Institute of Communication Science: Media Psychology

Mag. Alexandra Lux, Bakk.

Associated Doctoral Student

 

Alexandra Lux is an associated doctoral student in Sabine Trepte’s Team at the Department of Media Psychology at the University of Hohenheim. She studied communication science with minors in psychology and sociology at the University of Vienna. During her graduate studies, Alexandra Lux was working as a student assistant in the research group “empirical communication research” (empcom). In addition to that she spent the first semester of her graduate studies at the University of Ottawa (Canada).

During during her undergraduate studies Alexandra Lux visited the Department of Communication at Cornell University (NY, USA) for the summers of 2010 and 2011.

Since November 2017 Alexandra Lux has been working as a research assistant at the Department of Security in Information Technology at the Technical University Darmstadt. In affiliation to the Department of Media Security and IT Forensics at the Fraunhofer SIT she is participating in the BMBF funded project PANDA (Parallelstrukturen, Aktivitätsformen und Nutzerverhalten im Darknet). In particular Alexandra Lux is interested in communication behavior concerning privacy in the settings of the darknet, clearnet and offline context.

Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung
Oettingenstr. 67
80538 München
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Selected media articles

Research project

BMBF-Projekt PANDA (Parallelstrukturen, Aktivitätsformen und Nutzerverhalten im Darknet)

Publications

Dombrowski, J., & Lux, A. (in press). Pushing towards privacy. Comparing the effectiveness of nudges and boosts for encouraging anonymous browsing. Journal of Media Psychology. https://osf.io/8qrwb/

Platzer, F. & Lux, A. (2023). Users’ Privacy Literacy, Motivation to use Tor and Strategies to Enhance their Privacy. In N. Gerber & V. Zimmermann (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Technikpsychologie (TecPsy) 2023. Sciendo. https://doi.org/10.0000/9788366675896

Platzer, F., & Lux, A. (2023). Inconsistencies in Darknet Researches. Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, 187-204. https://doi.org/10.13052/jcsm2245-1439.1223

Platzer, F. & Lux, A. (2022). A Synopsis of Critical Aspects for Darknet Research. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. https://doi.org/10.1145/3538969.3544444

Lux, A. & Platzer, F. (2022). Online-Privatheitskompetenz und Möglichkeiten der technischen Umsetzung mit dem Anonymisierungsnetzwerk Tor. In Selbstbestimmung, Privatheit und Datenschutz: Gestaltungsoptionen für einen europäischen Weg. Springer-Vieweg (DuD Fachbeiträge). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33306-5_7

Lux, A (2021). Self-Disclosure in an Anonymous Online Environment, a Darkweb Social Network. In Proceedings of the 12th Media Psychology Conference 2021 (MediaPsych 2021): September 8 - 10, 2021 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany / Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Malte Elson, Stefan Schiffer (editors), S. 163-167. https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-245985

Conferences

Platzer, F. & Lux, A. (2022, August 23 - 26). A synopsis of critical aspects for darknet research [Research Talk]. 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Vienna, Austria.

Platzer, F. & Lux, A. (2023, February 15). Users’ privacy literacy, motivation to use Tor and strategies to enhance their privacy [Research Talk]. International Symposium on Technikpsychologie, Darmstadt, Germany.

Lux, A. & Löchel, L. (2022, October 19-22). Impact over quality? Contrasting media reports and scientific results against the actual content the Tor-network. [Poster Presentation]. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, Denmark.

Lux, A. & Jacobsen, C. (2022, September 10-15). More than black and white? Examining the grey areas of anonymity on benign and toxic disinhibition [Research Talk] 52nd Conference of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

Hirsch, N.-D. & Lux, A. (2022, September 10-15). Harm reduction through communication on darkweb drug fora [Poster Presentation]. 52nd Conference of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

Lux, A. & Landwirth, R. (2022, April 6-8). Das Darknet der Post-Privacy-Gesellschaft Privacy 2.0 – interdisciplinary perspectives on privacy in the digital age [Presentation]. Scientific conference of the doctoral students of the Hans Böckler Foundation. Dresden, Germany.

Lux, A. (2021, September 8-10). Self-disclosure in an anonymous online environment, a darkweb social network [Research Report]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs). Aachen, Germany. *best poster award

Lux, A. (2021, May). Anonymous social networking on the darkweb: Characteristics and content of a social network on the Tor network [Research Talk]. International Communication Association 71th Annual ICA Conference, Denver, CO, United States, virtual.

Lux, A. (2020, July). Klassifikation dschihadistischer Inhalte im Darknet [Research Talk]. Sommerakademie der Zivilen Sicherheitsforschung, virtual.

Lux, A. & Platzer, F. (2020, November 12). Online-Privatheitskompetenz und Möglichkeiten der technischen Umsetzung mit dem Anonymisierungsnetzwerk Tor [Research Talk]. Forum Privatheit 2020, virtual.

Lux, A. (2018, October). Anonymous Social Networking on the Tor Network [Research Talk]. Amsterdam Privacy Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Invited talks

Lux, A. (2021, November). (Drogen)Marktplätze im Darknet - zwischen Fiktion und Realität [invited talk]. 50 Jahre Release. Fachtag für die Arbeit mit drogenkonsumierenden Menschen.

Lux, A. & Wittmer, S. (2021, May). Zivile Sicherheitsforschung im Kontext von Darknet-Technologien am Beispiel von Tor [invited talk]. 26. Deutscher Präventionstag.

Lux, A. & Wittmer, S. (2021, January). Organized Crime I – Sexual Exploitation of Children. Competence in the Darknet: PANDA [invited talk]. fit4sec für Horizont Europa.

Lux, A. (2019, May). Darknet. Ein Spannungsfeld von krimineller Motivation und dem Bedürfnis nach anonymer Kommunikation [Invited talk]. 41. fdr+sucht+kongress.