Research Group MIOS search menu search content MIOS Media & ICT in Organisations and Society Our team is dedicated to the scientific study of individuals’ uses of media and digital technologies in interpersonal relations and in interaction with organizations, to gain insight into computer-mediated…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content About MIOS Welcome to our MIOS website! Here you can find all general information about our vibrant research group MIOS. On the left, you can navigate your way through the information we love to share with you. Meet our team, discover our mission statem…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content MIOS updates MIOS truly is a vibrant research group. In the navigation on the left side of the page, you can discover our interesting published research, as well as the high-quality conferences we attend to share our knowledge with others. Here, we not …

Research Group MIOS search menu search content MIOS in the spotlight Welcome! Every once in a while, we love to put our MIOS member and their research in the spotlight. View all previous Spotlight editions via the navigation on the left. Want to see more? Then be sure to return here soon for our nex…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is a type of bullying via communication technologies. As of 2005, MIOS has been doing research on cyberbullying and related online phenomena, such as celebrity bashing and cyber dating abuse. The common thread in this researc…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Encyclopedia MIOS contributes to the International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy Media literacy experts Renee Hobbs and Paul Michailidis have published in collaboration with the International Communication Association the first encyclopedia of media li…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Sexting Sexting: motives and risk of online sexual self-presentation In the current debate around sexting, this book gives a nuanced account of motives, contexts and possible risks of intimate digital communication. Authors discuss how social media shap…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Conferences In the navigation on the left, you can learn more about the conferences and other events in which our MIOS members were involved in the past (and in the future). Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the prope…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Cyberbullying Narratives in Research and Interventions on Cyberbullying among Young People This book describes innovative ways to do research about, and design interventions for, cyberbullying by children and adolescents. It does this by taking a narrat…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Gaming MIOS invests a lot of efforts in the development of educational tools for young people, parents and teachers concerning our key research topics, including gaming. We believe that the strenght of our high-quality research lies within the validatio…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Online privacy MIOS invests a lot of efforts in the development of educational tools for young people, parents and teachers concerning our key research topics, including online privacy. We believe that the strenght of our high-quality research lies with…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Our members You are very welcome to meet all the members of our research group MIOS as listed below. For more information about our members' current projects and publications, please click on their name to go to their personal webpage. Spokesperson Prof…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content COVID-19 In these troubling times, our research group wants to contribute to the knowledge about the virus that is causing the global COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, we contribute insights from a communication science point of view. All MIOS initi…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Etmaal 2020 In 2020, the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam organised the annual Dutch-Flemish Communication Studies conference (Etmaal) in Amsterdam, NL (February 6-7, 2020). The following studies of MIOS …

Research Group MIOS search menu search content ICA 2015 The 64th annual conference of the International Communication Association was organised in San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 21-25, 2015). The following studies of MIOS researchers were presented at the conference: Sexual Harassment on Social Networki…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content ICA 2013 The 62th annual conference of the International Communication Association was organised in London, UK (June 17-21, 2013). The following studies of MIOS researchers were presented at the conference: How Product Representation Shapes Virtual Expe…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Etmaal 2019 In 2019, the Radboud University’s Communication Scientists organised the annual Dutch-Flemish Communication Studies conference (Etmaal) in Nijmegen, NL (February 7-8, 2019). The following studies of MIOS researchers were presented at the c…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Educational tools MIOS invests a lot of efforts in the development of educational tools for young people, parents and teachers concerning our key research topics: cyberbullying, sexting, online privacy, online advertising, etc. We believe that the stren…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content CBEN (2018) The Cognition, Behavior & Evolution Network (CBEN) unites scholars working in the fields of evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, human biology, primatology, philosophy, and cultural evolution. The aim of CBEN is to facilitate researc…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content ICA 2014 The 63th annual conference of the International Communication Association was organised in Seattle, USA (May 22-26, 2014). The following studies of MIOS researchers were presented at the conference: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Seri…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Prevention & intervention MIOS invests a lot in societal value creation, on top of our scientific output. Together with several organisations, the MIOS team collaborates in the development of prevention and intervention initiatives. We also develop evid…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Our networks Involvement in international networks The MIOS team is part of several other international research networks: COST 18115 Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level COST IS0801 action on cyberbullying …

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Our mission MIOS is a research group within the Department of Communication Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Since 2003 our team is dedicated to the study of individuals’ uses of media and ICT, as well as interpersonal relations within organ…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content ICA 2021 The 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association will be a virtual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic (May 27-31, 2021). The following studies of MIOS researchers will be presented at the conference: The instrument…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content HEBEN (2014) The Human Evolution and Behavior Network (HEBEN) was founded in 2003 to meet the challenges posed by dramatic changes in our understanding of our own species. The Center is dedicated to advance interdisciplinary research of human thinking a…