Nicole Bizzotto
@nicolebizzotto.bsky.social
Media Psychology & Health Communication | Mental health misinformation | Online health communities | University of Zurich IKMZ
www.nicolebizzotto.com
www.nicolebizzotto.com
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I will never forget…Yesterday at our team meeting I got applauded for publishing my first ever preprint 🎉
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@mepsyme.bsky.social is finally on Bluesky!
Follow us to stay updated on research in media effects, wellbeing, HCI, AI and persuasion, online misinformation, and digital creativity!
Follow us to stay updated on research in media effects, wellbeing, HCI, AI and persuasion, online misinformation, and digital creativity!
Hello Bluesky👋 This is our first post as the IKMZ Media Psychology & Methods division.
Since it’s Spotify Wrapped season, we thought we’d start with a game: Can you guess the age Spotify gave to our members? 🎧🤔
Our Team will reply in the comments ⬇️
P.S. That’s us at our traditional team-fondue 🫕�
Since it’s Spotify Wrapped season, we thought we’d start with a game: Can you guess the age Spotify gave to our members? 🎧🤔
Our Team will reply in the comments ⬇️
P.S. That’s us at our traditional team-fondue 🫕�
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@mepsyme.bsky.social is finally on Bluesky!
Follow us to stay updated on research in media effects, wellbeing, HCI, AI and persuasion, online misinformation, and digital creativity!
Follow us to stay updated on research in media effects, wellbeing, HCI, AI and persuasion, online misinformation, and digital creativity!
Life can now finally continue (only a communication scholar can understand).
Jokes aside - in the following order - keep hydrated, eat your veggies, and peer-review! 💧🥦📝
@icahdq.bsky.social
Jokes aside - in the following order - keep hydrated, eat your veggies, and peer-review! 💧🥦📝
@icahdq.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Life can now finally continue (only a communication scholar can understand).
Jokes aside - in the following order - keep hydrated, eat your veggies, and peer-review! 💧🥦📝
@icahdq.bsky.social
Jokes aside - in the following order - keep hydrated, eat your veggies, and peer-review! 💧🥦📝
@icahdq.bsky.social
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
@tobiasdienlin.com spoke today at the @ikmz.bsky.social PostDoc Club about his journey to becoming a professor.
My take-home message? Balance is key: be strategic, but don’t overdo it: people notice. And just be yourself (but… not too much and not always 😄).
My take-home message? Balance is key: be strategic, but don’t overdo it: people notice. And just be yourself (but… not too much and not always 😄).
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@tobiasdienlin.com spoke today at the @ikmz.bsky.social PostDoc Club about his journey to becoming a professor.
My take-home message? Balance is key: be strategic, but don’t overdo it: people notice. And just be yourself (but… not too much and not always 😄).
My take-home message? Balance is key: be strategic, but don’t overdo it: people notice. And just be yourself (but… not too much and not always 😄).
Good news straight from my IG feed:
"When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018." (sciencemagazine)
Original article: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018." (sciencemagazine)
Original article: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Good news straight from my IG feed:
"When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018." (sciencemagazine)
Original article: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018." (sciencemagazine)
Original article: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Top three reasons given why female scholars are less likely to share their research online:
- Considered less effective
- Less time to do so
- Considered more harmful
Data from Agnes Horvat, n > 3.000.
- Considered less effective
- Less time to do so
- Considered more harmful
Data from Agnes Horvat, n > 3.000.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Top three reasons given why female scholars are less likely to share their research online:
- Considered less effective
- Less time to do so
- Considered more harmful
Data from Agnes Horvat, n > 3.000.
- Considered less effective
- Less time to do so
- Considered more harmful
Data from Agnes Horvat, n > 3.000.
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Discover ways to actively participate in #ICA26 beyond submitting your work — from volunteering opportunities to networking events, there’s a role for everyone!
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link.icahdq.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Discover ways to actively participate in #ICA26 beyond submitting your work — from volunteering opportunities to networking events, there’s a role for everyone!
🔗
🔗
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📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
UZH: Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation
An der Universität Zürich ist auf den 1. August 2027 eine Professur für Kommunikationswissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Wandel und Innovation in der Kommunikation zu besetzen. Die künftige Stelleninhab...
jobs.uzh.ch
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📢Fantastic job-opportunity at the #UZH department for communication and media research
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
@ikmz.bsky.social: Professorship in Communication Studies with a focus on Change and Innovation in Communication 100% 😍 Deadline for applications: December 17, 2025. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Looking forward to @fassiluisa.bsky.social‘s talk at our department next week :)
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Looking forward to @fassiluisa.bsky.social‘s talk at our department next week :)
What are a lecturer (me 🤙) and her @ikmz.bsky.social students doing on Instagram during class time 😮? 📱👩🏫🧑🎓
Science dissemination! and learning communication theory by doing it.
Follow us on Insta (@healthteory1o1) and discover how we turn abstract theory 💬 into real-world impact💡
Science dissemination! and learning communication theory by doing it.
Follow us on Insta (@healthteory1o1) and discover how we turn abstract theory 💬 into real-world impact💡
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What are a lecturer (me 🤙) and her @ikmz.bsky.social students doing on Instagram during class time 😮? 📱👩🏫🧑🎓
Science dissemination! and learning communication theory by doing it.
Follow us on Insta (@healthteory1o1) and discover how we turn abstract theory 💬 into real-world impact💡
Science dissemination! and learning communication theory by doing it.
Follow us on Insta (@healthteory1o1) and discover how we turn abstract theory 💬 into real-world impact💡
Please tell me I’m not alone.
Forget Mozart or lo-fi: I survive deadlines powered by Disney soundtracks. #ica26
Forget Mozart or lo-fi: I survive deadlines powered by Disney soundtracks. #ica26
a cartoon character with red hair is standing in front of a picture
ALT: a cartoon character with red hair is standing in front of a picture
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Please tell me I’m not alone.
Forget Mozart or lo-fi: I survive deadlines powered by Disney soundtracks. #ica26
Forget Mozart or lo-fi: I survive deadlines powered by Disney soundtracks. #ica26
What’s a media psychologist doing at a psychedelics conference? 💊🧘♀️
I was at ALPS to present a research agenda on psychedelic-assisted therapy and social media and it was FUN.
First things I did: meditated and listened to music coming from shrooms 🍄
Had plenty of insights (interdisciplinarity!!)
I was at ALPS to present a research agenda on psychedelic-assisted therapy and social media and it was FUN.
First things I did: meditated and listened to music coming from shrooms 🍄
Had plenty of insights (interdisciplinarity!!)
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
What’s a media psychologist doing at a psychedelics conference? 💊🧘♀️
I was at ALPS to present a research agenda on psychedelic-assisted therapy and social media and it was FUN.
First things I did: meditated and listened to music coming from shrooms 🍄
Had plenty of insights (interdisciplinarity!!)
I was at ALPS to present a research agenda on psychedelic-assisted therapy and social media and it was FUN.
First things I did: meditated and listened to music coming from shrooms 🍄
Had plenty of insights (interdisciplinarity!!)
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
Getting rid of academic journals in favor of capturing ongoing comments and suggestions from experts would make the world a better place.
Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Getting rid of academic journals in favor of capturing ongoing comments and suggestions from experts would make the world a better place.
I will never forget…Yesterday at our team meeting I got applauded for publishing my first ever preprint 🎉
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I will never forget…Yesterday at our team meeting I got applauded for publishing my first ever preprint 🎉
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Things escalated quickly and now they wanna use a cowbell every time we do an open access achievement 🐄🔔
Link to (IMHO) a fresh perspective on media effects on well-being
osf.io/preprints/ps...
And here I am, for the first time in the @ikmz.bsky.social newsletter ✅
"Influencers & Digital Health" has just started and I already feel it’s a blessing ✨... not only for the students (I hope!) but also for me.
It’s amazing how smoothly the healthcomm theories can be explained through TikToks 🎥
"Influencers & Digital Health" has just started and I already feel it’s a blessing ✨... not only for the students (I hope!) but also for me.
It’s amazing how smoothly the healthcomm theories can be explained through TikToks 🎥
October 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And here I am, for the first time in the @ikmz.bsky.social newsletter ✅
"Influencers & Digital Health" has just started and I already feel it’s a blessing ✨... not only for the students (I hope!) but also for me.
It’s amazing how smoothly the healthcomm theories can be explained through TikToks 🎥
"Influencers & Digital Health" has just started and I already feel it’s a blessing ✨... not only for the students (I hope!) but also for me.
It’s amazing how smoothly the healthcomm theories can be explained through TikToks 🎥
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
New code review response just dropped:
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New code review response just dropped:
…first retreat of IKMZ Division MediaPsych & Methods is a wrap! 🎉 (also my first academic retreat ever)
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
…first retreat of IKMZ Division MediaPsych & Methods is a wrap! 🎉 (also my first academic retreat ever)
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Given the gravity of the topic, we're doubling down at @natureportfolio.nature.com on fighting misinformation with a special collection on health misinformation I'm (co)-editing.
Please share and submit your work! Open for submissions.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Please share and submit your work! Open for submissions.
www.nature.com/collections/...
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Given the gravity of the topic, we're doubling down at @natureportfolio.nature.com on fighting misinformation with a special collection on health misinformation I'm (co)-editing.
Please share and submit your work! Open for submissions.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Please share and submit your work! Open for submissions.
www.nature.com/collections/...
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
Partic. interested in feedback on this:
- We conduct a glorious serial mediation with cross-sectional data 🥶
- BUT, underlying theory is plausible: Perc of tech→grats→use→attachment
- We hope to control for all relevant confounders
- We acknowledge estimates imperfectly capture estimands
Thoughts?
- We conduct a glorious serial mediation with cross-sectional data 🥶
- BUT, underlying theory is plausible: Perc of tech→grats→use→attachment
- We hope to control for all relevant confounders
- We acknowledge estimates imperfectly capture estimands
Thoughts?
July 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Partic. interested in feedback on this:
- We conduct a glorious serial mediation with cross-sectional data 🥶
- BUT, underlying theory is plausible: Perc of tech→grats→use→attachment
- We hope to control for all relevant confounders
- We acknowledge estimates imperfectly capture estimands
Thoughts?
- We conduct a glorious serial mediation with cross-sectional data 🥶
- BUT, underlying theory is plausible: Perc of tech→grats→use→attachment
- We hope to control for all relevant confounders
- We acknowledge estimates imperfectly capture estimands
Thoughts?
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📣 New preprint out!
In "It’s her! Investigating relationship development with social AI chatbots", we explore how people form emotional bonds with chatbots.
📄 Read the full preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
✍️ with @tobiasdienlin.com
In "It’s her! Investigating relationship development with social AI chatbots", we explore how people form emotional bonds with chatbots.
📄 Read the full preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
✍️ with @tobiasdienlin.com
OSF
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣 New preprint out!
In "It’s her! Investigating relationship development with social AI chatbots", we explore how people form emotional bonds with chatbots.
📄 Read the full preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
✍️ with @tobiasdienlin.com
In "It’s her! Investigating relationship development with social AI chatbots", we explore how people form emotional bonds with chatbots.
📄 Read the full preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
✍️ with @tobiasdienlin.com
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
5 years ago, @niklasjohannes.bsky.social and I summarized the literature on the effects of digital technology use on adolescent well-being as follows.
Do you think the findings still apply?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do you think the findings still apply?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
5 years ago, @niklasjohannes.bsky.social and I summarized the literature on the effects of digital technology use on adolescent well-being as follows.
Do you think the findings still apply?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do you think the findings still apply?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present the final study of my doctoral dissertation at the @icahdq.bsky.social conference in Denver, Colorado. This experiment explores how emotional support provision can obscure the critical evaluation of mental health misinformation.
June 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present the final study of my doctoral dissertation at the @icahdq.bsky.social conference in Denver, Colorado. This experiment explores how emotional support provision can obscure the critical evaluation of mental health misinformation.
Reposted by Nicole Bizzotto
The feeling of finally being able to sit down with your new teammates! I‘m so pleased to be working alongside @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social @philippesloksnath.bsky.social —two very special and talented individuals! Here’s to out journey ahead!
And the same goes to you-CU soon @shinyikang.bsky.social!
And the same goes to you-CU soon @shinyikang.bsky.social!
June 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The feeling of finally being able to sit down with your new teammates! I‘m so pleased to be working alongside @nicolebizzotto.bsky.social @philippesloksnath.bsky.social —two very special and talented individuals! Here’s to out journey ahead!
And the same goes to you-CU soon @shinyikang.bsky.social!
And the same goes to you-CU soon @shinyikang.bsky.social!