Luca Carbone
@luca-carbone.bsky.social
Postdoc at KU Leuven @mediapsychologylab • Affiliated Harvard @weatherheadcenter • media, youth, mental health, social inequalities, CSS www.lucacarbone.com
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Luca Carbone
@luca-carbone.bsky.social
· Jun 14
Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉
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And we are live! 🚀
The Popular Media & Culture Division of
@nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and nuggets of popular culture in the PM&C community.
👉 we want to connect and amplify your work--tag us or reach out if you have anything to share!
The Popular Media & Culture Division of
@nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and nuggets of popular culture in the PM&C community.
👉 we want to connect and amplify your work--tag us or reach out if you have anything to share!
October 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And we are live! 🚀
The Popular Media & Culture Division of
@nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and nuggets of popular culture in the PM&C community.
👉 we want to connect and amplify your work--tag us or reach out if you have anything to share!
The Popular Media & Culture Division of
@nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and nuggets of popular culture in the PM&C community.
👉 we want to connect and amplify your work--tag us or reach out if you have anything to share!
It was a pleasure to present my work w/ @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social (@mediapsychologylab.bsky.social) on meritocratic masculinities in music, resonance processes, and youth's mental health.
👉 poster and additional resources: lnkd.in/eUADqqyF
Thanks for the organization @digisoc.bsky.social !
👉 poster and additional resources: lnkd.in/eUADqqyF
Thanks for the organization @digisoc.bsky.social !
We attended the @digisoc.bsky.social International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society in Leuven.👏@robynvanherle.bsky.social (co-)presented 2 mHealth studies, 1 with @svestkova-ady.bsky.social, @irtis.bsky.social. @luca-carbone.bsky.social presented on meritocratic masculinities in music.
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It was a pleasure to present my work w/ @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social (@mediapsychologylab.bsky.social) on meritocratic masculinities in music, resonance processes, and youth's mental health.
👉 poster and additional resources: lnkd.in/eUADqqyF
Thanks for the organization @digisoc.bsky.social !
👉 poster and additional resources: lnkd.in/eUADqqyF
Thanks for the organization @digisoc.bsky.social !
My book review 📚 of Dunkel & Schiller *Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe* is out on @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme! This is a rich and engaging book, OA here: doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite!
👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...
Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite!
👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My book review 📚 of Dunkel & Schiller *Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe* is out on @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme! This is a rich and engaging book, OA here: doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite!
👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...
Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite!
👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...
Excited to share our latest preregistered study with Christoph Klimmt and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social about the role of adolescents’ favorite music artists for the internalization of a performance-oriented self-concept! 🎶 doi.org/10.1080/1520... 1/
The Internalization of a Performance-Oriented Self-Concept Among Adolescents Through Their Favorite Music Artists
Music is a highly popular yet understudied element of adolescents’ media and cultural consumption that functions as an influential agent of socialization. Past work has shown the presence of perfor...
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Excited to share our latest preregistered study with Christoph Klimmt and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social about the role of adolescents’ favorite music artists for the internalization of a performance-oriented self-concept! 🎶 doi.org/10.1080/1520... 1/
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CfP! We Want More: Music / Sociology!
Call for papers | International Popular Music Studies Conference at @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social 8th April 2026, deadline for abstracts 1st Oct 2025 www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
Call for papers | International Popular Music Studies Conference at @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social 8th April 2026, deadline for abstracts 1st Oct 2025 www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...
We Want More: Music / Sociology!
Join us to explore the sociology of (popular) music – from AI to activism, labour to care. Call for papers open until 1 October 2025.
www.eur.nl
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Excited to share some conclusions of our research on youth and well-being @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social @jasminarosic.bsky.social @luca-carbone.bsky.social @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
The MIMIc project, led by @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social, investigates how ‘malleable ideals’—the constantly shifting portrayals of success & perfection in media—influence teenagers’ well-being, identity, and life aspirations.
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/jLuzdnI
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/jLuzdnI
Teenagers’ wellbeing affected by media narratives
Popular media narratives may be distorting teenagers' perception of success, according to research by Laura Vandenbosch. Her project aims to define the impact of 'malleable ideals' in the media on…
europa.eu
June 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Excited to share some conclusions of our research on youth and well-being @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social @jasminarosic.bsky.social @luca-carbone.bsky.social @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉
June 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Honored and stoked to be awarded the best dissertation award from the Children, Adolescents, and Media (CAM) division of @icahdq.bsky.social ! 🎉
Looking forward to next week #ICA25! If you are interested in research on music🎵, adolescents🧒, and resonance💥, you can catch me at the following sessions👇
June 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Looking forward to next week #ICA25! If you are interested in research on music🎵, adolescents🧒, and resonance💥, you can catch me at the following sessions👇
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New pub! 📈
Can picture-perfect social media posts make adolescents more perfectionistic?
Using a 3-wave panel design, we examined the reciprocal links between exposure to positive content on social media and perfectionism among 1,697 adolescents from Belgium, France, and Slovenia.
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Can picture-perfect social media posts make adolescents more perfectionistic?
Using a 3-wave panel design, we examined the reciprocal links between exposure to positive content on social media and perfectionism among 1,697 adolescents from Belgium, France, and Slovenia.
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May 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New pub! 📈
Can picture-perfect social media posts make adolescents more perfectionistic?
Using a 3-wave panel design, we examined the reciprocal links between exposure to positive content on social media and perfectionism among 1,697 adolescents from Belgium, France, and Slovenia.
Read more:
Can picture-perfect social media posts make adolescents more perfectionistic?
Using a 3-wave panel design, we examined the reciprocal links between exposure to positive content on social media and perfectionism among 1,697 adolescents from Belgium, France, and Slovenia.
Read more:
Reposted by Luca Carbone
Pub alert ⚠️ It’s not just about 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 to be like them—it’s about 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯. Our new PoMRA scale measures perceptions of media role models’ attainability. We found that influencers seem more within reach than celebrities, underscoring why attainability matters in media effects studies✨
2️⃣ In the concept paper, we argue that closeness to opinion followers in status can make opinion leaders seem *attainable*. In the second pub @jmcquarterly.bsky.social, we (w/ @heleendekoninck.bsky.social and @desireeschmuck.bsky.social) present a measure for attainability: doi.org/10.1177/1077...
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May 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Pub alert ⚠️ It’s not just about 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 to be like them—it’s about 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯. Our new PoMRA scale measures perceptions of media role models’ attainability. We found that influencers seem more within reach than celebrities, underscoring why attainability matters in media effects studies✨
Congratulations @jasminarosic.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social !! ✨✨
New paper in JCMC📃📢 With @laraschreurs.bsky.social & @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social we explored reciprocal longitudinal links between adolescents' perceived digital well-being & self-esteem + the role of digital inequality & smartphone screen time doi.org/10.1093/jcmc...
@erc.europa.eu MIMIc project
@erc.europa.eu MIMIc project
April 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Congratulations @jasminarosic.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social and @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social !! ✨✨
Call for replication studies and peer-review of pre-registered reports on health behavior, great initiative! We need more of this.
Call for collaborators!
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science.
Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies.
Details: www.cos.io/rphb
Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)
The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ...
www.cos.io
April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Call for replication studies and peer-review of pre-registered reports on health behavior, great initiative! We need more of this.
Reposted by Luca Carbone
Excited that our MIMIc Project, (team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social , @jasminarosic.bsky.social , @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social and @luca-carbone.bsky.social ) on social media uses and teen's well-being and success beliefs will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! Many thanks to @erc.europa.eu !
April 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Excited that our MIMIc Project, (team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social , @jasminarosic.bsky.social , @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social and @luca-carbone.bsky.social ) on social media uses and teen's well-being and success beliefs will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025! Many thanks to @erc.europa.eu !
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We're proud to announce that the MIMIc Project, led by @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social alongside team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, @jasminarosic.bsky.social, @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social, and @luca-carbone.bsky.social will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025!
www.projectmimic.eu
@erc.europa.eu
www.projectmimic.eu
@erc.europa.eu
The ERC-funded project MIMIc will be at Osaka #EXPO2025!
It explores how ever-changing media ideals shape young lives, driving personal & societal challenges.
What is the real impact of these pressures?
👉 projectmimic.eu
#EUatExpo @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
It explores how ever-changing media ideals shape young lives, driving personal & societal challenges.
What is the real impact of these pressures?
👉 projectmimic.eu
#EUatExpo @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We're proud to announce that the MIMIc Project, led by @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social alongside team members @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social, @jasminarosic.bsky.social, @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social, and @luca-carbone.bsky.social will be featured at Osaka #EXPO2025!
www.projectmimic.eu
@erc.europa.eu
www.projectmimic.eu
@erc.europa.eu
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🆕 3-Year PhD in Quantitative Social Sciences on "Adolescent Social Media, Mental Health & Inequalities"! 🎯
Deadline: March 31
Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social]
Apply & Share!👇
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Deadline: March 31
Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social]
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February 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🆕 3-Year PhD in Quantitative Social Sciences on "Adolescent Social Media, Mental Health & Inequalities"! 🎯
Deadline: March 31
Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social]
Apply & Share!👇
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Deadline: March 31
Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social]
Apply & Share!👇
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Reposted by Luca Carbone
Making sense of heterogenous media content experiences and their effects with @luca-carbone.bsky.social and @chellymaes.bsky.social #etmaal2025 🧑🎓🎮📱📺🎧 @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Making sense of heterogenous media content experiences and their effects with @luca-carbone.bsky.social and @chellymaes.bsky.social #etmaal2025 🧑🎓🎮📱📺🎧 @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social