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. 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. C. R., & Richter, T. (2022, May). Do emotional shifts drive narrative transportation? Investigating the effects of happiness and sadness shifts in response to stories with a happy ending [Poster presentation]. Poster presented at the 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.
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., & Votteler, V. (2021, January). Zwischen Angst und Hoffnung: Wirkungen emotionaler Appelle auf Verhaltensintentionen und Reaktanz in der Klimawandel-Kommunikation. Presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of the Division of Media Reception and Effects in the German Communication Society (DGPuK), virtual conference.
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).
2020
Appel, M., Messingschlager, T., Prietzel, F., Krause, S., & Winkler, J. R. (2020, January). Wer teilt Fake News? Der Einfluss von Warnhinweisen und der dunklen Triade. Presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the Division of Media Reception and Effects in the German Communication Society(D GPuK), Würzburg, Germany.
2019
Messingschlager, T., Prietzel, F., Krause, S., Winkler, J. R., & Appel, M. (2019, March). Fake News: On the influence of warnings and personality. Poster, Conference for General Online Research GOR 2019, Cologne, Germany.
Schmidt, M.-L-, Winkler, J. R., Appel, M., & Richter, T. (2019, July). Examining emotional shifts in narratives: A multi-method approach. Presentation at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, New York, USA.
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.
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.
2018
Schmitt, J. B., Ernst, J., Rieger, D., Winkler, J. R., Roth, H.-J., Bente, G., & Vorderer, P. (2018, May). Selbstbestimmt und (medien-)kompetent im Umgang mit extremistischer Online-Propaganda. Evaluation eines Schulprogramms zur Förderung von Medienkritikfähigkeit als Radikalisierungsprävention. Presentation at the 63rd Conference of the German Association of Communication Science, Mannheim, Germany.
Schmitt, J. B., Winkler, J. R., Lutz, S., Dietrich, F., & Rieger, D. (2018, May). Populist voices in extremist online videos - A content analysis of right-wing and Islamic extremist YouTube videos. Presentation at the 68th Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic.
Winkler, J. R., & Schneider, F. M. (2018, May). Challenging the self: Counter-stereotypic media characters and narrative impact on female audiences’ self-concepts. Poster presented at the 68th Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic.
2017
Halfmann, A., Winkler, J. R., & Freudenthaler, R. (2017, January). Backlash-Effekte in Online-Diskussionen: Auswirkungen von (nicht-)geschlechterstereotypem Diskussionsverhalten auf die Bewertung von Überzeugungsfähigkeit und Sympathie. Presentation at the 25th Conference of the Media Effects Research Division of the German Association of Communication Science, Erfurt, Germany.
Reich, S., Reinecke, L., Hefner, D., Winkler, J. R., Hopp, F., Knop-Hülß, K., . . . Vorderer, P. (2017, May). Self-construal, cultural values, and everyday life with a smartphone: Intercultural differences in being permanently online and connected. Poster presented at the 67th Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, USA.
Schmitt, J. B., Rieger, D., Qasem, S., Winkler, J. R., Ernst, J., Roth, H.-J., . . . Bente, G. (2017, September). The populist language of extremism: A content analysis of right-wing and Islamic extremist Internet videos. 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.
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.
