Dr. Kevin Koban, M.A.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Digital Hate: Perpetrators, Audiences, and (Dis)Empowered Targets
Währinger Straße 29 (R. 7.36), 1090 Vienna
✆ +43-1-4277-49339
✉ kevin.koban@univie.ac.at
Consultation: Based upon prior agreement
Kevin Koban is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication of the University of Vienna since September 2020. His current research focuses on the science of well-being and individuals' interaction with digital systems. He received his Ph.D. in Media Psychology and Communication Science at Chemnitz University of Technology, worked in the project "Moral Agency in Robot-Human Interactions: Perceptions, Trust, & Influence" (MARIA) at Texas Tech University, and is currently engaged in the project Digital Hate: Perpetrators, Audiences, and (Dis)Empowered Targets (2023-2027), funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
Awards & Acknowledgements
- 2023, August
Second Place Top Paper Award for the paper "The state of evidence in digital hate research: An umbrella review", Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Open Paper Competition, AEJMC annual convention, Washington, D.C., USA (as a co-author of Jörg Matthes, Stephanie Bührer, Thomas Kirchmair, Phelia Weiß, Maryam Khaleghipour, Melanie Saumer, & Rinat Meerson).
- 2023, May
Top 4 Paper Panel Award for the paper A tale of two concepts. Differential predictions of habitual and compulsive social media use concerning connection overload and sleep quality, Mobile Communication Division, ICA annual convention, Toronto, Canada (co-authors: Anja Stevic & Jörg Matthes).
- 2022, November
Research Award (1st place, together with Melanie Saumer), Department of Communication, University of Vienna, for the project Online hostility to go: An eye-tracking study on the impact of the reception situation on bystanders' processing of anti-LGBTQIA+ social media comments.
- 2020, December
Best Dissertation Award 2020, Faculty of Humanities, TU Chemnitz, for the dissertation Interactivity as dynamic demand. A conceptual, methodological, and empirical foundation for an innovative approach to study video games.
- 2018, May
Best Student Paper Award – Runner Up (co-author: Jonathan Biehl), International Communication Association, Game Studies Division: ICA Annual Conference 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2018, May
Best Paper Award (co-authors: Evan R. Watts, Nicholas D. Bowman, Jennifer Knight, and Andrew L. Nicholson), International Communication Association, Game Studies Division: ICA Annual Conference 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2016, June
Best Student Paper Award (co-author: Peter Ohler), International Communication Association, Game Studies Division: ICA Annual Conference 2016, Fukuoka, Japan.