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Dept. of Media Psychology presents research at Methods Division of the DGPuK [18.09.2026]
Digital trace data offers novel means to measure media exposure, selection, and attention. At the Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Kerria Drüppel, from the Department of Media Psychology will argue why we need distinct definitions and operationalizations of these terms when working with digital trace data.more
Research Stay at the Ohio State University [18.09.2026]
Jana Dombrowski, a research associate at the Department of Media Psychology, spends this summer conducting research at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.more
ICA 2026 in Cape Town – Best student paper award and four presentations [19.05.2026]
Under the theme “Communication and Inequalities in Context,” this year’s annual conference of the International Communication Association invited scholars across the world to Cape Town from June 4 to 8, 2026.more
Scale for measuring mediated temporal experiences published [23.03.2026]
How much time we spend in front of a screen can be easily determined by glancing at the clock, but our intuition sometimes tells us something completely different. Jana Dombrowski and Sabine Trepte therefore propose the newly developed concept of “felt time,” which allows us to measure time as people actually experience it while using media. more
Meta-analysis on Social Media Privacy published In the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication [25.02.2026]
A new study was recently published. In a meta-analysis, Jana Dombrowski and Sabine Trepte examine and compare key factors that affect the privacy decisions of social media users.more