Freya Sukalla
Biographic Data
| ID | 6745681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Freya Sukalla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Freya |
| FAMILY NAME | Sukalla |
| SIGNATURE | SUKALLA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leipzig University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4611-3647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Influence of Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences on Political Information Processing and Engagement
Can entertainment serve as a gateway to political interest and participation? In this paper, we examine the specific case of eudaimonic entertainment experiences (i.e., meaningful, moving, and thought-provoking entertainment experiences). To systematically analyze the influence of experiential and contextual factors associated with eudaimonic entertainment on political information processing, issue interest, and participation intentions, we condu…
Risky research? Exploring the potentially detrimental effects of employing stigma scales
Research on stigma is confronted with major ethical challenges. One potential risk of investigating stigma utilizing self-reports includes the unintentional reinforcement of stigma. Commonly used self-report scales to assess stigma usually include items that directly confront people with the negative stereotypes underlying the stigma. Even though findings in the domain of priming research suggest that such a way of assessing stigma might potentia…
Narrative Persuasion – theoretische Ansätze und empirische Ergebnisse zur Überzeugungskraft von Narrationen
Über die anschauliche Darstellung von Ereignissen und Figuren können Geschichten abstrakte Sachverhalte verständlich machen oder auch neue Perspektiven eröffnen. Indem sie Rezipierenden ermöglichen, kognitiv und emotional tief in die Welt einer Geschichte einzutauchen, können Narrationen ihre persuasive Wirkung entfalten. Das Forschungsfeld der narrativen Persuasion widmet sich der systematischen Untersuchung dieser Wirkung von Geschichten. Diese…
Personal relevance and state empathy with a character facilitates self-disclosure in film viewers
Eudaimonic media entertainment has been shown to promote mental health, however, our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that drive the effect is still limited. This project focuses on self-disclosure, a relevant factor for reducing distress and improving mental wellbeing. The aim was to test whether empathizing with a fictional character and the personal relevance of a story can facilitate self-disclosure responses, as well as to examine the …
Identification with similar others sharing their experience of coping with depression and its effects on stigmatization and prosocial intentions
Addressing the high prevalence of depression among university students and the need to motivate professional help seeking, we examine whether recovery stories featuring a similar - compared to a dissimilar - person sharing their personal experience of coping with depression will reduce stigmatization (attitudes, social distance, prosocial intentions) and the self-stigma of help seeking as mediated by perceived similarity and identification. We co…
The Role of Fictional Film Exposure and Narrative Engagement for Personal Norms, Guilt and Intentions to Protect The Climate
Using an integration of Norm Activation Theory, Value-Belief-Norm Theory and Narrative Persuasion, this study investigates the ability of an eco-dystopian science fiction film set in a world of excessive solar radiation to support intentions for pro-environmental behavior. Specifically, the influence of narrative engagement and explicit references to human responsibility for climate change are tested. A 2 (high vs. low narrative engagement) x 3 (…
Hero or villain? The role of audience beliefs about suspense for their suspense experience
The aim of our paper is to examine the role of recipients' general media beliefs about suspense during a specific experience of suspense, thereby contributing to a more complete explanation of suspense. The audience can be expected to have formed their own beliefs about suspense based on their own viewing or reading experiences and genre knowledge. While these cognitions about suspense have been theorized to influence the specific viewing or read…
The Cultivation of Idealistic Moral Expectations
The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of how fictional television shapes people’s expectations about the moral workings of the real world, relying on cultivation theory and models of narrative and moral effects as theoretical frameworks. Using a cross-sectional sample of the general German adult population, this study investigated the relationship between television viewing time (overall television and three genres—crime drama,…
Developing an Awareness Campaign to Reduce Second Hand Smoke Among Disadvantaged Families—A Participatory M-Health Approach
Children from disadvantaged families are particularly exposed to second hand smoke in their home environment. Using a mixed methods participatory approach, we aimed at identifying suitable media channels and appropriate content for a campaign increasing caregivers' knowledge about the risks of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure for their children and appropriate measures for exposure reduction. In the first phase of the mixed method design, we eval…
Medienpsychologie
In diesem Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk werden 61 zentrale Konzepte der Medienpsychologie in kurzen Texten vorgestellt, die das aktuelle Wissen zu spezifischen Annahmen und Theorien bündeln. In der Neuauflage werden vor allem aktuelle Konzepte aus dem Bereich der Social Media integriert. Die einzelnen Kapitel sind nach einem einheitlichen Schema gestaltet und enthalten eine kurze Darstellung des jeweiligen Konzepts, eine detaillierte Erläuterung d…
Hero or villain? The role of audience beliefs about suspense for their suspense experience
The aim of our paper is to examine the role of recipients' general media beliefs about suspense during a specific experience of suspense, thereby contributing to a more complete explanation of suspense. The audience can be expected to have formed their own beliefs about suspense based on their own viewing or reading experiences and genre knowledge. While these cognitions about suspense have been theorized to influence the specific viewing or read…
The Cultivation of Idealistic Moral Expectations
The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of how fictional television shapes people’s expectations about the moral workings of the real world, relying on cultivation theory and models of narrative and moral effects as theoretical frameworks. Using a cross-sectional sample of the general German adult population, this study investigated the relationship between television viewing time (overall television and three genres—crime drama,…
Medienpsychologie
In diesem Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk werden 61 zentrale Konzepte der Medienpsychologie in kurzen Texten vorgestellt, die das aktuelle Wissen zu spezifischen Annahmen und Theorien bündeln. In der Neuauflage werden vor allem aktuelle Konzepte aus dem Bereich der Social Media integriert. Die einzelnen Kapitel sind nach einem einheitlichen Schema gestaltet und enthalten eine kurze Darstellung des jeweiligen Konzepts, eine detaillierte Erläuterung d…
Developing an Awareness Campaign to Reduce Second Hand Smoke Among Disadvantaged Families—A Participatory M-Health Approach
Children from disadvantaged families are particularly exposed to second hand smoke in their home environment. Using a mixed methods participatory approach, we aimed at identifying suitable media channels and appropriate content for a campaign increasing caregivers' knowledge about the risks of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure for their children and appropriate measures for exposure reduction. In the first phase of the mixed method design, we eval…
The Role of Fictional Film Exposure and Narrative Engagement for Personal Norms, Guilt and Intentions to Protect The Climate
Using an integration of Norm Activation Theory, Value-Belief-Norm Theory and Narrative Persuasion, this study investigates the ability of an eco-dystopian science fiction film set in a world of excessive solar radiation to support intentions for pro-environmental behavior. Specifically, the influence of narrative engagement and explicit references to human responsibility for climate change are tested. A 2 (high vs. low narrative engagement) x 3 (…
Hero or villain? The role of audience beliefs about suspense for their suspense experience
The aim of our paper is to examine the role of recipients' general media beliefs about suspense during a specific experience of suspense, thereby contributing to a more complete explanation of suspense. The audience can be expected to have formed their own beliefs about suspense based on their own viewing or reading experiences and genre knowledge. While these cognitions about suspense have been theorized to influence the specific viewing or read…
The Cultivation of Idealistic Moral Expectations
The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of how fictional television shapes people’s expectations about the moral workings of the real world, relying on cultivation theory and models of narrative and moral effects as theoretical frameworks. Using a cross-sectional sample of the general German adult population, this study investigated the relationship between television viewing time (overall television and three genres—crime drama,…
Personal relevance and state empathy with a character facilitates self-disclosure in film viewers
Eudaimonic media entertainment has been shown to promote mental health, however, our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that drive the effect is still limited. This project focuses on self-disclosure, a relevant factor for reducing distress and improving mental wellbeing. The aim was to test whether empathizing with a fictional character and the personal relevance of a story can facilitate self-disclosure responses, as well as to examine the …
Identification with similar others sharing their experience of coping with depression and its effects on stigmatization and prosocial intentions
Addressing the high prevalence of depression among university students and the need to motivate professional help seeking, we examine whether recovery stories featuring a similar - compared to a dissimilar - person sharing their personal experience of coping with depression will reduce stigmatization (attitudes, social distance, prosocial intentions) and the self-stigma of help seeking as mediated by perceived similarity and identification. We co…
Risky research? Exploring the potentially detrimental effects of employing stigma scales
Research on stigma is confronted with major ethical challenges. One potential risk of investigating stigma utilizing self-reports includes the unintentional reinforcement of stigma. Commonly used self-report scales to assess stigma usually include items that directly confront people with the negative stereotypes underlying the stigma. Even though findings in the domain of priming research suggest that such a way of assessing stigma might potentia…
Narrative Persuasion – theoretische Ansätze und empirische Ergebnisse zur Überzeugungskraft von Narrationen
Über die anschauliche Darstellung von Ereignissen und Figuren können Geschichten abstrakte Sachverhalte verständlich machen oder auch neue Perspektiven eröffnen. Indem sie Rezipierenden ermöglichen, kognitiv und emotional tief in die Welt einer Geschichte einzutauchen, können Narrationen ihre persuasive Wirkung entfalten. Das Forschungsfeld der narrativen Persuasion widmet sich der systematischen Untersuchung dieser Wirkung von Geschichten. Diese…
The Influence of Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences on Political Information Processing and Engagement
Can entertainment serve as a gateway to political interest and participation? In this paper, we examine the specific case of eudaimonic entertainment experiences (i.e., meaningful, moving, and thought-provoking entertainment experiences). To systematically analyze the influence of experiential and contextual factors associated with eudaimonic entertainment on political information processing, issue interest, and participation intentions, we condu…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Media Influence and Health (7 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works)