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Small screens, big effects: How screen media shapes early childhood

... media content and child development are mostly not significant [5, 7, 8]. Researchers believe that potential benefits from ... / more

The Dark Side of Social Media - Unpacking Its Psychological Impact 

... and consume information. However, its darker aspects pose significant challenges to individuals and societies. This Special Issue (SI) ... / more

Does organized ritual child abuse exist?

... published in the German version of In-Mind. A significant number of therapists and self-defined victims report secret ... forms of violence exerted are also said to be of such a significant extent that one must expect damage not only to the psyche, but ... / more

How deliberate forgetting might lead to false memories

... memory resulting in false memories [8]. This is a significant issue in legal cases where alleged victims sometimes report ... Finally, participants receive a memory task where a significant proportion of them typically report having seen the ... / more

Viral and harmful: Violence in media and its impact on empathy

... design, the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) marks a significant step forward. It requires major platforms to identify and reduce ... / more

FOMO: The fun everybody else has

... The fear of being excluded, neglected, or forgotten by significant others. Underlying this is the fear of being deprived of ... / more

Scrolling against hate: Developing critical media competence to counter online antisemitism

... [2] and interactive features [3] 1 . People who spend significant portions of their lives in digital environments encounter ... / more

Covert control: How political elites and influencers use manipulation on social media

... them implicitly or explicitly [4]. These users wield significant impact on public opinion and operate as a new form of news media, ... / more

Digital moral distortion: How social media can negatively shape our judgement of right and wrong

... incident became a headline-grabbing media storm, causing significant backlash for the airline and prompting serious changes to their ... the perception of widespread moral outrage can have significant real-world consequences. For instance, frequent exposure to ... / more

Internet, dating, addiction: A match made in heaven

... describes the use of substances leading to clinically significant impairment or distress as substance use disorder ... / more