Our April 2026 scholar in the spotlight is Yifei Lu, a PhD student at the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania, interested in (mobile) social interactions and social cognition.
See our full interview with Yifei here: www.icamobile.org/scholar-yifei
👇 Cool opportunity for mobile data from @jsradford.bsky.social and Northeastern's National Internet Observatory
nationalinternetobservatory.org/researchers....
Of interest to @icamobile.bsky.social 📱
Thanks to @qinli0.bsky.social for sharing! ❤️
In Episode 5 of the Oral Histories of Mobile Communication, we hear from @jasonfarman.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, whose work has been foundational to the study of embodiment, space, and mobile media. Watch the episode here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ahi...
Our ECR @mqrmobile.bsky.social has planned another two information sessions on 7th and 8th April! Do join if you are interested to learn more about the division, meet likeminded individuals, and some new friends in preparation for #ICA26 in Cape Town!
Two exciting opportunities are closing soon! Nominations for the Top Dissertation Award are due March 31, and the Emerging Scholar Research Grant deadline is May 4. Know someone deserving? Nominate them! Details:
www.icamobile.org/topdissertat...
www.icamobile.org/emergingscho...
@rzhprfshr.bsky.social is our March 2026 scholar in the spotlight! She is a PhD student working closely with @joebayer.bsky.social and Dr Mimi Brinberg in understanding how everyday mobile media use affects relationships.
See our full interview with Razieh here! www.icamobile.org/scholar-razieh
Working with digital & comp tools?
MMR is dedicated to short pieces introducing research tools for #mobilecomm research. 🛠️📱
🎯Goal: Transparency, reuse & recognition for the tools we build and use.
Editor: dscheykopp.bsky.social
👉journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mobile_research...
February 2026's scholar in the spotlight is @aliciagilbert.bsky.social! Alicia is a PhD candidate and research associate at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. You can read our interview with Alicia here: www.icamobile.org/scholar-alic...
Exciting news for Mobile Communication Division members attending the @icahdq.bsky.social Annual Conference in Cape Town in June! We are offering division swag.
More reasons to come join us later this year at the #ICAMobile reception!
#ICA2026
To our mobile early career scholars, do consider signinf up for the Early Career Colloquium if you would want amazing and detailed feedback on your projects!
This is a reminder that the #ICA2026 Mobile Preconference submission deadline is coming up next week! Do consider sending in your workshop proposals and extended abstracts before the deadline! The full call can be found here: www.icamobile.org/calls
Mora Matassi is January's scholar in the spotlight! She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can view the full interview with Mora through this link: www.icamobile.org/scholar-mora
Exciting times ahead! In June, our newly elected officers @lisemarienassen.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, and @deeptiapte.bsky.social will officially step into their roles to take #ICAMobile forward. We look forward to introducing them at the #ICA26 Business Meeting. Stay tuned!
For all early career scholars: Our ECR @mqrmobile.bsky.social is running a senior scholar support program. If you are interested in getting a senior scholar to provide feedback, please sign up through the interest form by 19 January!
We have another episode of the Oral Histories of Mobile Communication series up now! In this episode, @richling.bsky.social reflects on the early adoption of mobile phones in the 90s till the rise of platforms, mobility, and AI-mediated interaction today. Not to be missed!
#ICA2025 #Mobilecomm
A reminder that the mid-year meet & greet event is happening over the next two days! Join us if you want to learn more about the division!
December's Scholar in the Spotlight is @larawolfers.bsky.social! Lara is assistant professor of digital lives and heads the Center of Digital Lives at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel. You can view the full interview with Lara through this link: www.icamobile.org/scholar-lara
Episode 3 from our Oral History Project is out, and this time, it is none other than our division's Vice-Chair being featured. Catch the new episode in the link below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_p...
#ICA2026 #mobilecomm
We will have an amazing mid-year meet & greet event next week. Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there! #mobilecomm toward #ICA2026
✨ Scholar in the Spotlight is here!
Meet Rich Ling - our very first featured scholar! Discover his insights and what makes his tick!
Here's the fun part: each scholar picks the next one to spotlight. Who will Rich choose? 👀
Read the full interview 👉 www.icamobile.org/spotlight-ri...
#ICAMobile
Final Call for ICA26 Submissions!The deadline is almost here! Submit your research to #ICA26 before time runs out.⏰
Deadline: November 3 @ 12:00 PM EDT
👉 ica2026.abstractcentral.com
We are so proud to have the highest voter turnout (tied with CAM) at the recent ICA elections! Congratulations to @lisemarienassen.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, and Deepti Apte! Thank you also to all members of Mobile Comm who voted! You guys are awesome!
First up in the @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar event calendar is How to Submit to the Mobile Communication Division, featuring International Liaison @luytioco.bsky.social and former chair Keri Stephens. Details here:
As always, our early career representative @mqrmobile.bsky.social has planned a list of activities throughout the year for early career scholars! Look out for the registration links every month!
We are currently accepting extended abstracts and workshop proposals for the #ICA2026 Mobile Preconference! We invite submissions across diverse disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical backgrounds!
Deadline is 30th January 2026, and the full call can be found here: www.icamobile.org/calls
🗳️ ICA Elections are open!
We’ve got stellar candidates for Secretary, Early Career Rep & International Liaison!
🗓️ Vote by Oct 21, 2025: www.icahdq.org/page/Electio...
Let’s keep the tradition of strong member engagement alive!
#ICA2026 #ICAElections
📢 Heads up, everyone!
The #ICA2026 Call for Papers is live and the submission site is open! 📝
🗓️ Deadline: 3 Nov, 12pm EDT
🔍 Check out this year’s Mobile Comm CfP:
www.icahdq.org/mpage/MOBILE...
Start submitting your best work and see you in Cape Town next June!
🚨 Job Alert: Cal Poly SLO is hiring a tenure-track Asst Prof in Social Media & Strategic Communication!
🔍 Focus: Social media strategy & analytics (crisis/risk, health, AI/human–machine comm)
📄 Full call: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/54...
At this year’s preconference, @asouzaesilva.bsky.social launched the History of Mobile Communication project—documenting the field’s evolution through interviews with pioneering researchers from the 1990s and early 2000s. 🎙️📱 New episodes now live at www.icamobile.org/history-proj.... Check them out!
