Do social media encourage aggression and anti-social behaviour? Do social media just stress us out and make us anxious? On social media, we’re constantly comparing ourselves to others – doesn’t that destroy our self-esteem? Laure-Emeline Bernard, who holds a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, helps us make sense of it all. A senior lecturer at the Institut Méditerranéen des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (IMSIC) and at the Aix Marseille Université Institute of Technology (IUT), Laure-Emeline completed her PhD in November 2025 on the use of social media in relation to well-being. Her research focuses in particular on interpersonal interactions on digital social networks and in online multiplayer video games.
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The IMSIC is a joint laboratory run by the University of Toulon and Aix Marseille Université, which focuses on research in information and communication sciences (ICS) across the Mediterranean region (north and south, west and east) – a field of scientific and societal issues that is highly topical.
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Article published on Monday 2 November 2026.
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