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  1. We need transparency standards for social media research that involves companies

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ian Anderson

  2. Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ian Anderson

  3. People who feel marginalized appear more likely to doomscroll

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media, November 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Stefan Blacha, Ian Anderson

  4. Beyond Active and Passive Social Media Use: Habit Mechanisms Are Behind Frequent Posting and Scrolling on Twitter/X

    Article • February 2024, Center for Open Science

    Ian Anderson

  5. Social Motivations have less impact on the behavior of Habitual Social Media Posters

    Article • Motivation Science, April 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ian Anderson

  6. Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Gizem Ceylan, Ian Anderson

  7. Social Motivations’ Limited Influence on Habitual Behavior: Tests from Social Media Engagement

    Article • December 2022, Center for Open Science

    Ian Anderson

  8. Building and breaking social media habits

    Article • Current Opinion in Psychology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Ian Anderson

  9. Building and Breaking Social Media Habits

    Article • May 2022, Center for Open Science

    Ian Anderson

  10. Morally Homogeneous Networks and Radicalism

    Article • January 2021, Center for Open Science

    Ian Anderson

  11. Habits and the electronic herd: The psychology behind social media’s successes and failures

    Article • November 2020, Center for Open Science

    Ian Anderson

  12. Habits and the Electronic Herd: The psychology behind social media’s successes and failures

    Article • Consumer Psychology Review, November 2020, Wiley

    Ian Anderson