Megan Knittel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5875093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Knittel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Knittel |
| SIGNATURE | KNITTEL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9440-8530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sex Sells? Two Experiments Testing Exposure to Sexualized Female Video Game Characters on Purchase Intention
Two experiments tested the effects of sexual appeals on video game purchase intention. Study 1 examined the interplay of character gender and sexualization, revealing participants,’ especially women participants,’ stronger purchase intention for a non-sexualized female character than a sexualized one. In Study 2, we utilized the reasoned action approach and found that exposure to a non-sexualized female character was associated with stronger purc…
Beyond Access and Infrastructure
This article presents a multiple case study of context in shaping local digital equity policies in three communities in Michigan, United States. Few studies have systematically investigated local context to understand its potential impacts on the development of sustainable information policies in rural communities. By applying the Digital Opportunities Compass, a framework for examining contextual factors that impact community-based digital equit…
Navigating the Role of LGBTQ+ Identity in Self-Disclosure and Strategies Used for Uncertainty Reduction in Online Dating
Online dating platforms pose novel challenges for personal privacy, self-disclosure, and uncertainty management. Emerging evidence suggests that LGBTQ+ users may be especially impacted by issues like personal privacy and misrepresentation online. LGBTQ+ identity disclosure is often fraught with pressures related to stigma, fear of accidental disclosure to unintended, undesired audiences, and the possibility of facing harassment and violence. How …
Sentimental Avatars
This article examines how the embodied experience of contemporary avatar use overlaps with 19th-century American sentimental literature and cultural assumptions about gender and readerly identification in that period. Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research on avatar use and ongoing scholarship on nineteenth-century literature, we offer theoretical insights about the resonance between historical and contemporary understandings of …
Navigating the Role of LGBTQ+ Identity in Self-Disclosure and Strategies Used for Uncertainty Reduction in Online Dating
Online dating platforms pose novel challenges for personal privacy, self-disclosure, and uncertainty management. Emerging evidence suggests that LGBTQ+ users may be especially impacted by issues like personal privacy and misrepresentation online. LGBTQ+ identity disclosure is often fraught with pressures related to stigma, fear of accidental disclosure to unintended, undesired audiences, and the possibility of facing harassment and violence. How …
Sentimental Avatars
This article examines how the embodied experience of contemporary avatar use overlaps with 19th-century American sentimental literature and cultural assumptions about gender and readerly identification in that period. Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research on avatar use and ongoing scholarship on nineteenth-century literature, we offer theoretical insights about the resonance between historical and contemporary understandings of …
Navigating the Role of LGBTQ+ Identity in Self-Disclosure and Strategies Used for Uncertainty Reduction in Online Dating
Online dating platforms pose novel challenges for personal privacy, self-disclosure, and uncertainty management. Emerging evidence suggests that LGBTQ+ users may be especially impacted by issues like personal privacy and misrepresentation online. LGBTQ+ identity disclosure is often fraught with pressures related to stigma, fear of accidental disclosure to unintended, undesired audiences, and the possibility of facing harassment and violence. How …
Sex Sells? Two Experiments Testing Exposure to Sexualized Female Video Game Characters on Purchase Intention
Two experiments tested the effects of sexual appeals on video game purchase intention. Study 1 examined the interplay of character gender and sexualization, revealing participants,’ especially women participants,’ stronger purchase intention for a non-sexualized female character than a sexualized one. In Study 2, we utilized the reasoned action approach and found that exposure to a non-sexualized female character was associated with stronger purc…
Beyond Access and Infrastructure
This article presents a multiple case study of context in shaping local digital equity policies in three communities in Michigan, United States. Few studies have systematically investigated local context to understand its potential impacts on the development of sustainable information policies in rural communities. By applying the Digital Opportunities Compass, a framework for examining contextual factors that impact community-based digital equit…
Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (2 works) · Multimedia (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Video game (2 works)