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Are you passionate about psychological research and science communication? Do you want to help make psychology accessible to everyone? We are currently looking for new volunteers to join the In-Mind team and we would love to hear from you!

📢 𝗜𝗻-𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📢

Yesterday, In-Mind hosted a pre-conference workshop on science communication at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Political Psychology Network (@polpsynetde.bsky.social) at the @univie.ac.at.

#24hpolpsy 2026 in Vienna has begun! The 6th annual meeting of @polpsynetde.bsky.social kicked off with a preconference on science communication organised by InMind's @janadreston.bsky.social. Now, presentations are in full swing 😊

Are you working on a paper or your dissertation? If so, join us for our first Winter Writing School in Duisburg from March 2nd to 4th.

We also offer travel grants for members of the DGPs MediaPsych.

MiRezFo x Media Psych Writing Winter School We are very excited for the first ever joined writing workshop organized by MiRezfo and Media Psych. Program: Day 1 (March 2nd, from 2 PM): Check in & Get together, Input on writing strategies, Mini-...

Boost your writing this winter! ❄️✍️

We’re thrilled to launch our first-ever Winter Writing Workshop, jointly organized by MiRezFo (DGPuK) and Media Psych youth representatives —designed to help junior scholars make progress on their writing projects.

👉 Sign up by Dec.15th: forms.gle/kPBUDZsVfyHh...

💬 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙣-𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 #5: 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 💬

✅ Choose the same scope as the article
🗣️ Make sure the title can be understood before reading the article
🌍 Readers across the globe should understand the text
🎯 Choose clarity over catchiness
🔍 Support searchability

Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: effects on subjective and objective political knowledge and aligned voting Abstract. As political campaigns increasingly use social media to reach voters, scholars debate whether users actually acquire election-related knowledge o

📢 New in HCR by @janadreston.bsky.social and @andreasnanz.bsky.social:

Both intentional search and accidental exposure to election info on social media boost political knowledge—but don’t improve vote-choice alignment. Intentional seekers just feel more confident.

Read: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...

@janadreston.bsky.social is a PhD student at @unidue.bsky.social. Her research focuses on political and scientific communication on social media. She analyses the impact of information processing on knowledge and participation.

The newly elected young scholar representatives of the @dgps.bsky.social met up to start their work. 💪
For the #mediapsych division @klingelhoefer.bsky.social and @janadreston.bsky.social will be representing young scholars wishes and needs and bring their perspective into the association. 📢

Are you interested in applied science communication? In-Mind is looking for interested researchers and master students to join their social media team

Deadline: October 1st

@psyfako.bsky.social

Congratulations to the new team:
- Özen Odag (Chair)
- @dpossler.bsky.social (Vice Chair)
- @romohseni.bsky.social (Treasurer)
- @klingelhoefer.bsky.social (ECR representative)
- @janadreston.bsky.social (ECR vice-representative)

And welcome @hannahdecker.bsky.social, our new social media secretary

@de.in-mind.org @olivergenschow.bsky.social @tamaradebeuf.bsky.social @annabelnijhof.bsky.social @lauramkoenig.bsky.social @inmindnl.bsky.social

Join our team at In-Mind: We are looking for 2 new editors and 3-4 people for our social media team!

New study by @janadreston.bsky.social @anneo.bsky.social & @germanneubaum.bsky.social reveals how users understand algorithms. Key findings: 71% have a basic understanding of algorithms but only 33% can explain how they work; users see themselves as passive actors when interacting with algorithms 🧪

🧠 Meet the minds behind In-Mind: The Editorial Team 🧠

✨ Jana Dreston
💼 Editor-in-Chief
🎓 PhD student @unidue.bsky.social‬.
🔍 Research interests: science communication, political education on social media, memory processes

#MeetTheTeam #Psychology #ScienceCommunication
@janadreston.bsky.social

🎓 Top Student-Led Paper

🎓 @janadreston.bsky.social & @andreasnanz.bsky.social

📄 Incidental Exposure in a Mock Election Setting on Social Media: Effects on Subjective and Objective Political Knowledge and Aligned Voting

Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...

🚨 Join In-Mind 🚨

Applications to join our volunteer team at In-Mind are still open until Thursday, May 1 – we would love to hear from you!

🔗 Find out more here: www.in-mind.org/blog/post/jo...

📝 Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ScienceCommunication #Psychology #OpenScience #SciComm

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10 days left to submit for our special issue on "the dark side of social media" 📱
At In-Mind, we publish short literature reviews for interested laypeople - science communication has never been that easy

Deadline for submitting abstracts (200 words): May 2nd

Join our team at In-Mind!

🚨 Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue on the Negative Psychological Consequences of Social Media 🚨

We are currently seeking abstracts for the special issue “The Dark Side of Social Media — Unpacking its Psychological Impact”.

🗓️ Abstracts submission deadline: May 2, 2025

🚨 Join the In-Mind Team: Help us make psychology accessible to everyone! 🚨

We’re currently recruiting:
📝 Editors in Clinical, Developmental, and I/O Psychology
📱 Social Media Team Members
🧩 Digital Support Team Members

#ScienceCommunication #Psychology #OpenScience #SciComm

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I am very happy to share that the second paper of my dissertation has been published in Communication Research. German Neubaum and I examined the effect of intentionality of news seeking on social media on objective and subjective political knowledge.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

@claesdevreese.bsky.social @icacat.bsky.social

🚨 2 days left to submit to our special issue on the psychological dimension of Artificial Intelligence 🚨

You do reasearch on the intersection of psychology and AI? Consider submitting to In-Mind‘s special issue on this topic
Deadline: January 31st

I would like to be added :)