News
New team member in the Department of Media Psychology [02.05.2014]
Dr. Michael Scharkow joins the team as a postdoctoral researcher in the project "Transformations of privacy" starting May 1st 2014. more
New research assistant at the Department of Media Psychology [10.02.2014]
From the 1st March 2014, Dr. Cornelia Mothes will be part of the Department of Media Psychology.more
Do people know about privacy and data protection strategies? - Presentation at the CPDP 2014 in Brussels [27.01.2014]
Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte presented first results of a current research project on online privacy literacy at the interdisciplinary conference "Computer, Privacy & Data Protection" (CPDP) in Brussels.more
Members of the Departmend of Media Psychology at the ICA 2014 in Seattle [27.01.2014]
At the 64th annual conference of the ICA in Seattle, the Department of Media Pschology will be represented with different research projects.more
Merry Christmas! [18.12.2013]
The Department of Media Psychology wishes everyone at the University of Hohenheim a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2014.more
Perspectives and Trends of Privacy [18.12.2013]
The joint research consortium "Privacy and self-determined life in a digital world" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.more
Research report of a three year panel study on privacy behavior published [02.12.2013]
Although users of social network sites increasingly communicate personal content online, they also report an increasing need for privacy. This and other empirical findings can be found in the department of media psychology’s current research report “Privacy, self-disclosure, social support and social network site use. Research report of a three year panel study”, which was...more