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Beiträge in Fachzeitschriften (6)

2025

• Dreston, J.H. and Nanz, A. (2025) „Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: effects on subjective and objective political knowledge and aligned voting“, Human Communication Research, S. hqaf023. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf023.
• Dreston, J.H., Halversen, A. and Weeks, B.E. (2025) „Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion“, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 37(4), S. edaf056. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaf056.
• Dreston, J.H., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. and Neubaum, G. (2025) „What Is an Algorithm? A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social Media Users’ Mental Associations on Algorithms“, Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000170.
• Frauhammer, L.T. und Dreston, J.H. (2025) „How cognitive elaboration fosters knowledge acquisition on social media—a field experiment“, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 30(5), S. zmaf014. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmaf014.
• Dreston, J.H. and Neubaum, G. (2025) „Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge“, Communication Research, 00(0), S. 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502251317818.

2023

• Dreston, J.H. and Neubaum, G. (2023) „How incidental and intentional news exposure in social media relate to political knowledge and voting intentions“, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, S. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1250051.

Konferenzbeiträge (13)

2025

• Dreston, J. H., Schmitt, J. & Neubaum, G (2025). I Voted, Therefore I Am: How Political Expressions on Social Media and Voting Actions Affect People's Self-Concepts. Paper presented at 14^th Conference of the Media Psychology Division, Duisburg, DE
• Grund J. S., Lengersdorf, G., Thin, J., Meier, L., Liebig, N., & Dreston, J.H. (2025). Algorithm Perception: The effects of interventions on algorithm literacy, agency, content satisfaction, belief in folk theories and opinion climate. Paper presented at 14^th Conference of the Media Psychology Division, Duisburg, DE
• Dreston, J.H. & Nanz, A (2025). Incidental Exposure in a Mock Election Setting on Social Media: Effects on Subjective and Objective Political Knowledge and Aligned Voting. Paper presentation at 75^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO, US.
• Dreston, J. H. & Frauhammer, L. T (2025). From Scrolling to Learning: How Cognitive Elaboration Fosters Knowledge Acquisition on Social Media: A Field Experiment. Paper presentation at 75^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO, US.
• Dreston, J. H., Halversen, A. & Weeks, B.E. (2025). Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion. Paper presentation at 75^th  Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO, US.
• Dreston, J. H. & Frauhammer, L. T (2025). (Subjektiver) Wissenserwerb auf Social Media ein Feldexperiment. Paper presentation at 31st Annual Conference of the Media Uses and Effects division of the DGPuK, Bamberg, DE.
• Dreston, J. H., Barati, S., Gronemeyer, E., Holz, A., Kaluza, N. & Pricken, M (2025). Nebenbei informiert: Der Effekt von Podcast-Konsum auf politisches Wissen – ein Feldexperiment. Paper presentation at 31^st Annual Conference of the Media Uses and Effects division of the DGPuK, Bamberg, DE.
• Dreston, J. H., Halversen, A. & Weeks, B.E. (2025). Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion. Paper presentation at 31^st Annual Conference of the Media Uses and Effects division of the DGPuK, Bamberg, DE.                                             

2024

• Dreston, J. H., Halversen, A. & Weeks, B.E. (2024). Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion. Paper presentation at 10^th European Communciation Conference, Ljubljana, SVN
• Dreston, J. H., Halversen, A. & Weeks, B.E. (2024). Is It What You Know or What You Think You Know? Understanding the Roles of Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge in Political Discussion. Paper presentation at 5^th Annual Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network, Vienna, AUS
• Dreston, J. H., & Neubaum, G. (2024). Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge. Paper presentation at 5^th Annual Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network, Vienna, AUS
• Dreston, J. H., & Neubaum, G. (2024). Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge. Paper presentation at 53^rd DGPs Congress, Vienna, AUS

2023

• Dreston, J. H., & Neubaum, G. (2023). Der Einfluss von medieninduziertem objektivem und subjektivem politischem Wissen auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit zu wählen: Eine Querschnittsstudie im Vorfeld der NRW-Wahl 2022. Paper presentation at 19^st Annual Conference of the Media Uses and Effects division of the DGPuK, Augsburg, DE