Mentoring

Begeleiding (Supervision): Post-Doctoral Researcher (Co)-Supervisor

1. Dr. Annemarie van Oosten
2. Dr. Dian de Vries
3. Dr. Jakob Ohme
4. Dr. Karin Fikkers
5. Dr. Ine Beyens

Begeleiding (Supervision): Doctoral (Co)-Promotion

1. Promotor Zhiying Liu, In Progress, Extending Entertainment
2. Promotor Liza Keessen, In Progress, Digital Transformation of Me-Time (DIGI-ME)
3. Promotor Danique Heemskerk, In Progress, Charge Your Brainzzz
4. Promotor Rebecca Wald, In Progress, In Rosie We Trust? Virtual Assistants in Families
5. Promotor Amber van der Wal, March 2022, All Joking Aside: Towards an Understanding of
   Humor and Aggression in Adolescents’ Media Entertainment
6. Co-Promotor Francette Broekman, March 2018, Tap In, Swipe Through, Pinch Out: Understanding the role of
   context, content, and child in apps for children.
7. Co-Promotor Karin Fikkers, February 2016, A different(ial) perspective: How social context influences the media
   violence-aggression relationship among early adolescents. *Cum Laude
8. Supervisor Sanne Nikkelen, January 2016, The role of media entertainment in children’s and adolescents’ ADHD-related
   behaviors: A reason for concern?

Begeleiding (Supervision): Doctoral Committee Member

1. Ana Filipa da Silva Pinho, tbd, University of Amsterdam.
2. Linet Rabia Durmuşoğlu, January 2025, Navigating a complex landscape: parental political socialization in the Netherlands University of Amsterdam.
3. Valeria Resendex, October 2024, Speaking the News, University of Amsterdam.
4. Sophie Minihold, September 2024, Digital Campaign Competence: The Role of Citizens in Data-Driven Election Campaigns, University of Amsterdam & University of Vienna.
5. Shuan Su, May 2024, Unraveling problematic smartphone use: The good and the bad through longitudinal, qualitative and psychometric perspectives, University of Amsterdam.
6. Maud Hensums, January 2024, Adolescent harmful social behavior as strategic self-regulation, University of Amsterdam.
7. Ewa Międzobrodzka, Falll 2023, Traces of violent game play in adolescent development, VU Amsterdam.
8. Claire van Duin, Spring 2023, The risks of social media for young people: A closer look at problematic social media use and content responses, University of Luxembourg.
9. Britta Brugman, Spring 2023, Consumption, Characteristics, and Consequences of Satirical News, VU Amsterdam.
10. Lara Schreurs, June 2022, Can social media literacy contribute to adolescents’
    mental wellbeing? Developing a conceptual framework for the socialization of social media literacy and
    its role in mitigating adversarial social media effects, KU Leuven.
11. Marleen J.E. Klaassen, January 2020, Understanding internet pornography’s content and
    its relation to adolescents’ sexual attitude, University of Amsterdam. Role: Committee member.
12. Faculty Opponent Nils Holmberg, December 2016, Effects of Online Advertising on Children’s Visual
    Attention and Task Performance During Free and Goal-Directed Internet Use, Lund University.

Studentbegeleiding (Student Supervision): (Research) Master’s Degree

1. Jingni He, June 2023, Hi (HAII) ChatGPT: Exploring User Experience and AI Affordances. [Research Master
   degree]
2. Hanna Hampe, June 2021, Understanding Virtual Assistants in Uruguayan families. [Research Master
   degree]
3. Matteo Rinaldi, January 2020, Brain-training games and metacognitive development: the effect of a
   modelling agent [Research Master degree]
4. Anoushé Dastmaltschi, June 2019, Guilty Pleasure Television: Can multiscreening curb guilt? [Master
   degree]
5. Selam Habtemariam, June 2019, Moral Media: Can Media Prime Tweens Moral Intuitions? [Research
   Master degree]
6. Karla Hernandez Zaldivar, February 2019, Defining and Predicting Marathon Viewing [Master degree]
7. Hande Çorapcioğlu, February 2019, How digital literacy influences the effectiveness of workplace social
   media [Master degree]
8. Leslie Wheeler, February 2019, Making an influencer [Master degree]
9. Ramona Nouse, June 2018, #MeToo: The Motivations behind Hashtag Activism [Master degree]
10. Kelly Hrechdakian, June 2018, Virtual Reality, Authentic Empathy, and Experienced Presence [Master
    degree]
11. Daniella Janis, June 2018, Gender Stereotypes in Entertainment Media. [Master degree]
12. Brandi Burgus, February 2018, Finding and Redefining Finstagram: Multiple Instagram Account Use among
    Emerging Adults. [Master degree]
13. Maren Scheffler, June 2017, The Power of Minecraft. [Research Master degree]
14. Keren Kurlander, anticipated completion January 2017, Moral media? How exposure to morally ambiguous
    media influences the moral judgement of adolescents and emerging adults. [Research Master degree]
15. Tara Kaldenbach, February 2016, Bridging content & child characteristics: The role of epistemic
    curiosity in children’s learning from educational television and apps. [Research Master degree]
16. Laurian Meester, June 2015, Can apps support children’s creativity? The role of individual and stimuli
    characteristics in predicting effects. [Research Master degree]
17. Anna Diamessis, October 2014, The association of educational media use and parent mediation on
    preschoolers’ language development.
18. Maria Athanasopoulou, May 2014, Combatting the thin ideal: The effect of average-sized television
    characters on body satisfaction and self-esteem of young women
19. Claudia Schwenk, May 2013, Cyber relationships: A qualitative study investigation of online dating
    motives among emerging adults
20. Janice Sanches da Veiga, May 2013, What are television shows teaching teens about sexual identity? A
    content-analysis of Dutch teenagers’ favorite shows
21. Fashina Aladé, May 2011, To sing or not to sing: The use of musical interstitials in educational
    television for preschoolers. [equivalency, Research Master degree]