Plussen en minnen van social media

How does using social media relate to feeling lonely, and why do some adolescents seem to be more affected than others? A new study by Rebecca Godard, Amber van der Wal, and Ine Beyens sheds light on these questions using intensive, real‑time data from…

On the 5th and 6th February 2026, Team AWeSoMe attended the ETMAAL 2026 conference, hosted by the university of Wageningen. Etmaal is the annual meeting where communication researchers from Dutch and Flemish universities come together to share their…

A new large-scale diary study was published by Amber van der Wal, Ine Beyens, Loes Janssen and Patti Valkenburg: Diverse platforms, diverse effects: Evidence from a 100-day study on social media and adolescent mental health. The study sheds light on how…

A new article by Yucan Xiong, Amber van der Wal, and Ine Beyens in Social Science Computer Review sheds fresh light on what drives and discourages participation in data donation research. Their systematic review brings together the existing evidence on…

A new large-scale diary study published by Loes Janssen, Patti Valkenburg, Loes Keijsers, & Ine Beyens, in Scientific Reports uncovers alarming differences in how adolescents with depressive symptoms experience social media compared with their peers. The…