At our Social Media Roundtable with Zoe Daniel MP (she/her) we shared 21 recommendations relating to eating disorders, body image & social media, put together by a working group of eating disorder experts, people with lived experience, leading MPs & social media experts.
butterfly.org.au/get-involved/c…

Grateful to have welcomed this amazing group of body image and social media scholars in Leuven 🧠💡 Leuven MassComm @JessicaAlleva Jasmine Fardouly Anne-Mette Hermans @chellymaes Lara Schreurs laure dedecker Kathleen Beullens Femke Konings IlseVranken Gaëlle Vanhoffelen

Always a joy presenting at #ICED2024 ! My talk spotlighted #crosscultural trends in factors shaping beauty ideals in teenage girls in Australia, China, India, & Iran, & their links with #bodyimage .+ A BIG win for inaugurating our SIG of Black & Brown Professionals🥳 Academy for Eating Disorders

🥁 #AppearanceMatters Conference is BACK! We’re excited to see you in person next year (2024!) - don’t forget to join our mailing list to keep up to date with all the conference news & KEY dates for submissions 💫 gck.fm/rbjwk #AM10Conf #AppearanceConference #BodyImage

Did you know sleep problems are associated with an increased risk of mental health issues? To help combat this, we've just launched Sleep Ninja®.

It's a free, evidence-based app shown to be effective in helping young people with their sleep.
blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-supp…

For this year's musical parody, I rewrote No Scrubs by TLC to cover the phenomenon of social loafing for my students, replete with clones, choreography, and a little nod to Ringelmann. UQPsych
youtu.be/iVMEzTwCKuE

Aussies spend over a billion dollars on injectables every year. From dermal filler to liquid face lifts, journalist Antoinette Lattouf explores the psychology behind this growing trend.

📺 Stream 'Forever Young? The Rise Of Injectables' from Tue 22 Feb, 8.30pm #ABCCatalyst

Parents often seek advice to reduce teen social media use. Our new paper suggests that less parent time spent on social media predicted decreases in teens' time spent on social media. Interestingly restricting teens' use did not. Natasha Magson Carly Johnco journals.sagepub.com/eprint/WQFIYVR…

This time of year is particularly rife with #dietculture messaging that says you need to change your body in order to be accepted, marketing that makes you feel guilty for not exercising or eating certain foods, & content that encourages a 'new year, new me' mentality. Remember⬇️

Is that really me? The ugly truth about beauty filters theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Our narrative review on social media and body image is now available online. It was great working with Laura Vandenbosch and Marika Tiggemann. We discuss (1) specific platforms, (2) activities unique to SM, and (3) potentially positive content.

We are looking for two postdoctoral researchers on social media use and well-being. Who wants to join project AWeSome? Project AWeSome ..

vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdo…

'In a world that can sometimes feel like it’s filled with negativity, #OneKindWord can provide a moment of hope. It can change someone’s perspective. It can change their day. It can change the course of a conversation and break the cycle of bullying.” #AntiBullyingWeek

Are you dissatisfied with your body?
Dr Jasmine Fardouly from UNSW Science's School of Psychology tells Hawaii's The Communification Podcast you're not alone and it can be linked to social media.
🎧to her interview from 3:20.
open.spotify.com/episode/0BGq5l…

Instagram can make teens feel bad about their body, but parents can help. Here’s how theconversation.com/instagram-can-…

Super pleased to have made a small contribution to this The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece led by by Associate Professor Gemma Sharp with Jasmine Fardouly Dr Marilyn Bromberg & ysabel is also on bluesky ✨.

Congratulations to Emma Jackson, Jonathan David, Melissa Norberg and Veronica Sheanoda on their article published today in The Conversation. Well worth reading!

PSYCHSCIENCES@MQ The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Emma F. Jackson Jonathan David, PhD Professor Melissa Norberg (she/her)

theconversation.com/nsw-inquiry-re…

'If we’re gonna do any kind of intervention with a teen girl, it’d probably be a lot more productive to tell her: people are making money off of every minute that you spend on this app,' says Jean Twenge, author of 'iGen' ti.me/2YUtBmy

“Every time I feel good about myself, I go over to Instagram, and then it all goes away.” Facebook knows Instagram is harmful to many young users—especially teen girls, its own research shows. Publicly, the tech giant plays down the app’s impact. wsj.com/articles/faceb… via The Wall Street Journal

Looking forward to watching Mirror Mirror. Thanks for raising awareness about body image issues and the harms caused by unattainable societal beauty ideals Todd Sampson

As a body image researcher, I've often experienced parents/educators express concerns that body image assessments may cause or contribute to body image concerns...
But our most recent paper suggests otherwise (see thread below)
bit.ly/3s0nQya