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

  • 2024, August
    Top Paper Award for the paper All roads lead to hate? Five prediction paths for online incivility and intolerance perpetration, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Theory Paper Competition, AEJMC annual convention, Philadelphia, PA, USA (co-authors: Stephanie Bührer & Jörg Matthes)
  • 2024, August
    Third Place Top Paper Award for the paper The dark side of the rainbow: A mobile experience study on community members' exposure frequency and processing of LGBTQIA+-directed digital hostility, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Open Call Competition, AEJMC annual convention, Philadelphia, PA, USA (as a co-author of Melanie Saumer & Jörg Matthes)
  • 2024, June
    Top Paper Award for the paper "Four eyes, two truths: Explaining heterogeneity in perceived severity of digital hate against immigrants", Information Systems Division, ICA annual convention, Gold Coast, Australia (as a co-author of Thomas Kirchmair & Jörg Matthes).
  • 2024, June
    Top Four Student Paper Award for the paper "Digital hate from targets' perception: A scoping review of recent research", Interpersonal Communication Division, ICA annual convention, Gold Coast, Australia (as a co-author of Maryam Khaleghipour & Jörg Matthes).
  • 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.