Erasmus University Rotterdam

dr. (Julia) J. Kneer

dr. (Julia) J. Kneer
Assistant Professor Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Department of Media and Communication
Location
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Room
M 8-50
Telephone
+31 10 4089186
Email
kneer@eshcc.eur.nl

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Julia Kneer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before moving 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,…

Julia Kneer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before moving 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 is currently member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Media Psychology. In addition, she is the current chair of the Games Studies Divison of the International Communication Association.

Current research projects are:

  • Homies: wijkgerichte op media gebaseerde identiteiten met empowermentstrategieën (together with Jeroen Jansz)
  • Urban Media Engagement (together with Jeroen Jansz and Liesbet van Zoonen)

Former projects:

  • The fogland game: creating and validating a paper prototype of a game to fight smokers’ needs for relaxation and social contacts (video)

Private homepage of Julia

 

 

      • J. Kneer (2017). Range. In M..A. Allen (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (pp. 1401-1402). London: SAGE
      • J. Kneer (2017). Effect sizes. In M. Allen (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (pp. 406-408). London: SAGE
      • J. Kneer, S. Krolak-Schwerdt, M. Wintermantel & D. Renaud (2015). Eye movement measures to study the processing of social information. In S. Freyermuth, D. Keller & J.-F.P. Bonnot (Eds.), Semiotique du movement (pp. 329-354). Bern: Peter-Lange
      • J. Kneer, S. Krolak-Schwerdt, M. Wintermantel & N. Junker (2014). Reading about persons: The mental representation of person descriptions. In S.R. Nasato (Ed.), Advances in Social Cognition Research (pp. 329-354). Southport: NOVA Science Publishers

      • A. Oberts & J. Kneer (Eds.). (2015) In-Mind Magazin, 5.
      • A. Oberts & J. Kneer (Eds.). (2015) In-Mind Magazin, 3.

      • R.S. Jacobs, S. Werning, J. Jansz & J. Kneer (2017, december 7). Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games: An Elaboration Likelihood Perspective. Lisbon, Games and Learning Association Conference 2017.
      • R.S. Jacobs, J. Jansz & J. Kneer (2017, januari 27). Playing Against Abuse: Effects of Procedural and Narrative Persuasive Games. Tilburg, 24 hours of Communication Science (Etmaal).
      • J. Kneer (2012, september 26). Activation and suppression of digital game related contents. Bielefeld, 48 Fachgruppentagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie.
      • D. Rieger, J. Kneer & S. Glock (2012, september 26). Blond, thin, & dumb? Model casting shows. Bielefeld, 48 Fachgruppentagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie.

      • J. Kneer, J. Jansz & M. Bas (2017). Creating a game for smokers and applying new methods to test its effectiveness. Etmaal2017: Tilburg, the Netherlands.
      • J. Trixxa & J. Kneer (2017). When I know what I am doing and when less is more: Developing and testing the Facebook Usage Questionnaire (FUQ) and the Perceived Facebook Usage Questionnaire (P-FUQ). 65th Annual International Communication Association Conference: Fukuoka, Japan.
      • J. Kneer, J. Jansz & M. Bas (2017). Develping and testing a serious games for smokers. 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs: Landau, Germany.
      • R.S. Jacobs, J. Jansz & J. Kneer (2016). A Validation-Oriented Approach to Persuasive Games. 6th European Communication Conference (ECREA): Prague (2016, november 10).
      • N.D. Bowman, R. Kowert, J. Breuer, M. Elson, K. Kieslich, J. Kneer, T. Quandt, A. Lange & R. Lange (2016). “It’s too dirty for me, so it’s too dirty for the kids”: A cross-comparison of German and US gamers’ differential reactions to an explicitly sexual or violent video game. National Communication Association: Las Vegas, U.S..
      • J. Breuer, N.D. Bowman, K. Kieslich, M. Elson, R. Kowert, J. Kneer, T. Quandt & A. Lange (2016). Grand theft morals: The role of cultural differences and moral views for the evaluation of violent and sexual content in video games. Paper presented at the ICA Game Studies Pre-Conference “Just Games?”: Tokyo, Japan.
      • J. Kneer, D. Munko & G. Bente (2013). Implicit Defense Strategies concerning First Person Shooter Games. 62th Annual International Communication Association Conference: Phoenix (2012, mei 25).
      • S. Shishechian, D. Rieger, J. Kneer & G. Bente (2013). Distraction from the negative emotion fear. 54th Conference of Experimentally Working Psychologists (TEAP): Mannheim (2012, april 2).
      • M. Elson, J. Breuer, J. Van Looy & J. Kneer (2012). Comparing apples and oranges? The effects of confounding factors in experimental research on digital games and aggression. 62th Annual International Communication Association Conference: Phoenix (2012, mei 25).
      • S. Hinz, D. Rieger, J. Kneer & G. Bente (2012). Limits of the emotion regulation of negative emotions. 54th Conference of Experimentally Working Psychologists (TEAP): Mannheim (2012, april 2).

  • Quant. Methods in Media and Comm.

    Title
    Quant. Methods in Media and Comm.
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 1
    Year level
    BA-2 (International Bachelor Communication and Media)

    Media Audiences and Effects

    Title
    Media Audiences and Effects
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 2
    Year level
    BA-2 (International Bachelor Communication and Media), BA-3 (International Bachelor Communication and Media)

    Communication Ethics

    Title
    Communication Ethics
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 3
    Year level
    BA-3 (International Bachelor Communication and Media), Pre-master (Media & Business), Pre-master (Media & Creative Industries), Pre-master (Media & Journalistiek), Pre-master (Media, Culture & Society)

    Internship

    Title
    Internship
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 4
    Year level
    BA-2 (International Bachelor Communication and Media)

    Bachelor's Thesis IBCoM

    Title
    Bachelor's Thesis IBCoM
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 3
    Year level
    BA-3 (International Bachelor Communication and Media)

    Bachelor's Thesis Class IBCoM

    Title
    Bachelor's Thesis Class IBCoM
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 3
    Year level
    BA-3 (International Bachelor Communication and Media)

    Methods of media research II

    Title
    Methods of media research II
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 2
    Year level
    MA (Media & Creative Industries), MA (Media & Journalistiek), MA (Media, Culture & Society), MA (Media & Business)

    Master's Thesis

    Title
    Master's Thesis
    Year
    2018
    Period
    TERM 4
    Year level
    MA (Media & Creative Industries), MA (Media & Journalistiek), MA (Media, Culture & Society), MA (Media & Business)

  • Assistant Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
    Department
    Department of Media and Communication
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4089186

Address

Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam