Sarah Lutz
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 934074 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sarah Lutz |
| PRENOMES | Sarah |
| SOBRENOME | Lutz |
| ASSINATURA | LUTZ S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Mannheim |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1310-934X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
“This Message was Deleted”
Many messenger services, such as WhatsApp or Snapchat, offer the option of deleting messages after they have been sent, leaving a so-called delete notification in the chat. Especially in group chats, the chat partner not having read a message before its deletion cannot participate in the ongoing conversation and might feel out of the loop. Drawing on the Temporal Need Threat Model, the present manuscript investigates whether this experience evoke…
Swipe, Chat, Unmatch
Dating apps are designed to facilitate partner-seeking, yet they can also expose users to various forms of social exclusion. Previous research has primarily focused on ghosting experiences (i.e., others disappearing without notice). However, little is known about the effects of more explicit forms of social exclusion, such as being removed from another user’s match list after initial selection (i.e., unmatched). Addressing this research gap, we c…
Reconnecting in immersive media environments
Social exclusion threatens fundamental needs (i.e. belonging, self-esteem, meaningful existence, and control) and impairs emotional well-being. Previous research on media as a tool to mitigate these detrimental effects has predominantly focused on traditional devices, leaving the role of immersive technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), underexplored. Our preregistered laboratory experiment ( N = 114) investigates whether VR-based coping faci…
The Dark Side of Fandom
With the rapid proliferation of social media, individuals who admire certain celebrities—i.e. fans—now have access to extensive and increasingly interactive means to follow their idols and engage with fellow fans. While this has been linked to stronger parasocial relationships between fans and celebrities, as well as several psychological benefits such as a stronger sense of belonging, digital fan engagement might also reinforce conflicts between…
When does waiting for a reply turn into ghosting? Individual, relational, and situational predictors of feeling ignored in online messaging
Ghosting—the act of ending digital communication without explanation—is increasingly common. While prior research has largely focused on the motives for ghosting and the effects of being ghosted, little is known about when people start to feel ghosted. Understanding this threshold matters to determine at which point delayed replies require coping efforts. We introduce the concept of response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing …
Navigating Social Pressure to Be Available
In a digitally connected world, the perceived expectation to always stay available via mobile messenger services places unique demands on users. This paper addresses the question of how and when so-called availability pressure leads to variations in messenger users’ well-/ill-being. Drawing on the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences, it conceptualizes the satisfaction versus frustration of fundamental needs (autonomy, compe…
A Window to What We Missed
The present paper investigates the psychological and behavioral responses postulated within the Temporal Need-Threat Model of a specific form of social exclusion: Not being included in other users’ social media posts. Across two experiments (N Total = 563), we distinguished two reasons for this aversive experience: (a) Voluntarily choosing not to engage in the activity being displayed in the post (i.e. self-exclusion); (b) not being invited to th…
Fictional friends and enemies as first aid after ostracism? Experimentally investigating the potential of para-/orthosocial relationships in belongingness need restoration and emotion regulation
Being socially excluded seriously threatens individuals' need to belong and emotional well-being. This article investigates to what extent different coping strategies help overcome these detrimental effects: thinking about real-life friends/enemies (i.e., orthosocial relationships, OSRs) and thinking about (dis)liked media characters (i.e., parasocial relationships, PSRs). Across three experiments (NPilot = 129, NStudy1 = 132, NStudy2 = 855), we …
Why Don’t You Answer Me?! Exploring the Effects of (Repeated Exposure to) Ostracism via Messengers on Users’ Fundamental Needs, Well-Being, and Coping Motivation
This preregistered diary study shed light on the effects of computer-mediated communication on users’ fundamental needs and well-being. As a specific demanding situation, it focused on the experience of cyber-ostracism, defined as not receiving replies from others on a sent message. Hypotheses were derived from the temporal need-threat model. To test these hypotheses, 214 participants answered 1,378 questionnaires over the course of one week. The…
Media as Powerful Coping Tools to Recover from Social Exclusion Experiences? A Systematic Review on Need Restoration and Emotion Regulation through Using Media
Breaking the Silence
Is receiving Dislikes in social media still better than being ignored? The effects of ostracism and rejection on need threat and coping responses online
When posting content in social media, users can feel excluded due to lacking (cyber-ostracism) or negative (cyber-rejection) feedback. Referring to the temporal need-threat model, this study examined the impact that both exclusion experiences have on social media users’ need threat and on their online coping behavior to fortify threatened needs. For this purpose, a pre-registered between-subjects experiment (N = 211) was conducted by manipulating…
How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM 3 UNE)
Using mobile media can be both detrimental and beneficial for well-being. Thus, explaining how and when they elicit such effects is of crucial importance. To explicate boundary conditions and processes for digital well-being, this article introduces the I ntegrative M odel of M obile M edia U se and N eed E xperiences (IM3UNE). Instead of assuming mobile media to be pathogenic , the IM3UNE offers a salutogenic perspective—it focuses on how we can…
On the downside of mobile communication
Put down your smartphone – unless you integrate it into the conversation! An experimental investigation of using smartphones during face to face communication
In times of permanent connectedness, smartphones are used in almost any situation, even during face to face (f2f) communications. Observational studies have shown that smartphone users can either phub their interaction partners or integrate the device into the ongoing co-present conversation. However, research in this field did not sufficiently distinguish between these types of use. Referring to the expectancy violations theory, this experiment …
A History of Media Effects Research Traditions
In this chapter the authors briefly describe the historic development of research on media effects by highlighting various theories of media effects and categorizing them according to their underlying epistemologies. They start with the question as to what communication originally meant across academia and point to the most important historical phases in communication research. They conclude with a discussion of whether media effects still exist …
How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM 3 UNE)
Using mobile media can be both detrimental and beneficial for well-being. Thus, explaining how and when they elicit such effects is of crucial importance. To explicate boundary conditions and processes for digital well-being, this article introduces the I ntegrative M odel of M obile M edia U se and N eed E xperiences (IM3UNE). Instead of assuming mobile media to be pathogenic , the IM3UNE offers a salutogenic perspective—it focuses on how we can…
Fictional friends and enemies as first aid after ostracism? Experimentally investigating the potential of para-/orthosocial relationships in belongingness need restoration and emotion regulation
Being socially excluded seriously threatens individuals' need to belong and emotional well-being. This article investigates to what extent different coping strategies help overcome these detrimental effects: thinking about real-life friends/enemies (i.e., orthosocial relationships, OSRs) and thinking about (dis)liked media characters (i.e., parasocial relationships, PSRs). Across three experiments (NPilot = 129, NStudy1 = 132, NStudy2 = 855), we …
A History of Media Effects Research Traditions
In this chapter the authors briefly describe the historic development of research on media effects by highlighting various theories of media effects and categorizing them according to their underlying epistemologies. They start with the question as to what communication originally meant across academia and point to the most important historical phases in communication research. They conclude with a discussion of whether media effects still exist …
On the downside of mobile communication
Put down your smartphone – unless you integrate it into the conversation! An experimental investigation of using smartphones during face to face communication
In times of permanent connectedness, smartphones are used in almost any situation, even during face to face (f2f) communications. Observational studies have shown that smartphone users can either phub their interaction partners or integrate the device into the ongoing co-present conversation. However, research in this field did not sufficiently distinguish between these types of use. Referring to the expectancy violations theory, this experiment …
Is receiving Dislikes in social media still better than being ignored? The effects of ostracism and rejection on need threat and coping responses online
When posting content in social media, users can feel excluded due to lacking (cyber-ostracism) or negative (cyber-rejection) feedback. Referring to the temporal need-threat model, this study examined the impact that both exclusion experiences have on social media users’ need threat and on their online coping behavior to fortify threatened needs. For this purpose, a pre-registered between-subjects experiment (N = 211) was conducted by manipulating…
How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM 3 UNE)
Using mobile media can be both detrimental and beneficial for well-being. Thus, explaining how and when they elicit such effects is of crucial importance. To explicate boundary conditions and processes for digital well-being, this article introduces the I ntegrative M odel of M obile M edia U se and N eed E xperiences (IM3UNE). Instead of assuming mobile media to be pathogenic , the IM3UNE offers a salutogenic perspective—it focuses on how we can…
Why Don’t You Answer Me?! Exploring the Effects of (Repeated Exposure to) Ostracism via Messengers on Users’ Fundamental Needs, Well-Being, and Coping Motivation
This preregistered diary study shed light on the effects of computer-mediated communication on users’ fundamental needs and well-being. As a specific demanding situation, it focused on the experience of cyber-ostracism, defined as not receiving replies from others on a sent message. Hypotheses were derived from the temporal need-threat model. To test these hypotheses, 214 participants answered 1,378 questionnaires over the course of one week. The…
Media as Powerful Coping Tools to Recover from Social Exclusion Experiences? A Systematic Review on Need Restoration and Emotion Regulation through Using Media
Breaking the Silence
A Window to What We Missed
The present paper investigates the psychological and behavioral responses postulated within the Temporal Need-Threat Model of a specific form of social exclusion: Not being included in other users’ social media posts. Across two experiments (N Total = 563), we distinguished two reasons for this aversive experience: (a) Voluntarily choosing not to engage in the activity being displayed in the post (i.e. self-exclusion); (b) not being invited to th…
Fictional friends and enemies as first aid after ostracism? Experimentally investigating the potential of para-/orthosocial relationships in belongingness need restoration and emotion regulation
Being socially excluded seriously threatens individuals' need to belong and emotional well-being. This article investigates to what extent different coping strategies help overcome these detrimental effects: thinking about real-life friends/enemies (i.e., orthosocial relationships, OSRs) and thinking about (dis)liked media characters (i.e., parasocial relationships, PSRs). Across three experiments (NPilot = 129, NStudy1 = 132, NStudy2 = 855), we …
The Dark Side of Fandom
With the rapid proliferation of social media, individuals who admire certain celebrities—i.e. fans—now have access to extensive and increasingly interactive means to follow their idols and engage with fellow fans. While this has been linked to stronger parasocial relationships between fans and celebrities, as well as several psychological benefits such as a stronger sense of belonging, digital fan engagement might also reinforce conflicts between…
When does waiting for a reply turn into ghosting? Individual, relational, and situational predictors of feeling ignored in online messaging
Ghosting—the act of ending digital communication without explanation—is increasingly common. While prior research has largely focused on the motives for ghosting and the effects of being ghosted, little is known about when people start to feel ghosted. Understanding this threshold matters to determine at which point delayed replies require coping efforts. We introduce the concept of response delay tolerance: the amount of time someone is willing …
Navigating Social Pressure to Be Available
In a digitally connected world, the perceived expectation to always stay available via mobile messenger services places unique demands on users. This paper addresses the question of how and when so-called availability pressure leads to variations in messenger users’ well-/ill-being. Drawing on the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences, it conceptualizes the satisfaction versus frustration of fundamental needs (autonomy, compe…
“This Message was Deleted”
Many messenger services, such as WhatsApp or Snapchat, offer the option of deleting messages after they have been sent, leaving a so-called delete notification in the chat. Especially in group chats, the chat partner not having read a message before its deletion cannot participate in the ongoing conversation and might feel out of the loop. Drawing on the Temporal Need Threat Model, the present manuscript investigates whether this experience evoke…
Swipe, Chat, Unmatch
Dating apps are designed to facilitate partner-seeking, yet they can also expose users to various forms of social exclusion. Previous research has primarily focused on ghosting experiences (i.e., others disappearing without notice). However, little is known about the effects of more explicit forms of social exclusion, such as being removed from another user’s match list after initial selection (i.e., unmatched). Addressing this research gap, we c…
Reconnecting in immersive media environments
Social exclusion threatens fundamental needs (i.e. belonging, self-esteem, meaningful existence, and control) and impairs emotional well-being. Previous research on media as a tool to mitigate these detrimental effects has predominantly focused on traditional devices, leaving the role of immersive technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), underexplored. Our preregistered laboratory experiment ( N = 114) investigates whether VR-based coping faci…
Psychology (10 obras) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (7 obras) · Media Influence and Health (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (4 obras) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (4 obras) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (4 obras) · Ostracism (4 obras) · Social media (4 obras)