Ines Boeckxstaens

New paper in JCMC📃📢 With @laraschreurs.bsky.social & @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social we explored reciprocal longitudinal links between adolescents' perceived digital well-being & self-esteem + the role of digital inequality & smartphone screen time doi.org/10.1093/jcmc...
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Genocide, open en bloot aangekondigd voor de hele wereld:
“Return the hostages and kick out Hamas, and new options will open up for you—including relocation to other parts of the world for those who choose. The alternative is destruction and total devastation."

De emojikloof, of hoe jongeren zich soms doodergeren aan de smileys van hun ouders De klassieke smiley is geen lachebekje meer. Jonge mensen vinden hem passief-agressief. Oudere mensen begrijpen er niets van. Emoji’s zijn zo beladen dat ze makkelijk ergernis opwekken, vooral tussen generaties.

Vandaag in De Standaard, leuk inzicht over emoji's, media geletterdheid en generatiekloven 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦🤳
"Voor jongeren is de smiley passief-agressief: niets toont duidelijker de kloof tussen generaties dan onze emoji’s"
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We encourage the #Etmaal2025 community to continue our engaging discussions in a space in line with our academic values. Therefore, we will gradually switch from X to BlueSky. Up until the conference, we will cross-post all information. During the conference, we will only use Bluesky (1/2)

Battle of the E-cowarriors: Differential effects of environmental appeals by influencers and organizations on youth's pro-environmental attitudes and behavior intentions Environmental social media influencers (SMIs)—or ‘greenfluencers’—nowadays receive considerable scholarly and public attention. Yet, SMIs' persuasive …

Are influencers truly unique #ecowarriors or just old wine in new bottles? 🫗

Our new study pits influencers 🤳🏽 against organizations 🏢 to uncover who inspires youth’s pro-environmental outcomes more effectively via social media

🧵 of the findings in the comments
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