Biography
Julia Kneer is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam and chair of the Examination Board at ESHCC. Before working as Assistant Professor here, she worked as a postdoc researcher and lecturer at the University of Cologne, Department of Social and Media, where she taught theoretical and methodical courses in Media, Social, and Organizational Psychology. Julia studied Psychology at Saarland University from 1996 to 2001. From 2003 to 2008 she worked at the Department of Social Psychology (Prof. Wintermantel, head), Saarland University. In May 2006 she received her PhD in Social Psychology (“Causal Person Model”). Her research focus lies on digital games, especially how digital games and players are perceived, generation differences, and digital game addiction. Further research interests include interactive and digital media in general, health communication, heavy metal music, music in movies, and social cognition. She has published in Computers in Human Behavior, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Journal of Media Psychology, Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, and Social Psychology. Julia served as chair of the Games Studies Divison of the International Communication Association (vice chair 2015-2017, chair 2017-2019). Current research projects are: Urban Media Engagement (together with Jeroen Jansz and Liesbet van Zoonen). Former projects: Homies: wijkgerichte op media gebaseerde identiteiten met empowermentstrategieën (together with Jeroen Jansz), The fogland game: creating and validating a paper prototype of a game to fight smokers’ needs for relaxation and social contacts (video)
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- kneer@eshcc.eur.nl
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Anne van Eldik, Julia Kneer, Roel Lutkenhaus & Jeroen Jansz (2020) - Influencers & the Super-Diverse City: Expressions of urban identity in local influencers’ YouTube content
- Anne van Eldik, Julia Kneer, Roel Lutkenhaus & Jeroen Jansz (2020) - #010 #mijnstad: De rol van sociale media en influencers in het leven van jongeren in de stad
- RS Jacobs, S Werning, Jeroen Jansz & Julia Kneer (2020) - Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games - Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications - doi: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000278 - [link]
- Julia Kneer & MR Ward (2020) - With a rebel yell: Video gamers’ responses to mass shooting moral panics - New Media & Society, 23 (3) - doi: 10.1177/1461444819901138 - [link]
- Susanne A. Eischeid, Julia Kneer & Birte Englich (2019) - Peace of mind: The impact of metal gestures on stress and power - Metal Music Studies, 5 (2), 137-150 - doi: 10.1386/mms.5.2.137_1 - [link]
- Anne van Eldik, Julia Kneer & Jeroen Jansz (2019) - Online in the City: Young people's social media use and it's relation to a sense of belonging to the (super-diverse) city
- Julia Kneer, S Franken & S Reich (2019) - Not only for the (tom)boys: Gender variables as predictors for playing motivations, passion, and addiction for MMORPGs - Simulation & Gaming, 50 (1), 44-61 - doi: 10.1177/1046878118823033 - [link]
- S Eischeid, Julia Kneer & B Englich (2019) - Peace of Mind: The influence of metal gestures on stress and power - Metal Music Studies, 5 (2), 137-150 - doi: 10.1386/mms.5.2.137_1, hdl.handle.net/1765/117681 - [link]
- Anne van Eldik, Julia Kneer & Jeroen Jansz (2019) - Urban & online: Social media use among adolescents and sense of belonging to a super-diverse city - Media and Communication, 7 (2), 242-253 - doi: 10.17645/mac.v7i2.1879 - [link]
- Anne van Eldik, Julia Kneer, Roel Lutkenhaus & Jeroen Jansz (2019) - Urban Influencers: An Analysis of Urban Identity in YouTube Content of Local Social Media Influencers in a Super-Diverse City - Frontiers in Psychology, 10 - doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02876 - [link]
- S Franken, Julia Kneer & S Reich (2018) - Not only for the (tom)boys: Gender variables as predictors for playing motivations, passion, and addiction for MMORPGs
- N Schroeder & Julia Kneer (2018) - Characters as Friends: Exploring Influences of Media Interactivity on Parasocial Relationships
- RS Jacobs, S Werning, Jeroen Jansz & Julia Kneer (2018) - Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games: An Elaboration Likelihood Perspective
- RS Jacobs, S Werning, Jeroen Jansz & Julia Kneer (2017) - Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games: An Elaboration Likelihood Perspective
- RS Jacobs, Jeroen Jansz & Julia Kneer (2017) - Playing Against Abuse: Effects of Procedural and Narrative Persuasive Games
- Julia Kneer, Jeroen Jansz & M Bas (2017) - Developing and testing a serious games for smokers
- A Oberts & Julia Kneer (2015) - In-Mind Magazin (Journal)
- A Oberts & Julia Kneer (2015) - In-Mind Magazin (Journal)
- Julia Kneer (2012) - Activation and suppression of digital game related contents
- D Rieger, Julia Kneer & S Glock (2012) - Blond, thin, & dumb? Model casting shows
Methods of Media Research
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4304
Master Class
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM4500
Research Master Seminar I
- Level
- MA-1
- Year Level
- MA-1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CS5016
Bachelor Thesis
- Level
- BA-3
- Year Level
- BA-3
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM3050
Communication Ethics
- Year Level
- BA-3, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master, Pre-master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM3010
Bachelor Thesis Class
- Level
- BA-3
- Year Level
- BA-3
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM3051
Master Thesis
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM5000
Quantitative Methods in Media and Comm.
- Level
- BA-2
- Year Level
- BA-2
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- CM2005