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Auf dieser Seite finden Sie alle Publikationen, an denen unser Team seit 2023 beteiligt war. 

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 Download
  • 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
  • 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. 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 Download
  • 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 Download
  • 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
  • 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 Download
  • 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 Download
  • 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 Download
  • 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 Download
  • 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 Download

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 Download
  • 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
  • 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.

2025

  • 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., & 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.

2023

  • 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.
  • 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.