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Psychology of Communication and New Media

Presentations

Invited Talks & Panels of Experts

Weber, S. (11/2021). Selbstdarstellung auf Instagram: Narzissmus, Wohlbefinden und soziale Vergleiche auf sozialen Netzwerkseiten. Vortrag auf der 16. Tagung zu Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörungen und Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapeutischen Behandlungsansätzen, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel.

Weber, S. (10/2021). Geschlechterstereotype in den Medien – Schnee von gestern? Psychologische Konsequenzen gender-stereotyper Darstellungen in Comedy, Instagram & Co. Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Gender und Medien“ des Genderforums der Universität Würzburg.

Weber, S. (01/2021). Starke Frauen, schöne Männer? Auswirkungen stereotyp(in-)konsistenter Darstellungen in Comedy, Werbung, Instagram & Co. Vortrag im Department Kolloquium des Psychologischen Instituts der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Weber, S. (10/2020). „You are what you see?“ Auswirkungen stereotyper (Selbst-) Darstellungen in TV, Comedy, Instagram & Co. Vortrag auf der QueerWeber-Kurztagung „Framing queerer Identitäten in den Massenmedien“.

Weber, S. (09/2020). Zukunftshoffnungen der österreichischen Migrationsforschung: Theoretische und methodologische Neuansätze. „Roundtable-Diskussion“ mit PreisträgerInnen des ÖAW Dissertationspreises für Migrationsforschung. 6. Jahrestagung für Migrations- und Integrationsforschung in Österreich, Salzburg, Österreich.

Weber, S. (11/2017). Auswirkungen von Stereotypen in den Medien. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Abteilung für Sozialpsychologie, Erlangen, Deutschland.

Weber, S. & Lorenz, C. (03/2017). Our friends and helpers - Smartphones as a measurement tool and delivery channel for personalized health interventions. Keynote beim “HealthNar” Symposium, Antwerpen, Belgien.

Weber, S. (04/2015). Social Identity and School Performance among Adolescent Immigrants in Germany. Vortrag am Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australien.

Conference Contributions

2023

Weber, S., Kachel, S., Bindal, Z., & Görsch, P. (09/2023). Not funny? Female- and male-disparaging jokes as a source of threat. Talk, 18th Meeting of the DGPs Subdivision Social Psychology, Graz, Austria.

2022

Mengelkamp, C., Friedrich, T., & Weber, S. (05/2022). Body-Positivity on Instagram: Downward Comparison rather than Inspiration? Paper presentation, International Communication Association, 72nd Annual Conference, Paris, France.

2021

Weber, S. (10/2021). Selbstdarstellung und Soziale Identität: Der Einfluss von Selfies auf Gender-Identität und akademisches Selbst. Talk, 1. Workshop des Selfie-Forschungsnetzwerks 2021, Hochschule für Philosophie München, Germany.

Weber, S., Galstyan, H., & Ströle, E. (09/2021). Social Comparison on Instagram: Assimilation as the Key to a Positive Body Image? Poster, 12th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division, Aachen, Germany.

Weber, S., Messingschlager, T., & Stein, J. P. (05/2021). Intervening in Instagram: Can Cognitive Countermeasures Reduce the Negative Consequences of Social Comparisons? Talk, Promising Early Career Papers of Information Systems, 71st Conference of the International Communication Association.

2020

Weber, S., Klingelhöfer, J., & Appel, M. (05/2020). The effects of sexist comedy on benevolent sexism and domain identification. Poster & Talk, 70th Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia. (Converted from Australia to virtual due to COVID-19)

Weber, S., Lorenz, C., & Hemmings, N. (05/2020). Mobile health interventions support mental health in the workplace: A large-scale randomised control trial. Talk, 70th Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia. (Converted from Australia to virtual due to COVID-19)

2018

Weber, S., Marker, C., Friedrich, J., & Sittinger, P. (09/2018). #Fitspiration: The influence of body-focused Instagram trends on body image and self-esteem. Talk as part of the Symposium on How gender stereotypes shape the perception of the self and others, 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

Weber, S., & Schubert, A. (05/2018). Staying in or coming-out? A narrative blog post improves attitudes towards people living with HIV. Poster, 68th Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Weber, S., Stiglbauer, B., Kronberger, N., & Appel, M. (04/2018). Kulturelle Identität beeinflusst das Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund: Eine längsschnittliche Analyse intraindividueller Veränderungen. Talk, 13th Conference of the Austrian Psychological Society, Linz, Austria.

Schreiner, C., Salb, A., Weber, S., & Appel, M. (04/2018). Sind Bücherwürmer die besseren Menschen? Der Zusammenhang von Belesenheit, Theory of Mind, Empathie und Fairness. Talk, 13th Conference of the Austrian Psychological Society, Linz, Austria.

Weber, S., Messingschlager, R., & Oszfolk, N. (02/2018). Social Comparison Behavior on Social Media: The influence of cognitive re-evaluations. Poster, Conference for General Online Research GOR 2018, Cologne, Germany. [Winner of the GOR Poster Award 2018]

2017

Weber, S. & Stiglbauer, B. (09/2017). A picture paints a thousand words: Taking “Selfies” strengthens the link between the self and a place. Talk, 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division, Landau, Germany.

Weber, S. & Appel., M. (07/2017). The influence of gender-stereotypic comedy on women’s test performance: A big laugh? Talk, 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain.

Weber, S. & Hagmayer, Y. (07/2017). Stop thinking about the Joneses! Increasing wellbeing by decreasing rumination about social comparisons. Talk, Preconference on The Self-Regulation of Health, Preceding the 2017 EASP General Meeting in Granada, Spain.

2016

Weber, S. & Appel, M. (09/2016). The Influence of Gender-Stereotypic Comedy on Women’s Cognitive Performance. Talk as part of the Symposium on The Psychology of Social Inequality - Are Times Changing? Prevailing Presence and Consequences of Gender Stereotypes in Modern Societies, 50th Conference of the German Psychological Society, Leipzig, Germany.

Appel, M. & Weber, S. (05/2016). Do stereotypes in the media impair members of stereotyped groups? A meta-analysis on stereotype threat. Poster & Talk, 66th Conference of the International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan.

Weber, S. & Appel, M. (05/2016). Sexist comedy reduces women’s intelligence test performance: Does it hurt if it is funny? Poster & Talk, 66th Conference of the International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (04/2016). Stereotype Threat und Kulturelle Identität: Eine experimentelle Längsschnittstudie von Vulnerabilität und Leistung von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund in Österreich. Talk, 12th Conference of the Austrian Psychological Society, Innsbruck, Austria.

2015

Weber, S. & Appel, M. (12/2015). Das wäre doch gelacht! Der Einfluss gender-stereotyper Comedy auf die kognitive Leistung von Frauen. Poster, 3rd Gender and Diversity Symposium, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (09/2015). Cultural identity as a predictor for
educational achievement of immigrant students under stereotype threat.
 Talk, 3rd Annual Conference on Migration and Diversity, Science Center Berlin, Germany.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (09/2015). Social identity as a predictor of school performance and well-being of adolescent immigrants: A longitudinal field-experiment. Talk, 15th Meeting of the German Psychological Society, Subdivision Social Psychology, Potsdam, Germany.

2014

Weber, S. & Appel, M. (12/2014). Stereotype Threat bei Männern im Bereich verbaler Kompetenz. Poster & Talk, 2nd Gender and Diversity Symposium, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (09/2014). Ressourcenorientierte Interventionen zur Reduktion der negativen Einflüsse von Stereotype Threat bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund: Soziale Identität, kognitive Leistung und Wohlbefinden. Talk, 49th Conference of the German Psychological Society, Bochum, Germany.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (07/2014). Buffering the Effects of Stereotype Threat among Adolescent Immigrants: Social Identity, Sense of Belonging, and Well-being. Talk, 7th European Conference of Positive Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (07/2014). Social Identity Threat reduces the cognitive performance of immigrants: A meta-analytic review. Talk, 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Weber, S., Appel, M., & Kronberger, N. (04/2014). Stereotype Threat und kognitive Leistung bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund in Österreich: Die Bedeutung von sozialer Identität und Akkulturation. Talk, 11th Conference of the Austrian Psychological Society, Vienna, Austria.

2013 and Earlier

Weber, S., Appel, M. & Kronberger, N. (09/2013). Soziale Identität und kognitive Leistung bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund. Talk, 14th Meeting of the German Psychological Society, Subdivision Educational Psychology, Hildesheim, Germany.

Weber, S. (06/2013). Social identity and cognitive performance among adolescent immigrants in Austria. Talk, SoDoc Workshop 2013, Cologne, Germany.

Hagmayer, Y. & Weber, S. (05/2009). Investigating how clinicians choose among interventions: A new experimental approach. Talk, 4th European Workshop of Causal Reasoning in Clinical Decision Making, Malaga, Spain.