Moniek Buijzen
Digital media technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to improve youth’s well-being, including message personalization, responsive data feedback, and social network intervention. However, there are also risks involved, such as undesired health effects and breaches of privacy and autonomy. Moniek Buijzen’s research investigates how we can harness the potential of digital media technology to improve young people’s well-being, while minimizing potential risks. She strives for a continuous interaction between scientific research and innovative technological applications.
Moniek Buijzen is Professor of Communication and Behavioural Change in the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Her research is funded by grants from the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). In addition to her research and teaching activities, Moniek focuses on bridging the academy-society divide. With academic partner Esther Rozendaal she initiated Bitescience.com.
Data analytics helps making sense of teens’ food talk on social media
Why do some young adults keep their online behavior private for their parents?
Choosing the right spokesperson in bringing violent news to children
Getting healthy food images to stick in young people’s minds? Try using strategies from snack ads!
Keep your distance! What determines whether young people adhere to this rule?
Motivating peer influencers to promote health behaviors
Peer influencers can promote water drinking among classmates
Chatting with peers does not help children in coping with negative news
Reduce Online Aggressive Behaviors Among Teens? Make Them Feel Accountable!
Why do teens forward nasty messages on WhatsApp?
How the design of cookie pop-ups manipulates our choices
Can people separate fact from fiction in the COVID-19 pandemic?
Active teens, happy teens?
Disclosures do not always make influencer marketing more transparent to children
Influencers can sway children to drink unhealthy beverages
Do people believe what they want to believe? Scientific facts matter!
Can watching vlogs created by peers make youth more physically active?
Finding the Most Effective Peer Influencers Using Computer Simulations
Using Social Media To Combat Empty Nest Syndrome
