Dietrich, F., Kugler, T., Hennings, S., Conrad, C., Schneider, F. M., & Vorderer, P. (2024). Surprised–curious–confused, empathetic, and entertained? The role of epistemic emotions and empathy in eudaimonic entertainment experiences and political news processing. Media Psychology, 27(2), 302–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2236939
Gilbert, A., Reinecke, L., Meier, A., Baumgartner, S., & Dietrich, F. (2023, September 22). Too amused to stop? Self-control and the disengagement process on Netflix. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2xnku
Dietrich, F., Arenz, A., & Reinecke, L. (2023). What constitutes autonomy in digital communication? A (computational) scoping review of digital autonomy. Manuscript Under Review.
Schneider, F. M., Domahidi, E., & Dietrich, F. (2020). What is important when we evaluate movies? Insights from computational analysis of online reviews. Media and Communication, 8(3), 153–163. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i3.3134
Dietrich, F., Possler, D., Lammers, A., & Scheper, J. (2024, March 13–15). Open Source Transformer Modelle: Ein einfaches Werkzeug zur automatisierten Inhaltsanalyse für die (deutschsprachige) Kommunikationswissenschaft [Open Source Transformer Models: A simple tool for automated content analysis for (German-speaking) communication science] [Conference Presentation]. Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.
Dietrich, F., Ernst, A., Rohr, B., Scharkow, M., & Reinecke, L. (2024, June 20–24). Music was my first love: An experience sampling study of biographic resonance through algorithmically curated music listening [Conference Presentation]. 74th Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Ernst, A., & Dietrich, F. (2024, June 20–24). Agency and serendipity as key concepts for algorithmically curated digital media use in everyday life [Conference Presentation]. 74th Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Schnauber-Stockmann, A., Gilbert, A., & Scharkow, M. (2024, January 24–26). Zeitliche Strukturen digitaler Unterhaltungsmediennutzung: Eine explorative Analyse digitaler Verhaltensdaten [Temporal structures of digital entertainment media use: An exploratory analysis of digital trace data] [Conference Presentation]. Annual Conference of the Media Use and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
Dietrich, F. (2023, December 7). Using large language models in media psychology [Conference Presentation]. Digital Methods Colloquium at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Dietrich, F. (2023, October 5–7). Algorithmically curated media entertainment: Insights and open questions for the field of positive media psychology [Conference Presentation]. Positive Media Psychology Symposium, Orange, California, USA.
Dietrich, F., Possler, D., & Dale, K. R. (2023, September 6–8). Digital emotion contagion in online environments: An automated content analysis of comments from self-transcendent YouTube videos [Conference Presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Kreling, R., Dietrich, F., Gilbert, A., & Reinecke, L. (2023, September 6–8). What do people watch under adversity? Testing interactions of semantic affinity and coping style using Netflix data donations [Conference Presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg.
Rohr, B., Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., & Scharkow, M. (2023, July 17–21). Opportunities and challenges of real-time data linkage designs: A case study using the Spotify API [Conference Presentation]. 10th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Milan, Italy.
Dietrich, F., Ernst, A., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2023, May 25–29). (I can’t get no) satisfaction: Music listeners’ algorithmically curated entertainment experience [Conference Presentation]. 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Dietrich, F., Hennings, S., & Vorderer, P. (2023, May 25–29). Why are we attracted to true crime? The role of epistemic emotions and entertainment experiences [Conference Presentation]. 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Dietrich, F., & Reinecke, L. (2023, May 25–29). What constitutes autonomy in digital communication? A computational scoping review of digital autonomy [Conference Presentation]. 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Rohr, B., & Scharkow, M. (2023, May 25–29). The digital jukebox revisited: Applying mood management theory to algorithmically curated music streaming environments [Conference Presentation]. 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Gilbert, A., Reinecke, L., Meier, A., Baumgartner, S. E., Kühne, R., & Dietrich, F. (2023, May 25–29). Time well-spent or guilty pleasure? The effects of self-control on content selection and entertainment experience on Netflix [Conference Presentation]. 73rd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Gilbert, A., Reinecke, L., Meier, A., Baumgartner, S. E., Kühne, R., & Dietrich, F. (2023, January 19–21). Too amused to stop? Selbstkontrolle und Unterhaltungserleben bei der Netflix-Nutzung [Too amused to stop? Self-control and entertainment experiences while using Netflix] [Conference Presentation]. Annual Conference of the Media Use and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Augsburg, Germany.
Dietrich, F., Kugler, T., Hennings, S., Conrad, C., Schneider, F. M., & Vorderer, P. (2022, May 26–30). The role of epistemic emotions and empathy in eudaimonic entertainment experiences and political news processing [Conference Presentation]. 72nd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
Dietrich, F., & Vorderer, P. (2022, May 26–30). The role of epistemic emotions in the processing of cross-cutting news exposure [Conference Presentation]. 72nd Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
Dietrich, F., Kugler, T., Hennings, S., Conrad, C., Schneider, F. M., & Vorderer, P. (2021, September 8–10). All just clickbait? The effect of empathy and epistemic emotions in online news on the eudaimonic entertainment experience and political information processing [Conference Presentation]. 12th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Aachen, Germany.
Vorderer, P., & Dietrich, F. (2019, May 24–28). Hedonic, eudaimonic, and beyond: Innovations in entertainment theory [Symposium]. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.
Halfmann, A., Vorderer, P., Dietrich, F., & Lutz, S. (2018, May 24–28). Who determines your mobile communication? The effects of social pressure on self-control, need satisfaction, well-being, and perceived stress [Conference Presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
Schmitt, J., Winkler, J., Lutz, S., Dietrich, F., & Rieger, D. (2018, May 24–28). Populist voices in extremist online videos: A content analysis of right-wing and Islamic extremist YouTube videos [Conference Presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
Dietrich, F. (2023). Das Potenzial digitaler Unterhaltungsangebote in algorithmisch kuratierten Onlineumgebungen für den öffentlich-rechtlichen Programmauftrag [The potentials of digital entertainment programming in algorithmically curated online environments for the public service broadcasting mandate]. In Public Value Studie: Die Bedeutung öffentlich-rechtlicher Unterhaltung in Zeiten des digitalen Wandels [Public Value Study: The importance of entertainment programming for public service broadcasting in times of digital transformation] (pp. 104–118). Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). https://zukunft.orf.at/
Dietrich, F., & Reinecke, L. (2022). Social media affordances and well-being: An integration with HCI-research. In N. Ballou, S. Deterding, A. Tyack, E. D. Mekler, R. A. Calvo, D. Peters, G. Villalobos-Zúñiga, & S. Turkay (Eds.), Self-determination theory in HCI: Shaping a research agenda [Workshop presentation at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems]. https://www.positivecomputing.org/blog/chi-2022-workshop
Dietrich, F. (2021). Fake News oder Fake Brain? Die Rolle epistemischer Emotionen bei der Rezeption von politischen Nachrichten, die der eigenen Meinung widersprechen [Fake news oder fake brain? The role of epistemic emotions in the processing of cross-cutting news exposure]. transfer, 25(4). http://transfer.dgpuk.de/abstracts/fake-news-oder-fake-brain/
Top Paper Award (1st place) at the 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) together with Rebekka Kreling, Alicia Gilbert, and Leonard Reinecke