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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jul 11

We had the best time at the @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social conference this week. It’s the friendliest and most interesting conference. So many incredible presentations from researchers doing interesting and important work! And we got to chat to some of them!

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 10

We aren’t just a regular conference - we’re a cool conference because we have the @inbitspodcast.com with us talking about all things cyber #cyber25 😎

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jul 11

Perfect timing after the conversation we had 😄

In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jul 11

We loved being there to chat to all the researchers doing incredible work!! Thanks for getting us a space to set up!

Social networking sites need to improve safety, study finds - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jul 8

a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jul 8

my keynote happening in a few mins. registration here to stream it

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jun 6

What kinds of people are trolls?

#Cyberpsychology

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Zoë Haime @zoehaime.bsky.social · Jun 4

New Paper! 📱Are Social media mental health policies and wellbeing tools meaningful interventions or superficial solutions? 🤔
#socialmedia #techforgood #trustandsafety

NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) @bristolbrc.bsky.social · Jun 4

📱Social networking sites need to improve their safety and moderation features

📢 Read about the new research: bit.ly/3SCdTp0

Study by @zoehaime.bsky.social and Lucy Biddle, published in @jmirpub.bsky.social Human Factors: bit.ly/3T6r01L

Social networking sites need to improve their safety and moderation features, according to a study published today in JMIR Human Factors. The study was led by researchers at the NIHR Bristol BRC and t...

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · Jun 4

great postdoc opportunity in a lovely place with people doing v important and thoughtful work on health, mental health and employment

Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social · Jun 4

Are you a post-doctoral researcher with strong qualitative skills, a critical mind and a love for digging into the complexities of how people navigate work and health? Check out our vacancy at the Uni of York School for Business and Society: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... @uoysbs.bsky.social

Jobs - The University of York

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · May 28

I was delighted to review @inbitspodcast.com from @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social for Newstalk's Pod Squad this week. Find out what we thought about it here: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

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Welcome to The Pod Squad!We review podcasts every week so you always have something new to liste...

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jun 3

We’ll do another episode on incels - so if that’s what you’ve seen it may go into that episode.

You can answer here or let me know if you’d be happy to record a short voice note to be included.

Or I have a totally anonymous option below

ngl.link/nicolafh

#cyberpsychology

Anonymous messages!

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Jun 3

Working on a new podcast episode on radicalisation.

Have any of you an experience you’d like to share? Has someone you know been radicalised - by right wing extremism, white supremacy, religious extremism, or any other type.

#cyberpsychology

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · May 13

How do we process toxic feedback?

We explore how negativity bias impacts us, especially with online feedback. Our brains aren't built for constant hate.

#OnlineHate #Cyberpsychology #OnlineTrolling #OnlineHarassment

In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · May 12

Tomorrow - we’ll be talking about trolling. You’ve all seen hateful harassment online - but how prevalent is it, who gets the worst of it, and how does it affect people?

The second episode of this in two weeks will look at who the trolls are.

#cyberpsychology #OnlineHarassment #OnlineTrolling

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Nicola Fox Hamilton, PhD 🍉 @nicolafh.bsky.social · May 8

This is such a great book - it’s the one I recommend to everyone interested in how tech affects our lives. No scaremongering, cherrypicking evidence, or other nonsense. Just really good nuanced and evidence based discussions of the core issues with tech. Easy to read & I loved the audiobook!

Pete Etchells @peteetchells.bsky.social · May 8

The yellow paperback edition of Unlocked is out today! It’s been a whirlwind of a first year, but I’m so glad that it’s out there. If you’ve read it, I hope you’ve found something reassuring and useful in it.

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · May 9

New Preprint: "A Simple Future For Media Effects"

@lennertcoenen.bsky.social, @yesuncomm.bsky.social, & I critically discuss our field's current emphasis on complexity.

Instead, we argue to value description, prioritize regularities, formalize models, and unify theories.

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A key axiom in media effects research is that effects are nuanced, varied, and indirect. Although this is true ontologically, asking for ever-more ’nuanced’ analyses of media effects is problematic epistemologically as it stands in the way of more insightful, falsifiable, and robust theorizing. For this reason, we advocate a shift in research priorities and propose four guidelines for future research: 1. Value description; 2. Prioritize regularities; 3. Formalize models; 4. Unify theories. A collective effort along these lines will allow for better cumulative theorizing and, in turn, a stronger understanding and explanation of media effects.

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Giovanna Mascheroni @giovannamas.bsky.social · May 9

11-19-yrs-old with mental health difficulties use social media more and differently. This does not mean that social media cause poor mental health, but that those who are vulnerable use social media in ways that may worsen their mental health doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 27

If you missed our last episode - this is the bit you want to hear! Why do men send d*ck pics?

#cyberpsychology

@drliam.bsky.social @nicolafh.bsky.social

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 15

Thank you - we’re glad you enjoyed it!

In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 15

Listen on Apple Podcasts here

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Online Dating - Part 2

Podcast Episode · InBits · 15/04/2025 · 40m

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 15

Listen on Spotify here

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Online Dating - Part 2

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 15

Do you want to know why men send d*ck pics, and not just on dating apps? Then this episode is for you!

We talk about why they do it (it might not be what you think), how different groups of people react to them (women, including young women and girls, men)

We also talk harassment! It’s fun! 🫠

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 13

Online Dating - part 1

Podcast Episode · InBits · 08/04/2025 · 1h

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 13

Ever wondered if the dating scene has changed over 20 years?

We talk about who is dating online, all the different motivations for using, beyond relationships, what people are getting out of it, and what makes people more successful at it

#cyberpsychology

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Online Dating - part 1

In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 12

Our first online dating episode is out. We focus more on the positive aspects - who dates online and why, what are the benefits beyond meeting a partner? Also how does it work - what works and doesn’t work in dating profiles from the research?

#cyberpsychology

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Online Dating - part 1

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 7

Episode 3 - online dating - is out tomorrow!

This is the first of two parts - because apparently Nicola can’t stop talking about this topic!

Part one is the who, why, and what people get out of it episode.

Part two - next week - will be the darker side

#cyberpsychology

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In Bits podcast @inbitspodcast.com · Apr 2

Thanks John! We weren’t responding to Adolescence - we recorded before that. But moral panic about phones has definitely risen since the show came out. A lot of that discourse doesn’t look at the issues around toxic masculinity which are a significant issue. We will do another episode on that later!