at #ICA26
On today's schedule, a wide variety of topics including:
- Mental health and AI
- Mental health and influencers
- Bystander interventions
- Politics and emotions
- ...
📢 Publication 📢
A mixed-methods study (Spielvogel et al.) revealed that awareness of traditional and social media reporting on security events influenced users' selective use. However, intensive security-related news consumption evoked anger and fear.
👉https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.2669528
🎤 ICA 2026 Presentations: DAY 4 🎤
We wrap up the final day of the #ICA26 conference with some interesting recent work:
- Migration and social media effects
- Virtual influencers and advertising
- AI on dating apps
- Information overload
- ...
📢 Publication 📢
Do all roads lead to hate? @kevinkoban.bsky.social, Bührer & Matthes showcase in their recent two-wave panel study that psychopathy, need for approval, and victimization are universally relevant for intolerance and incivility.
👉https://doi.org/10.1177/107769902614290
📢 Publication 📢
Youth perceive risks associated with generative AI, but it does not dampen their willingness to use it. These are the findings of a study in Austria, Serbia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia (J. Matthes, S. Hodzic, A. Stevic, A. Nanz, A. Binder, M. Chan).
👉 doi.org/10.1155/hbe2...
🎤 ICA 2026 Presentations: DAY 3 🎤
Today, we have another day where our members present some of their latest work:
- Online intolerance
- Emotions and disinformation
- Influencers' alcohol promotion
- Responses to digital hate
- Critical reflections on health misinformation
- ...
📢 Publication 📢
Is generative AI your new therapist 👩⚕️? @jarakankova.bsky.social , @sofievranken.bsky.social et al. conducted a cross-country study and found that personalization and humanlike designs predict trust and intention to use generative AI for mental health.
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
📢 Publication 📢
Matthes, @andreasnanz.bsky.social, Stubenvoll, and @rutakaskeleviciute.bsky.social found positive associations between social media, political expression, and participation at the between, but not within-person, level.
👉https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502261430387
🎤 ICA 2026 Presentations: DAY 2 🎤
Another exciting day at the #ICA26 conference. The following topics will be discussed:
- Emotional green advertising
- AI and digihate
- Media literacy on smoking/vaping
- Health misinformation
- Bystander interventions
- Online misogyny
- ...
Join us in welcoming Kevin Koban @kevinkoban.bsky.social as our new Associate Editor!✨
Based at @univie.ac.at with @adme-uvienna.bsky.social, he focuses on beneficial and harmful engagements with interactive digital media, including social media, social machines, and video games.
Welcome, Kevin!🤗
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (U of Vienna)
