Current Projects
Contra
Countering
Propaganda by Narration Towards Anti-Radical Awareness (European Commission, 2016-2018)
Counter-narratives
Quizzard
Development and testing of a mobile quizgame for teaching and self-directed learning purposes (University of Cologne (QVM), 2015-2017)
Finished Projects
Social Information Processing and Culture
Architecture of Social Cognition: Social Information Processing and Culture. (Volkswagen Foundation, 2010-2014)
Effects of Islamic and Right-wing Extremist Internet Propaganda
Propaganda 2.0: Effects of Islamic and Right-wing Extremist Internet Propaganda (Federal Ministry of the Interior, Terrorism and Extremism Research Institute (FTE) of the German Federal Crime Plice Office, BKA, 2011-2012)
Media and Health (Convergence)
Media and Health - Convergence: What possibilities arise when media and health industry in North Rhine-Westphalia come together? (European Commission, 2010)
Social View
Joint project: Social View - phenomenology and neuribiology of its disorders in high functional autism. (2007-2010, Volkswagen Foundation)
Health Promotion in all-day schools
(Rhein-Energie Foundation, 2009-2010)
Networked Minds
Seedgrain: Networked Minds: Social information processing and judgment under media communication conditions (2009, University of Cologne)
Social presence in psychologically enhanced virtual environments
Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks, PASION (EU, 2006-2008)
Evaluation of Patient Information
Evaluation of patient information in mammography screenings (2008, Cooperation mammography in contracted outpatient medical care, GbR)
Nonverbal communication in individual and mass communication
Nonverbal communication in individual and mass communication: A cultural comparison in Germany, United Arabic Emirates and USA (German Science Foundation, 2005-2008)
Health literacy intervention for children
Health literacy intervention for children: "Healthy children – healthy future". AOK - initiative on the topic of child health (2007)
Acceptance and usability
Social presence in virtual work teams
Social presence in virtual teams: Psychological determinents of avatar-based knowledge communication (German Science Foundation, 2003-2004)
Interaction, identity and subjective experience in virtual communication environments II
Interaction, identity and subjective experience in virtual communication environments II: Gender perception in avatar-based computer-mediated interactions (German Science Foundation, 2002-2004)
Multimedia Operating and Service Assistance
Electronic Multimedia Operating and Service Assistance (EMBASSI) (Federal Ministry of Research in the BMBF, 1999-2003)
Interaction, identity and subjective experience in virtual communication environments
Interaction, identity and subjective experience in virtual communication environments (German Science Foundation, 1999-2001)
Test results in the pre-test research
(RTL, german televison broadcaster, 1999-2000)
Evaluation of testing methods for the study of trailer effects
(RTL, german televison broadcaster, 1999-2000)
Virtual reality and para-social interaction
Virtual reality and para-social interaction (German Science Foundation, 1997-1999)
Registration of psychological variables when dealing with virtual worlds
Registration of psychological variables when dealing with virtual worlds (MWF NRW, 1996-1998)
Psychophysiological television laboratory for recipients research
(RTL, german televison broadcaster, 1998)
Affect-TV
Affect television: Motives, possibilites of offering and effects (State Institute for Broadcasting, NRW, 1995-1997)
Media use and media literacy
Viewing behavior and social behavior in the transition from childhood to adolescence (Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, NRW, 1994-1997)