Sonja Utz has headed the Everyday Media Lab since March 2022. From April 2013 to March 2022, she headed the Junior Research Group Social Media at the IWM. She has been Professor of Communication via Social Media at the University of Tübingen since April 2014. Together with her team, she investigates (incidental) knowledge processes in communication between people on social media as well as in the interaction of people with communicative AI.
Main research topics
Use of social media and communicative AI in professional settings
Incidental and informal learning with social media
Multimodal Interaction lab - Realistic Depictions lab - Aesthetics and Learning lab - Perception and Action lab - Knowledge Construction lab - Individual Development and Adaptive Learning lab - Everyday Media lab - Language and AI in Education lab - e-teaching Transfer lab
Ehrhardt, N., & Utz, S. (In press). Trust formation in AI expert systems: The roles of domain and stakes in shaping trustworthiness and risk. Journal of Media Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000516
Ehrhardt, N., & Utz, S. (2026). Creepy but useful? Behavioral acceptance of AI-generated customer-service replies. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 10, Article 100401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2026.100401
Tschopp, M.*, Klein, S. H.*, Anderl, C., Sætra, H. S., & Utz, S. (2026). Immerse & befriend: The role of synthetic relationship perception and narrative transportation in a mental health app. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 20(4), 2. *shared first authorship. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2026-4-2
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2026). Tool or social actor? How AI perception and interaction modality influence perceived credibility of communicative AI over time. Human-Machine Communication, 13, 123-154. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.13.5
Lehmann, C., & Utz, S. (2026). Media use in groups of friends: Relationships with connectedness. New Media & Society, 28(8), 3781-3802. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251351282
Utz, S., Goyanes, M., & Gil de Zuniga, H. (2026). Cue and action routes to trust in AI news: results from a two-wave cross-cultural panel study. Behaviour & Information Technology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2026.2705877
Anderl, C., Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2026). Knowledge benefits through work-related social media use: A preregistered measurement burst study. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 20(2), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2026-2-4
Goyanes, M., Utz, S., & Gil de Zuniga, H. (2026). Trust in AI news, AI literacy, and the mediating role of artificial intelligence attitudes: A longitudinal study across diverse societies. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 7, Article 100279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2026.100279
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2026). Who said what? Confusing scientists and laypeople on social media. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2026.2639997
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2026). Beyond voice: How do social role and speech style affect the perceived credibility and intelligence of voice assistants? Review of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2026.2621084
Utz, S., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2026). Do fears drive media consumption? A longitudinal study on the relationships between different fears and media consumption during COVID-19 in Germany. Information, Communication & Society, 29(11), 3369–3386. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2600449
Wolfers, L. N., Neumann, D., Klein, S. H., Gaiser, F., Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2025). What do you mean by “social media”? Introducing the reporting items for social media research (RISoMeR). Annals of the International Communication Association, 49(3), 192–204. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlaf009
Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2026). Examining the automaticity of ambient awareness via its persistence under cognitive load. Media Psychology, 29(5), 817-839. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2549488
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2025). Believe it or not? Investigating the credibility of voice assistants in the context of social roles and relationship types. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 41(10), 6253–6265. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2375797
Ehrhardt, N., Renn, M., & Utz, S. (2025). Navigating fairness: Introducing the multidimensional AIM-FAIR scale for evaluating AI decision-making. AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 40, 6181-6199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02354-2
Klein, S. H., Papies, D., & Utz, S. (2025). How interaction mechanism and error responses influence users’ responses to customer service chatbots. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 41(7), 4300-4318. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2024.2351707
Liu, Y., Stivers, A. W., Murphy, R. O., Van Doesum, N. J., Joireman, J., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., ... Van Lange, P. A. (2026). Wherefore art thou competitors? How situational affordances help differentiate among prosociality, individualism, and competition. European Journal of Personality, 40(1), 24-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241298850
Wolfers, L. N., Lüpken, L. M., Schimmel, M., Utz, S., Nabi, R. L., & Gaiser, F. (2024). Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic by using media: Extending the coping goodness-of-fit hypothesis to media use. Communication Studies, 75(5), 712-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2024.2365068
Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., Han, J., Fiedler, P., & Utz, S. (2024). Conversational presentation mode increases credibility judgements during information search with ChatGPT. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 17127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67829-6
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2024). Chatbot vs. human: The impact of responsive conversational features on users’ responses to chat advisors. Human-Machine Communication, 8, 73-99. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.8.4
Anderl, C.*, Levordashka, A.*, & Utz, S. (2024). Ambient awareness of who knows what: Spontaneous inferences of domain expertise. Media Psychology, 27(3), 329-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2239144
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2024). Is hearing really believing? The importance of modality for perceived message credibility during information search with smart speakers. Journal of Media Psychology, 36(2), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000384
Roos, C., Utz, S., Koudenburg, N., & Postmes, T. (2024). Diplomacy online: A case of mistaking broadcasting for dialogue. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(1), 314-331. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3015
Utz, S. (2024). How gender and type of algorithmic group discrimination influence ratings of algorithmic decision-making. International Journal of Communication, 18, 570-589. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20806
Reimann, L.-E., Utz, S., & Anderl, C. (2023). Individual and situational factors influencing active behavior in professional video conferences with strangers. Social Science Computer Review, 41(2), 702-723. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221117456
Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Wendt, R., & Honecker, J. (2023). Conditionally helpful? The influence of person-, situation-, and device-specific factors on maternal smartphone use for stress coping and on coping effectiveness. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 17(3), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.5817/cp2023-3-1
Utz, S., Huff, M., & Said, N. (2023). Are you worried about getting COVID-19 or about losing your job? How different COVID-19 related fears are indirectly related to vaccination acceptance via media consumption. European Journal of Health Communication, 4(3), 72-92. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2023.305
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2023). Do you love your phone more than your child? The consequences of norms and guilt around maternal smartphone use. Human Communication Research, 49(3), 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad001
Kainz, V., Boehm, C., Utz, S., & Enßlin, T. (2022). Information and agreement in the reputation game simulation. Entropy, 24(12), Article 1768. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24121768
Etzrodt, K., Gentzel, P., Utz, S., & Engesser, S. (2022). Human-machine-communication: introduction to the special issue. Publizistik, 67(4), 439-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-022-00754-8
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2022). “My daily dose of sedation” - The secret to success of the science communication podcast ‘Coronavirus-Update’ with the virologist Christian Drosten and its effect on listeners. SCM Studies in Communication and Media, 11(3), 427-452. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2022-3-427
Greussing, E., Gaiser, F., Klein, S. H., Straßmann, C., Ischen, C., Eimler, S., Frehmann, K., Gieselmann, M., Knorr, C., Lermann Henestrosa, A., Räder, A., & Utz, S. (2022). Researching interactions between humans and machines: Methodological challenges. Publizistik, 67(4), 531-554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-022-00759-3
Utz, S., & Wolfers, L. N. (2022). How-to videos on YouTube: the role of the instructor. Information, Communication & Society, 25(7), 959-974. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2020.1804984
Bozkir, E., Kasneci, G., Utz, S., & Kasneci, E. (2022). Regressive saccadic eye movements on fake news. 2022 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA '22). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529619
Domahidi, E., Merkt, M., Thiersch, C., Utz, S., & Schüler, A. (2022). You want this job? Influence and interplay of self-generated text and picture cues in professional networking service profiles on expertise evaluation. Media Psychology, 25(2), 290-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.1927104
Utz, S., Gaiser, F., & Wolfers, L. N. (2022). Guidance in the chaos: Effects of science communication by virologists during the COVID-19 crisis in Germany and the role of parasocial phenomena. Public Understanding of Science, 31(6), 799-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221093194
Utz, S., Wolfers, L. N., & Göritz, A. S. (2021). The effects of situational and individual factors on algorithm acceptance in COVID-19 related decision-making: a preregistered online experiment. Human-Machine Communication, 3, 27-46. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.3.3
Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(35), Article e2023846118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118
Utz, S., Otto, F., & Pawlowski, T. (2021). “Germany crashes out of World Cup”: A mixed-method study on the effects of crisis communication on Facebook. Journal of Sport Management, 35(1), 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0430
Otto, F., Pawlowski, T., & Utz, S. (2021). Trust in fairness, doping, and the demand for sports: a study on international track and field events. European Sport Management Quarterly, 21(5), 731-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2021.1942125
Dienlin, T., Johannes, N., Bowman, N. D., Masur, P. K., Engesser, S., Kümpel, A. S., Lukito, J., Bier, L. M., Zhang, R., Johnson, B. K., Huskey, R., Schneider, F. M., Breuer, J., Parry, D. A., Vermeulen, I. E., Fisher, J. T., Banks, J., Weber, R., Ellis, D. A., ... de Vreese, C. (2021). An agenda for open science in communication. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqz052
Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2021). Professional networking: Exploring differences between offline and online networking. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 15(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.5817/cp2021-1-2
Huth, F., Blascheck, T., Koch, S., Utz, S., & Ertl, T. (2021). Word-sized visualizations for exploring discussion diversity in social media. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2021) (pp. 256-265). https://doi.org/10.5220/0010328602560265
Kim, S. H., Song, Y., Park, J., & Utz, S. (2020). Patients’ Experiences of Diabetes Self-Management Education According to Health-Literacy Levels. Clinical Nursing Research, 29(5), 285-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819865879
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2020). Do smartphones and social network sites become more important when experiencing stress? Results from longitudinal data. Computers in Human Behavior, 109, Article 106339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106339
Elson, M., Huff, M., & Utz, S. (2020). Metascience on Peer Review: Testing the Effects of a Study’s Originality and Statistical Significance in a Field Experiment. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3(1), 53-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245919895419
Kim, S. H., & Utz, S. (2019). Effectiveness of a Social Media–Based, Health Literacy–Sensitive Diabetes Self‐Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51(6), 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12521
Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2019). How to encourage people to build diverse business networks? Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM) (pp. 474-479). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341161.3342906
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2019). The Relationship Between Networking, LinkedIn Use, and Retrieving Informational Benefits. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(3), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2018.0294
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2018). Your Co-author Received 150 Citations: Pride, but Not Envy, Mediates the Effect of System-Generated Achievement Messages on Motivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 628. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00628
Kim, S. H., & Utz, S. (2018). Association of Health Literacy with Health Information-Seeking Preference in Older Adults: A Correlational Descriptive Study. Nursing and Health Sciences, 20, 355-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12413
Kopp, T., Riekert, M., & Utz, S. (2018). When cognitive fit outweighs cognitive load: Redundant data labels in charts increase accuracy and speed of information extraction. Computers in Human Behavior, 86, 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.037
Lin, R., Van de Ven, N., & Utz, S. (2018). What triggers envy on Social Network Sites? A comparison between shared experiential and material purchases. Computers in Human Behavior, 85, 271-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.03.049
Utz, S., & Maaß, C. H. (2018). Understanding the relationship between Facebook use and adaptation to financial hardship: evidence from a longitudinal panel study. Computers in Human Behavior, 89, 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.021
Balau, N., & Utz, S. (2017). Information sharing as strategic behaviour: The role of information display, social motivation and time pressure. Behaviour & Information Technology, 36, 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2016.1267263
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2017). Spontaneous trait inferences on social media. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(1), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616663803
Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2017). Self-disclosure on SNS: Do disclosure intimacy and narrativity influence interpersonal closeness and social attraction? Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 426-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.012
Muscanell, N. L., & Utz, S. (2017). Social Networking for Scientists: An Analysis on How and Why Academics Use Research Gate. Online Information Review, 41(5), 744-759. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-07-2016-0185
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2017). The relationship between use of social network sites, online social support, and well-being. Results from a six-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Media Psychology, 29, 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000222
Al-Saggaf, Y., Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2016). Venting negative emotions on Twitter and the number of followers and followees. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 8, 45-56. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSKD.2016010103
Balau, N., & Utz, S. (2016). Exposing information sharing as strategic behavior: Power as responsibility and 'trust' buttons. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46, 593-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12388
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2016). Ambient awareness: From random noise to digital closeness in online social networks. Computers in Human Behavior, 60, 147-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.037
Levordashka, A., Utz, S., & Ambros, A. (2016). What’s in a like? Motivations for pressing the like button. Proceedings of the Tenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2016) (pp. 623-626). AAAI Publications.
Utz, S. (2016). Is LinkedIn making you more successful? The informational benefits derived from public social media. New Media & Society, 18, 2685-2702. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444815604143
Utz, S. (2016). Wie social media den beruflichen Wissensaustausch fördern können. Themenheft: Psychologie und Wissensmedien. Psychologische Rundschau, 67, 118-124. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000304
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2016). Informational benefits from social media use for professional purposes: results from a longitudinal study. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-4-3
Utz, S., & Jankowski, J. (2016). Making ‘‘friends’’ in a virtual world: The role of preferential attachment, homophily, and status. Social Science Computer Review, 34(3), 546-566. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439315605476
Van Ingen, E., Utz, S., & Toepol, V. (2016). Online coping after negative life events: Measurement, prevalence, and relation with internet activities and well-being. Social Science Computer Review, 34, 511-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439315600322
Walrave, M., Utz, S., Schouten, A. P., & Heirman, W. (2016). Editorial: The state of online self-disclosure in an era of commodified privacy. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-1-1
Jankowski, J., Michalski, R., Bródka, P., Kazienko, P., & Utz, S. (2015). Knowledge acquisition from social platforms based on network distributions fitting. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 685-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.015
Kleinnijenhuis, J., Schultz, F., Utz, S., & Oegema, D. (2015). The mediating role of the news in the BP oil spill crisis: How US news depends on public relations and affects public awareness, foreign news and the share price. Communication Research, 42, 408-428. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650213510940
Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015). The emotional responses of browsing facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.064
Utz, S. (2015). The function of self-disclosure on social network sites: not only intimate, but also positive and entertaining self-disclosures increase the feeling of connection. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.076
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2015). Social media and social capital: Introduction to the special issue. Societies, 5, 420-424. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc5020420
Utz, S., Muscanell, N. L., & Khalid, C. (2015). Snapchat elicits more jealousy than Facebook: A comparison of Snapchat and Facebook use. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0479
Utz, S., Muscanell, N. L., & Göritz, A. S. (2014). Give, match, or take: A new personality construct predicts resource and information sharing. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 11-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.011
Utz, S., Schultz, F., & Glocka, S. (2013). Crisis communication online: How medium, crisis type and emotions affected public reactions in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Public Relations Review, 39, 40-46.
Schultz, F., Kleinnijenhuis, J., Oegema, D., Utz, S., & Van Atteveldt, W. (2012). Strategic framing in the BP crisis: A semantic network analysis of associative frames. Public Relations Review, 38, 97-107.
Utz, S., Jonas, K. J., & Tonkens, E. (2012). Effects of passion for massively multiplayer online role-playing games on interpersonal relationships. Journal of Media Psychology, 24, 77-86.
Utz, S., Kerkhof, P., & Van Den Bos, J. (2012). Consumers rule: How consumer reviews influence perceived trustworthiness of online stores. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 11, 49-58.
Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Vermeulen, I. E. (2012). It’s all about being popular: The effects of need for popularity on social network site use. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15, 37-42.
Baams, L., Jonas, K. J., Utz, S., Bos, H. M. W., & Van der Vuurst, L. (2011). Internet use and online social support among same sex attracted individuals of different ages. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 1820-1827.
Kleinnijenhuis, J., Van den Hooff, B., Utz, S., Vermeulen, I. E., & Huysman, M. (2011). Social influence in networks of practice: An analysis of organizational communication content. Communication Research, 38, 587-612.
Schultz, F., Utz, S., & Göritz, A. S. (2011). Is the medium the message? Perceptions of and reactions to crisis communication on twitter, blogs and traditional media. Public Relations Review, 37, 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2010.12.001
Utz, S., & Beukeboom, C. J. (2011). The role of social network sites in romantic relationships: Effects on jealousy and relationship happiness. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 16, 511-527.
Steinel, W., Utz, S., & Koning, L. (2010). The good, the bad and the ugly thing to do when sharing information: Revealing, concealing and lying depend on social motivation, distribution and importance of information. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 113, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.07.001
Utz, S. (2010). Show me your friends and I will tell you what type of person you are: How one's profile, number of friends, and type of friends influence impression formation on social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(2), 314-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01522.x
Utz, S. (2009). Egoboo vs. altruism: the role of reputation in online consumer communities. New Media & Society, 11, 371-388.
Utz, S. (2009). The (potential) benefits of campaigning via Social Network Sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 221-243.
Utz, S., & Krämer, N. (2009). The privacy paradox on social network sites revisited: the role of trust, narcissism, privacy concerns, and norms. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 3(2). http://cyberpsychology.eu/view.php?cisloclanku=2009111001&article=2
Utz, S., Matzat, U., & Snijders, C. (2009). Online reputation systems: The effects of feedback comments and reactions on building and rebuilding trust in online auctions. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 13, 95-118.
Utz, S. (2007). Media use in long distance friendships. Information, Communication & Society, 10, 693-712.
Utz, S. (2005). Types of deception and underlying motivation: What people think. Social Science Computer Review, 23, 49-56.
Utz, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., Green Staerklé, E., Waldzus, S., & Bovina, I. (2005). Mary honest always friendly and is: Can scrambled sentences enhance prosocial motivation? Representative Research in Social Psychology, 28, 59-70.
Utz, S., Ouwerkerk, J. W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2004). What is smart in a social dilemma? differential effects of priming competence on cooperation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34(3), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.200
Utz, S. (2004). Enter your email-address: How German Internet users manage their email addresses. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 7, 241-246. https://doi.org/10.1089/109493104323024492
Utz, S., & Jonas, K. J. (2002). MUDs – Ergänzung oder Ersatz traditioneller Bindungen bei jungen Erwachsenen. [MUDs – completion or compensation of traditional ties?]. Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 14, 52-59.
Utz, S., & Sassenberg, K. (2002). Distributive justice in common-bond and common-identity groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 5, 151-162.
Utz, S. (2001). Der Aufbau von interpersonalen Beziehungen in MUDs: Die Rolle von Motiven und Kommunikationsstrategien. Gruppendynamik und Organisationsberatung, 32, 145-160.
Utz, S. (2000). Social Information Processing in MUDs: The development of friendships in virtual worlds. Journal of Online Behavior, 1(1).
Utz, S. (2025). Kommunizieren und Vernetzen. In S. Samida, M. Glaser, & L. Franken (Hrsg.). Handbuch Materialität und Digitalität. J. B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-69987-4_51-1
Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Ehrhardt, N., & Utz, S. (2024). Einfluss psychologischer Faktoren auf die KI-Nutzung und -Wahrnehmung. In T. Hug, P. Missomelius, & H. Ortner (Hrsg.). Künstliche Intelligenz im Diskurs: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven zur Gegenwart und Zukunft von KI-Anwendungen (S. 43-57). innsbruck university press. https://doi.org/10.15203/99106-139-7-07
Utz, S. (2023). Soziale Medien als Quelle von Emotionen. In Sassenberg, K. & Vliek, M. L. (Eds.). Sozialpsychologie: Von der Theorie zur Anwendung (pp. 223-238). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17529-9_14
Anderl, C., Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2023). Social networking site use in professional contexts. In J. Skopek (Ed.). Research handbook on digital sociology (pp. 178-193). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906769.00018
Utz, S. (2023). Social media, jealousy, and romantic relationships. In R. Nabi & J. Myrick (Eds.). Emotions in the digital world: Exploring affective experience and expression in online interactions (pp. 338-356). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197520536.003.0018
Teichman, D., Talley, E., Egidy, S., Engel, C., Gummadi, K. P., Hagel, K., Lewandowsky, S., MacCoun, R. J., Utz, S., & Zamir, E. (2020). Institutions promoting or countering deliberate ignorance. In R. Hertwig & C. Engel (Eds.). Deliberate ignorance: choosing not to know (Vol. 29, pp. 274-298). MIT Press.
Utz, S. (2020). Social network sites as vehicles for effective/ineffective social support. In N. Egbert & K.B. Wright (Eds.). Social support and health in the digital age (pp. 5-27). Rowman and Littlelfield.
Utz, S. (2019). Social media as sources of emotion. In K. Sassenberg, & M. L. W. Vliek (Eds.). Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice (pp. 205-219). Springer.
Utz, S. (2018). Die Rolle sozialer Medien im Sport – eine Einführung. [The role of social media in sports – an introduction]. In C. G. Grimmer (Ed.). Sportkommunikation in digitalen Medien. Vielfalt, Inszenierung, Professionalisierung. [Sport communication in digital media. Variety, staging, professionalization] (pp. 3-17). Springer.
Sassenberg, K., Kimmerle, J., Utz, S., & Cress, U. (2017). Soziale Beziehungen und Gruppen im Internet. In H.W. Bierhoff & D. Frey (Eds.). Enzyklopädie der Psychologie. Kommunikation, Interaktion und soziale Gruppenprozesse (pp. 441-467). Hogrefe.
Utz, S. (2017). POPC and social relationships. In P. Vorderer, D. Hefner, L. Reinecke, & C. Klimmt (Eds.). Permanently online, permanently connected: living and communicating in a POPC world (pp. 140-148). Routledge.
Utz, S., & Levordashka, A. (2017). Knowledge networks in social media. In S. Schwan & U. Cress (Eds.). The psychology of digital learning. Constructing, exchanging, and acquiring knowledge with digital media (pp. 171-186). Springer.
Utz, S. (2016). Social capital in elektronischen Medien. In N. Krämer, S. Schwan, D. Unz, & M. Suckfüll (Eds.). Medienpsychologie. Schlüsselbegriffe und Konzepte (pp. 378-384). Kohlhammer.
Utz, S. (2014). Media and friendships. In M.B. Oliver & A.A. Raney (Eds.). Media and social life (pp. 164-185). Routledge.
Schultz, F., & Utz, S. (2013). Krisenkommunikation und Social Media in der vernetzten Gesellschaft. Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde. In A. Thiessen (Ed.). Handbuch Krisenmanagement (pp. 331-341). VS-Verlag.
Utz, S., & Schultz, F. (2013). Authentizität im Onlinereputationsmanagement. In M. Emmer, A. Filipovic, J.-H. Schmidt, & I. Stapf (Eds.). Echtheit, Wahrheit, Ehrlichkeit. Authentizität in der Online-Kommunikation (pp. 169-181). Beltz-Juventa.
Utz, S. (2012). Online reputatiemanagement. [Online reputation management]. In B. Van Ruler (Ed.). Communicatie Nu [Communication now] (pp. 50-52). Adformatiegroep.
Utz, S. (2012). Selbstoffenbarung und Selbstpräsentation [Self-disclosure and self-presentation]. In L. Reinecke & S. Trepte (Eds.). Unterhaltung in neuen Medien [Entertainment in new media] (pp. 140-157). Halem.
Utz, S., & Schultz, F. (2012). Is een crisis via sociale media te beheersen? [Can a crisis be ruled via social media?]. In D. Kok (Ed.). Sociaal kapitaal. De meerwaarde van sociale media voor gemeenten. [Social capital. The added value of social media for municipalities] (pp. 223-227). Eburon.
Utz, S. (2011). Social network site use among Dutch students: Effects of time and platform. In F. Comunello (Ed.). Networked sociability and individualism. Technology for personal and professional relationships (pp. 103-125). IGI Global.
Utz, S. (2010). Using automated “field notes” to observe the behavior of online subjects. In S. D. Gosling & J. A. Johnson (Eds.). Advanced methods for conducting online behavioral research (pp. 91-108). American Psychological Association.
Utz, S. (2009). Rebuilding trust after negative feedback: the role of communication. In K. Cook, C. Snyders, V. Buskens, & C. Cheshire (Eds.). eTrust: Forming relationships in the online world (pp. 215-237). Russell Sage Foundation.
Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (2008). Introduction. How technology affects human interaction. In E.A. Konijn, S. Utz, M. Tanis, & S.B. Barnes (Eds.). Mediated interpersonal communication (pp. 3-13). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Utz, S. (2008). (Selbst)marketing auf Hyves [(Self)marketing on Hyves]. In P. Alpar & S. Blaschke (Eds.). Web2.0. Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme [Web2.0 - an empirical inventory] (pp. 233-258). Vieweg & Teubner.
Utz, S. (2008). Social identification with virtual communities. In E. Konijn, S. Utz, M. Tanis, & S. Barnes (Eds.). Mediated interpersonal communication (pp. 252-270). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Abdala, I., & Utz, S. (2007). Vertrouwen in online winkels. De rol van reputatie, consumenten reviews, en dispositioneel vertrouwen. [Trust in online shops: The role of reputation, consumer reviews and dispositional trust]. In C. Laar, R. Ruiter, J. Karremans, W. Van Rijswijk, & F. Va Harreveld (Eds.). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006 (pp. 13-22). ASPO Pers.
Utz, S. (2003). How to make friends in virtual worlds: The role of emoticons, motivation, sociability, and skepticism. In S.P. Shovov (Ed.). Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 22, pp. 171-186). Nova Sciences.
Utz, S. (2002). Forms of research in MUDs. In B. Batinic, U.-D. Reips, & M. Bosnjak (Eds.). Online Social Sciences (pp. 275-289). Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Utz, S. (2002). Interaktion und Identität in virtuellen Gemeinschaften [Interaction and identity in virtual communities]. In B. Bente, N.C. Krämer & A. Petersen (Eds.). Virtuelle Realitäten [Virtual realities] (pp. 159-180). Hogrefe.
Utz, S. (2001). E-communities: Soziale Identifikation mit virtuellen Gemeinschaften. In J. Eberspächer & U. Hertz (Eds.). Leben in der e-Society. Computerintelligenz für den Alltag [Living in the e-society] (pp. 157-170). Springer.
Utz, S., & Sassenberg, K. (2001). Attachment to a virtual seminar - the role of experience, motives and fulfillment of expectations. In U.-D. Reips, & M. Bosnjak (Eds.). Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 323-336). Pabst.
Utz, S. (2000). Identifikation mit virtuellen Arbeitsgruppen und Organisationen. In M. Boos, K.J. Jonas, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Computervermittelte Kommunikation in Organisationen (pp. 41-55). Hogrefe.
Utz, S. (2000). Virtuelle Gemeinschaft und traditionelle Bindungen. Comunità virtuale e legami tradizionali. In J. Gallenmüller-Roschmann, M. Martini, & R. Wakenhut (Eds.). Ethnisches und nationales Bewußtsein - Studien zur sozialen Kategorisierung. Coscienza etnica e coscienza nazionale - Studi sulla categorizzazione sociale (pp. 187-210). Lang.
Utz, S. (1999). Soziale Identifikation mit virtuellen Gemeinschaften - Bedingungen und Konsequenzen. Pabst.
Utz, S. (1999). Computervermittelte Kommunikation und soziale Identität. In M. Bornewasser, & R. Wakenhut (Eds.). Ethnisches und nationales Bewußtsein - zwischen Globalisierung und Regionalisierung (pp. 229-244). Lang.
Utz, S. (1999). Untersuchungsformen in MUDs. In B. Batinic, L., Graef, A. Werner, & W. Bandilla (Eds.). Online Research (pp. 305-318). Hogrefe.
Utz, S., Rank, B., & Riketta, M. (1999). Strukturwandel und Technisierung - Auswirkungen auf künftige Qualifikationsanforderungen an Bankbeschäftigte. In M. L. Landmesser, & J. Simon (Eds.). Bankenmarkt im Wandel (pp. 77-107). DG-Verlag.
Etzrodt, K., Gentzel, P., Utz, S., & Engesser, S. (Eds.). (2022). Human-machine-communication. Publizistik, 67(4).
Lin, R., Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (Eds.). (2016). Ambient intimacy on Twitter. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-1-6
Walrave, M., Utz, S., Schouten, A. P., & Heirman, W. (Eds.). (2016). The state of online self-disclosure in an era of commodified privacy. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(1).
Tschopp, M.*, Klein, S. H.*, Anderl, C., Sætra, H. S., & Utz, S. (2026). Dataset for: Immerse & befriend: The role of synthetic relationship perception and narrative transportation in a mental health app [Data set]. *shared first authorship. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21103395
Anderl, C., Utz, S., & Gaiser, F. (2026). Benefits of professional social media use— measurement burst study [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4BWK3
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2026). Beyond voice: How do social role and speech style affect the perceived credibility and intelligence of voice assistants? [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EXMC8
Utz, S., Sassenberg, K., Pummerer, L., & Prentice, M. (2025). COVID-19 longitudinal study, part fears and media use [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/NRYTK
Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2025). Dataset for "Examining the automaticity of ambient awareness via its persistence under cognitive load" [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3PYB4
Lehmann, C., & Utz, S. (2025). Dataset for: Media use in groups of friends: Relationships with connectedness [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3CZ5F
Ehrhardt, N., Renn, M., & Utz, S. (2025). Navigating fairness: Introducing the multidimensional AIM-FAIR scale for evaluating AI decision-making [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4K2SE
Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., Han, J., Fiedler, P., & Utz, S. (2024). Dataset for: Conversational presentation mode increases credibility judgements during information search with ChatGPT [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5DQXE
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2025). Dataset for: Believe it or not? Investigating the credibility of voice assistants in the context of social roles and relationship types [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YGFSW
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2024). Dataset for: Chatbot vs. human: The impact of responsive conversational features on users’ responses to chat advisors [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/W8DZV
Klein, S. H., Papies, D., & Utz, S. (2024). Dataset for: How interaction mechanism and error responses influence users’ responses to customer service chatbots [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/J8HDE
Roos, C., Utz, S., Koudenburg, N., & Postmes, T. (2023). Dataset for: Diplomacy online: A case of mistaking broadcasting for dialogue [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.34894/KKE3FR
Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Nabi, R. L., Gaiser, F., & Lüpken, L. M. (2021). Extending the coping-fit hypothesis to media use [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/T7UXR
Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Wendt, R., & Honecker, J. (2023). Dataset for: Conditionally helpful? The influence of person-, situation-, and device-specific factors on maternal smartphone use for stress coping and on coping effectiveness [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AW2KD
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2023). Dataset for: Is hearing really believing? The importance of modality for perceived message credibility during information search with smart speakers [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BQTZM
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2023). The importance of modality, sponsor credibility and message accuracy for perceived message credibility [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BQTZM
Reimann, L.-E., Utz, S., & Anderl, C. (2023). Dataset for: Individual and situational factors influencing active behaviour in professional video conferences with strangers. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3KE7P
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2023). Dataset for: Do you love your phone more than your child? The consquences of norms and guilt around maternal smartphone use. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/926HQ
Utz, S., Said, N., & Huff, M. (2022). Dataset for: Are you worried about getting COVID-19 or about losing your job? How different COVID-19 related fears are indirectly related to vaccination acceptance via media consumption [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/H9UFJ
Utz, S., Gaiser, F., & Wolfers, L. N. (2022). Dataset for: Guidance in the chaos: Effects of science communication by virologists during the COVID-19 crisis in Germany and the role of parasocial phenomena. https://osf.io/fkdgx/?view_only=8f37898476464e548c68867622279df2
Domahidi, E., Merkt, M., Thiersch, C., Utz, S., & Schüler, A. (2021). Research data for: You want this job? Influence and interplay of self-generated text and picture cues in professional networking service profiles on expertise evaluation. https://osf.io/2s6xm/
Sümer, Ö., Bozkir, E., Kübler, T. C., Grüner, S., Utz, S., & Kasneci, E. (2021). FakeNewsPerception: An eye movement dataset on the perceived believability of news stories. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106909
Elson, M., Huff, M., & Utz, S. (2020). Metascience on peer review: Testing the effects of a study’s orginality and statistical significance in a field experiment. https://osf.io/rz6mw/
Lermann Henestrosa, A., Anders, G., Ehrhardt, N., Faller, A. C., Hampel, N., Ivan, I. V., Klein, S. H., Luther, T., Prentice, M., Sarigül, B., Utz, S., & Wickelmaier, N. (2026). Longitudinal dataset of psychological variables influencing AI perception and usage. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qdfeg_v1
Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?
Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Nielsen et al.: Social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(9), e2122077119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122077119.
Utz, S. (2014). Rezension zu: Katrin Weller, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, Cornelius Puschmann: Twitter and Society. http://www.rkm-journal.de/archives/16458.
Utz, S. (2014). The reputation society. How online opinions are reshaping the offline world (Rezension). New Media & Society, 16, 1187-1189.
Utz, S., & Sassenberg, K. (1999). Bindung an ein virtuelles Seminar - die Rolle von Erfahrungen, Motiven und Erwartungserfüllungen. http://dgof.de/tband99/
Klein, S. H., Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2026, August 4). LLM-Chatbots in der Gesundheitskommunikation: Wahrnehmung und Nutzung. Webseminar des Fachbereichs Medien. Deutsches Netzwerk Gesundheitskompetenz e. V. (DNGK). [Invited Talk]
Goyanes, M., Utz, S., & Gil de Zuniga, H. (2026, June 4-8). Linking artificial intelligence literacy and trust in AI-generated news: The mediating role of AI attitudes in a cross-national longitudinal study. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2026, June 4-8). Tool or social actor? How AI perception and preferred modality influence perceived credibility of AI systems over time. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa. [Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2026, June 4-8). Superficial scrolling: Credibility perception and role confusion in social media feeds. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2026, June 4-8). Perception of communicative AI and cognitive self-esteem: Results from a longitudinal panel study. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa. [Talk]
Utz, S., Goyanes, M., & Gil de Zuniga, H. (2026, June 4-8). How do perceptions of AI influence trust in AI-news? Results from a two-wave cross-cultural panel study. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2026, March 15-18). Tool or social actor? How AI perception and preferred modality influence perceived credibility of AI over time. Dynamics of Human – AI Interaction: Longitudinal Insights into Delegation, Trust, Perceived Closeness, Credibility, and Cognitive Self-Esteem. 68. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2026, March 15-18). Communicative AI as extended mind: Relationships between AI perception and cognitive self-esteem. Dynamics of Human - AI interaction: Longitudinal insights into delegation, trust, perceived closeness, credibility, and cognitive self-esteem. 68. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2026, January 12). Forschungsperspektive: Forschung zur Wirkung von Online-Diskursen. Lunchtalk „Evidenzbasierte Wissenschaftskommunikation“. Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk. [Invited Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2025, December 3-4). Scrollen, Überfliegen, Verwechseln – die Herausforderung der Rollenidentifikation auf Social Media. Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2025 (Wissenschaft im Dialog). Stuttgart. [Talk]
Han, J., & Utz, S. (2025, September 16-17). Social bots in online climate change discourse: Evidence from COP27 tweets. DGPuK & ICA Conference of the Divisions: Digital Communication (DigiKomm) & Human-Machine Communication (HMC). Technische Universität Dresden. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., Tschopp, M., Sætra, H. S., & Utz, S. (2025, September 15-17). Immerse & befriend: The role of synthetic relationship perception and narrative transportation in a mental health app. DGPuK & ICA Conference of the Divisions: Digital Communication (DigiKomm) & Human-Machine Communication (HMC). Technische Universität Dresden. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2025, September 10-12). Tool or social actor? The influence of AI system perception and modality on credibility perceptions over time. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (MediaPsych) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., & Utz, S. (2025, September 10-12). More than a voice? The impact of social role and information type on the perceived credibility of voice assistants. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (MediaPsych) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2025, September 10-12). Conversational AI as extended mind - Does it matter whether AI is perceived as a tool or an actor? 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (MediaPsych) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., & Utz, S. (2025, July 2-4). More than a voice? The impact of social role and information type on the perceived credibility of voice assistants. PhD Workshop: Beyond Commands: The Evolving Relationship Between Humans and Voice-Enabled AI. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2025, July 2-4). Credibility of voice-enabled AI: Insights from experimental and field research. PhD Workshop: Beyond Commands: The Evolving Relationship Between Humans and Voice-Enabled AI. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Keynote]
Lehmann, C., & Utz, S. (2025, June 12-16). Media use in groups of friends: Relationships with connectedness. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver, CO, USA. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2025, June 12-16). Alexa, watch out for your tone! Investigating the effect of social role and speech style on perceived credibility and intelligence of voice assistants. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver, CO, USA. [Talk]
Tschopp, M., Klein, S. H., Anderl, C., Sætra, H. S., & Utz, S. (2025, June 12-13). Immerse & befriend: The role of synthetic relationship perception and narrative transportation in a mental health app. Technology and Sustainable Futures. University of Oslo, Norway. [Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2025, June 11-16). Who said what? Confusing scientists and laypeople on social media. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver, CO, USA. [Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2025, May 27-29). Science communication on social media: Are users confused who’s speaking? Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2025. University of Aberdeen, UK. [Talk]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2025, April 2-4). Skimming content on social media: Are users susceptible to misinformation? Combating Misinformation in the Digital Age: Cognitive Biases, Societal Challenges, and Ethical Consideration. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) & Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2025, April 2). Communicative AI and political information-seeking: The credibility challenge. Youth Political Socialization in Focus: Data, Psychology, and Everyday Influence. University of Salamanca, Spain. [Keynote]
Utz, S. (2025, February 12-13). Ein Konzept im Wandel: Von sozialer Präsenz anderer Personen zu sozialer Präsenz von kommunikativer KI. Präsenz gestalten. Interdisziplinäre Positionen. Universität Stuttgart. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2025, January 14). Credibility of communicative AI. ComAI Lectures. Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI), Bremen. [Invited Talk]
Utz, S. (2024, November 27). Lernen mit KI. vhs Fachtag „Künstliche Intelligenz an der vhs“. Volkshochschulverband Baden-Württemberg. [Keynote]
Utz, S. (2024, October 25). Credibility of language-based agents: The influence of social presence and social roles. 3rd INTERACT! Workshop. Kunstmuseum Bochum. [Invited Talk]
Lehmann, C., & Utz, S. (2024, September 16-19). Media use patterns of distant friend groups. (Social) Media. 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) / 15. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP). Universität Wien, Austria. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, September 16-19). Voice as authority: Exploring the impact of social roles and speech styles on perceived credibility and intelligence of voice assistants (VAs). 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) / 15. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP). Universität Wien, Austria. [Talk]
Prentice, M., & Utz, S. (2024, June 20-24). Do fears drive media consumption or vice versa? A longitudinal study of different fears and media consumption. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast, Australia. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, June 20-24). Believe it or not? Investigating the credibility of voice assistants in the context of social roles and relationship types. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast, Australia. [Talk]
Utz, S., Sarigül, B., Klein, S. H., Anderl, C., Fiedler, P., & Han, J. (2024, June 20-24). Information search with ChatGPT: An experimental comparison of credibility judgments across different applications. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast, Australia. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2023, September 21). Using social media for professional purposes: Effects and underlying processes. Society and Choice Seminar. University of Basel, Switzerland. [Talk]
Anderl, C., Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2023, September 6–8). Professional benefits of work-related social media use - a multi-wave study. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs). Luxembourg. [Talk]
Utz, S., Anderl, C., Fiedler, P., Han, J., Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Klein, S. H. (2023, September 6–8). How credible is ChatGPT? An experimental comparison of ChatGPT, Alexa, and Wikipedia. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs). Luxembourg. [Talk]
Sarigül, B., & Utz, S. (2023, May 25-29). How credible are you? Examining gender stereotypes with voice assistants in terms of credibility and perceived intelligence. The 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Toronto, Canada. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2023, May 25-29). Differential effects of skimming social media updates: Ambient awareness vs. news-finds-me perception. The 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Toronto, Canada. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Neumann, D., Klein, S. H., Gaiser, F., Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2023, May 25-29). The Preferred Reporting Items for Social Media Research (PRISMeR): a decision matrix to guide transparent definitions of social media. The 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Toronto, Canada. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., Papies, D., & Utz, S. (2023, Mai 18-20). Der Einfluss von Interaktionsmechanismus und sozialen Fehler-Reaktionen auf die Akzeptanz von Chatbots. 68. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI), Bremen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2022, November 25-26). Social media use for professional purposes: Effects and underlying processes. Invited talk at the Cyberspace conference. Brno, Czech Republic. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2022, November 22). Social media use, stress, and coping. Invited talk at the Symposium Social Media & Mental Well-Being. Seoul National University, South Korea. [Talk]
Kainz, V., Boehm, C., Utz, S., & Enßlin, T. (2022, July 18-22). Upscaling reputation communication simulations. International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (MaxEnt2022). Institut Henri Poincare (IHP), Paris, France. [Talk]
Neumann, D., Wolfers, L. N., Anderl, C., Klein, S. H., Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2022, July 18-19). The social media toolbox: a decision matrix to guide transparent reporting in social media research. 12th International Conference on Social Media & Society (SMSociety). Ryerson University. Toronto, ON, Canada (online conference). [Talk]
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2022, May 26-30). Is hearing really believing? The importance of modality for perceived message credibility during information search with smart speakers. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2022, May 26-30). How do agent type, responsiveness, and response time affect the acceptance and perceived performance of chat agents? 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Reimann, L.-E., Utz, S., & Anderl, C. (2022, May 26-30). Individual and situational factors influencing behavior in professional video conferences with strangers. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2022, May 26-30). Studying human perception of algorithmic decision-making: Methodological challenges. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Wendt, R., Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2022, May 26-30). Is this recommended by Alexa or an algorithm? Testing the algorithmic media content awareness scale for voice assistants and search engines. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Wendt, R., & Honecker, J. (2022, May 26-30). Situation-, person-, and device-specific factors when mothers use their smartphones for coping with stress. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2022, May 26-30). Does guilt influence the effects of parental smartphone use for stress coping? Results from a mobile experience sampling study of mothers in Germany. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France. [Talk]
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2022, March 20-23). "Alexa, can I believe you?": How specific characteristics of voice assistants can affect message credibility perceptions during information search. 64. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. University of Cologne (online conference). [Talk]
Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2022, March 20-23). How do agent type, responsiveness, and response time affect the acceptance and perceived performance of chat agents? 64. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. University of Cologne (online conference). [Talk]
Utz, S., Huff, M., & Said, N. (2021, November 18-19). Afraid of getting COVID-19 or of losing your job? Differential effects of different fears on media consumption and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs. European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Small Group Meeting: Social Implications of Conspiracy Theories. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Talk]
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2021, November 17-19). Meine tägliche Beruhigungsdosis: Der Erfolg des Podcasts „Das Coronavirus-Update“ mit dem Virologen Christian Drosten und Auswirkungen auf Hörer*innen während der COVID-19 Pandemie. 6. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation. Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart. [Talk]
Utz, S., Huff, M., & Said, N. (2021, November 17-19). Angst um die Gesundheit oder vor finanziellen Einbußen? Ängste in der Corona-Pandemie als Determinanten von Medienkonsum und Impfakzeptanz. 6. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation. Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart. [Talk]
Lüpken, L. M., Wolfers, L. N., Utz, S., Nabi, R. L., & Gaiser, F. (2021, September 8-10). Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic using media: Extending the coping-fit-hypothesis to media use. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Talk]
Utz, S., Gaiser, F., & Wolfers, L. N. (2021, September 8-10). “Unseren täglichen Drosten gib uns heute”: Effects of science communication by virologists during the COVID-19 crisis in Germany and the role of parasocial phenomena. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Wendt, R., Becker, D., & Utz, S. (2021, September 8-10). A guilty tool? The role of norms and guilt when mothers use their smartphone for coping with stress. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Talk]
Utz, S., Gaiser, F., & Wolfers, L. N. (2021, May 27-31). Virologists as superheroes? The role of parasocial relationships for the effects of science communication by German virologists during the COVID-19 crisis. 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). [Talk]
Utz, S., Wolfers, L. N., & Göritz, A. S. (2021, May 27-31). The effects of situational and individual factors on algorithm acceptance: a preregistered experiment. 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). [Talk]
Utz, S. (2021, April 14). Effekte der Nutzung sozialer Medien auf Emotionen und Wohlbefinden. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen der Göppinger Gespräche. Rumi-Kulturforum, Göppingen. [Talk]
Baumann, L., Utz, S., & Kasneci, E. (2020, May). Overcoming Cognitive and Motivational Barriers for Networking: Contact Recommender Systems in Professional settings. Virtuelles Symposium „What’s Cognitive About Cognitive Interfaces?” zum Abschluss des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen. Tübingen. [Talk]
Huth, F., Koch, S., Ertl, T., & Utz, S. (2020, May). Context changes in social media contributions. Virtuelles Symposium „What’s Cognitive About Cognitive Interfaces?” zum Abschluss des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen. Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S., Otto, F., & Pawlowski, T. (2020, May). Building parasocial relationships with athletes on social media: results from a two-wave panel study. 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference (online conference). Brisbane, Australia. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2020, April). Welche Rolle spielen (soziale) Medien in Corona-Zeiten? Tonspur Wissen. Ein Podcast von t-online.de und der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. [Talk]
Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2019, September). Wie kann man Menschen dazu ermutigen, diverse Business-Netzwerke aufzubauen? Implikationen aus einer experimentellen Studie zur Verbesserung Professioneller Social-Networking-Sites (PSNS). 11. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie (AOW) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Braunschweig, Deutschland. [Talk]
Otto, F., Pawlowski, T., & Utz, S. (2019, September). Doping, trust in fairness, and the demand for sport. 24. Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs). Berlin, Germany. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Wolfers, L. N. (2019, September). Informal learning with YouTube videos – the role of the protagonist. 11th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association. Chemnitz, Germany. [Talk]
Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2019, August). How to encourage people to build diverse business networks? 2019 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). Vancouver, BC, Canada. [Talk]
Otto, F., Pawlowski, T., & Utz, S. (2019, August). Doping, trust in fairness, and the demand for sport. 11th Conference of the European Sport Economics Association (ESEA). Gijon, Spain. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2019, June). Informational benefits from social media use - the role of network(ing) and ambient awareness. Invited talk at the Iscience research colloquium. Konstanz, Germany. [Talk]
Otto, F., Pawlowski, T., & Utz, S. (2019, May). Trust in a fair competition and the demand for sport. 4th International Conference of Sport Economics & Sport Management (SESM). Berlin, Germany. [Talk]
Utz, S., Pawlowski, T., & Otto, F. (2019, May). Crisis Communication on Facebook after the Early Elimination of the German National Team during the Fifa World Cup 2018: A Mixed-Method Study on Crisis Communication Strategies and Fan Reactions. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington D.C., USA. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2019, Mai). Die Rolle von Smartphones für die Stressbewältigung: Eine Untersuchung von intrapersonalen Zusammenhängen zwischen Nomophobia und Stressempfinden. 64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Münster, Deutschland. [Talk]
Wolfers, L. N., Festl, R., & Utz, S. (2019, May). Do smartphones and social network sites become more important when experiencing stress? An exploration of within-person associations. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington D.C., USA. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2018, November). LinkedIn, Twitter, Xing – was bringt (mir) das? Eingeladener Vortrag auf der Mercedes-Benz Social Media Night. Bad Cannstatt. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2018, November). YouTube, Twitter, Xing: Das Potential sozialer Medien in der informellen Weiterbildung. Eingeladener Vortrag auf dem Forum Fortbildung BW. Qualifizierung 4.0 – mit neuen Konzepten in die digitale Zukunft. Plieningen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2018, October). Warum sich die Nutzung von Social Media lohnt – die Perspektive der Wissenschaft. Keynote auf den 14. Stuttgarter Wissensmanagement-Tagen. Stuttgart. [Talk]
Baumann, L., Utz, S., & Kirsch, A. (2018, September). Professional networking behavior: Differences between offline and online networking. 51. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2018, September). Social comparison on social media: Effects on emotions and motivation. 51. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2018, May). Ambient Awareness of Who Knows What: Spontaneous Inferences of Domain Expertise. 68th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Prag, Tschechien. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2018, May). The effects of Facebook use after self-threat: decrease of negative mood, but no increase of self-esteem. 68th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Prag, Tschechien. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2017, Dezember). Effects of social media use: what we have learned from the ReDefTie project. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen der externen Ringvorlesung des Graduiertenkollegs User Centred Social Media. Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
Lin, R., Van de Ven, N., & Utz, S. (2017, October). Experiential Purchases Trigger More Envy than Material Purchases Do. Association for Consumer Research Conference 2017. San Diego, USA. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2017, September). Social support from social network sites: Results from a longitudinal study. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Ulm. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2017, September). Can Facebook use mitigate the effects of self-esteem threat? Results from a social snacking experiment. 10. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Landau. [Talk]
Utz, S., Cobban, R., & Holzschneider, L. (2017, July). From relational to interstitial communication: the influence of intimacy, frequency and positivity on relationship satisfaction. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2017, Juni). Informationsvorteile durch Business-Netzwerke? Die Effekte der berufsbezogenen Nutzung sozialer Medien. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen der Psychological Lectures. Universität Linz, Österreich. [Talk]
Domahidi, E., Ellison, E., Utz, S., & Trepte, S. (2017, May). Tie strength and SNS affordances. 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego, CA, USA. [Talk]
Lin, R., Van de Ven, N., & Utz, S. (2017, May). Experiential purchases trigger more envy than material purchases on social media. The 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego, CA. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2017, May). The relationship between use of social network sites, stress, online social support and life satisfaction. The 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego, CA, USA. [Talk]
Utz, S., Cobban, R., & Holzschneider, L. (2017, May). Mobile communication in interpersonal relationships: The effects of relational and interstitial communication patterns. The 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego, CA, USA. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2017, Januar). Facebook und Co: Wissen in sozialen Netzwerken. Eingeladener Vortrag beim Studium Generale. Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2017, January). Emotional benefits from social media use: Results from the ReDefTie project. Media Psychology Preconference at the 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Convention. San Antonio, Texas, USA. [Talk]
Breuer, J., & Utz, S. (2016, November). The use of social media and civic engagement - Results from a cross-lagged panel study. 6th European Communication Conference. Prague, Czech Republic. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2016, November). Gute Seiten, schlechte Seiten? Ergebnisse einer Längsschnittstudie zum Zusammenhang zwischen der Nutzung sozialer Netzwerkseiten und Indikatoren subjektiven Wohlbefindens. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Digitale Kommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V (DGPuK), Braunschweig. 2016. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2016, September). Homo politicus 2.0? A longitudinal study on social media use and civic engagement. 50. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Leipzig. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2016, Juli). Soziale Netzwerke: Chance oder Gefahr? Eingeladener Vortrag bei der Sommeruniversität Tübingen. Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2016, Juli). Vielfalt in sozialen Medien, Vielfalt durch soziale Medien – eine Einführung. Keynote auf dem Social Media & Sports Day. Tübingen. [Talk]
Al-Saggaf, Y., Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2016, June). Expressing feelings on twitter and network size. 10th Conference on Culture, Technology, Communication. London, UK. [Talk]
Lin, R., Utz, S., & Levordashka, A. (2016, June). Self-disclosure on SNS: The function of disclosure intimacy and narrativity on perceived closeness. 66th Annual Annual International Communication (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Breuer, J. (2016, June). Informational benefits from professional social media use: Results from a longitudinal study. 66th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2016, April). Facebook, Xing, Twitter: Vor- und Nachteile sozialer Netzwerke. Eingeladener Vortrag bei der vhs Gomaringen. Gomaringen. [Talk]
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2015, September). Spontaneous trait inferences in social media. 9th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division. Tübingen. [Talk]
Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015, September). The emotional responses of browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. 9th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division. Tübingen. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2015, September). Der Einfluss von Profilinformationen und Status Updates auf die Identifizierung von Expertise. 9. Fachgruppentagung Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie (AOW). Mainz. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2015, Juni). Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in sozialen Netzwerken. online-Vortrag beim e-teaching.org-Themenspecial "Social Media - Social Learning". Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Talk]
Levordashka, A., Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015, May). Ambient awareness: Interpersonal knowledge in online social networks. 65th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Talk]
Lin, R., Utz, S., & Levordashka, A. (2015, May). The psychological effects of browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. 65th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2015, May). Is LinkedIn making you more successful? The informational benefits derived from public social media. 65th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2015, April). Geteilte Freude oder Neid und Eifersucht?
Wie die Persönlichkeit die Effekte der social media Nutzung beeinflusst. Eingeladener Vortrag auf der Tagung „Und wenn die ganze Welt zusammenfällt“. Freundschaft bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Dresden. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2014, November). Social media use and social capital. Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2014, November). Beruflicher Wissensaustausch auf sozialen Medien. 10. Stuttgarter Wissensmanagement Tage. Stuttgart. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2014, October). Informational benefits of social media use. Social Media Workshop: Scientific Research from Brain to Behavior. Berlin. [Talk]
Balau, N., & Utz, S. (2014, July). Strategic information sharing: the role of power construal and buttons. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Balau, N., & Utz, S. (2014, July). Strategic information sharing: the role of power construal and buttons. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2014, July). How self-disclosure on social networking sites fosters relationships – the role of intimacy and entertainment. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2014, May). The function of self-disclosure on social network sites: not only intimate, but also entertaining self-disclosure increases feeling of connection. 64th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Seattle, USA. [Talk]
Balau, N., & Utz, S. (2013, June). Information sharing as strategic behavior: The role of social motivation, time pressure, and information display. 63rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. London, UK. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Huizing, K. J. (2013, June). Facebook feature use by Dutch students and their teachers: Effects of motivation and generation. 63rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. [Talk]
Lasthuizen, M., Utz, S., & Gaastra, S. (2013, February). Increasing civic engagement using 140 characters? An online experiment on the effects of different communication strategies and the use of hashtags. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Utz, S., & Van Tuyl, M. (2013, February). Disentangling the role of brand-to-user vs. user-to-system interactivity on Facebook Fanpages. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Lasthuizen, M., Gaastra, S., Utz, S., & Van Dongelen, R. (2012, October). Increasing civic engagement in 140 characters? An online experiment on the effects of different communication strategies and the use of hashtags. 4th European Communication Conference (ECREA). Istanbul, Turkey. [Talk]
Utz, S. (2012, July). Context collapse on social media: Implications for interpersonal and marketing communication. Brown Bag Seminar of the Jena Graduate School Human Behavior in Social & Economic Change. Jena. [Talk]
Schultz, F., Utz, S., & Glocka, S. (2012, May). Towards a networked crisis communication theory: Analyzing the effects of (social) media, media credibility, crisis type, and emotions. 62nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) conference. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. [Talk]
Utz, S., Jonas, K. J., & Tonkens, E. (2012, May). The effects of passion for MMORPGs on interpersonal relationships. 62nd Annual International Communication Assoctiation (ICA) conference. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. [Talk]
Utz, S., Vermeulen, I. E., & Limas de Brito, D. (2012, May). The reviewer reviewed: Impact of reviewer credibility indicators on online review persuasiveness. 62nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) conference. [Talk]
Jähne, K., Utz, S., & Spannagel, C. (2025, September 10-12). Informal learning of mathematics via YouTube. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (MediaPsych) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Poster presentation]
Lehmann, C., & Utz, S. (2025, September 10-12). Group chats with distant friends. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (MediaPsych) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Poster presentation]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2024, October 1). Social media and science communication: Do users confuse the roles of senders? Listen to the (real) experts: Die Rolle von Forschenden in den sozialen Medien in Krisen. Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung, Berlin. [Poster presentation]
Rudholzer, E., & Utz, S. (2024, July 16-18). Role-blurring on social media in science communication. International Conference on Social Media & Society (SMSociety). London College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts London (UAL), UK. [Poster presentation]
Klein, S. H., Papies, D., & Utz, S. (2024, April 11). Automated interaction with consumers: How human-like conversational cues influence users' responses to chatbots. Closing Conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network: Interactions with Language-Based AI. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Poster presentation]
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2024, April 11). Voice as authority: Exploring the impact of social roles and speech styles on perceived credibility and intelligence in voice assistants. Closing Conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network: Interactions with Language-Based AI. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Poster presentation]
Klein, S. H., Papies, D., & Utz, S. (2023, September 6-8). The influence of interaction mechanism and social error responses on the acceptance of customer service chatbots. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs). Luxembourg. [Poster Presentation]
Sarigül, B., Schneider, F. M., & Utz, S. (2023, September 6–8). Believe it or not: Investigating the credibility of voice assistants through the effects of relationship types. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs). Luxembourg. [Poster Presentation]
Anderl, C., & Utz, S. (2021, September 8-10). Camera on: Predictors of webcam use during group video conferencing. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Poster Presentation]
Gaiser, F., & Utz, S. (2021, September 8-10). Is hearing really believing? The importance of modality, sponsor credibility and message accuracy for perceived message credibility during information search. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Poster Presentation]
Ritz, S., & Utz, S. (2021, September 8-10). Chatbots in study counseling. The impact of agent type and responsiveness on acceptance and perceived performance. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association (DGPs). Aachen. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Nendza, E. (2020, May). Inspired by (influencer) marketing on Instagram? The effects of source of post and popularity on consumer behavior. 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) (online conference). Brisbane, Australia. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Wolfers, L. N. (2020, May). How-to videos on YouTube: the role of the protagonist. 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference (online conference). Brisbane, AU. [Poster Presentation]
Baumann, L., & Utz, S. (2019, September). How do explanations in contact recommender systems influence people’s professional networking behavior online? Implications from an experimental study on how to improve professional social networking sites (PSNS). 11th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division. Chemnitz, Germany. [Poster Presentation]
Fu, P., Lin, R., Utz, S., & Wu, C.-C. (2017, October). I Am What I Bought: A Cross-Cultural Study on Consumers’ Evaluations toward Different Types of Purchases and Advertisings. Association for Consumer Research North America Conference 2017. San Diego, USA. [Poster Presentation]
Domahidi, E., Levordashka, A., Fresen, V., & Utz, S. (2017, September). Work related social support in Q&A sites. A content analysis approach. 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division. Universität Koblenz-Landau. [Poster Presentation]
Riekert, M., Utz, S., & Scheiter, K. (2017, September). Risikoentscheidungen mit Datenvisualisierungen: Der Einfluss des Designs auf die Risikoaversion. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Ulm. [Poster Presentation]
Domahidi, E., Levordashka, A., Fresen, V., & Utz, S. (2017, July). Work related social support in Q&A sites. A content analysis approach. The 3rd Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science. IC2S2. Köln. [Poster Presentation]
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2017, July). Spontaneous inferences of domain expertise. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Poster Presentation]
Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2017, May). The Signal in the Noise: Browsing Social Media Augments Users’ Awareness of Who Knows What. 29th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Boston, MA, USA. [Poster Presentation]
Riekert, M., Utz, S., & Scheiter, K. (2017, May). Does the axial length of scatter plots influence decision making under risk? 3rd International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (ICDSST). Namur, Belgium. [Poster Presentation]
Lin, R., Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2016, June). Ambient intimacy: Self-disclosure and parasocial relationships on Twitter. 66th Annual International Communication Assocation (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2016, May). Pushing altmetrics into researchers’ feed: Effects on emotion and motivation. International Science 2.0 Conference. Köln. [Poster Presentation]
Levordashka, A., Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2016, January). Snap judgments on social media: What we infer from 140 characters or less. 17th Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, USA. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Muscanell, N. L. (2015, March). Academics’ use of ResearchGate. 2nd International Science 2.0 Conference. Hamburg. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S. (2014, September). Auch unterhaltsame Statusmeldungen stärken die Freundschaft: Zur Funktion von Selbstoffenbarung auf sozialen Netzwerken. 49. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bochum. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Van Tuyl, M. (2013, September). What makes a Facebook fanpage successful? Disentangling the effects of brand-to-user and user-to-system interactivity. 8. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie. Würzburg. [Poster Presentation]
Utz, S., & Schmidt, J. (2012, October). Audience management in social media: Affordances, cultural differences, and implications for privacy. 4th European Communication Conference (ECREA). Istanbul, Turkey. [Poster Presentation]
Ehrhardt, N., Müller, F., Franke, M., Bellon, J., & Utz, S. (2025, July 9). Participation in a round table on Besser streiten mit KI @ KI und Wir. KI und Wir. Tübingen. [Round Table]
Ehrhardt, N., Müller, F., Franke, M., Bellon, J., & Utz, S. (2024, November 15-18). Participation in a round table on Besser Streiten mit KI @ Science and Innovation Days Tübingen. Science & Innovation Days. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Round Table]
Utz, S. (2017, Mai). Big Data = Big Gefahr? [Big data = big danger?]. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen der Paneldiscussion von Leute Spezial - SWR 1. Stromberg. [Panel]
Utz, S. (2013, Juni). Discussant: Social Network Formation and Peer Effects. ZEW-Workshop. Mannheim. [Symposium Discussion]
Event organisation
Dickhaut, K., Utz, S., Dembruk, S., & Lehmann, C. (2025, February 12-13). Präsenz gestalten. Interdisziplinäre Positionen. Universität Stuttgart. [Conference Organisation]
Gieselmann, M., Klein, S. H., & Utz, S. (2024, April 11). Closing conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network: Interactions with language-based AI. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. https://www.iwm-tuebingen.de/mai-conference [Conference Organisation]
Gaiser, F., Klein, S. H., Utz, S., & Greussing, E. (2022, Februar 22-24). „Human-Machine Communication“ in der deutschen Kommunikationswissenschaft – Theoretische, methodische und fachbezogene Herausforderungen. 67. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Hannover (virtuelle Konferenz). [Workshop Organisation]
Utz, S., & Huff, M. (2015). 9. Konferenz der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie. 10.-11. September 2015. [Conference Organisation]
Teaching
Utz, S., & Klein, S. H. (Summer semester 2026). Soziale Informationsverarbeitung bei der Mediennutzung. Seminar (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., & Utz, S. (Summer semester 2025). Wirtschaftspsychologie II. Lecture (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Buder, J., Candan Şimşek, A., Fischer, H., Mayer, M., Utz, S., Klein, S. H., Ditrich, L., Schüler, A., Gerjets, P., Brucker, B., Schwan, S., Specker, E., & Schino, G. (Winter semester 2025/26). Knowledge media in education, work, and leisure. Lecture (Master). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Utz, S., Fischer, H., Hampel, N., & Klein, S. H. (Winter semester 2025/26). Wissens-, Kommunikations- und Medienpsychologie. Lecture (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Buder, J., Candan Şimşek, A., Fischer, H., Ditrich, L., Utz, S., Klein, S. H., Mayer, M., Lermann Henestrosa, A., Hoch, E., Schwan, S., & Gerjets, P. (Winter semester 2024/25). Knowledge media in education, work, and leisure. Lecture (Master). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Utz, S. (Winter semester 2024/25). Soziale Informationsverarbeitung bei der Mediennutzung. Seminar (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., & Utz, S. (Summer semester 2024). Wirtschaftspsychologie II. Lecture (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
