Institut für Medienforschung der TU Chemnitz

#AusderForschung: Prof. Michael R. Müller feierte Ende September beim bundesweiten #DGS-Kongress als Vorsitzender der Sektion #Wissenssoziologie das 25-jährige Jubiläum der Sektion. In einem vollen Saal diskutierten prominente Vertreter:innen über die „Wissenssoziologie einer sich verändernden Welt“

Diese Woche war unser Kollege Thomas Wiedemann zu Gast bei den Kölner Mediengesprächen zum Thema "Was ist los mit dem deutschen Kinospielfilm" - für Interessierte gibt es ausführliche Informationen in seinem aktuellen Buch ;) www.halem-verlag.de/produkt/deut...

some final snippets from our summer break: at the end of August, @felixkrieglstein.bsky.social and @lukaswesenberg.bsky.social had the opportunity to present recent research results @ the #EARLI25 Conference in Graz

Hamburg testet KI-gestützte Videoüberwachung – ein Modell für ganz Europa? Ein neuer Erlass erleichtert Videoüberwachung in Österreich. KI-gestützte Livesysteme wie in Hamburg könnten laut Experten bald folgen

#indenMedien: Im Projekt „LoKI“ untersucht IMF-Forscher Philipp Knopp mit der Uni Hamburg, wie die Polizei KI-Videoüberwachung nutzt & wie die Öffentlichkeit reagiert. Kürzlich hat auch der österr. Standard darüber berichtet: www.derstandard.de/story/300000...

blue skies & time flies. #MediaPsych25 in Duisburg, it's been a pleasure!

PhD candidate and MP team member Julian Bornemeier doing a great job presenting our research on AI bias perceptions in the context of ideological attitudes–to a full house at #MediaPsych2025

Jiyeon Yeo presenting a poster at media psych

Next up at #MediaPsych2025, our PhD candidate Jiyeon Yeo is presenting a poster about her highly innovative study on body-positive virtual influencers... feel free to stop by (Poster #5) and learn more!

Sarah Lutz presenting at MediaPsych

Concluding our team's run at #MediaPsych25, Dr. Sarah Lutz presents her and @chrbuettner.bsky.social's neat study on the immediate effects of unmatching experiences in the online dating context—all while casually chairing her own session 🙌

secondly, starting tomorrow, several of our colleagues are to either @ the #CommPH in Munich (commph.ifkw.lmu.de) or the #MediaPsych25 in Duisburg. looking forward interesting panels, new input, and exchanging ideas with you!

How a first impression biases cognitive load assessments: Anchoring effects in problem-solving tasks of varying element interactivity - Memory & Cognition The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias in which people rely heavily on an initial piece of information when making judgments or decisions. Once an anchor – typically an objective numerical value – i...

firstly, there is an exciting new study by @felixkrieglstein.bsky.social, @lukaswesenberg.bsky.social, Günter Daniel Rey as well as colleagues from other universities, in which they addressed the impact of first impression biases on problem-solving tasks: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

While there is still some summer left in Germany (although, German summer...), we have some exciting research-related news!

#PublicationAlert: Die neue Sonderausgabe d Forums für qualitative Sozialforschung, herausgegeben ua von den IMF-Kolleg:innen Michael R. Müller & Anne Sonnenmoser, widmet sich der Theorie & Praxis visueller Forschung im digitalen Zeitalter. Hier abrufbar: www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fq...

What an inspiring week at #ICA25! 🤩 It was a blast to present our research, attend thought-provoking panels, and reconnect with brilliant researchers from all over the world. Already looking forward to next year!

Spoiler: Transportation varies more between people, but situations also matter

Then please join Daniela Schlütz, @annastockmann.bsky.social, @vkarnowski.bsky.social, and Teresa Naab for a final session at this year's conference.

Let us guess - you definitely listened to at least one episode of your favorite podcast since the start of #ICA25 Would you like to know more about podcast use and how the reception situation affects transportation?

3) cultural intelligence influences conscious attitudes rather than spontaneous choices, and 4) the motivation to learn boosts openness to culturally diverse content 🤓

Together with @jpstein.de, she explores viewers' interest in foreign-language media and shows that 1) open individuals explore more culturally diverse media, 2) social influence appears important in shaping cross-cultural media use,

Please join our doctoral student Jiyeon Yeo for her first poster session at #ICA25 🥳 at the Centennial Foyer in Regency 3.

Next up for our IMF representatives: @vkarnowski.bsky.social is part of the panel on "ICA Fellows' Advice to Their Younger Selves“ in Mt. Blue Sky (Grand Conv Center 2) #ICA25

We’re thrilled to congratulate our team member @sarahlutz.bsky.social on receiving the #ICA25 Dordick Dissertation Award! A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding work. 👏

What becomes clear is that we need to establish a situational turn in theorizing and measuring media use and effects

Together with @annastockmann.bsky.social, @vkarnowski.bsky.social now discusses current challenges and potentials in mobile communication science in Capitol 3 (Regency 4) #ICA2025

The study was conducted together with @annafreytag.bsky.social, Annabell Halfmann, Frank M. Schneider, and Dorothée Hefner.

Busy conference day for @sarahlutz.bsky.social: She is currently presenting a study on how cultivating mindfulness over four weeks shapes messenger users' emotional reactions to availability pressure. #ICA2025

Alternatively, you may join @vkarnowski.bsky.social and others in discussing their perspectives on disrupting and consolidating communication research from the Global South and Non-Anglosphere Global North in Centennial E (Regency 3)

In their presentation, they show that being exposed to so-called delete notifications impairs users’ mood and threatens their fundamental needs (e.g., the need to belong)—to the same extent as receiving no messages at all.

Interested in the effects of social exclusion during messenger use? Then maybe you'd like to join @sarahlutz.bsky.social & @chrbuettner.bsky.social for the first session of the day in Capitol 7 (Regency 4). #ICA2025

Moreover, in their systematic review, they identified significant gaps in conceptualizing and measuring digital media use for diabetes self-management. To account for its complexity, sophisticated and standardized methods must be developed to measure mobile digital media use in health contexts

Specifically, they show that combining the Experience Sampling Method with a Factorial Survey Experiment can provide insights into the discrepancies between the likelihood of using digital media in several situations and the actual behavior