Publications of Svenja Schäfer

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Schäfer, S. (2019). Illusion of Knowledge through Facebook News? Effects of Snack News in a News Feed on Perceived Knowledge, Attitude Strength, and Willingness for Discussions. Computers in Human Behavior. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.031
  • Sülflow, M., Schäfer, S., & Winter, S. (2018). Selective Attention in the news feed: An eye-tracking study on the perception and selection of political news posts on Facebook. New Media & Society. doi: 10.1177/1461444818791520
  • Meier, A., & Schäfer, S. (2018). The positive side of social comparison on SNS: How envy can drive Inspiration on Instagram. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21(7), 411-417. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2017.0708
  • Schäfer, S., Sülflow, M., & Müller, P. (2017). The special taste of snack news: An application of niche theory to understand the appeal of Facebook as a source for political news. First Monday, 22. doi: 10.5210/fm.v22i4.7431
  • Geiß, S., & Schäfer, S. (2017). Any publicity or good publicity? A competitive test of visibility- and tonality-based media effects on voting behavior. Political Communication. doi: 10.1080/10584609.2016.1271068
  • Müller, P., Schneiders, P., & Schäfer, S. (2016). Appetizer or main dish? Explaining the use of Facebook news posts as a substitute for other news sources. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 431-441. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.003

Contributions to handbooks & encyclopedias

  • Schemer, C., & Schäfer, S. (im Druck). Psychophysiologische Messungen. In T. Faas, O. Gabriel & J. Maier (Hrsg.)., Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden Baden: Nomos.
  • Schemer, C., & Schäfer, S. (in press). Die Bedeutung der sozial-kognitiven Theorie für die Gesundheitskommunikation. In C. Rossmann & M. Hastall (Eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitskommunikation. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Müller, P., & Schäfer, S. (in press). Latent mean (comparison). In J. Matthes, R. Potter, & C. S. Davis (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Chapters in edited volumes

  • Schäfer. S., Pittner, N., Magin, M. & Stark, B. (2015). Alles nur Marke? Eine experimentelle Untersuchung zur Qualitätsbewertung von Suchmaschinen-Trefferlisten aus der Nutzerperspektive. In S. Pagel (Ed.), Schnittstellen der Medienökonomie (pp. 339-357). Baden-Baden: Nomos