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Cyberpsychology Journal
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Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace is a diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Masaryk University.
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We’re thrilled to welcome Emmelyn Croes as our new Associate Editor! 🎉

Assistant Professor at @tilburg-university.bsky.social, she studies how people connect across online and offline media—from video calls to chatbots—and how social influencers shape well-being and behavior.

Welcome, Emmelyn!✨
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Meme-ingful connections: Unleashing the power of memes, GIFs, and emojis in relationship-oriented online communication

Rachel X. Peng, Jin Chen

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Theory of mind predicts emoji comprehension in a sample of early adolescents: The moderating effect of social media use

Elisa Bisagno, Simone Pinetti, Alice Lucarini, Martina Basciano, Alessia Cadamuro

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Fear of missing out mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and problematic smartphone use severity

Nisha Yao, Caleb Hallauer, Elyse Hutcheson, Jon Elhai

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use

Ágnes Zsila, Mara S. Aruguete, Reza Shabahang, Ágnes Buvár, Gábor Orosz

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning

Alfredo Zarco-Alpuente, Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, Marta Carrique-Martínez, Lucas Serrano-Pastor, Elisabeth Malonda-Vidal, Anna Llorca-Mestre, Rafael García-Ros, Paula Samper-García

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Bystanders’ perceptions on online hate speech: Investigating the effects of perpetrators’ justifications and the bystander’s role on bystanders’ attitude and prosocial intervention intentions

Sara Pabian

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying

Raquel António, Rita Guerra, Lindsey Cameron, Carla Moleiro

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Navigating the digital landscape: Exploring the relationship between social media affordances and Chinese Generation Z’s online prosocial and antisocial behaviors

Wu Li, Pengya Ai, Tian You Guo, Lianshan Zhang

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts

Lewis Nitschinsk, Stephanie J. Tobin, Nino Gugushvili, Carly A. McComb, Philippe Verduyn

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Investigating the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship of X and LINE use with online relationship and life satisfaction: A 4-Year cohort study among Japanese adults

Yu Takizawa

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Does the mere presence of smartphones impact cognition in the high school classroom?

Daniel B. le Roux, Douglas A. Parry, Jennifer Feldman

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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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🍂 Fall issue is out now! 🍂

Vol. 19, No. 4 offers 11 articles about smartphones’ mere presence in schools, social media and life satisfaction, meaning in life, or pro/pro-antisocial behaviors, and much more. See 🧵👇

📖 Read here: cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2...

🔓 Everything #OpenAccess

Enjoy!✨
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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What are the chances of getting published?

Our acceptance rate is around 9%.

BUT most rejections happen after the initial editorial evaluation or after the first round of reviews. So if you get invited to revise the manuscript, the chances of getting published are high!
August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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How many submissions?

In 2024, we received 501 new submissions - our highest number ever!🤩

And we are on track to surpass that in 2025 🥲😮‍💨
August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🔟 Player-avatar bonds and gaming benefits and risks: Assessing self-discrepancy theory against a broader range of character and play experiences

Snodgrass, Sagstetter, Branstrator, Giardina, Lacy, Bollinger-Deters, Callendar, Zhao, Dengah II, & Billieux

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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9️⃣ Big Five personality dimensions and disintegration as antecedents of vertical and horizontal internet privacy concerns

Jošt Bartol, Michael Bošnjak, Vasja Vehovar, Gregor Čehovin, Andraž Petrovčič

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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8️⃣ To respond or not to respond: The effects of interpersonal goals on responsive Facebook behaviours

Danielle Villoresi, Stephanie J. Tobin, Jennifer Crocker, Tao Jiang

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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7️⃣ Comparative network analysis of nomophobia and mental health symptoms among college and middle school students

Shixiu Ren, Xiaoxu Lu, Shihui Ren, Manyuan Li, Tour Liu

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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6️⃣ (Dis)Connected: Finding the link between problematic use of internet, parent-child communication and academic performance in emerging adults

Alda Portugal, Carina Almada, Luciana Sotero, Ana Paula Relvas

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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5️⃣ Problematic TikTok use severity, self-control, and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study

Qingqi Liu, Chenyan Zhang, Ziying Yang, Xiaopan Xu

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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4️⃣ Longitudinal bidirectional relations between parental phubbing and adolescents’ life satisfaction: The roles of problematic social network use and personality

Xiaoyan Zhou, Fangfang Tian, Xingchao Wang, Xinyi Chen, Jiping Yang, Xueqi Zeng

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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3️⃣ The anxiety spiral: Reciprocal reinforcement between uncertainty intolerance and social comparison on social networking sites

Qing Yang , Xinhui Qiu, Yicheng Wang, Miao Lv

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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2️⃣ Where you lead, I will follow: Developing a new measure for studying parasocial involvement with influencers

Johanna L. Degen, Diana Pistoll, Andreas M. Brandmaier, Sonja Bröning

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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1️⃣ The development and validation of the extended active-passive social media use scale

Xiang Niu, Philippe Verduyn, James Gaskin, Sebastian Scherr, Dean McDonnell, Jin-Liang Wang

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June 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM