Intern
Psychologie Intelligenter Interaktiver Systeme

André Markus, M.Sc.

André Markus M. Sc. 

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Research Assistant / PhD Student

✉ andre.markus@uni-wuerzburg.de

Psychologie Intelligenter Interaktiver Systeme
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Institut für Mensch-Computer-Medien
Universität Würzburg
Emil-Fischer-Straße 50
97074 Würzburg
Deutschland

Mini-CV

  • Since 2021 research assistant in the MOTIV  project as part of the AI Psychology research group.
  • Studied Psychology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) specializing in Digital Game Studies, Virtual Reality and Media at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
  • Studied Media and Instructional Psychology (M.Sc.) at the Technical University of Chemnitz.
  • Worked as a student assistant for the Chair of  Educational Psychology at TU Darmstadt (2015-2017).
  • Worked as a student assistant for Forschungsinstitut für Betriebliche Bildung (2019-2020).
  • Freelancer for Video Production, Instructional Design and Science Communication.

Research Interests

  • User Experience
  • Virtual Environments
  • Automated Driving & Driving Experience
  • Gaming-Psychology and Player Experience
  • Social Media and Streaming (YouTube, Twitch)

Media (Extracts)

GameStar (2020). Welcher Spieler-Typ bist du? [Video]

GameStar (2019). Warum SPOILER nicht immer schlecht sind! [Video]

Psychologie-lernen.de (2020). Ist das Gähnen virtueller Agenten ansteckend? [Video]

GIGA (2021). Mit ganz simplen Tricks: So manipulieren uns God of War, Zelda und Harry Potter. [Artikel]

Psychologie-lernen.de (2020). Videospiele in der Psychotherapie - Depression und Angst loswerden. [Video]

Publications

  • Markus, A., M. Baumann, J. Pfister, A. Carolus, A. Hotho, and C. Wienrich. “Safer Interaction With IVAs: The Impact of Privacy Literacy Training on Competent Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants”. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence 8, no. 100372 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2025.100372.
  • Markus, André, Maximilian Baumann, Jan Pfister, Andreas Hotho, Astrid Carolus, and Carolin Wienrich. “The Impact of Algorithm Awareness Training on Competent Interaction With Intelligent Voice Assistants”. Discover Education 4, no. 125 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00522-6.
  • Baumann, M., A. Markus, J. Pfister, A. Carolus, A. Hotho, and C. Wienrich. “Master Your Practice! A Quantitative Analysis of Device and System Handling Training to Enable Competent Interactions With Intelligent Voice Assistants”. Computers in Human Behavior Reports 17 (2025): 100610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100610.
  • Markus, A., A. Carolus, and C. Wienrich. “What Does the Perfect Companion in Games Look Like? Development and Validation of the Companion Design Scale”. Journal of Games, Game Art, and Gamification 9, no. 1 (2024): 30-38. https://doi.org/10.21512/jggag.v9i1.11177.
  • Markus, A., J. Pfister, C. Carolus, A. Hotho, and C. Wienrich. “Effects of AI Understanding-Training on AI Literacy, Usage, Self-Determined Interactions, and Anthropomorphization With Voice Assistants”. Computers and Education Open 6, no. 1 (2024): 100176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100176.
  • Markus, A., J. Pfister, A. Carolus, A. Hotho, and C. Wienrich. “Empower the User - The Impact of Functional Understanding Training on Usage, Social Perception, and Self-Determined Interactions With Intelligent Voice Assistants”. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence 6 (2024): 100229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100229.
  • Wienrich, C., A. Carolus, A. Markus, Y. Augustin, J. Pfister, and A. Hotho. “Long-Term Effects of Perceived Friendship With Intelligent Voice Assistants on Usage Behavior, User Experience, and Social Perceptions”. Computers 12, no. 4 (2023): 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12040077.
  • Carolus, A., Y. Augustin, A. Markus, and C. Wienrich. “Digital Interaction Literacy Model. Conceptualizing Competencies for Literate Interactions With Voice-Based AI Systems”. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, December 2022, 100114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100114.
  • Wienrich, C., A. Carolus, A. Markus, and Y. Augustin. AI Literacy: Kompetenzdimensionen und Einflussfaktoren im Kontext von Arbeit, Pub. L. No. 1, 1 (2022).