Joseph Bayer

Joseph Bayer is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Ohio State University, where he directs the Mobile Social Cognition Lab. His research examines psychological connections between technology use, social relationships, and health outcomes.

Dr. Bayer employs experience sampling and mobile sensing to investigate how people navigate between digital and physical spaces, with implications for attention allocation and well-being.

His recent work includes biomarker studies linking social media use to physiological stress responses and investigations of interpersonal dynamics in technology-mediated communication.