Nicola Fox Hamilton, PhD 🍉
@nicolafh.bsky.social
She/her. Cyberpsychology at IADT. Researches online communication & dating
Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A
Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A
Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
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I created a cyberpsychology / media effects etc starter pack from my following list - please let me know if there’s anyone I’ve missed or if you would like to be added!
#Cyberpsychlogy
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#Cyberpsychlogy
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Two exciting ERC-funded PhD positions on attention and technology use with @matti.vuorre.com
I’ll be an (external) part of the supervision team and can highly recommend this department @tilburg-university.bsky.social
tiu.nu/22989
I’ll be an (external) part of the supervision team and can highly recommend this department @tilburg-university.bsky.social
tiu.nu/22989
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Two exciting ERC-funded PhD positions on attention and technology use with @matti.vuorre.com
I’ll be an (external) part of the supervision team and can highly recommend this department @tilburg-university.bsky.social
tiu.nu/22989
I’ll be an (external) part of the supervision team and can highly recommend this department @tilburg-university.bsky.social
tiu.nu/22989
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Come work with Matti!
I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social.
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Come work with Matti!
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You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution
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🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Some people are at greater risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes of social media use than others, but why?
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We examined whether individual differences in cognitive processes shape risk and resilience to mental health effects on social media: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Some people are at greater risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes of social media use than others, but why?
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We examined whether individual differences in cognitive processes shape risk and resilience to mental health effects on social media: osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Some people are at greater risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes of social media use than others, but why?
🧵
We examined whether individual differences in cognitive processes shape risk and resilience to mental health effects on social media: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Some people are at greater risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes of social media use than others, but why?
🧵
We examined whether individual differences in cognitive processes shape risk and resilience to mental health effects on social media: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This sounds brilliant!
Call for papers - The Social #Psychology of Anti-Gender Movements and the #Manosphere
Deadline for expressions of interest 15 Nov 2025
#AcademicSky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Deadline for expressions of interest 15 Nov 2025
#AcademicSky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
European Journal of Social Psychology
The European Journal of Social Psychology is an international social psychology journal for research at the intersection of psychology, sociology & behavioural science.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This sounds brilliant!
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Very happy to be part of this project and to collaborate with several great colleagues! Follow our social media accounts to stay updated :)
On World Mental Health Day we’re launching PROMISE, a research project exploring youth well-being and social media policies.
We aim to understand how these policies affect young people online and develop data-driven recommendations to support their well-being.
We aim to understand how these policies affect young people online and develop data-driven recommendations to support their well-being.
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Very happy to be part of this project and to collaborate with several great colleagues! Follow our social media accounts to stay updated :)
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Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
10 AI Prompts for Academics
making those hard jobs a little easier ...
profserious.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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If this can happen in our house, it can happen in yours. Check.
#Spéirghorm #CheckTheRegister
www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search
#Spéirghorm #CheckTheRegister
www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search
Check the Register
www.checktheregister.ie
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If this can happen in our house, it can happen in yours. Check.
#Spéirghorm #CheckTheRegister
www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search
#Spéirghorm #CheckTheRegister
www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search
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Q. Can you vote in the Presidential election next month?
A. Of course I can. I always vote.
Q. Are you on the Register?
A. Why wouldn't I be?
*Checks Register. Name absent*
Q. Who erased me?
*Applies to be registerred*
There are only a few days left to register.
A. Of course I can. I always vote.
Q. Are you on the Register?
A. Why wouldn't I be?
*Checks Register. Name absent*
Q. Who erased me?
*Applies to be registerred*
There are only a few days left to register.
September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Q. Can you vote in the Presidential election next month?
A. Of course I can. I always vote.
Q. Are you on the Register?
A. Why wouldn't I be?
*Checks Register. Name absent*
Q. Who erased me?
*Applies to be registerred*
There are only a few days left to register.
A. Of course I can. I always vote.
Q. Are you on the Register?
A. Why wouldn't I be?
*Checks Register. Name absent*
Q. Who erased me?
*Applies to be registerred*
There are only a few days left to register.
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Two permanent job opportunities at Queen's University, Belfast - one in IR and one in Public Policy. www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...
Academic Opportunities | Career Opportunities at Queen's | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Two permanent job opportunities at Queen's University, Belfast - one in IR and one in Public Policy. www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...
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been saying this for years: stop using academia[.]edu. This is real bad folks.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
been saying this for years: stop using academia[.]edu. This is real bad folks.
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I hate how much AI makes me think of Marx and being alienated from our labor. It begs these questions:
1. Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to have written?
2. And for academics…do you want to publish, or do you want to think?
1. Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to have written?
2. And for academics…do you want to publish, or do you want to think?
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hate how much AI makes me think of Marx and being alienated from our labor. It begs these questions:
1. Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to have written?
2. And for academics…do you want to publish, or do you want to think?
1. Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to have written?
2. And for academics…do you want to publish, or do you want to think?
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Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
September 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
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" ...there was 'concerning evidence' that...some providers were 'over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations' and were building tools to enable regulators or law enforcement to retrace actions of people"
*surprised Pickachu face*
*surprised Pickachu face*
Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’
Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’
Report from age assurance trial finds multiple fallback options may be needed, as communications minister says there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution
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The official trial of age assurance technologies that could be used to keep under-16s from accessing social media has found that while there were effective options, errors were inevitable and age estimation tools were more likely to make mistakes for users within two years of 16.
The long-awaited report from the trial found that companies may need to provide multiple “fallback options” such as ID checks in those cases where age estimation technology fails. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
" ...there was 'concerning evidence' that...some providers were 'over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations' and were building tools to enable regulators or law enforcement to retrace actions of people"
*surprised Pickachu face*
*surprised Pickachu face*
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Scott Aaronson's review of The Access Principle (www.scottaaronson.com/writings/jou...) hits hard: "what’s missing at this point is mostly anger--a justified response to being asked to donate our time, not to Amnesty International or the Sierra Club, but to the likes of Kluwer and Elsevier."
September 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Scott Aaronson's review of The Access Principle (www.scottaaronson.com/writings/jou...) hits hard: "what’s missing at this point is mostly anger--a justified response to being asked to donate our time, not to Amnesty International or the Sierra Club, but to the likes of Kluwer and Elsevier."
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On Prolific, "we estimate that about 34% of online study participants use LLMs to answer open-ended questions atleast some of the time..."
Seems like a very timely paper for behavioural scientists using online samples: osf.io/preprints/so... ;
We really need more papers on this issue
Seems like a very timely paper for behavioural scientists using online samples: osf.io/preprints/so... ;
We really need more papers on this issue
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
On Prolific, "we estimate that about 34% of online study participants use LLMs to answer open-ended questions atleast some of the time..."
Seems like a very timely paper for behavioural scientists using online samples: osf.io/preprints/so... ;
We really need more papers on this issue
Seems like a very timely paper for behavioural scientists using online samples: osf.io/preprints/so... ;
We really need more papers on this issue
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The @inbitspodcast.com is a wonderfully accessible, entertaining, and informative way of learning about cyberpsychology. I learn something new with every episode. Well done @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The @inbitspodcast.com is a wonderfully accessible, entertaining, and informative way of learning about cyberpsychology. I learn something new with every episode. Well done @nicolafh.bsky.social and @drliam.bsky.social
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1: This is a really cool study I was excited to be a part of! I was skeptical that brief unguided single session interventions could be effective in adults with depression as we had two studies in which we found minuscule effects vs weak controls (waiting), one in a large sample, N=828. I was wrong!
New preprint! A Crowdsourced Megastudy of 12 Digital Single-Session Interventions for Depression in American Adults
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
What's the best way to help someone overcome depression with just 10 minutes of their time online? We ran a trial (n=7,505) testing 12 diverse interventions.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
August 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1: This is a really cool study I was excited to be a part of! I was skeptical that brief unguided single session interventions could be effective in adults with depression as we had two studies in which we found minuscule effects vs weak controls (waiting), one in a large sample, N=828. I was wrong!
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On the day when Israel killed four more Al Jazeera journalists, it's time we recognize that Israel killed in Gaza more journalists than ever died in any other war, including the World Wars. Source: attached research at Brown University. Let this sink in.
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On the day when Israel killed four more Al Jazeera journalists, it's time we recognize that Israel killed in Gaza more journalists than ever died in any other war, including the World Wars. Source: attached research at Brown University. Let this sink in.
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
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Have you seen a Temu advert claiming: "If you click on this promo video and download the TEMU app, you'll receive £100 via PayPal."?
You actually need to make purchases and collect coins, spending up to £4,800 to claim the cash amount. 🤦
Misleading @adstandards.bsky.social complaint filed!
You actually need to make purchases and collect coins, spending up to £4,800 to claim the cash amount. 🤦
Misleading @adstandards.bsky.social complaint filed!
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Have you seen a Temu advert claiming: "If you click on this promo video and download the TEMU app, you'll receive £100 via PayPal."?
You actually need to make purchases and collect coins, spending up to £4,800 to claim the cash amount. 🤦
Misleading @adstandards.bsky.social complaint filed!
You actually need to make purchases and collect coins, spending up to £4,800 to claim the cash amount. 🤦
Misleading @adstandards.bsky.social complaint filed!
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None of this keeps kids safe or away from harmful material. Use of VPNs has rocketed, raising even more privacy risks and shuffling kids into even more extreme, less regulated corners of the internet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
None of this keeps kids safe or away from harmful material. Use of VPNs has rocketed, raising even more privacy risks and shuffling kids into even more extreme, less regulated corners of the internet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The above link stopped working, so I attach a working link: forms.gle/FKsAVEs9jGvQ...
Mini quiz: 2025 Gaza or 1945 Warsaw?
Can you distinguish between photos of 1945 Warsaw and 2025 Gaza? Let's see! The quiz should take you max half minute and it's 100% anonymous.
forms.gle
August 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The above link stopped working, so I attach a working link: forms.gle/FKsAVEs9jGvQ...
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Another quick, scalable digital literacy intervention that can help people identify deepfakes!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492
arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492
Digital literacy interventions can boost humans in discerning deepfakes
Deepfakes, i.e., images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), can erode trust in institutions and compromise election outcomes, as people often struggle to discern real images from deepfakes. Imp...
arxiv.org
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Another quick, scalable digital literacy intervention that can help people identify deepfakes!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492
arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492
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You can still get 20% off the paperback with the code CUP20 on the Columbia University Press website!
cup.columbia.edu/book/misguid...
cup.columbia.edu/book/misguid...
Misguided | Columbia University Press
Why are people inclined to believe misinformation? This wide-ranging and comprehensive book shines a light on how false beliefs take root and spread, explori... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
August 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You can still get 20% off the paperback with the code CUP20 on the Columbia University Press website!
cup.columbia.edu/book/misguid...
cup.columbia.edu/book/misguid...
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Exciting news from my publisher—Misguided is now one of the most popular books on the Columbia University Press website! I'm so grateful for all the support!
August 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Exciting news from my publisher—Misguided is now one of the most popular books on the Columbia University Press website! I'm so grateful for all the support!