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Gender Theory in Online Privacy Research: New Study in the Journal of Media Psychology [04.05.2022]
Gender is included as a variable in many studies on online privacy – but how is the complex construct theoretically embedded? In a new article in the Journal of Media Psychology, we explore how gender is operationalised and discussed in more than 100 studies on online privacy. more
Privacy and Digitization: Chapter in the Handbook Digitization has been published [04.05.2022]
The Handbook Digitization, edited by Stefan Roth and Hans Corsten, offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and challenges of digitization in various economic sectors and functional areas. Regine Frener, Johanna Schäwel and Sabine Trepte were invited to write a chapter on privacy and digitization.more
Privacy 2.0 - Conference organized by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung [13.04.2022]
From April 6 to April 8, the team Media Psychology visited a conference of doctoral students organized by the Hans Böckler Foundation. The topic of the scientific conference was " Privacy 2.0 - interdisciplinary views on privacy in the digital age".more
The Department of Media Psychology at the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association [01.03.2022]
Four submissions of the Department of Media Psychology were accepted for the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association.more
NDR-Info podcast on the topic of anorexia and Instagram [13.01.2022]
In the NDR-Info podcast "She Likes Tech," Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte talks with Svea Eckert about the role of social media for eating disorders like anorexia. The podcast episode is available on Spotify.more
Become part of the team media psychology! [12.01.2022]
Starting in April 2022, the Media Psychology team is searching for support. A position as research assistant (post-doc, f/m/d) is offered. more
Political Targeting and Online Privacy [20.12.2021]
New publication in “Media and Communication” on political targeting and online privacy in social media by Johanna Schäwel, Regine Frener and Sabine Trepte! The article is available online!more