Current Projects

Contra

Countering Propaganda by Narration Towards Anti-Radical Awareness (European Commission, 2016-2018)

 

Counter-narratives

A media-psychological investigation to analyze the effects of "counter-narratives" to prevent right-wing and Islamic extremist propaganda (German Federal Ministry of the Interior, BKA, 2014-2016)

 

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

Acceptance and usability of biometric security systems - BioSec (EU, 2003-2005)

 

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)