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  1. “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

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  2. Silent yet Not Deserted: Associations Between Ringer Modes, Mobile Phone Use, and Digital Stress

    Article • Mobile Media & Communication, August 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  3. TikTok Disconnection and its Impact on Use, Task Procrastination, and Psychological Well-being in Emerging Adults

    Article • June 2026, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  4. Engagement With Influencers as Sources of Health Information and Product Promotions: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Austrian Youth Aged 15–25 Years

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  5. Inspiration for perspiration? Two experiments testing the psychological effects of fitspiration.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media, July 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  6. The Political Role of Social Media Influencers: Strategies, Types, and Implications for Democracy—An Introduction

    Article • American Behavioral Scientist, June 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  7. Adolescents’ Sexualized Self-Presentations on Social Media: A Cross-National Data Donation Study

    Article • Media Psychology, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  8. The opportunities and challenges of digital media use for sexually and gender diverse adolescents

    Article • April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  9. From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well‐Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  10. Werbung oder Gesundheitsaufklärung? Eine Citizen Science Studie zu den Gesundheitsinhalten von Social Media Influencern

    Article • Das Gesundheitswesen, December 2024, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  11. Social Media Influencers as a New Source of Health Information: Insights from an Austrian Youth Survey

    Article • Das Gesundheitswesen, December 2024, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  12. Exploring Adolescents’ Social Media Connection and Disconnection: A Latent Class Approach

    Article • Media and Communication, November 2024, Cogitatio

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  13. From Stigma to Strength? The Interrelations Between Sexual Identity Stigma, Well-Being, and Accepting Communities on Instagram Amongst Sexual Minority Youth

    Article • September 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  14. “The Future Is Bright! Is It?”: Investigating Effects of Hopeful Mental Health Content and Endorsement Cues on Social Media

    Article • Social Media + Society, July 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  15. Gender role portrayals in television advertisements: Do channel characteristics matter?

    Article • March 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  16. This Picture Does Not Portray Reality: Developing and Testing a Disclaimer for Digitally Enhanced Pictures on Social Media Appropriate for Austrian Tweens and Teens.

    Article • March 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  17. The Smartphone as Physical Object

    Article • February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  18. Social media influencers and adolescents’ health: A scoping review of the research field

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  19. Silent Yet Not Deserted: Associations between Ringer Modes, Mobile Phone Use, and Digital Stress

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  20. Fear of Missing Out, Reflective Smartphone Disengagement, and Loneliness in Late Adolescents

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, October 2023, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  21. Distracted Children? Nighttime Smartphone Use, Children’s Attentional Problems, and School Performance Over Time

    Article • The Journal of Early Adolescence, September 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  22. Making the Good Better? Investigating the Long-Term Associations Between Capitalization on Social Media and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction

    Article • Media Psychology, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  23. Opt-out, abstain, unplug. A systematic review of the voluntary digital disconnection literature

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  24. “Whatever you do, I can do too”: Disentangling the daily relations between exposure to positive social media content, can self, and pressure

    Article • Communication Monographs, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  25. Digital Divide (Global)

    Article • September 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  26. Privacy concerns can stress you out: Investigating the reciprocal relationship between mobile social media privacy concerns and perceived stress

    Article • Communications, September 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  27. Sleeping with the smartphone: a panel study investigating parental mediation, adolescents’ tiredness, and physical well-being

    Article • Behaviour and Information Technology, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  28. Messaging, Posting, and Browsing: A Mobile Experience Sampling Study Investigating Youth’s Social Media Use, Affective Well-Being, and Loneliness

    Article • Social Science Computer Review, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  29. Media and Children's Social Development

    Article • March 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  30. Reflective smartphone disengagement: Conceptualization, measurement, and validation

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  31. Reflective Smartphone Disengagement Scale

    Article • January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  32. Endlessly Connected: Moving Forward with Agentic Perspectives of Mobile Media (Non-)Use

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  33. This picture does not portray reality: developing and testing a disclaimer for digitally enhanced pictures on social media appropriate for Austrian tweens and teens

    Article • Journal of Children and Media, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  34. Out of control? How parents’ perceived lack of control over children’s smartphone use affects children’s self-esteem over time

    Article • New Media & Society, April 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  35. “I (Don’t) Respect My Body”: Investigating the Role of Mass Media Use and Self-Objectification on Adolescents’ Positive Body Image in a Cross-National Study

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  36. Objectification

    Article • September 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  37. Smartphone use and well-being

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  38. Smartphone use affecting stress and loneliness

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, November 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  39. ‘Age Matters’ a panel study investigating the influence of communicative and passive smartphone use on well-being

    Article • Behaviour and Information Technology, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  40. “Looking Up and Feeling Down”. The influence of mobile social networking site use on upward social comparison, self-esteem, and well-being of adult smartphone users

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  41. Gender role portrayals in television advertisements: Do channel characteristics matter?

    Article • Communications, April 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  42. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document

    Article • Database, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

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  43. A srudy on h ow social media affect adolescents' well-being

    Article • Media Psychology, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  44. Increasingly sexy? Sexuality and sexual objectification in popular music videos, 1995–2016.

    Article • Psychology of Popular Media Culture, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  45. A treat for the eyes. An eye-tracking study on children's attention to unhealthy and healthy food cues in media content

    Article • Appetite, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  46. How Social and Mass Media Relate to Youth’s Self-Sexualization: Taking a Cross-National Perspective on Rewarded Appearance Ideals

    Article • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  47. Corrigendum

    Article • Media Psychology, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  48. Detecting the Persuasive Intent of Product Placements in Photographic Love Stories: Consequences for Brand Recall and Brand Evaluation

    Article • January 2018, Nomos Verlag

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  49. How sexualizing media influence our views on our bodies.

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, December 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  50. “Weak, Sad, and Lazy Fatties”: Adolescents’ Explicit and Implicit Weight Bias Following Exposure to Weight Loss Reality TV Shows

    Article • Media Psychology, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  51. Construct

    Article • November 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  52. Adopting the Objectifying Gaze: Exposure to Sexually Objectifying Music Videos and Subsequent Gazing Behavior

    Article • Media Psychology, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  53. Article • MedienJournal, March 2017, Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  54. Sexually Objectifying Pop Music Videos, Young Womens Self-Objectification, and Selective Exposure: A Moderated Mediation Model

    Article • Communication Research, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  55. Handbuch Werbeforschung

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay

  56. Werbung – Ethik – Moral

    Article • September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Kathrin Karsay