Department of Media Psychology presents latest research at ICA23 in Toronto [24.04.23]
The Department of Media Psychology will be participating in the International Communication Association (ICA) conference this year, which will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from May 25 to May 29. We will present three studies from different areas of communication science.
The annual ICA provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the latest findings and trends in communication research with an international audience. More than 5,000 communication scholars from 100 countries are expected in Toronto in May.
First, some good news: The gender of ICA conference participants has been balanced for more than 10 years. There are as many men presenting as women. So things look a little different at conferences than they do in communication studies journals. Laura Heintz will present the latest findings on gender diversity in conference attendance at ICA. The data comes from a recent project in collaboration with the University of Mainz, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The goal of the project is to investigate the diversity, visibility, and fair representation of women and men in science.
Men and women differ in how they perceive privacy. This is demonstrated by recent results from a study conducted by Regine Frener as part of her dissertation project on gender and privacy. The longitudinal study presented at ICA shows that negative experiences people have had are crucial for differences in privacy perceptions between women and men. For example, women report more offline privacy violations than men.
Control is good but trust is better - On social media, we share our private lives in pictures or texts and maintain interpersonal relationships. However, we do not have complete control over who reads along online and what happens to our information. Even when users feel they are losing control of their data, they seek out conversations with others and agree on rules for handling private information. That communication helps to perceive and protect privacy on social media is shown by Jana Dombrowski and Sabine Trepte in their presentation at the ICA.
We are very excited to present our research at ICA23 and are looking forward to the exchange with communication scholars from all over the world.
Dombrowski, J. & Trepte, S. (2023, May 25-29). Understanding the role of communication for managing individual privacy on social media [Presentation]. ICA's 73nd Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Frener, R. (2023, May 25-29). An empirical investigation of the Social Web Gendered Privacy Model [Presentation]. ICA's 73nd Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heintz, L., Braun, M., Kruschinski, S., Trepte, S., Scharkow, M. (2023, May 25-29). Gender diversity at academic conferences: The case of the ICA [Poster]. ICA's 73nd Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
