Reza Shabahang

Reza is a research psychologist specialising in Media Psychology (Cyberpsychology). His research broadly focuses on technology/media use behaviours, technology/media effects, technology/media-based interventions, and technology/media culture. He has worked with +100 scholars across +20 countries and diverse disciplines (e.g., Media Studies, Information Science, Cybersecurity) on +100 studies to date. Reza has proposed five concepts that have not previously been examined in the empirical literature (e.g., mindful–harmonious consumption of negative news, media conspiracy beliefs), developed and validated fifteen measurement tools (e.g., Mindful Use of Social Media Scale, Celebrity Culture Hate Scale, Perceived Media Threat Scale), and examined numerous understudied constructs and their determinants and outcome profiles (e.g., doomscrolling, online posting anxiety, online sadfishing, online oversharing). His research has received substantial public, media, and policy attention (e.g., coverage in outlets such as The Conversation, The Guardian, National Geographic, LADbible, Forbes, BBC, WIRED, The Independent, Daily Mail, New York Post).