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  1. Is the Confirmation Bias Bubble Larger Online? Pre-Election Confirmation Bias in Selective Exposure to Online versus Print Political Information

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  2. Beauty or Business Queen: How Young Women Select Media to Reinforce Possible Future Selves

    Article • Communication Research, February 2016, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  3. The Allure of Aphrodite: How Gender-Congruent Media Portrayals Impact Adult Women's Possible Future Selves

    Article • Human Communication Research, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  4. Science Exemplars in the Eye of the Beholder

    Article • Science Communication, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  5. Political Online Information Searching in Germany and the United States: Confirmation Bias, Source Credibility, and Attitude Impacts

    Article • Journal of Communication, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  6. Selective Exposure in the Communication Technology Context

    Article • January 2015, Wiley

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  7. Kurzfristige und langfristige Effekte von Nachrichten auf politische Informationsinteressen

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  8. Glancing up or down: Mood management and selective social comparisons on social networking sites

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, December 2014, Elsevier

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  9. Confirmation Bias in Online Searches: Impacts of Selective Exposure Before an Election on Political Attitude Strength and Shifts

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, November 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  10. Thinspiration: Self-Improvement Versus Self-Evaluation Social Comparisons with Thin-Ideal Media Portrayals

    Article • Health Communication, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  11. The Color of Their Collar: Effects of Social Status Portrayal in Advertising on Self-Esteem

    Article • Howard Journal of Communications, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  12. The Selective Exposure Self- and Affect-Management (SESAM) Model

    Article • Communication Research, June 2014, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  13. Selective Exposure for Better or Worse: Its Mediating Role for Online News' Impact on Political Participation

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  14. To Your Health: Self-Regulation of Health Behavior Through Selective Exposure to Online Health Messages

    Article • Journal of Communication, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  15. Weighing Women Down: Messages on Weight Loss and Body Shaping in Editorial Content in Popular Women's Health and Fitness Magazines

    Article • Health Communication, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  16. Impacts of Efficacy and Exemplification in an Online Message About Weight Loss on Weight Management Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Personal Importance

    Article • Journal of Health Communication, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  17. A Crack in the Crystal Ball? Prolonged Exposure to Media Portrayals of Social Roles Affect Possible Future Selves

    Article • Communication Research, June 2013, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  18. Ingroup Favoritism and Outgroup Derogation: Effects of News Valence, Character Race, and Recipient Race on Selective News Reading

    Article • Journal of Communication, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  19. Severity, Efficacy, and Evidence Type as Determinants of Health Message Exposure

    Article • Health Communication, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  20. Turn a Blind Eye If You Care: Impacts of Attitude Consistency, Importance, and Credibility on Seeking of Political Information and Implications for Attitudes

    Article • Journal of Communication, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  21. Caught in the Act: Measuring Selective Exposure to Experimental Online Stimuli

    Article • Communication Methods and Measures, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  22. Impacts of Exemplification and Efficacy as Characteristics of an Online Weight-Loss Message on Selective Exposure and Subsequent Weight-Loss Behavior

    Article • Communication Research, March 2013, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  23. The Matilda Effect in Science Communication

    Article • Science Communication, February 2013, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  24. Selective Exposure and Reinforcement of Attitudes and Partisanship Before a Presidential Election

    Article • Journal of Communication, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  25. Tragedy Viewers Count Their Blessings

    Article • Communication Research, March 2012, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  26. Does the Music Matter? Examining Differential Effects of Music Genre on Support for Ethnic Groups

    Article • Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  27. Gendering the Self

    Article • Communication Research, November 2011, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  28. The Matilda Effect—Role Congruity Effects on Scholarly Communication

    Article • Communication Research, August 2011, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  29. Reinforcement of the Political Self Through Selective Exposure to Political Messages

    Article • Journal of Communication, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  30. Preelection Selective Exposure

    Article • Communication Research, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  31. A Losing Battle

    Article • Communication Research, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  32. Body Ideals in the Media: Perceived Attainability and Social Comparison Choices

    Article • Media Psychology, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  33. Social comparisons at your fingertips

    Article • January 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  34. Please Your Self: Social Identity Effects on Selective Exposure to News About In- and Out-Groups

    Article • Journal of Communication, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  35. Sports Spectators' Suspense: Affect and Uncertainty in Sports Entertainment

    Article • Journal of Communication, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  36. Looking the Other Way

    Article • Communication Research, March 2009, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  37. Coping or Escaping?

    Article • Communication Research, January 2009, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  38. Gender role perpetuation through selective media exposure

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  39. The Blame Game

    Article • Communication Research, October 2008, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  40. News Selection Patterns as a Function of Race: The Discerning Minority and the Indiscriminating Majority

    Article • Media Psychology, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  41. Murder for Pleasure

    Article • Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications, January 2008, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  42. The Gender News Use Divide: Americans’ Sex-Typed Selective Exposure to Online News Topics

    Article • Journal of Communication, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  43. Gender Differences in Selective Media Use for Mood Management and Mood Adjustment

    Article • Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, April 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  44. Naughty Versus Nice: Suggestive Pop Music Influences on Perceptions of Potential Romantic Partners

    Article • Media Psychology, March 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francesca R Dillman Carpentier, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  45. Thrilling News: Factors Generating Suspense During News Exposure

    Article • Media Psychology, March 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  46. Kognitive Dissonanz »Revisited«

    Article • Publizistik, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  47. News cues: Information scent and cognitive heuristics

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2007, Wiley

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  48. Minority Models in Advertisements in Magazines Popular with Minorities

    Article • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, September 2006, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  49. Mystery Appeal: Effects of Uncertainty and Resolution on the Enjoyment of Mystery

    Article • Media Psychology, August 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  50. Social Comparisons With News Personae

    Article • Communication Research, August 2006, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  51. Mood Adjustment to Social Situations Through Mass Media Use: How Men Ruminate and Women Dissipate Angry Moods

    Article • Human Communication Research, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  52. The gender news use divide: Impacts of sex, gender, self-esteem, achievement, and affiliation motive on German newsreaders' exposure to news topics

    Article • Communications, January 2006, De Gruyter

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  53. »Informational Utility«

    Article • Publizistik, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  54. Impact of Popularity Indications on Readers' Selective Exposure to Online News

    Article • Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  55. Selective Exposure Effects for Positive and Negative News: Testing the Robustness of the Informational Utility Model

    Article • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, March 2005, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  56. Love Lamentation in Pop Songs: Music for Unhappy Lovers?

    Article • Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, July 2004, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  57. Cowboy und Prinzessin seit Adam und Eva

    Article • Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, April 2004, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  58. Appeal of Love Themes in Popular Music

    Article • Psychological Reports, December 2003, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  59. Rock, rap, and rebellion: comparisons of traits predicting selective exposure to defiant music

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Francesca R Dillman Carpentier, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  60. Mood Adjustment via Mass Communication

    Article • Journal of Communication, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  61. APPEAL OF LOVE THEMES IN POPULAR MUSIC

    Article • Psychological Reports, January 2003, SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  62. Werbestrategien der deutschen Medien. Einsatz von Media-Werbung, Eigenwerbung und Cross-Promotion

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2003, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  63. Werbestrategien der deutschen Medien. Einsatz von Media-Werbung, Eigenwerbung und Cross-Promotion

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2003, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  64. »Unterhaltungsslalom« bei der WWW-Nutzung: Ein Feldexperiment

    Article • Publizistik, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  65. Mood Management via the Digital Jukebox

    Article • Journal of Communication, June 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  66. Effects of Salient News Items on Information Acquisition and Issue Perception

    Article • Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, January 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  67. Nachrichten aus der Fachgruppe

    Article • Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, January 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  68. „Informational Utility“ – Einfluss von Nützlichkeit auf selektive Zuwendung zu negativen und positiven Online-Nachrichten

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2002, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  69. „Informational Utility“ – Einfluss von Nützlichkeit auf selektive Zuwendung zu negativen und positiven Online-Nachrichten

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2002, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  70. Effects of Photographs on the Selective Reading of News Reports

    Article • Media Psychology, November 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  71. Does Entertainment Suffer From Interactivity? The Impact of Watching an Interactive TV Movie on Viewers' Experience of Entertainment

    Article • Media Psychology, November 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  72. “Fakten und Fiktionen“ - Jahrestagung 2001 der DGPuK in Münster

    Article • Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, October 2001, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  73. Emotional reactions to narratives

    Article • Poetics, September 2001, Elsevier

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  74. «Der Prozess der Rezeption» — einem Phantom auf der Spur

    Article • Publizistik, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  75. Beate Schneider / Silvia Knobloch (Hrsg.): Controlling-Praxis in Medien-Unternehmen. Neuwied, Kriftel 1999

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2000, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  76. Das Nachrichtenschauspiel: Reaktionen auf Ereignisse um Prominente und Interessengruppen in den Nachrichten

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  77. Beate Schneider / Silvia Knobloch (Hrsg.): Controlling-Praxis in Medien-Unternehmen. Neuwied, Kriftel 1999

    Article • Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, January 2000, Nomos Verlag

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  78. Evaluating 350 newspapers — factors contributing to their success

    Article • Document Design, December 1999, John Benjamins

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  79. Überlegungen zur Charaktersynthese von non-fiktionalen Medienfiguren

    Article • January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  80. 26. Selection, perception, and processing of political messages

    Article • De Gruyter

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  81. Choice in Media Use

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  82. Music, Rebelliousness and

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  83. Media Social Comparison Measure

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  84. News Evaluation Measure

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  85. Music Listening, Gender Effects on

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  86. Movie Evaluation Measure

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick