Publikationen

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Journal-Artikel

2026

Breves, P. L., Boerman, S. C., Stein, J.-P., Ischen, C., & van Berlo, Z. M. C. (2026). The impact of body-positive and fitspirational influencers on body satisfaction: A longitudinal study of evolving parasocial relationships. Human Communication Research, 52(2), 90–105. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf029
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. (2026). "This message was deleted": The psychological consequences of being out of the loop during messenger use. Media Psychology, 29(1), 56–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2459292
Lutz, S., Pietschmann, D., & Stein, J.-P. (2026). Reconnecting in immersive media environments: How 360-degree virtual reality helps to overcome episodes of social exclusion. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261457439
Lutz, S., Schneider, F., & Halfmann, A. (2026). Staying healthy despite social pressure to be available? An experimental test applying the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM³UNE). Computers in Human Behavior Reports. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2026.100977
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. (2026). Swipe, chat, unmatch: The psychological consequences of being rejected on dating apps. Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2026.2633228
Yeo, J., Classen, K. L., & Stein, J.-P. (2026). A window into the other side of the world: Predictors of viewers’ interest in culturally distant media. Journal of Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000508

2025

Büttner, C., & Lutz, S. (2025). Coping with online versus offline exclusion: Ostracism context affects individuals’ coping intentions. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 18, 100674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100674
Büttner, C., & Lutz, S. (2025). When does waiting for a reply turn into ghosting? Individual, relational, and situational predictors of feeling ignored in online messaging. Computers in Human Behavior, 172, 108774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108774
Forner, L., Lutz, S., Zheng, X., & Stein, J.-P. (2025). The dark side of fandom: Exploring the association between parasocial relationships with celebrities and aggression. Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2562009
Gaebert, C., Rehren, O., Jansen, S., Jahn, K., Ohler, P., Rey, G. D., & Thomas, U. (2025). Effects of human-like characteristics in sampling-based motion planning on the legibility of robot arm motions. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 14(3), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3714475
Gerigk, Y., Freudenberger, F., Hunze, M. S., Valtin, G., Nieding, G., & Ohler, P. (2025). A digital training program fostering media sign literacy in preschool children. An evaluation study. Media Psychology, 29(3), 566–591. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2531418
Gnambs, T., Stein, J.-P., Appel, M., Griese, F., & Zinn, S. (2025). An economical measure of attitudes towards artificial intelligence in work, healthcare, and education (ATTARI-WHE). Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 3, 100106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100106
Gnambs, T., Stein, J.-P., Zinn, S., Griese, F., & Appel, M. (2025). Attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions of artificial intelligence: A population study in Germany. Telematics and Informatics, 98, 102265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2025.102265
Lutz, S., Schneider, F., Halfmann, A., Freytag, A., & Dorothée, H. (2025). Navigating social pressure to be available: The roles of mindfulness and need experiences in messenger users’ well-/ill-being. Mobile Media & Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579251370458
Rehren, O., Jansen, S., Seemann, M., & Ohler, P. (2025). Task-related errors as a catalyst for empathy towards embodied pedagogical agents. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2024.1412039
Yeo, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2025). Digitally created body positivity: The effects of virtual influencers with different body types on viewer perceptions. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 6, 100231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100231

2024

Breves, P. L., Paryschew, L., & Stein, J.-P. (2024). Be positive? The interplay of Instagram influencers’ body type and favorable user comments on young women’s perceptions, affective well-being, and exercise intentions. Psychology of Popular Media, 13(4), 709–720. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000499
Grundke, A., Appel, M., & Stein, J.-P. (2024). Aversion against machines with complex mental abilities: The role of individual differences. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100087
Lutz, S., Büttner, C. M., & Neumann, D. (2024). A window to what we missed: Effects of self- versus other-exclusion on social media users’ fundamental needs, emotional responses, and online coping behaviors. Media Psychology, 27(3), 401–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2242769
Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., Reich, S., Schimmel, M., Oechler, H., & Beinlich, L. (2024). Fictional friends and enemies as first aid after ostracism? Experimentally investigating the potential of para-/orthosocial relationships in belongingness need restoration and emotion regulation. Human Communication Research, 50(3), 338–353. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqae009
Stein, J.-P., & MacDorman, K. F. (2024). After confronting one uncanny valley, another awaits. Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 1, 276–277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00041-w
Stein, J.-P., Messingschlager, T., Gnambs, T., Hutmacher, F., & Appel, M. (2024). Attitudes towards AI: Measurement and associations with personality. Scientific Reports, 14, 2909. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53335-2
Stein, J.-P., Liebers, N., & Faiss, M. (2024). Feeling better…but also less lonely? An experimental investigation of how parasocial and social relationships affect people’s well-being. Mass Communication & Society, 27(3), 576–598. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2127369
Stein, J.-P., Breves, P. L., & Anders, N. (2024). Parasocial interactions with real and virtual influencers: The role of perceived similarity and human-likeness. New Media & Society, 26(6), 3433–3453. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221102900
Stein, J.-P., Scheufen, S., & Appel, M. (2024). Recognizing the beauty in diversity: Exposure to body-positive content on social media broadens women’s concept of ideal body weight. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(11), 2642–2656. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001397

2023

Appel, M., Hutmacher, F., Politt, T., & Stein, J.-P. (2023). Swipe right? Using beauty filters in male Tinder profiles reduces women’s evaluations of trustworthiness but increases physical attractiveness and dating intention. Computers in Human Behavior, 148, 107871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107871
Breves, P. L., & Stein, J.-P. (2023). Cognitive load in immersive media settings: The role of spatial presence and cybersickness. Virtual Reality, 27, 1077–1089. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-022-00697-5
Grundke, A., Stein, J.-P., & Appel, M. (2023). Improving evaluations of advanced robots by depicting them in harmful situations. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, 107565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107565
Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Reich, S. (2023). Media as powerful coping tools to recover from social exclusion experiences? A systematic review on need restoration and emotion regulation through using media. Media Psychology, 26(4), 388–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2147085
Lutz, S. (2023). Why don’t you answer me?! Exploring the effects of (repeated exposure to) ostracism via messengers on users’ fundamental needs, well-being, and coping motivation. Media Psychology, 26(2), 113–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2101008
Stein, J.-P. (2023). Smile back at me, but only once: Social norms of appropriate nonverbal intensity and reciprocity apply to emoji use. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 47, 245–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-023-00424-x
Stein, J.-P., & Banks, J. (2023). Valenced media effects on robot-related attitudes and mental models: A parasocial contact approach. Human–Machine Communication, 6, 155–182. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.6.9

Bücher und Buchkapitel

2026

Büttner, C. M., Lutz, S., & Stein, J.-P. (2026). Social exclusion and social media: Negative and mitigating effects. In D. Giles & J. Johnston (Hrsg.), Research handbook on the social psychology of the media (S. 216–235). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Jahn, K., Rehren, O., Kordyaka, B., Jansen, S., Ohler, P., & Rey, G. D. (2026). Designing computer-mediated communication with affective technology to increase feedback acceptance. In Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03488-5_35
Jansen, S., Rehren, O., Jahn, K., Ohler, P., & Rey, G. D. (2026). Make it more human! A systematic literature review of the anthropomorphic processes on empathy. In Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03488-5_23

2024

Stein, J.-P. (2024). Mind & morality: Seeing the ghost in the shell. In J. Banks (Hrsg.), Android assembled (S. 251–263). Peter Lang.

2023

Appel, M., Hutmacher, F., Mengelkamp, C., Stein, J.-P., & Weber, S. (2023). Digital ist besser?! Psychologie der Online- und Mobilkommunikation. Springer.
Stein, J.-P., Messingschlager, T., & Hutmacher, F. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz. In M. Appel, F. Hutmacher, C. Mengelkamp, J.-P. Stein, & S. Weber (Hrsg.), Digital ist besser?! Psychologie der Online- und Mobilkommunikation (S. 247–260). Springer.
Stein, J.-P., Weber, S., Hutmacher, F., & Appel, M. (2023). Social Media und Wohlbefinden. In M. Appel, F. Hutmacher, C. Mengelkamp, J.-P. Stein, & S. Weber (Hrsg.), Digital ist besser?! Psychologie der Online- und Mobilkommunikation (S. 95–110). Springer.
Stein, J.-P., & Lugrin, B. (2023). Virtuelle Realität und sozial interaktive Agenten. In M. Appel, F. Hutmacher, C. Mengelkamp, J.-P. Stein, & S. Weber (Hrsg.), Digital ist besser?! Psychologie der Online- und Mobilkommunikation (S. 261–279). Springer.
Weber, S., & Stein, J.-P. (2023). Gender, Diversität und digitale Kommunikation. In M. Appel, F. Hutmacher, C. Mengelkamp, J.-P. Stein, & S. Weber (Hrsg.), Digital ist besser?! Psychologie der Online- und Mobilkommunikation (S. 77–93). Springer.

Konferenzbeiträge

2026

Bornemeier, J., Brandenburg, S., & Stein, J.-P. (2026, September 7–10). Exploring the impact of social dominance orientation and ambivalent sexism on the perception of AI-generated gendered images [Symposium talk]. 54th Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxemburg.
Bornemeier, J., Brandenburg, S., & Stein, J.-P. (2026, Juni 18). Seeing (or not seeing) bias in AI: The role of ideological attitudes and explainability in evaluating AI outputs [Poster presentation]. Künstliche Intelligenz menschzentriert gestalten – DGPs-Tagung, Berlin, Germany.
Yeo, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2026, September 7–10). Virtual influencers with disabilities: Examining the role of stereotypicality and identity appropriation [Conference presentation]. 54th Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxemburg.

2025

Bornemeier, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, September 10–12). How values and attitudes shape evaluations of biased AI-generated content [Paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Bornermeier, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, September 10–12). How values and attitudes shape evaluations of biased AI-generated content [Paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Breves, P. L., Boerman, S., Stein, J.-P., Ischen, C., & van Berlo, Z. (2025, Juni 12–16). Evolving parasocial relationships with body-positive and fitspirational influencers: A longitudinal study of their impact on body satisfaction [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Damp, L., Lutz, S., & Rudert, S. (2025, September 14). Being left out: Psychological and social processes of ostracism [Conference presentation]. 19th Conference of the Social Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.
Fabritius, P. S., Stein, J.-P., & Chuang, L. L. (2025). A systematic review of the impact of a standardized embodiment questionnaire on virtual reality research. MuC ’25: Mensch Und Computer 2025, 232–241. https://doi.org/10.1145/3743049.3743077
Forner, L., Valtin, G., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, September 10–12). Parasocial contact with transgender individuals via social media: Cross-sectional and longitudinal effects on prejudice reduction [Paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Forner, L., Lutz, S., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, Juni 12–16). The dark side of fandom—Exploring the association between parasocial relationships with celebrities and aggression [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Freytag, A., Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Schneider, F. M., & Hefner, D. (2025, Juni 12). Mindfully navigating the stream of notifications: Effects of availability pressure on messenger users’ well-/ill-being [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. M. (2025, Juni 12). "This message was deleted”: Psychological consequences of being out of the loop during messenger use [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, USA.
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. M. (2025, Januar 22). Die psychologischen Folgen sozialen Ausschlusses bei der Messenger-Nutzung [Conference presentation]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Bamberg, Germany.
Lutz, S. (2025, August 25–29). Media as a double-edged sword: Investigating its role as a source of and tool for coping with social exclusion [Invited talk]. 3rd Lake Como Summer School on Social Connections and Well-Being in the Digital Era, Como, Italy.
Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Schneider, F. M., Freytag, A., & Hefner, D. (2025, Januar 22–24). Mit Achtsamkeit zu einer besseren mentalen Gesundheit? Ein messwiederholtes Online-Experiment zu den Folgen von Erreichbarkeitsdruck bei der Messenger-Nutzung auf Wohlbefinden und Unwohlsein [Conference presentation]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Bamberg, Germany.
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. M. (2025, September 10). Swipe, chat, unmatch: The psychological consequences of relationship dissolution on dating app users [Paper presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Schneider, F. M., Lutz, S., & Halfmann, A. (2025, September 10). Staying healthy despite availability pressure? An experimental test applying the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM³UNE) [Poster presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Stein, J.-P., Lutz, S., & Pietschmann, D. (2025, September 10–12). Reconnecting in virtual worlds: Does VR help overcome social exclusion episodes? [Poster presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.
Stein, J.-P. (2025, Juni 12–16). Watched by a machine audience: How the presence and behavior of multiple social robots affect human performance in a cognitive task [Poster presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Yeo, J., Classen, K. L., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, Juni 12–16). A window into the other side of the world: Predictors of viewers’ interest in foreign-language media [Poster presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Yeo, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2025, September 10–12). Digitally created body positivity: The effects of virtual influencers’ body types on viewer perceptions [Poster presentation]. 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg, Germany.

2024

Bornemeier, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2024, September 16–19). Exploring the impact of social dominance orientation and ambivalent sexism on the perception of AI-generated gendered images [Paper presentation]. 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
Schneider, F. M., Lutz, S., & Reich, S. (2024, Januar 24–26). Ist Beziehungsnähe entscheidend? Eine Replikation und ein erweiterter Blick auf die Auswirkungen von para-/orthosozialem Coping mit sozialer Exklusion [Conference presentation]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.

2023

Bornemeier, J., Kampel, S., Junge, B., Leininger, A., & Asbrock, F. (2023). A measured response? How populist communication on social media affects the reactance to and support of pandemic restrictions and the moderating role of ideological attitudes. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs). https://doi.org/10.26298/1981-5555
Bornemeier, J., Kampel, S., Junge, B., Leininger, A., & Asbrock, F. (2023). A measured response? The effect of populist communication on social media on the reactance to pandemic measures and the moderating role of populist attitudes, social dominance orientation, and right-wing authoritarianism [Paper presentation]. 24 Hours of Political Psychology - 4th Scientific Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network, Bielefeld, Germany.
Forner, L., Valtin, G., & Stein, J.-P. (2023, September 6–8). How observed persona–follower interactions on Instagram shape parasocial relationships: A four-week online experiment [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.
Halfmann, A., Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., Freytag, A., & Hefner, D. (2023, September 6–8). Take a deep breath, then check your messages: Experimentally investigating the moderating effect of mindfulness in the interplay of social pressure to be available and messenger users’ well-/ill-being [Poster presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Kenntemich, C., Büttner, C., Lutz, S., Möhring, R., Pfundmaier, M., & Rudert, S. (2023, September 11–13). Causes and consequences of social exclusion: Current developments [Symposium]. 18th Conference of the Social Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Graz, Austria.
Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. (2023, September 6–8). A window to what we miss: Effects of not being included on other users’ social media posts on fundamental needs, discrete emotions, and online coping behaviors [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Lutz, S., Büttner, C. M., & Neumann, D. (2023, Mai 25–29). A window to what we miss: Investigating the effects of self- versus other-exclusion on social media users’ fundamental needs, discrete emotions, and online coping behaviors [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Lutz, S., Schimmel, M., Schneider, F. M., Oechler, H., Beinlich, L., & Reich, S. (2023, Januar 19–21). Fiktionale Freunde und Feinde als Erste Hilfe bei sozialem Ausschluss? Zwei Experimentalstudien zur Rolle para-/orthosozialer Beziehungen bei der Regeneration des Verbundenheitsbedürfnisses und des Wohlbefindens [Conference presentation]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Augsburg, Germany.
Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., & Schneider, F. M. (2023, Mai 25–29). Take a deep breath, then check your messages: Experimentally investigating the moderating effect of mindfulness in the interplay of social pressure to be available and messenger users’ well-/ill-being [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Stein, J.-P., Gnambs, T., & Appel, M. (2023, März 14–17). Reducing prejudice via virtual reality: A meta-analysis of experimental evidence [Paper presentation]. 1st International Conference on Hybrid Societies, Chemnitz, Germany.
Stein, J.-P., Gnambs, T., & Appel, M. (2023, September 6–8). Virtual reality: The future of anti-prejudice endeavours? A review and meta-analysis of experimental evidence [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Valtin, G., Fiolka, J., Forner, L., & Stein, J.-P. (2023, September 6–8). Elaborated choice or heuristic decision? Exploring users’ media selection in the context of video streaming services [Poster presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Yeo, J., & Stein, J.-P. (2023, September 6–8). “Female propaganda”? The relationship between threatened masculinity, hostile media perception, and corrective actions [Poster presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.