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Dr. Johannes Breuer

Head of the depeartment Research Data & Methods

Johannes Breuer

Dr Johannes Breuer heads the Research Data & Methods department at CAIS together with Dr Katrin Weller. There he develops concepts for the methodological support of empirical researchers at CAIS and implements them together with the other team members. He also conducts research on questions of access to and handling of digital behavioural data and its linkage with other types of data (especially from surveys). In addition to his work at CAIS, Johannes Breuer works as a senior researcher in the Data Augmentation team at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Department Survey Data Curation).

  • Use and impact of digital media
  • Digital Trace Data
  • Computational Methods
  • Open Science

CV

  • Since 2017 Senior Researcher at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
  • From 2015 to 2017 research associate (postdoc) in the ERC project “Redefining Tie Strength – How social media (can) help us to get non-redundant useful information and emotional support” (ReDefTie; project leader: Prof. Dr. Sonja Utz) at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media (IWM) in Tübingen
  • From 2014 to 2017 postdoc at the Chair of Media and Communication Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gary Bente) at the University of Cologne
  • 2013 doctorate (Dr.phil.) in psychology at the University of Cologne
  • From 2010 to 2014 research assistant in the ERC project “The social fabric of virtual life: A longitudinal multi-method study on the social foundations of online gaming” (SOFOGA; project leader: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt)” at the University of Hohenheim (2010 to 2012) and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (2012 to 2014)
  • From 2007 to 2010, research assistant in the EU project “Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks” (PASION) at the Chair of Media and Communication Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gary Bente) at the University of Cologne
  • 2007 Diploma in Media Studies (Media Psychology & Media Cultural Studies) at the University of Cologne

  • Schmitt, J. B., Kohne, J., & Breuer, J. (2023). Einführung: Digitalisierungsforschung. Wie wir die digitale Transformation wissenschaftlich erfassen können. easy_social_sciences, 68, S. 4-11. doi: 10.15464/easy.2023.01

  • Breuer, J., Weller, K., & Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (2023). The Role of Participants in Online Privacy Research: Ethical and Practical Consideration. In S. Trepte & P. K. Masur (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Privacy and Social Media (pp. 314–323). Routledge.

  • Munzert, S., Ramirez-Ruiz, S., Watteler, O., Breuer, J., Batzdorfer, V., Eder, C., … Yang, J. (2023, June 28). Publishing Combined Web Tracking and Survey Data. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/y4v8z

  • Bowman, N. D., Velez, J., Wulf, T., Breuer, J., Yoshimura, K., & Resignato, L. J. (2022). That bygone feeling: Controller ergonomics and nostalgia in video game play. Psychology of Popular Media. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000382

  • Breuer, J., Kohne, J., & Mohseni, M. R. (2023). Using YouTube data for social science research. In J. Skopek (Ed.), Research Handbook on Digital Sociology (pp. 258–277). Edward Elgar.

  • Breuer, J., Al Baghal, T., Sloan, L., Bishop, L., Kondyli, D., & Linardis, A. (2021). Informed consent for linking survey and social media data—Differences between platforms and data types. IASSIST Quarterly, 45(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.29173/iq988

  • Breuer, J., Wulf, T., & Mohseni, M. R. (2020). New Formats, New Methods: Computational Approaches as a Way Forward for Media Entertainment Research. Media and Communication, 8(3), 147–152. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i3.3530

  • Breuer, J., Bishop, L., & Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (2020). The practical and ethical challenges in acquiring and sharing digital trace data: Negotiating public-private partnerships. New Media & Society, 22(11), 2058–2080. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820924622

  • Scharkow, M., Mangold, F., Stier, S., & Breuer, J. (2020). How social network sites and other online intermediaries increase exposure to news. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(6), 2761–2763. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918279117

  • Schmitt, J. B., Breuer, J., & Wulf, T. (2021). From cognitive overload to digital detox: Psychological implications of telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. Computers in Human Behavior, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106899

Weitere anzeigen

  • Schmitt, J. B., Wulf, T. & Breuer, J. (2021, September). From cognitive overload to digital detox: Psychological implications of telework during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Presentation at the 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Aachen.

Dr. Johannes Breuer

Head of the depeartment Research Data & Methods

E-Mail: johannes.breuer@cais-research.de

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