2025

Beelen, E., & Karsay, K. (2025, June 12-16). Helpful, harmful, or unnecessary? An experimental study on the effectiveness of online trigger warnings [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). When digital hate perpetrators feel threatened & victimized: Moral disengagement mechanisms in immigration-related online incivility and intolerance in Europe [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Bührer, S., Koban, K., Hirsch, M., & Matthes, J. (2025, Jun 12-16). Approval mechanisms fueling digital hate perpetration: A four-country moderated mediation model of incivility and intolerance [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Kaňková, J., Vranken, S., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). A double-edged sword: Exploring associations between engagement with mental health content by social media influencers and psychological well-being [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). It hurts, and we stand alone: A qualitative study on digital hate targeting scholars [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Annotation in action: Experimental perspectives on perceiving and labeling digital hate across four countries [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Koban, K., & Saumer, M. (2025, June 12-16). "What are you looking at?!?" An eye-tracking experiment on anti-LGBTQIA+ online hostility under prototypical mobile information consumption conditions [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Koban, K. (2025, June 12-16). When digital connectivity drivers meet digital disconnection: A cross-national study on habitual and compulsive smartphone checking, feature-based and rule-based digital disconnection strategies, and digital stress experience [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Konings, F., Vandenbosch, L., Fitzgerald, K., Fardouly, J., Beelen, E., Tabruyn, T., Karsay, K., & Maes, C. (2025, June 12-16). Adolescents' sexualized self-presentations on social media: A cross-national data donation study [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Matthes, J., Nguyen, G., Koban, K., Meerson, R., Khaleghipour, M., Garner, D., Bührer, S., & Kirchmair, T. (2025, June 12-16). Discoursive consequences of social media hostility: Chilling effects, avoidance, and intervention behaviors of emerging adults in the U.S. and Indonesia [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). From awareness to action: A four-country study on what enables social media users to counter digital hate [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Head over heart? Cross-national evidence on how social norms spark action against digital hate despite emotional desensitization [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Neureiter, A., Binder, A., Mucundorfeanu, M., Balaban, D., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Facing the climate crisis: Environmental SMIs, perceived polarization, hopelessness, and collective environmental action intentions in youth [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Nassen, L.-M., Halfmann, A., & Karsay, K. (2025, June 12-16). Measuring motivations for social media disconnection: Development and validation of the MSMD scale [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Nassen, L.-M., & Karsay, K. (2025, June 12-16). Nuanced mobile disconnection: Exploring the adoption and effectiveness of digital well-being tools [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Neureiter, A., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Greenwashing, green confusion, and support for green advertising regulations: A multi-country study [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Saumer, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Fantastic bystanders and where to find them: Do emotions fuel (in)direct interventions when bystanders face online anti-LGBTQIA+ hostility? [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Spielvogel, I., Koban, K., Juricek, S., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Same same but (very) different? A mixed-method approach on security-related news consumption on traditional and social media and its relation to negative emotional responses and feelings of (in)security [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Vranken, S., Geusens, F., Greene, K., & Beullens, K. (2025, June 12-16). Changing adolescents' cigarette and e-cigarette cognitions via a media literacy-based active involvement intervention: A quasi-experimental study [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Vranken, S., Geusens, F., Christiaens, C., Greene, K., & Beullens, K. (2025, June 12-16). "Don't vape, nobody uses these poisonous sticks": A content analysis of adolescents' self-developed anti-smoking campaigns [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Gendered responses to far-right content: The roles of sexism and communicator gender [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June 12-16). Mainstreaming far-right ideology: How communicator style and sexist attitudes shape social media users' perceptions [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.

Beelen, E., Beullens, K., & Karsay, K. (2025, February 3-4). Empathy and lived experiences: Investigating the effects of mental health content on Instagram [Paper presentation]. Etmaal 2025 Conference, Bruges, Belgium.
Nassen, L.-M., Halfmann, A., & Karsay, K. (2025, February 3-4). Reasons to unplug: Development and validation of a scale to assess motivations for social media disconnection [Paper presentation]. Etmaal 2025 Conference, Bruges, Belgium.
Vranken, S. (2025, February 3-4). Bridging science and society: Writing for societal impact [Invited talk]. Young Scholar Network at the Etmaal 2025 Conference, Bruges, Belgium.
Vranken, S., Tallving, O., Matthes, J., & Beullens, K. (2025, February 3-4). "TikTok on the clock, but the risks don't shock": A content analysis of vaping on TikTok [Paper presentation]. Etmaal 2025 Conference, Bruges, Belgium.