Christopher Koch
Biographic Data
| ID | 163463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Koch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Koch |
| SIGNATURE | KOCH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6282-1750 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond Digital Literacy: Exploring Factors Affecting Digital Performance of University Staff
Digital literacy is essential but doesn’t guarantee digital performance. Many researchers consider factors such as attitude, cultural environment, or institutional setting in their frameworks when researching digital literacy. Yet, their significance often gets lost in a catalog of required skills and knowledge. Here we develop a model outlining factors influencing university personnel’s digital performance across diverse tasks, and we discuss as…
Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages
Worauf achten Lehrkräfte beim Medienkompetenzunterricht? Eine Bestandsaufnahme für die schweizerische Sekundarstufe II
In Zeiten digitaler Kommunikation, der Demokratisierung der Kommunikationsstrukturen und des Phänomens von Desinformation erhält die Förderung von Medienkompetenz grosse Bedeutung. Ein kompetenter Umgang mit medialer Kommunikation gilt als Voraussetzung für die Teilhabe in modernen demokratischen Gesellschaften. Während der Lehrplan 21 auf der Primar- und Sekundarstufe I Medien als eigenen Kompetenzbereich integriert, fehlen entsprechende Konzept…
Caught in Narrative Patterns? Analysis of the Swiss News Coverage of Christians, Muslims, and Jews
The media coverage of religious communities can have an impact on society and contribute to the manifestation of certain images in society. Since recent surveys show social tensions concerning Muslims and Jews, it is important to monitor media coverage. In this study, we investigate the images of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the news media. Theoretically, the approaches of framing and narrative patterns are used. The study was conducted in…
Das Smartphone-Tagebuch in der Mediennutzungsforschung. Ein qualitativer Methodenansatz unter der Lupe
In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird die Eignung des digitalen Tagebuchs in der Mediennutzungsforschung erörtert. Qualitative Tagebuchstudien haben im Gegensatz zu Befragungen den Vorteil, dass sie sich nicht auf das Gedächtnis der Studienteilnehmenden verlassen müssen und detaillierte Tiefeninformationen liefern. In den hier begleiteten Studien erfassten Studienteilnehmer*innen mittels der Notizsoftware Evernote auf ihrem Smartphone Begegnungen…
“Space means Science, unless it’s about Star Wars”: A qualitative assessment of science communication audience segments
Scholars of science communication have identified population segments that differ in their perceptions of and attitudes toward science as well as in their patterns of science-related information and media use. So far, however, most of these studies employed quantitative, standardized methods and their descriptions could not go into qualitative detail. This study fills this gap: It delivers an in-depth description of members of four audience segme…
Attitudes towards Englishes in India
With the help of a survey building on 13 bipolar pairs arranged on a six-point semantic differential scale, the present paper studies Indian English speakers' attitudes towards their local variety Indian English contrastively by simultaneously examining their attitudes towards American English, British English and Sri Lankan English. The results show that although Indian speakers of English display a positive attitude towards Indian English, whic…
Can Auditors be Independent? Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Client Type
Recent regulatory initiatives stress that an independent oversight board, rather than the management board, should assume the role of auditors' client. In an experiment, we test whether the type of client affects auditors' independence. Unique features of the German institutional setting enable us to realistically vary the type of auditors' client as our treatment variable: we portray the client either as the management preferring aggressive acco…
Reliability and Construct Validity of the College Student Stress Scale
Reliability and construct validity of the 11-item College Student Stress Scale were investigated with exploratory (N = 273) and confirmatory factor analyses (N = 185) in undergraduate college students. Two factors were observed; however, reliability of the 3-item factor was too low and one item failed to load on either factor. A 7-item measure (Factor 1) had acceptable reliability (.81) and good convergence with the Perceived Stress Scale. This m…
Representation of Islam and Christianity in the Swiss Media
What is the role of the media in multi-religious societies? Are they aggravating latent tensions between religions or rather helping to promote mutual understanding? These are the key research questions addressed in this paper. The discussion in this paper refers to narration and framing as two theoretical approaches from communication science. The empirical findings of a media content analysis in Switzerland show strong differences between Islam…
Roman State Religion in the Mirror of Augustan and Late Republican Apologetics†
This chapter secures a hypothesis that in the late Republic and Augustan period, no individual priest of the state religion, coming from the educated class, could carry out his duties with the credulity of an archaic man. Each perceived the discrepancy between the extent of his own spiritual freedom and the world of ideas that he had to reproduce in worship. The state religion for the contemporary Roman was not identical with the entire complex o…
Differences and Similarities in Characterizing Terrorists: A Comparison of American and Russian Samples After 9/11
Eighty-three Russian and 185 American students were given a political opinion survey addressing terrorism (Takooshian & Verdi, 1995) and a questionnaire that specifically addressed the terrorist attacks ofSeptember 11th in order to examine attributions made about terrorists shortly after a terrorist attack. The results indicate that both Russians and Americans believe that terrorism should be eliminated and that innocent people should be protecte…
Stress, Coping, and Success Among Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology
Research has indicated that coping styles and social support are moderating variables in the relationship between stress and distress. Few studies, however, have examined the relationship between these variables and the relative health and success of graduate students in clinical psychology. We administered measures of stress, psychological health, social support, and coping styles to 53 doctoral students in clinical psychology. Current grade poi…
Integrating across the Psychology Curriculum: A follow-up Evaluation Plan
Dykstra, Foster, Kleiner, and Koch (1995) presented an integration framework for conducting a curriculum content review. This framework suggests that courses should be structured to allow students to progress through four levels of integration. The present follow-up study shows that students support the classification framework described by Dykstra et al. In addition, the present study describes an evaluation tool for assessing the level of integ…
Attitudes towards Englishes in India
With the help of a survey building on 13 bipolar pairs arranged on a six-point semantic differential scale, the present paper studies Indian English speakers' attitudes towards their local variety Indian English contrastively by simultaneously examining their attitudes towards American English, British English and Sri Lankan English. The results show that although Indian speakers of English display a positive attitude towards Indian English, whic…
Representation of Islam and Christianity in the Swiss Media
What is the role of the media in multi-religious societies? Are they aggravating latent tensions between religions or rather helping to promote mutual understanding? These are the key research questions addressed in this paper. The discussion in this paper refers to narration and framing as two theoretical approaches from communication science. The empirical findings of a media content analysis in Switzerland show strong differences between Islam…
Das Smartphone-Tagebuch in der Mediennutzungsforschung. Ein qualitativer Methodenansatz unter der Lupe
In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird die Eignung des digitalen Tagebuchs in der Mediennutzungsforschung erörtert. Qualitative Tagebuchstudien haben im Gegensatz zu Befragungen den Vorteil, dass sie sich nicht auf das Gedächtnis der Studienteilnehmenden verlassen müssen und detaillierte Tiefeninformationen liefern. In den hier begleiteten Studien erfassten Studienteilnehmer*innen mittels der Notizsoftware Evernote auf ihrem Smartphone Begegnungen…
Integrating across the Psychology Curriculum: A follow-up Evaluation Plan
Dykstra, Foster, Kleiner, and Koch (1995) presented an integration framework for conducting a curriculum content review. This framework suggests that courses should be structured to allow students to progress through four levels of integration. The present follow-up study shows that students support the classification framework described by Dykstra et al. In addition, the present study describes an evaluation tool for assessing the level of integ…
Stress, Coping, and Success Among Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology
Research has indicated that coping styles and social support are moderating variables in the relationship between stress and distress. Few studies, however, have examined the relationship between these variables and the relative health and success of graduate students in clinical psychology. We administered measures of stress, psychological health, social support, and coping styles to 53 doctoral students in clinical psychology. Current grade poi…
Roman State Religion in the Mirror of Augustan and Late Republican Apologetics†
This chapter secures a hypothesis that in the late Republic and Augustan period, no individual priest of the state religion, coming from the educated class, could carry out his duties with the credulity of an archaic man. Each perceived the discrepancy between the extent of his own spiritual freedom and the world of ideas that he had to reproduce in worship. The state religion for the contemporary Roman was not identical with the entire complex o…
Differences and Similarities in Characterizing Terrorists: A Comparison of American and Russian Samples After 9/11
Eighty-three Russian and 185 American students were given a political opinion survey addressing terrorism (Takooshian & Verdi, 1995) and a questionnaire that specifically addressed the terrorist attacks ofSeptember 11th in order to examine attributions made about terrorists shortly after a terrorist attack. The results indicate that both Russians and Americans believe that terrorism should be eliminated and that innocent people should be protecte…
Reliability and Construct Validity of the College Student Stress Scale
Reliability and construct validity of the 11-item College Student Stress Scale were investigated with exploratory (N = 273) and confirmatory factor analyses (N = 185) in undergraduate college students. Two factors were observed; however, reliability of the 3-item factor was too low and one item failed to load on either factor. A 7-item measure (Factor 1) had acceptable reliability (.81) and good convergence with the Perceived Stress Scale. This m…
Representation of Islam and Christianity in the Swiss Media
What is the role of the media in multi-religious societies? Are they aggravating latent tensions between religions or rather helping to promote mutual understanding? These are the key research questions addressed in this paper. The discussion in this paper refers to narration and framing as two theoretical approaches from communication science. The empirical findings of a media content analysis in Switzerland show strong differences between Islam…
Can Auditors be Independent? Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Client Type
Recent regulatory initiatives stress that an independent oversight board, rather than the management board, should assume the role of auditors' client. In an experiment, we test whether the type of client affects auditors' independence. Unique features of the German institutional setting enable us to realistically vary the type of auditors' client as our treatment variable: we portray the client either as the management preferring aggressive acco…
Attitudes towards Englishes in India
With the help of a survey building on 13 bipolar pairs arranged on a six-point semantic differential scale, the present paper studies Indian English speakers' attitudes towards their local variety Indian English contrastively by simultaneously examining their attitudes towards American English, British English and Sri Lankan English. The results show that although Indian speakers of English display a positive attitude towards Indian English, whic…
“Space means Science, unless it’s about Star Wars”: A qualitative assessment of science communication audience segments
Scholars of science communication have identified population segments that differ in their perceptions of and attitudes toward science as well as in their patterns of science-related information and media use. So far, however, most of these studies employed quantitative, standardized methods and their descriptions could not go into qualitative detail. This study fills this gap: It delivers an in-depth description of members of four audience segme…
Das Smartphone-Tagebuch in der Mediennutzungsforschung. Ein qualitativer Methodenansatz unter der Lupe
In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wird die Eignung des digitalen Tagebuchs in der Mediennutzungsforschung erörtert. Qualitative Tagebuchstudien haben im Gegensatz zu Befragungen den Vorteil, dass sie sich nicht auf das Gedächtnis der Studienteilnehmenden verlassen müssen und detaillierte Tiefeninformationen liefern. In den hier begleiteten Studien erfassten Studienteilnehmer*innen mittels der Notizsoftware Evernote auf ihrem Smartphone Begegnungen…
Caught in Narrative Patterns? Analysis of the Swiss News Coverage of Christians, Muslims, and Jews
The media coverage of religious communities can have an impact on society and contribute to the manifestation of certain images in society. Since recent surveys show social tensions concerning Muslims and Jews, it is important to monitor media coverage. In this study, we investigate the images of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the news media. Theoretically, the approaches of framing and narrative patterns are used. The study was conducted in…
Worauf achten Lehrkräfte beim Medienkompetenzunterricht? Eine Bestandsaufnahme für die schweizerische Sekundarstufe II
In Zeiten digitaler Kommunikation, der Demokratisierung der Kommunikationsstrukturen und des Phänomens von Desinformation erhält die Förderung von Medienkompetenz grosse Bedeutung. Ein kompetenter Umgang mit medialer Kommunikation gilt als Voraussetzung für die Teilhabe in modernen demokratischen Gesellschaften. Während der Lehrplan 21 auf der Primar- und Sekundarstufe I Medien als eigenen Kompetenzbereich integriert, fehlen entsprechende Konzept…
Beyond Digital Literacy: Exploring Factors Affecting Digital Performance of University Staff
Digital literacy is essential but doesn’t guarantee digital performance. Many researchers consider factors such as attitude, cultural environment, or institutional setting in their frameworks when researching digital literacy. Yet, their significance often gets lost in a catalog of required skills and knowledge. Here we develop a model outlining factors influencing university personnel’s digital performance across diverse tasks, and we discuss as…
Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)