Abstract: The relationship between sleep and media use is well established, as is the effect of sleep deprivation and fatigue on decision-making. Our paper connects these disparate literatures to consider the ways in which a combination of ...
Zusammenfassung: Der medialen Sportberichterstattung wird häufig vorgeworfen, die Sportrealität bzw. das reale Sportereignis nur verzerrt abzubilden und den Rezipierenden eine ganz eigene Mediensportrealität zu vermitteln. Die nahe liegende These lautet, ...
Some like it hot. Results of the German language version of an instrument aimed at the assessment of the need for affect/need for emotionAbstract. Complementary to social psychological needs, such as the need for cognition, Maio and Esses (2001) describe ...
Media use as a coping strategy for children and adolescents: An addition to the SSKJ 3-8Abstract. This article reports on the addition of the coping subscale „media use” to the questionnaire for the measurement of coping in children and adolescents (SSKJ ...
miniKIM 2012 – Toddlers and media. Preliminary study on media use of 2 to 5 year old childrenThe miniKIM study provides basic data on media use among children in the age group of two to five years. The findings demonstrate that media already play an ...
Abstract. Islamophobia is a severe issue in Germany and other Western societies. To advance our understanding and contribute to possible solutions, the present two-wave field study investigated the role of TV consumption in the emergence ...
Abstract. Despite the substantial attention paid to stress management in the extant coping literature, media use has been surprisingly overlooked as a strategy worthy of close examination. Although media scholars have suggested media use ...
Abstract. Romantic breakups are prevalent and distressing experiences in the lives of college students. The present study examined (a) college students’ media use for discussing their breakups with various relational partners; and (b) the ...
Abstract. Investigating the role of identity in mediated experiences involves a great deal of complexity. However, media psychologists all too often explore the antecedents and consequences of identity in ways that less than optimally ...
Abstract: It is a popular notion that binge-watching – watching several episodes of a TV show in one sitting – enhances entertainment experiences compared to watching singular episodes. However, empirical results are contradictory, and the ...