Philipp K. Masur
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Philipp K. Masur
@masurphil.bsky.social
Associate Professor at VU Amsterdam | digital communication, privacy, social influence & media literacy | Director of the Digital Media and Behavior Lab - www.dmb-lab.nl | More on: www.philippmasur.de
Similarity moderated these processes. Participants relied less on prevalence cues when evaluating similar others, yet similarity amplified the impact of norms once they were formed.

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The findings were quite consistent: prevalence was the dominant mechanism. Higher levels of visual disclosure among peers led to stronger descriptive and injunctive norms, which in turn increased participants’ own disclosure intentions.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We therefore developed a new platform called Travelgram, closely resembling Instagram. It simulated the full social media experience. Participants scrolled, posted, liked, commented and we manipulated what they saw.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEW PREPRINT 💡

Together with @dougaparry.bsky.social, I just published a new preprint experimentally examining how specific normative cues on social media shape self-disclosure using an innovative simulation approach.

Link: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It offers a comprehensive literature review of privacy and comparative privacy research, thereupon develops a new framework and a research agenda for comparative privacy research.
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