Psychology of New Media and Technologies - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

- active participation in class

- bi-weekly tasks

- oral presentation

- written research report

Dieses Modul enthält mindestens eine alternative semesterbegleitende Abschlussleistung. Bitte beachten Sie, dass diese in der Regel schon zu Beginn des Semesters, in dem diese angeboten wird, angemeldet werden muss. Über die Details und Zeiträume dazu werden Sie vom Lehrenden und/oder dem Prüfungsamt informiert. Fragen Sie gegebenenfalls unbedingt beim Lehrenden nach.

This module contains at least one alternative exam part. Please note that this must usually be registered at the beginning of the semester in which it is offered. The lecturer and/or the examination office will inform you about the details and time periods. If necessary, be sure to ask the lecturer.

Enrollment in the course takes place by attending the first session. You will receive all further information during this session. Registration for the exam is done directly by the Examination Office based on the enrollment list.

Students have a strong interest in psychology of digital media and psychology of technology and at least basic knowledge of social research methodology (study design, data collection, data analysis). Students have completed the course "Academic Skills in Communication Science".

After attending the seminar, students understand the relevance of psychology of digital media and psychology of technology for communication science. They know the current state of research of a selected field of psychology of digital media or psychology of technology. They understand advanced in-depth details of a psychology-focused research process in communication science, for instance, how to systematically search for literature and summarize the state of research appropriately, how to build and visualize a conceptual model based on established theories, or how to identify questionable research practices in published papers (professional competence).

After working on the bi-weekly tasks, students know how to apply specific research methods or how to interpret specific theories, respectively. Based on this, they can conduct more sophisticated research projects (methods competence).

After giving the presentation, students can present the results of psychology of digital  media and psychology of technology research in oral form in an APA-compliant fashion (methods competence).

After writing the research report, students can present the results psychology of digital media and psychology of technology research in written form in an APA-compliant fashion (methods competence).

After working on the bi-weekly tasks, the oral presentation, and the research report, students can plan the time for an own project, motivate themselves to work on their own projects, and assess the achievement of their own project (self-management competence).

The aim of the *module* is twofold: (1) Students look into the current state of a selected field of psychology of digital media or psychology of technology (e.g., health communication on YouTube), and Students (2) learn about specific research methods or specific theories, respectively. Relevant methods can be systematic literature reviews, critical reading, building conceptual models, selected methods of data collection and/or data analysis (depending on the applicability). Relevant theories can be Online Disinhibition, Cues Filtered-out, QUEST-VR, Uses-and-Gratifications Approach, The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model, Sexual Scripts Theory, and so on.

The course will be taught on-site. The class cannot be studied entirely digital – it is therefore not suitable for students enrolled in the digital MCS-program.

Moodle, Texts, Slides, Internet Links, Videos

Literature list will be provided in the course of the module