Conference Presentations (Selection)
2026
Winkler, J. R. (2026, June 4-8). Human-AI co-creation and the experience of climate fiction stories [Paper presentation]. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Winkler, J. R., & Göbel, T. (2026, March 18-20). When climate solutions resonate: Environmental identity as a moderator of solutions journalism effects on collective efficacy and activist intentions [Poster presentation]. 71st Annual conference of the DGPuK, Dortmund, Germany.
2025
Winkler, J. R., Messingschlager, T. V., Malecki, W. P., & Appel, M. (2025, September 15-17). Imagining sustainable futures (with ChatGPT): Can a climate fiction writing exercise foster environmental cognitive alternatives and creative self-efficacy? [Paper presentation]. Conference of the Digital Communication and Media Division of the DGPuK and Human-Machine Communication Interest Group of the ICA, Dresden, Germany.
2024
Winkler, J. R. (2024, September 16-19). Climate change news avoidance and coping dispositions: The role of goal framing [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
Winkler, J. R., & Appel, M. (2024, June 20-24). Measuring dynamic emotion experiences in response to media stimuli [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 74th Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
2023
Winkler, J. R., & Appel, M. (2023, September 28-30). Approaching climate change through fiction: Do cognitively avoidant individuals prefer climate fiction over non-fictional climate narratives? [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the Conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Other Media (IGEL), Monopoli, Italy.
Winkler, J. R., & Appel, M. (2023, September 6-8). Coping with climate change through fiction? Examining the influence of dispositional cognitive avoidance and vigilance on selective exposure to fictional and non-fictional climate narratives [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Winkler, J. R., & Bätz, J. (2023, May 25-29). Career indecision, self-concept clarity, and emotionality as predictors of meaningful movie choice among university students [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
2022
Winkler, J. R., Appel, M., Schmidt, M.-L., & Richter, T. (2022, May 26-30). Story structure and narrative transportation: Examining the effects of happiness and sadness shifts in stories with a happy ending [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 72nd Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.
2021
Winkler, J. R., Schmidt, M.-L. C. R., Appel, M., & Richter, T. (2021, May 27-31). A roller-coaster of emotions: The experience of emotional shifts as a process of narrative persuasion [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 71st Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, USA (virtual conference).
Winkler, J. R., & Votteler, V. (2021, January 27-29). Zwischen Angst und Hoffnung: Wirkungen emotionaler Appelle auf Verhaltensintentionen und Reaktanz in der Klimawandel-Kommunikation [Between fear and hope: Effects of emotional appeals on behavioral intentions and reactance in climate change communication] [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of the Division of Media Reception and Effects in the German Communication Society (DGPuK), virtual conference.
2019
Winkler, J. R., Schmidt, M.-L., Appel, M., & Richter, T. (2019, September 4-6). Exploring causal effects of emotional shifts in narrative persuasion [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 11th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Society for Psychology, Chemnitz, Germany.
Winkler, J. R., Appel, M., Schmidt, M.-L., & Richter, T. (2019, May 24-28). “E” for emotion. Transportation into story worlds and self-probed retrospection of emotional shifts as narrative experiences [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 69th Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., USA.
2017
Winkler, J. R., & Schneider, F. M. (2017, September 6-8). Identification with counter-stereotypic media characters and gender self-concepts: Exploring the role of non-hedonic entertainment experiences [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society, Landau, Germany.
Winkler, J. R., Halfmann, A., & Freudenthaler, R. (2017, May 25-29). Backlash effects in online discussions: Effects of gender and counter-stereotypical communication on persuasiveness and likeability [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the 67th Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.
