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Article published regarding media exposure, political discussion and political knowledge [08.01.2015]
In their latest publication, William P. Eveland, Jr. (Ohio State University) and Josephine B. Schmitt review problems in the political learning literature and suggest that communication content and knowledge content should be considered in studying news and discussion learning effects.more
New study on cyberbullying published [08.01.2015]
In recently published study, Ruth Festl and Michael Scharkow (University of Hohenheim) and Thorsten Quandt (University of Münster) examined potential predictors of cyberbullying envolvment. more
New study that explains the privacy paradox recently published [01.10.2014]
Are you concerned about your privacy, yet you keep on posting things on Facebook? If so you have experienced the so-called "privacy paradox" yourself. Tobias Dienlin and Sabine Trepte now analyzed the privacy paradox also scientifically in an empirical online study.more
Can Facebook use become compulsive? What factors promote addictive usage patterns? [15.08.2014]
Philipp Masur (University of Hohenheim), Leonard Reinecke, Marc Ziegele and Oliver Quiring (University of Mainz) published a study on social network site addiction in the journal "Computers in Human Behavior".more
New article on problematic computer game use [22.07.2014]
An article on problematic computer game use by Michael Scharkow, Ruth Festl and Thorsten Quandt from the University of Münster has been published in the renowned journal Addiction. more
Dr. Frank Schneider will be the interim professor for media psychology in the winter semester [22.07.2014]
From August 2014 until March 2015, Dr. Frank Schneider will represent the department for media psychology at the institute of communication science at the University of Hohenheim. more
Invitation to the second „Key Lecture in Media Psychology“ [25.04.2014]
The Department of Media Psychology invites you to the first "Key Lecture in Media Psychology" which will be held by Prof. Dr. David DeAndrea of the Ohio State University (School of Communication).more