Annemarie van Oosten

Annemarie van Oosten is an Assistant Professor in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in the impact of social media and digital technology on young people's sexual and gender development. With a background in child and youth psychology, she earned her PhD in 2015, focusing on the effects of sexual media content on adolescents. Currently, her research examines resilience to biased sexual messages and the critical processing of such content among youth. In addition to her research, she teaches various courses within the College and Graduate School of Communication, including "Introduction to Communication Science" and "Developing Media Entertainment." Annemarie is actively involved in supervising theses and contributing to projects that explore the intersection of media, youth, and societal issues.