Plussen en minnen van social media

On the 5th and 6th February 2026, Team AWeSoMe attended the ETMAAL 2026 conference, hosted by the university of Wageningen. Etmaal is the annual meeting where communication researchers from Dutch and Flemish universities come together to share their…

A new large-scale diary study was published by Amber van der Wal, Ine Beyens, Loes Janssen and Patti Valkenburg: Diverse platforms, diverse effects: Evidence from a 100-day study on social media and adolescent mental health. The study sheds light on how…

A new article by Yucan Xiong, Amber van der Wal, and Ine Beyens in Social Science Computer Review sheds fresh light on what drives and discourages participation in data donation research. Their systematic review brings together the existing evidence on…

A new large-scale diary study published by Loes Janssen, Patti Valkenburg, Loes Keijsers, & Ine Beyens, in Scientific Reports uncovers alarming differences in how adolescents with depressive symptoms experience social media compared with their peers. The…

We’re excited to announce three new team members as part of Project AWeSoMe, who joined the team on 1st of September 2025. The new members are: Rebecca Godard – Postdoctoral Researcher, with a background in psychology and social media use. Konrad…