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Anisha Arenz
@anishaarenz.bsky.social
PhD student at Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam

media psychology | mobile communication | mental health/well-being | co-present use | social influence processes | in situ designs | systematic reviews
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#OpenAccess
📱👥 @anishaarenz.bsky.social & @annastockmann.bsky.social examine what triggers phone use while with others.

💡 Across 829 interactions, co-present use rose when others were on their phones or notifications appeared.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2050...
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Ever found yourself scrolling on your phone in the middle of a conversation?📱👥Curious about why this happens, @annastockmann.bsky.social and I explored the situational drivers of co-present phone use in our new🔓#OpenAccess paper, just published in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social🎉 (1/6)
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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4️⃣th edition of #runningwithpresidents #ica25 ✅!

Was #runningpostpresidents as @claesdevreese.bsky.social already had go back, but he was there in spirit 🙃.

See you for new runs at #ica26 in South Africa 🇿🇦!

@acadianjprof.bsky.social
@mqrmobile.bsky.social
@anishaarenz.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I am truly honored and grateful for this #MobileComm award! It's so great to see that my MA thesis is being recognized in the field 🔥 #ica25 @ascor.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to our top student paper award winner @anishaarenz.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉 🎉 #ICA25
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It was a pleasure to be part of such a great and diverse panel. Inspiring presentations, fantastic atmosphere, lovely community! ✨ Special thanks to my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social!
@anishaarenz.bsky.social‬, our top student paper award winner, opens the #ICA25 session with a study examining the link between connection cues and co-present smartphone use in everyday life.
June 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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@anishaarenz.bsky.social presenting a paper based on her master thesis study in the best paper panel of the mobile communication devision 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ica25
June 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Very proud supervisor today. Xiaotong Zhang (now PhD student @ UW-Madison) did an awesome job presenting her MA thesis & then, @anishaarenz.bsky.social did an extraordinary job presenting her MA thesis which won the #MobileComm best student paper award. Thankful to work with so smart people #ica25
June 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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@anishaarenz.bsky.social rocking her presentation "What triggers co-present smartphone use in everyday life?" - awarded as Top Paper by @icamobile.bsky.social 🥳
@annastockmann.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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3️⃣rd edition #ica25 #RunningWithPresidents. ☀️ 5k and great group.

@dscheykopp.bsky.social @thieled.bsky.social @judithrbaum.bsky.social @acadianjprof.bsky.social @mqrmobile.bsky.social @netakv.bsky.social & co 👏🏼

PSA 📢

🚨 Last run Monday 630 Hyatt Regency
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Fun times with the bear / in the shade!
June 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Super nice Day 2 edition of #RunningWithPresidents #ica25

Many new and old friends 🏃🏼 ☀️ 😎

Third round Sunday 630 ⏰ 😃
June 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I am hiring :-). I look for a PhD student & a postdoc for my new Digital Lives team at the U of Basel. Looking for 2 who are excited to study our everyday digital lives with me in the next years.

Please share with your network.

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Universität Basel: PhD in Media Psychology (100%)
The Faculty of Psychology is one of seven faculties of the oldest university in Switzerland. With our core focus on Society & Choice and Health & Interventions, we are successful both nationally and i...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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📢 Publication Alert!
Excited to share that our latest research, co-authored with
@chrbuettner.bsky.social, has just been published! 🎉 #MediaPsychology

🔓 #OpenAccess via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“This Message was Deleted”: The Psychological Consequences of Being Out of the Loop During Messenger Use
Many messenger services, such as WhatsApp or Snapchat, offer the option of deleting messages after they have been sent, leaving a so-called delete notification in the chat. Especially in group chat...
www.tandfonline.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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#RezFo25 AWARDS 📢🏆 Auf der diesjährigen Tagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung (@rezfo.bsky.social ) der DGPuK wurden alle drei Best Paper Awards von Wissenschaftler:innen des IfP (mit)verfasst.
Details 👇
January 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Our disconnection project won a top paper #award at the @rezfo.bsky.social media use and effects conference last week! 🎀✨🪩 Happy times with my coauthors @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social

➡️ Find the preprint of the study at osf.io/preprints/ps...
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Ever wondered what researchers beyond #commsky have to say about autonomy in digital technology use (e.g., affordances, situations, context)?

Check out our interdisciplinary, large scale (computational) scoping review w/ @anishaarenz.bsky.social @leonardreinecke.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iwc/...
January 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM