News
Excellent evaluations of our courses [12.11.2020]
In the past semesters, students evaluated several courses of the Department Media Psychology very well and Dean Prof. Schiller assessed these as courses of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences “to be emphasized": more
We are at the “Digital Week” in Kiel! [13.09.2020]
At the „Digital Week” in Kiel Johanna Schäwel discusses the relation between the usage of social media and users’ well-being.more
Welcome, Jennifer Müller! [13.09.2020]
In September 2020, we welcomed Jennifer Müller in our team. Jennifer Müller is doing her PhD at the University of Tübingen and...more
National and gender diversity in communication [06.09.2020]
Newly published study on diversity in communication science by Sabine Trepte in collaboration with Laura Loths: The results are now available online!...more
Social Media Privacy Model [06.09.2020]
Published in Communication Theory: After many years of empirical work, Prof. Trepte developed the theoretical model and a definition of privacy in social media...more
Longitudinal investigation of self-disclosure on social support in face-to-face and instant messenger communication [05.12.2017]
Sabine Trepte, Philipp Masur and Michael Scharkow recently published a study on "Mutual friends’ social support and self-disclosure in face-to-face and instant messenger communication" in The Journal of Social Psychology.more
The Online Privacy Literacy Scale (OPLIS) is now available! [28.06.2017]
The Online Privacy Literacy Scale (OPLIS) can be used to study users' knowledge with regard to different aspects of data protection and privacy in online environments. It handles online privacy literacy as a combination of factual or declarative ("knowing that") and procedural ("knowing how") knowledge about online privacy and data protection.more