Oct 24, 2024 Dr. Susanne Baumgartner has received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) This grant supports experienced researchers in further developing their work. Dr. Baumgartner will use the grant to continue their research…
Oct 22, 2024 UvA Education Day 2024 is held at the Oude Lutherse Kerk The UvA Education Day 2024 was opened by the Rector Magnificus, Peter-Paul Verbeek, and chaired by Dr. Toni Pape. This was followed by an…
Oct 18, 2024 Reflection on ECREA 2024: 10th European Communication Conference on Communication & Social (Dis)order In the past weeks, CcaM researchers participated in ECREA 2024, where they presented their research findings and shared valuable knowledge…
Jul 11, 2024 Project CID launched: Monitoring trends in digital competence Since 2021, researchers at CcaM and ASCoR, have worked on a tool to assess digital competence across the lifespan (project DIGCOM; see…
Jul 05, 2024 Prof Jessica Taylor Piotrowski Discusses Youth and Digital Society at WSU Seminar Series 2024 On June 18, 2024, Western Sydney University hosted Jessica Taylor Piotrowski as part of their Youth and Resilience Research Center Seminar…
Jul 03, 2024 Dr. Ine Beyens partner in new EU COST Action “Digital Mental Health for Young People” Ine Beyens will be collaborating in the new EU COST Action "Digital Mental Health for Young People" (YouthDMH). Over the next 4 years, the…
Jun 26, 2024 CcaM at the Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference 2024 by Rebecca Wald (26-06-2024) The Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference was held from June 17-20, 2024 in Delft – back in the Netherlands where it all began…
Jun 23, 2024 International Communication Association (ICA) 2024 Gold Coast/Australia Youth and Media Entertainment researchers actively participated in the 74th Annual ICA Conference, contributing to discussions and…
Apr 19, 2024 Inaugural lecture: “Found in Translation”, by Prof. Dr Jessica Piotrowski Jessica Piotrowski recently delivered an inspiring inaugural lecture titled "Found in Translation", providing valuable insights into the…
Apr 19, 2024 Dissertation: Tempting Triggers by Teun Siebers This week, Teun Siebers successfully defended his thesis, marking a notable contribution to the AWeSome Project. His research specifically…
Apr 05, 2024 Dr. Ine Beyens delivers keynote lecture at Princeton Mental Health & Technology Use Symposium Ine Beyens was invited as the keynote at the Princeton Precision Health symposium on mental health & technology use at Princeton…
Mar 04, 2024 Dissertation: Methods Matter: The Effects of Social Media Use on Adolescent Well-being by Tim Verbeij Tim Verbeij completed his dissertation last week. His research contributed another building block to the AWeSome Project, aiming to unravel…
Feb 16, 2024 ASCoR commemorates 25 Years with and editorial volume "Communication Research in the Digital Society" This publication offers a comprehensive examination of how individuals generate, utilize, and interact with their media surroundings, as…
Feb 13, 2024 ETMAAL 2024! ETMAAL 2024 has just wrapped up, featuring an extensive array of research from the Youth and Media Entertainment program, highlighting…
Feb 06, 2024 Message from Saurabh Khanna: Hello everyone! I am a new Assistant Professor at ASCoR YME working on methods to quantify the diversity of information on the internet. I…
Feb 05, 2024 Lunch lecture has been delivered by Susanne Baumgartner On February 5th, Associate Professor Susanne Baumgartner delivered an ASCoR lunch lecture titled "Why We See Media Effects but Do Not Find…
Dec 01, 2023 Ine Beyens Delivered a Keynote Address at the Cyberspace 23 Conference at Masaryk University ''Social media have become an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives. From the moment they wake up, until the moment they go to bed,…
Dec 01, 2023 Exploring Norwegian Teens' YouTube Usage: Insights from Researcher Edda Jansdottir Arneberg On December 30th, Edda Jansdottir Arneberg, a visiting researcher from the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo,…
Nov 13, 2023 Message from Weiqi Hello, @Youth and Media Entertainment! I am Weiqi Tian, I’m a new PhD student for the RPA Youth Digitality initiative. My research focuses…
Oct 10, 2023 Message from Frank Schneider: "I started working as an Assistant Professor @Youth and Media Entertainment this October. I study the relationship between entertainment…
Aug 24, 2023 Message from Dominique: New Assistant Professor in Youth and Media Entertainment! With great excitement, we introduce Dominique, our new Assistant Professor. We are truly enthusiastic about the expertise she brings to our…
Jul 13, 2023 Advancing Research Horizons: Exploring Diverse Studies on Youth and Beyond! The CcaM is broadening its research horizons to include diverse studies on youth and beyond. Exciting projects like "Project Rosie" and…
Jun 30, 2023 We invite you to explore the upcoming projects of 2024. Within our "About" section, you will find detailed insights into two exciting research endeavours: "The Role of Social Influence Processes…
Jun 29, 2023 The recently published report from Project AWeSome has garnered attention in The New York Times! Everyone Says Social Media Is Bad for Teens. Proving It Is Another Thing. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Jun 06, 2023 Project AWeSome Unveils the Profound Connection between Social Media and Adolescent Well-being! Members of Project AWeSome (Adolescents, Well-being, and Social media) interviewed 480 adolescents aged 14 to 17 about the pros and cons of…
May 23, 2023 Authenticity Unveiled: Exploring the Frontiers of Communication at ICA 2023 (25-29 May) The upcoming ICA 2023 conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is set to be a significant event in the field of communication. With the theme…
May 25, 2022 Finally together again: CCAM at ICA in Paris Each year, CcaM members present their work at the International Communication Association. Running from May 26th through May 30th in Paris,…
Jul 12, 2021 Online Opportunities for Children CcaM's Professor Jochen Peter joined a team of scholars to discuss Online Opportunities for Children with the CORE team (Children Online:…
May 27, 2021 Virtually Together Again: CcaM Presents New Research at ICA Conference Each year, CcaM members present their work at the International Communication Association. Due to the pandemic, this year, the…
May 17, 2021 Early Career Partnership Congratulations to CcaM's Loes Pouwels. Together with Ine Beyens, Theo Araujo, and Patti Valkenburg, Loes has been awarded an Early Career…
Apr 23, 2021 AWeSome Webinar 2 Now Available! Project AWeSome (Adolescents, Well-being, and Social Media) has released it's spring webinar, diving further into the methodology of…
Apr 08, 2021 Top 100! The effect of social media on adolescent wellbeing Congratulations to CcaM's Project Awesome. Their research on the effect of social media on adolescent wellbeing is listed in the Top 100…
Feb 23, 2021 AWeSome Webinar Now Available! Project AWeSome (Adolescents, Well-being, and Social Media) has just released its first webinar: Adolescents and Social Media: Introducing…
Feb 04, 2021 Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2021 - Online Edition Every year, the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap conference (“24 hours of Communication Science”) takes place. This is an important…
Jan 26, 2021 New Webinar Series: Adolescents, Social Media, and Well-being Project AWeSome (Adolescents, Well-being, and Social Media) investigates the consequences of social media use for adolescents’ psychosocial…
Dec 19, 2020 A Year In Review 2020. The year we will never forget and may wish not to remember. Our researchers at CcaM certainly were challenged. Children were at home,…
Sep 30, 2020 Staying Safe Online How do we support children's safety online, particularly in a time where the pandemic necessitates greater reliance on digital technology?…
Jun 30, 2020 Do social media benefit or undermine adolescents’ well-being? Do social media benefit or undermine adolescents’ well-being? Many parents, health practitioners, and scholars are concerned about the…
Jun 06, 2020 CcaM, Covid19, and Research to Practice As the globe confronts the effects of the Covid19 pandemic, many are asking reasonable questions about how children are handling these…
May 20, 2020 Virtually Together: CcaM Presents New Research at ICA Conference It is a unique time globally as all of us cope with the effects of Covid-19. At CcaM, our research and teaching has certainly been affected…
Mar 27, 2020 Communication in Times of Crisis At the moment, the phrase "coronavirus" seems to be global. We are thinking about it, talking about it, reading about it - our media space…
Feb 12, 2020 Now in English! Posting, Scrolling, Chatting & Snapping Report Posting. Scrolling. Apping. Snapping. We know they do it, but how do they feel when doing this? According to CcaM's Project AWeSome…
Dec 03, 2019 Posten, Scrollen, Appen en Snappen: Jongeren geïnspireerd door social media Posting. Scrolling. Apping. Snapping. We know they do it, but how do they feel when doing this? According to CcaM's Project AWeSome…
Oct 28, 2019 CcaM Visits Australia! CcaM'er Jessica Piotrowski delivered the keynote address, titled “Generation Digital”, at the Digital Environments and Developing Minds:…
Oct 04, 2019 Weekend of Science CcaM researchers had a chance to meet with parents and children at UvA's "Weekend of Science" event. During the event, social and…
Sep 26, 2019 Generation Z Masterclass CcaM's Jessica Piotrowski delivered a Masterclass for NPO on the topic "Creating for Culture Creators" at VondelCS. In her talk, Piotrowski…
Sep 02, 2019 CcaM Welcomes 2 New Researchers! CcaM is thrilled to welcome two new researchers to the team. Tim Verbeij and Teun Siebers have joined Project AWeSome - an…
Jul 08, 2019 Robots, Research, and NEMO The CHILDROBOT team at CcaM is spending it's summer holiday at NEMO! Want to meet and play with a robot? Come join in on the fun!
May 24, 2019 CcaM Members Present New Research in Washington, DC As with past years, numerous CcaM faculty, postdocs, and PhD students are presenting new research at the annual meeting of the…
Mar 19, 2019 What’s in It for Them? Teens’ Preferences for Televised Aggression In a new study published in Communication Research, CcaM researchers found that boys prefer more physical, realistic, graphic, justified,…
Mar 06, 2019 Child’s Play? Digital Games and Intelligence in Early Childhood Mar72019 In a recently released study published in the Journal of Communication, CcaM researchers dig into the relationship between gaming…
Dec 18, 2018 Technological and interpersonal trust in child-robot interaction Dec152018 CcaM researcher Caroline van Straten videopresented her latest paper "Technological and interpersonal trust in child-robot…
Nov 13, 2018 Development of Parental Mediation Across Early and Middle Childhood Nov152018 In an article published in Human Communication Research, CcaM researchers Ine Beyens, Patti Valkenburg, and Jessica Piotrowski…
Oct 01, 2018 Screen media use and ADHD-related behaviors Oct12018 The relationship between children’s screen media use and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has long been a subject…
Sep 25, 2018 CcaM Director on ‘All Things Video’ Podcast Sep262018 CcaM Director Jessica Taylor Piotrowski sat down with James Creech to discuss the sunny and dark sides of media on his podcast…
Sep 20, 2018 Kick-off: Project AWeSome—Adolescents, Wellbeing, & Social Media Sep212018 Why is it that the use of social media makes some adolescents feel happy while leaving others feeling blue? This week Project…
Jun 26, 2018 Which Came First? June272018 Which came first – media or ADHD? CcaM researchers Ine Beyens, Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, and Patti Valkenburg sought to answer…
May 23, 2018 CcaM Members Present New Research in Prague May242018 As with past years, numerous CcaM faculty, postdocs, and PhD students are presenting new research at the annual meeting of the…
Apr 21, 2018 Parents' Preferences in the Children’s App Space Apr272018 Today’s app space is jam-packed with apps for young children! But, we know very little about how parents decide what apps to…
Mar 26, 2018 Can Apps Support Creativity in Middle Childhood? Mar272018 In a new study, CcaM researchers investigated whether apps can support creativity in middle childhood. Results suggest that…