Melanie Saumer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6714962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Saumer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Saumer |
| SIGNATURE | SAUMER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8061-6387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fantastic Bystanders and Where to Find Them
The State of Evidence in Digital Hate Research
Digital hate poses a threat to citizens, communities, and societies. Despite numerous studies and reviews on the concept of digital hate, we lack a systematic view of the entire body of scholarship. The aim of this umbrella review is therefore to evaluate the scope, definitions, main findings, and identified gaps of digital hate research. An umbrella review allows one to examine, compare, and evaluate the state of the research across all availabl…
Nudging against judging? Mitigating anti-LGBTQIA + online hostility by raising bystanders’ awareness and behavioral intentions
No chance to fool young consumers when it comes to the environment
By promoting their services as environmentally friendly, airlines are increasingly accused of greenwashing. In an experimental quota-based study (N = 279), we investigated the effects of airlines’ false green claims, environmental compensation claims, and non-green claims on young consumers’ perceptions of greenwashing. Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model, we additionally examined how young consumers’ environmental knowledge and eco-anxiety…
Artificial presence, real-life influence? Effects of CGI influencers on young adults’ health behavior intentions
Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) influencers—also known as virtual influencers—are an increasingly influential phenomenon on social media. Some CGI influencers are presented as cartoon characters and are thus clearly recognizable as non-human. Other CGI influencers, however, are almost indistinguishable from real humans. Although CGIs can elicit parasocial interaction (PSI), we lack research distinguishing cartoon-look CGI influencers from human-…
Digital She-nanigans
Online hostility poses a growing societal challenge, yet quantitative evidence on how social media users respond to different kinds of hostility targeting different identities is limited, even though insights into bystander perceptions are detrimental to combat the online hate endemic. This online experiment ( N = 461) examines cognitive (perceived acceptability), affective (negative emotions), and behavioral (intervention intentions) responses t…
Angry tweets
“I am Young, Why Should I Vaccinate?” How empathetic and aggressive communication on social media impact young adults’ attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccination
Introduction: To combat the current COVID-19 pandemic, high vaccination rates are of crucial value. However, young people in particular tend to be hesitant toward vaccination. On social media, young adults are often called to vaccinate in an aggressive tone, arguing that there is no choice than to vaccinate and that all else is wrong. Methods: = 410), we investigated the effects of (a) empathetic vs. aggressive communication styles in social medi…
Do journalists differentiate between Muslims and Islamist terrorists? A content analysis of terrorism news coverage
We examined how Muslims are depicted in connection with Islamist terrorism and to what extent journalists use undifferentiated coverage – that actively links Muslims to terrorism – and differentiated coverage that actively differentiates Muslims from terrorism. Drawing from research in journalism studies and from terror management theory, we examined media-specific and event-specific predictors using a quantitative content analysis (12 quality/ta…
Sexual Harassment in Politics. News about Victims’ Delayed Sexual Harassment Accusations and Effects on Victim Blaming
The #MeToo movement has restarted an extensive and worldwide debate about sexual harassment especially directed against women. When women publicly accuse an alleged perpetrator they often do so with a strong delay and frequently come forward with allegations years after a harassment occurred. Yet, we lack research on how news about delayed sexual harassment accusations affect victim blaming. Drawing from construal level theory and attribution the…
Who Differentiates between Muslims and Islamist Terrorists in Terrorism News Coverage? An Actor-based Approach
status: Published
Who Differentiates between Muslims and Islamist Terrorists in Terrorism News Coverage? An Actor-based Approach
status: Published
Sexual Harassment in Politics. News about Victims’ Delayed Sexual Harassment Accusations and Effects on Victim Blaming
The #MeToo movement has restarted an extensive and worldwide debate about sexual harassment especially directed against women. When women publicly accuse an alleged perpetrator they often do so with a strong delay and frequently come forward with allegations years after a harassment occurred. Yet, we lack research on how news about delayed sexual harassment accusations affect victim blaming. Drawing from construal level theory and attribution the…
Sexual Harassment in Politics. News about Victims’ Delayed Sexual Harassment Accusations and Effects on Victim Blaming
The #MeToo movement has restarted an extensive and worldwide debate about sexual harassment especially directed against women. When women publicly accuse an alleged perpetrator they often do so with a strong delay and frequently come forward with allegations years after a harassment occurred. Yet, we lack research on how news about delayed sexual harassment accusations affect victim blaming. Drawing from construal level theory and attribution the…
Who Differentiates between Muslims and Islamist Terrorists in Terrorism News Coverage? An Actor-based Approach
status: Published
Do journalists differentiate between Muslims and Islamist terrorists? A content analysis of terrorism news coverage
We examined how Muslims are depicted in connection with Islamist terrorism and to what extent journalists use undifferentiated coverage – that actively links Muslims to terrorism – and differentiated coverage that actively differentiates Muslims from terrorism. Drawing from research in journalism studies and from terror management theory, we examined media-specific and event-specific predictors using a quantitative content analysis (12 quality/ta…
“I am Young, Why Should I Vaccinate?” How empathetic and aggressive communication on social media impact young adults’ attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccination
Introduction: To combat the current COVID-19 pandemic, high vaccination rates are of crucial value. However, young people in particular tend to be hesitant toward vaccination. On social media, young adults are often called to vaccinate in an aggressive tone, arguing that there is no choice than to vaccinate and that all else is wrong. Methods: = 410), we investigated the effects of (a) empathetic vs. aggressive communication styles in social medi…
Angry tweets
No chance to fool young consumers when it comes to the environment
By promoting their services as environmentally friendly, airlines are increasingly accused of greenwashing. In an experimental quota-based study (N = 279), we investigated the effects of airlines’ false green claims, environmental compensation claims, and non-green claims on young consumers’ perceptions of greenwashing. Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model, we additionally examined how young consumers’ environmental knowledge and eco-anxiety…
Artificial presence, real-life influence? Effects of CGI influencers on young adults’ health behavior intentions
Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) influencers—also known as virtual influencers—are an increasingly influential phenomenon on social media. Some CGI influencers are presented as cartoon characters and are thus clearly recognizable as non-human. Other CGI influencers, however, are almost indistinguishable from real humans. Although CGIs can elicit parasocial interaction (PSI), we lack research distinguishing cartoon-look CGI influencers from human-…
Digital She-nanigans
Online hostility poses a growing societal challenge, yet quantitative evidence on how social media users respond to different kinds of hostility targeting different identities is limited, even though insights into bystander perceptions are detrimental to combat the online hate endemic. This online experiment ( N = 461) examines cognitive (perceived acceptability), affective (negative emotions), and behavioral (intervention intentions) responses t…
Fantastic Bystanders and Where to Find Them
The State of Evidence in Digital Hate Research
Digital hate poses a threat to citizens, communities, and societies. Despite numerous studies and reviews on the concept of digital hate, we lack a systematic view of the entire body of scholarship. The aim of this umbrella review is therefore to evaluate the scope, definitions, main findings, and identified gaps of digital hate research. An umbrella review allows one to examine, compare, and evaluate the state of the research across all availabl…
Nudging against judging? Mitigating anti-LGBTQIA + online hostility by raising bystanders’ awareness and behavioral intentions
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (3 works) · Law (3 works)