Publications
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Our latest publications
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Silent yet Not Deserted: Associations Between Ringer Modes, Mobile Phone Use, and Digital Stress
Nasssen, L.-M & Karsay, K. (2026)
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Examining the impact of mental health content on Instagram: The role of empathy and lived experience
Beelen, E., Karsay, K., & Beullens, K. (2026)
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“This didn't exist back then”: A focus group study on adolescents' mental illness perceptions
Weubel, D., Bauer, H., Karsay, K., Wendt, R., & Camerini, A.L. (2026)
Publications
2026
Weubel, D., Bauer, H., Karsay, K., Wendt, R., & Camerini, A.-L. (2026). "This didn't exist back then": A focus group study on adolescents' account of mental illness perceptions in the context of family, peers, and social media. Social Science & Medicine, 408, 119746. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119746
Beelen, E., Karsay, K., & Beullens, K. (2026). Examining the impact of mental health content on Instagram: The role of empathy and lived experience. Medien Journal: Zeitschrift für Kommunikationskultur, 50(1), 49–76. https://doi.org/10.60764/1025-9473.2026.01.3
Nassen, L.-M., & Karsay, K. (2026). Silent yet Not Deserted: Associations Between Ringer Modes, Mobile Phone Use, and Digital Stress. Mobile Media & Communication, 0(0), 20501579261456814. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579261456814
2025
Engel, E., Gell, S., Karsay, K., & Heiss, R. (2025). Engagement With Influencers as Sources of Health Information and Product Promotions: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Austrian Youth Aged 15-25 Years. Journal of Adolescent Health, 78(1), 157-165. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.09.001
Noon, E. J., Maes, C., Karsay, K., Yang, C.-C., Pesout, O., & Stefańczyk, M. M. (2025). From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well-Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth. Journal of Adolescence, 97(4), 917-930. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12465
Karsay, K., Thomas, M. F., & Matthes, J. (2025). Inspiration for perspiration? Two experiments testing the psychological effects of fitspiration. Psychology of Popular Media, 14(3), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000605
von Sikorski, C., Merz, P., Heiss, R., Karsay, K., Naderer, B., & Schmuck, D. (2025). The Political Role of Social Media Influencers: Strategies, Types, and Implications for Democracy—An Introduction. American Behavioral Scientist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642251344208
Vandenbosch, L., Konings, F., Fitzgerald, K., Fardouly, J., Beelen, E., Tabruyn, T., Karsay, K., & Maes, C. (2025). Adolescents’ Sexualized Self-Presentations on Social Media: A Cross-National Data Donation Study. Media Psychology, 29(2). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2509500
Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Noon, E. J. (2025). The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Media Use for Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents. In Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents: Critical Perspectives on Risk and Resilience (pp. 92-101). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003479055-11
2024
Engel, E., Gell, S. A., Karsay, K., & Schmidhofer, J. (2024). "Influencer-Monitor" – Eine Citizen Science Studie mit Jugendlichen zu Gesundheitsinhalten in sozialen Medien: [“Influencer-Monitor” – A Citizen Science Study with Adolescents on Health Content in Social Media]. In S. Gross, C. Schöpf, B. Wild, K. Wirnitzer, & M. Überall (Eds.), transfer Forschung ↔ Schule Heft 10: Nachhaltig gesund - bewegen, essen, kompetenzorientiert lernen (Vol. 10, pp. 2012-2016). Verlag Julius Klinkhardt.
Nassen, L. M., Karsay, K., Vandenbosch, L., & Schreurs, L. (2024). Exploring adolescents' social media connection and disconnection: A latent class approach. Media and Communication , 12, Article 8597. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8597
Beelen, E., & Karsay, K. (2024). “The Future Is Bright! Is It?”: Investigating Effects of Hopeful Mental Health Content and Endorsement Cues on Social Media. Social Media and Society, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241277603
Stevic, A., Schmuck, D., Thomas, M. F., Karsay, K., & Matthes, J. (2024). Distracted children? Nighttime smartphone use, children's attentional problems, and school performance over time. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 44(2), 223-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231164734
Wolfers, L. N., & Karsay, K. (2024). THE SMARTPHONE AS PHYSICAL OBJECT: Advancing The Debate on Problematic Smartphone Use. In The Mobile Media Debate: Challenging Viewpoints Across Epistemologies (pp. 37-51). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003312963-5
Engel, E., Gell, S. A., Heiss, R., & Karsay, K. (2024). Social media influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review of the research field. Social Science & Medicine, 340, Article 116387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116387
Noon, E. J., Maes, C., Karsay, K., & Vandenbosch, L. (2024). Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-Term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction. Media Psychology, 27(2), 161-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2227941
Wolfers, L., & Karsay, K. (2024). The Smartphone as Physical Object: Advancing the Debate on Problematic Smartphone Use^. Manuscript in preparation. In The Mobile Media Debate: Challenging Viewpoints Across Epistemologies Routledge, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5QRUW, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003312963
2023
Matthes, J., Stevic, A., Koban, K., Thomas, M. F., Forrai, M., & Karsay, K. (2023). Fear of missing out, reflective smartphone disengagement, and loneliness in late adolescents. CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 26(10), 731-738. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0014
Karsay, K., Schmuck, D., Stevic, A., & Matthes, J. (2023). Sleeping with the smartphone: A panel study investigating parental mediation, adolescents' tiredness, and physical well-being. Behaviour & Information Technology, 42(11), 1833-1844. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2100277
Nassen, L. M., Vandebosch, H., Poels, K., & Karsay, K. (2023). Opt-out, abstain, unplug. A systematic review of the voluntary digital disconnection literature. Telematics and Informatics, 81, Article 101980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2023.101980