{"id":10656,"date":"2023-04-03T07:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medienpsychologie.ifp.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=10656"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:55:10","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medienpsychologie.ifp.uni-mainz.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page: Media Effects and Media Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Digital media, especially the internet, have changed our lives in many ways. Thanks to mobile internet access, smartphones and tablets, media content and communication are now virtually omnipresent and constantly available. The \u2018social web\u2019 with platforms such as Instagram or TikTok, is opening up completely new forms of interaction, participation and production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interactive media such as video and computer games, but also new video platforms like YouTube, offer entirely new forms of media entertainment, releasing recipients from their role as passive observers and placing them in the position of actively shaping and autonomously acting users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While new, interactive media and online communication have long taken a firm place in our daily lives, many questions about the consequences of living in a digital society remain largely unanswered: How do social and mobile media change the \u201crhythm\u201d of our everyday lives?[LR1] How often does our media use conflict with other, less pleasant daily duties? And what impact do constant availability and \u201cdigital stress\u201d have on the quality of life in the \u201calways-on\u201d society? [LR1]In der deutschen Version \u00e4ndern in: \u201eWie ver\u00e4ndern Social und Mobile Media den \u201eRhythmus\u201c unserer Alltagslebens?\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research attempts to find answers to these and other questions relating to the use and impact of digital media use. In our teaching, we teach theories, concepts and empirical approaches to analyze new forms of digital media use and to sensitize our students to the individual and social implications of using new media. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/jgu-base-section><\/div>\n\n

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The research unit Media Effects and Media Psychology deals with questions at the interface between Communication Research and Psychology. The various research projects focus on three thematic areas: (1) entertainment research, (2) self-regulation and well-being, and (3) mobile media use and constant connectivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following research questions are investigated, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n