AWARE at ICA26 in Capetown

Our resarch group will present their initial results at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Cape Town. 

Meet you there!

Thursday, June 4, 2026

ICA Doctoral Consortium: Mobile Communication / Communication and Technology Division

“Digital Diagnoses”: Mental Health Portrayals on Social Media and Implications For Adolescents’ Self-Perceptions

Alina Danilkow

Friday, June 5, 2026

Health Communication: Perceptions of Mental Health and Treatment, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

“This didn’t exist back then”: A Focus Group Study on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Mental Illness in the Context of Family, Peers, School, and Social Media

Dora Weubel; Hannah J. Bauer; Kathrin Karsay; Ruth Wendt; Anne-Linda Camerini

Health Communication: Mental Health Discourse on Social Media: Creators, Content and Effects, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Depressed or Just Monday? A Content Analysis of Concept Creep in Public TikTok Posts about Mental Health

Alina Danilkow; Katharina Rupp; Sophie Mayen; Ruth Wendt; Anne-Linda Camerini; Kathrin Karsay

Sunday, June 07, 2026

Children, Adolescents and Media Research Escalator Session, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Self-Diagnosis of Mental Illness in Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional Study on Predictors and Protective Factors in the Context of Algorithmically Curated Social Media Content

Hannah J. Bauer; Sophie Mayen; Kathrin Karsay; Anne-Linda Camerini; Ruth Wendt