Advertising and Media Psychology Research Group (AdMe)

Presentations

2026 (11)

    • Bührer, S., Vandebosch, H., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, August). More than the message: How social distance, attributed motives, and prior perpetration shape severity perceptions and perpetration intentions of digital hate. Presentation to the Mass Communication & Society Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 5-8, New Orleans, LA, USA.
    • Khaleghipour, M., Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, August). Beyond homogeneous targets: The distinct role of pure target status in digital hate victimization and perceived regulatory effectiveness. Presentation to the Mass Communication & Society Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 5-8, New Orleans, LA, USA.
    • Kostikova, D., Bührer, S., Moser, S., & Matthes, J. (2026, August). Emotions as social signals: How emotional feedback to misinformation correction sustains political engagement on social media. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 5-8, New Orleans, LA, USA.
    • Moser, S., Bührer, S., Kostikova, D., & Matthes, J. (2026, August). From hostile feedback to withdrawal: Emotional exhaustion as a barrier to online misinformation correction. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 5-8, New Orleans, LA, USA.
    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, June). Loneliness turns disapproval into reward: Dynamics of digital hate perpetration, online feedback, and life satisfaction. Presentation to the Communication & Technology Division at the 76th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 4-8, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Kostikova, D., Bührer, S., Moser, S., & Matthes, J. (2026, June). Emotional pathways to political learning: How emotional cues on social media shape political information processing. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the 76th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 4-8, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Matthes, J., Meerson, R., Bührer, S., Nanz, A., & Kuduzovic, H. (2026, June). Filtering out for sanity, not ideology? A panel study on information overload and the psychology of political unfriending. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the 76th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 4-8, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, January). When loneliness turns disapproval into reward: Dynamics of digital hate perpetration, online feedback, and life satisfaction. Presentation at the annual conference of the "Media Reception and Effects" division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), January 21-23, Klagenfurt, Austria.
    • Hirsch, M., Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, January). Approval mechanisms fueling digital hate: Online incivility and intolerance perpetration in four countries. Presentation at the annual conference of the "Media Reception and Effects" division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), January 21-23, Klagenfurt, Austria.
    • Khaleghipour, M., Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2026, January). Not all digital hate targets are alike: Machiavellianism and target status in perceptions of digital hate regulation. Presentation at the annual conference of the "Media Reception and Effects" division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), January 21-23, Klagenfurt, Austria.
    • Bührer, S. (2026, January). Environmental Communication and Media. Presentation at the "Sustainability and Green Skills Peer Educator Development Program" Conference (held in Istanbul, Türkiye), January 10 (online).

2025 (6)

    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, August). Perceptions of uncivil and intolerant anti-immigration content and the role of digital hate perpetration. Presentation to the Mass Communication and Society Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 7-10, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • Nguyen, G., Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, August). Cross-platform guardians? Exploring digital hate perpetrators' priorities in social media affordances and experiences with moderation and intervention against them. Presentation to the Communication Technology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 7-10, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). When digital hate perpetrators feel threatened & victimized: Moral disengagement mechanisms in immigration-related online incivility and intolerance in Europe. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., Hirsch, M., & Matthes, J. (2025, June). Approval mechanisms fueling digital hate perpetration: A four-country moderated mediation model of incivility and intolerance. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
    • Matthes, J., Nguyen, G., Koban, K., Meerson, R., Khaleghipour, M., Garner, D., Bührer, S., & Kirchmair, T. (2025, June). Discoursive consequences of social media hostility: Chilling effects, avoidance, and intervention behaviors of emerging adults in the U.S. and Indonesia. Presentation to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 12-16, Denver, CO, USA.
    • Bührer, S. (2025, April). How can e-NetCoM surprise young people? Invited Talk at the Environmental Sustainability Summit, April 16-17, Izmir, Turkey.

2024 (2)

    • Koban, K., Bührer, S., & Matthes, J. (2024, August). All roads lead to hate? Five prediction paths for online incivility and intolerance perpetration. Presentation to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 8-11, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
    • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). The WWW of digital hate perpetration: What, who, and why? A scoping review. Presentation to the Communication and Technology Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.

2023 (3)

    • Bührer, S. (2023, November). Digital hate: Perpetrators, audiences, and (dis)empowered targets. Presentation at the 25th Austrian Congress for Journalists [25. Österreichischer Journalistinnenkongress], November 7-8, Vienna, Austria.
    • Matthes, J., Koban, K., Bührer, S., Kirchmair, T., Weiss, P., Khaleghipour, M., Saumer, M., & Meerson, R. (2023, September). The state of evidence in digital hate research: An umbrella review. Presentation at the 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), September 6-8, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
    • Matthes, J., Koban, K., Bührer, S., Kirchmair, T., Weiss, P., Khaleghipour, M., Saumer, M., & Meerson, R. (2023, August). The state of evidence in digital hate research: An umbrella review. Presentation to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 7-10, Washington D.C., USA.