Dr. Yannic Meier

Address Tectrum
Bismarckstr. 120
47057 Duisburg
E-mail yannic.meier@uni-due.de

Research Interests

  • Digital privacy: self-disclosure, privacy protection, & transparency
  • Digital inequalities
  • Science skepticism and trust in science
  • Incidental exposure to science (mis)information
  • Determinants of entertainment gratifications

Academic Background

2017–2021

PhD (Dr. phil.)
Chair of Social Psychology: Media and Communication
University of Duisburg-Essen
Dissertation: It’s a private matter! Empirical investigations of psychological mechanisms underlying online self-disclosure and privacy protection.

2015–2017

M.Sc. Applied Cognitive and Media Science
Specialization in Psychology
University of Duisburg-Essen

2012–2015

B.Sc. Applied Cognitive and Media Science
University of Duisburg-Essen

Professional Background

2021–present

Postdoc
Chair of Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Dept. Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science)
University of Duisburg-Essen

2017–2021

Research Associate / Doctoral Candidate
Chair of Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Dept. Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science)
University of Duisburg-Essen

2016–2017

Student Assistant
Chair of Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Dept. Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science)
University of Duisburg-Essen

Publications

Personal Publication Page

Dissertation

Meier, Y. (2021). It’s a private matter! Empirical investigations of psychological mechanisms underlying online self-disclosure and privacy protection [Doctoral Dissertation]. https://doi.org/10.17185/DUEPUBLICO/73985