FG Medienwissenschaft - Mediated Communication, Focus: Web Science

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Prof. Dr. Silvia Westerwick

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Prof. Dr.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

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knobloch-westerwick@tu-berlin.de

+49 30 314-77327

Sekretariat HBS 4
Raum HBS 527
Adresse Hardenbergstraße 16-18
10623 Berlin

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick has moved to the Technische Unversitaet Berlin, as professor for Mediated Communication (Web Science), in 2022.

Beforehand, she served as a professor at the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. She continues to serve as co-editor of Communication Research, a flagship journal of communication science.

A bibliometric study ranked Dr. Knobloch-Westerwick as the #1 most productive scholar in central communication journals, and tied for #6 in a wider sample of journals, for the period 2012-2016.

Dr. Knobloch-Westerwick’s research examines the selection, processing, and effects of mediated communication. A key thread in her work pertains to antecedents and consequences of selective exposure to mediated messages. Her publications include four books and an edited book; the latest monograph came out in 2020. Further, she has about a hundred publications in peer-reviewed journals and 33 book chapters (in Jan. 2020).

Dr. Knobloch-Westerwick has served as managing editor of Media Psychology (2012-16) and as Graduate Studies Director (2014-15) in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University, as well as chair of the International Communication Association nomination committee (2013-2015). She is a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Theory, Media Psychology, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Communication Monographs, Health Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.

Publikationen

  • Westerwick, A., Sude, D. J., Robinson, M., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (in press). Peers versus pros: Confirmation bias in selective exposure to user-generated versus professional media messages and its consequences. Mass Communication & Society. LINK
  • Luong, K. T., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Frampton, J. (in press). Temporal self impacts on media exposure & effects: A test of the Selective Exposure Self- and Affect-Management (SESAM) model. Media Psychology. PDF
  • Sude, D. J., Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Robinson, M. J., & Westerwick, A. (in press). "Pick and choose" opinion climate: How browsing of political messages shapes public opinion perceptions and attitudes. Communication Monographs.
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Mothes, C., & Polavin, N. (2020). Confirmation bias, ingroup bias, and negativity bias in selective exposure to political information. Communication Research [was submitted before first author was considered for editorship]. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Robinson, M. J., Willis, L. E., & Luong, K. T. (in press). Beauty or business queen: How young women select media to reinforce possible future selves. Communication Research [was submitted before first author was considered for editorship]. PDF
  • Luong, K. T., Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Niewiesk, S. (in press). Superstars within reach: The role of perceived attainability & role congruity in media role models on women's social comparisons. Communication Monographs.
  • Robinson, M. J., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (in press). Seeking inspiration through health testimonials: Improving mothers' self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and behavior in handling children's sleep behavior. Health Communication. LINK
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Liu, L., Hino, A., Westerwick, A., & Johnson, B. K. (2019). Context impacts on the confirmation bias: Evidence from the 2017 Japanese snap election compared with American and German findings. Human Communication Research, 45, 427-449. PDF
  • Mothes, C., Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Pearson, G.D.H. (2019). The PFAD-HEC model: Impacts of news attributes and use motivations on selective news exposure. Communication Theory, 29, 251-271. PDF
  • Pearson, G., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2019). Is the confirmation bias bubble larger online? Pre-election confirmation bias in selective exposure to online versus print political information. Mass Communication and Society, 22, 466-486.
  • Wilson, B., Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Robinson, M. J. (2019). Picture yourself healthy--How users select mediated images to shape intentions and behaviors. Health Communication, 34, 838-847. PDF
  • Pearson, G., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2018). Perusing pages and skimming screens: Exploring differing patterns of selective exposure to hard news and high credibility sources in online and print news. New Media & Society, 20, 3580-3596. PDF
  • Westerwick, A., Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Confirmation biases in selective exposure to polital online information: Source bias versus content bias. Communication Monographs, 84, 343-364. PDF
  • Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Steer clear or get ready: How coping styles moderate the effect of informational utility. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 61, 332-350. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Lavis, S. (2017). Selecting serious or satirical, supporting or stirring news? Selective exposure to partisan versus mockery news online videos. Journal of Communication, 67, 54-81. PDF
  • Luong, K. T., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Can the media help women be better at math? Stereotype threat, selective exposure, media effects and women’s math performance. Human Communication Research, 43, 193-213. PDF
  • Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). When misery avoids company: Selective social comparisons to photographic online profiles. Human Communication Research, 43, 54-75. PDF
  • Westerwick, A., Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Change your ways: Fostering health attitudes toward change through selective exposure to online health messages. Health Communication, 32, 639–649. PDF
  • Robinson, M. J., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Bedtime stories that work: The effect of protagonist liking on narrative persuasion. Health Communication, 32, 339-346. PDF
  • Veldhuis, J., Konijn, E., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Self-improvement magazine messages increase body satisfaction in young adults. Health Communication, 32, 200-210. PDF
  • Sarge, M., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2017). Mechanisms of influence for weight loss in popular women's health media: A content analysis of health and fitness magazines. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 10, 260-272. LINK PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Willis, L., & Kennard, A. (2016). Media impacts on women’s fertility desires: A prolonged exposure experiment. Journal of Health Communication, 21, 647-657. PDF
  • Kennard, A. R., Willis, L. E., Robinson, M. J., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2016). The allure of Aphrodite: How role-congruent media portrayals impact adult women’s possible future selves. Human Communication Research, 42, 221-245. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Mothes, C., Johnson, B. K., Westerwick, A., & Donsbach, W. (2015). Political online information searching in Germany and the U.S.: Confirmation bias, source credibility, and attitude impacts. Journal of Communication, 65, 489-511. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Johnson, B. K., Silver, N., & Westerwick, A. (2015). Science exemplars in the eye of the beholder: Selective exposure to online science information affects attitudes on science topics. Science Communication, 37, 575-601. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Johnson, B. K., & Westerwick, A. (2015). Confirmation bias in online searches: Impacts of selective exposure before an election on political attitude strength and shifts. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20, 171-187. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2015). The selective exposure self- and affect-management (SESAM) model: Applications in the realms of race, politics, and health. Communication Research, 42, 959-985. LINK
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2015). Thinspiration: Self-improvement versus self-evaluation social comparisons with thin-ideal media portrayals. Health Communication, 30, 1089-1101. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Sarge, M. A. (2015). Impacts of exemplification and efficacy as characteristics of an online weight loss message on selective exposure and subsequent weight loss behavior. Communication Research, 42, 547-568. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., & Johnson, B. K. (2014). Selective exposure for better or worse: Its mediating role for online news' impact on political participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19, 184-196. PDF
  • Johnson, B. K., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2014). Glancing up or down: Mood management and selective social comparisons on social networking sites. Computers in Human Behavior, 41, 33–39. PDF
  • Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Kennard, A. R., Westerwick, A., *Willis, L. E., & *Gong, Y. (2014). A crack in the crystal ball? Prolonged exposure to media portrayals of social roles affect possible future selves. Communication Research, 41, 739-759. PDF
  • Willis, L. E., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2014). Weighing women down: Messages on weight loss and body shaping in editorial content in popular women’s health and fitness magazines. Health Communication, 29, 323-31.
  • Hoplamazian, G., & Knobloch-Westerwick, S. (2014). The color of their collar: Effects of social status portrayal in advertising on self-esteem. Howard Journal of Communication, 25, 378-398.