Across Europe, the use of negative portrayals of immigrants in populist political advertising
has dramatically increased. An experimental study tested the underlying mechanisms and …

Although good logos are essential for creating brand awareness and brand equity, the
effects of logo design features have not been tested empirically. Extending previous findings …

“This is the secret of propaganda: To totally saturate the person, whom the propaganda
wants to lay hold of, with the ideas of the propaganda, without him even noticing that he is …

Intergroup contact has long been established as a way to reduce prejudice among society,
but in-person interventions can be resource intensive and limited in reach. Parasocial …

We investigated the effects of antiforeigner political advertisements on implicit and explicit
stereotypes. While stereotypical associations may become automatically activated (implicit …

Over the past two decades, migration has become one of the decisive socio-political topics
worldwide. Debates over effective border controls, the social integration of migrants or the …

Linkage analysis, ie linking media exposure, content, and surveys, has been a powerful tool
to assess media effects. However, the development of online communication and the advent …

This study evaluated whether common self-report measures of television and game violence
exposure represent reliable and valid measurement tools. Three self-report measures …

Sebastian Scherr führt vor dem Hintergrund der zahlreichen Studien zum Werther-Effekt die
theoretischen Überschneidungen der Modellvorstellung von Depression und Suizidalität in …

Understanding the mechanisms of effective communication may be advanced by knowledge
from social and cognitive neuroscience. We build on prior brain research that mapped …