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2017-2021

Promotion (Dr. phil.) am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. Dissertation: It’s a private matter! Empirical investigations of psychological mechanisms underlying online self-disclosure and privacy protection.

2015-2017

Master-Studium der Angewandten Kognitions- und Medienwissenschaften mit der Vertiefung Psychologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen

2012-2015

Bachelor-Studium der Angewandten Kognitions- und Medienwissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Seit Januar 2021

Postdoc am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation (Abteilung: Informatik und angewandte Kognitionswissenschaft) an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Nicole C. Krämer)

Juli 2017 – Januar 2021

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Doktorand am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation (Abteilung: Informatik und angewandte Kognitionswissenschaft) an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Nicole C. Krämer)

2016-2017

Studentische Hilfskraft am Lehrstuhl Sozialpsychologie: Medien und Kommunikation (Abteilung: Informatik und angewandte Kognitionswissenschaft) an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Nicole C. Krämer)

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit im Forum Privatheit: „Selbstbestimmtes Leben in der digitalen Welt“ (gefördert durch das BMBF) (https://www.forum-privatheit.de/forum-privatheit-de/index.php)

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit im Projekt PRIDS: „Privatheit, Demokratie und Selbstbestimmung im Zeitalter von Künstlicher Intelligenz und Globalisierung“ (gefördert durch das BMBF) (https://www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/prids)

Seit 2018

International Communication Association (Communication and Technology Division)

2024-2026

Student & Early Career Representative, Communication and Technology Division (ICA)

Seit 2023

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V. (Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie)

Beiträge in Fachzeitschriften und Konferenzbänden (mit Peer-Review) & Preprints

Meier, Y. (2024). Seeing Science on Social Media? Examining Knowledge Overconfidence and Science Skepticism in Relation to Incidental Exposure to Pro- and Anti-Consensus Science Information. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/548jf  

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2024). The privacy calculus revisited: An empirical investigation of online privacy decisions on between- and within-person levels. Communication Research, 51(2),178-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502221102101

Meier, Y., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Krämer, N. C. (2023). Who is targeting me? Privacy perceptions of and responses to commercial and political targeted advertising on social media. Journal of Advertising. https://doi.org/10.1080/00913367.2023.2275776

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2023). Differences in Access to Privacy Information Can Partly Explain Digital Inequalities in Privacy Literacy and Self-Efficacy. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/se57p

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2023). A longitudinal examination of internet users’ privacy protection behaviors in relation to their perceived collective value of privacy and individual privacy concerns. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221142799 

Meier, Y., Meinert, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2023). One-time decision or continual adjustment? A longitudinal study of the within-person privacy calculus among users and non-users of a COVID-19 contact tracing app. Media Psychology, 26(1), 36-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2092750

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2022). General Science Skepticism: Development and Validation of a New Scale. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x9jng

Ostendorf, S., Meier, Y., & Brand, M. (2022). Self-Disclosure on Social Networks - More Than a Rational Decision-Making Process. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace 16(4), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2022-4-2

Meier, Y., Meinert, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2021). Investigating factors that affect the adoption of Covid-19 contact-tracing apps. A privacy calculus perspective. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000040

Meier, Y., Schäwel, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2021). Between protection and disclosure: applying the privacy calculus to investigate the intended use of privacy-protecting tools and self-disclosure on different websites. Studies in Communication and Media, 10(3), 283-306. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2021-3-283

Meier, Y., Schäwel, J. & Krämer, N. C. (2020). The shorter the better? Effects of Privacy Policy Length on Online Privacy Decision-Making. Media and Communication, 8 (2), 291-301. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2846

Meier, Y., Schäwel, J., Kyewski, E., & Krämer, N. C. (2020). Applying protection motivation theory to predict Facebook users’ withdrawal and disclosure intentions. In A. Gruzd, P. Mai, R. Recuero, A. Hernandez-Garcia, C. S. Lee, J. Cook, J. Hodson, B. McEwan, & J. Hopke (Eds.), SMSociety’20: International conference on social media and society (pp. 21–29). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400810

Meier, Y., & Neubaum, G. (2019).Gratifying Ambiguity: Psychological Processes Leading to Enjoyment and Appreciation of TV Series with Morally Ambiguous Characters. Mass Communication and Society, 22(5), 553 – 631. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2019.1614195

Krämer, N. C., Feurstein, M., Kluck, J. P., Meier, Y., Rother, M., & Winter, S. (2017). Beware of selfies: The impact of photo type on impression formation based on social networking profiles. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1 – 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00188

Buchbeiträge

Meier, Y. (2023). Raising awareness for privacy risks and supporting protection in the light of digital inequalities. In F. Bieker, J. Meyer, S. Pape, I. Schiering, & A. Weich (Eds.), Privacy and Identity Management. Privacy and Identity 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 671 (pp. 44-51). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31971-6_5

Meier, Y. & Bol, N. (2023). Privacy and Trust. In S. Trepte & P. Masur (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Privacy and Social Media (pp. 100 – 109). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003244677-12

Krämer, N. C., Meinert, J., & Meier, Y. (2022). Medienpsychologie. In A. Schütz, M. Brand und S. Steins-Löber (Hrsg.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfelder (6. Ed., S. 375 – 386). Kohlhammer.

Meier, Y., Meinert, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2022). Von Schutzbedürfnissen und Schutzverhalten. Eine medienpsychologische Analyse des individuellen Privatheitsschutzes. In A. Roßnagel und M. Friedewald (Hrsg.), Die Zukunft von Privatheit und Selbstbestimmung: Analysen und Empfehlungen zum Schutz der Grundrechte in der digitalen Welt (S. 189 – 213). Springer. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35263-9_6

Meinert, J., Meier, Y., & Krämer, N. C. (2021). Privatheit aus medienpsychologischer Perspektive: Folgen der zunehmenden Digitalisierung für Kinder und Jugendliche. In I. Stapf, R. Ammicht Quinn, M. Friedewald, J. Heesen, & N. C. Krämer (Hrsg.), Aufwachsen in überwachten Umgebungen – Interdisziplinäre Positionen zu Privatheit und Datenschutz in Kindheit und Jugend (S. 37 – 60). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748921639

Weitere Beiträge / Berichte

Ebbers, F., Karaboga, M., Bremert, B., Bile, T., Ochs, C., Meier, Y., & Weiler, S. (2021). Datenschutz in der Blockchain. Diskussion der Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze auf Basis der Blockchain-Konsultation der Bundesregierung. White Paper des Forum Privatheit. (https://www.forum-privatheit.de/download/whitepaper-datenschutz-in-der-blockchain/)

Roßnagel, A., Bile, T., Nebel, M., Geminn, C., Karaboga, M., Ebbers, F., Bremert, B., Stapf, I., Teebken, M., Thürmel, V., Ochs, C., Uhlmann, M., Krämer, N., Meier, Y., Kreutzer, M., Schreiber, L. & Simo, H., (2020). Einwilligung. Möglichkeiten und Fallstricke aus der Konsumentenperspektive. White Paper des Forum Privatheit. (https://www.forum-privatheit.de/download/einwilligung/)

Ammicht Quinn, R., Baur, A., Bile, T., Bremert, B., Büttner, B., Grigorjew, O., Hagendorff, T., Heesen, J., Krämer, N., Meier, Y., Nebel, M., Neubaum, G., Ochs, C., Roßnagel, A., Simo Fhom, H. & Weiler, S. (2018). Tracking. Beschreibung und Bewertung neuer Methoden. White Paper des Forum Privatheit. (https://www.forum-privatheit.de/download/tracking/)

Konferenzbeiträge / Vorträge

Decker, H., Meier, Y., Neubaum, G., & Dreston, J. (2024, June). When the political becomes private: Longitudinal dynamics between privacy concerns, cost-benefit-calculations, and political expression in social media. Paper to be presented at the 74^th Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hendriks, F., Greussing, E., Horstmann, A., Nowak, B., Meier, Y., & Bromme, R. (2024, June). AI Talking Science: Two Experimental Studies on the Perception of Large Language Models as a Source of Scientific Information. Abstract to be presented at the Annual Conference of the “Science Communication” Division (DGPuK) 2024, Zurich, Switzerland.

Meier, Y. (2024, March). Incidental exposure on social media: Science skepticism is positively related to both pro-consensus and anti-consensus content exposure and knowledge overconfidence. Abstract to be presented at the 2024 International Communication Association (ICA) regional conference Human Tech Transition: Crises in Mediatized Politics, Society & Economy, Warsaw, Poland.

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2023, September). Digital Inequalities and Online Privacy: Using Bayesian Inference to Investigate Differential Access to Privacy Information as a Possible Cause. Abstract presented at the 13^th conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Cetinkaya, N. E., Decker, H., Meier, Y., & Krämer, N. C. (2023, September). Exploring the Relationship between Political Orientation, Media Use and Attitudes towards Science and Politics: A Comparative Analysis of German Citizens with Turkish and No Migration Background. Abstract presented at the 13^th conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Meier, Y., & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2023, May). Who targets me? Privacy perceptions of and reactions towards commercial and political targeting on social media. Paper presented at the 73^rd Conference of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Jansen, M. P., Meier, Y., & Krämer, N. C. (2023, May). Time for transparent targeting: Effects of disclosing microtargeting on coping mechanisms, credibility, and political attitude. Paper presented at the 73^rd Conference of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Jansen, M. P., Meier, Y., & Krämer, N. C. (2023, February). Time for transparent targeting: Effects of disclosing microtargeting on coping mechanisms, credibility, and political attitude. Abstract presented at the 25^th Etmaal Conference, Enschede, Netherlands.

Meier, Y. (2022, October). Comparing Privacy-Processes Across Platforms. Presentation held at the Minerva-Gentner Symposium: Studying a concept in disarray: Cross-cultural, comparative analysis of digital privacy, Jerusalem, Israel.

Meier, Y. (2022, August). Raising awareness for privacy risks and supporting protection in the light of digital inequalities. Workshop held at the 17^th IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Summer School, Brunswick, Germany (virtual event).

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2022, May). A longitudinal examination of internet users’ privacy protection behaviors in relation to their perceived collective value of privacy and individual privacy concerns. Paper presented at the 72^nd Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2022, September). Development and validation of a scale measuring people’s general science skepticism. Abstract to be presented at the 52. congress of the DGPs (German Psychological Society), Hildesheim, Germany.

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2022, September). Development and validation of a scale measuring people’s general science skepticism. Abstract to be presented at the virtual SECAT (Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust) conference. Aarhus, Denmark.

Meier, Y., Meinert, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2022, May). One-time decision or dynamic process? A longitudinal investigation of the within-person privacy calculus among adopters and non-adopters of a COVID-19 contact tracing app. Paper presented at the 72^nd Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Haßelmann, S., Maas, S. Reinecke, P., Wierschin, P., Wuttke, Y., Krämer, N. C., Meinert, J., & Meier, Y. (2022, May). It's getting personal! An empirical investigation of two new forms of labeling personalized political advertisement. Paper presented at the 72^nd Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Meier, Y., Meinert, J., & Krämer, N. C. (2021, September). A multilevel approach to investigate the adoption of the German Covid-19 contact-tracing app: separating between- from within-person effects. Poster presented at the 12^th conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society, Aachen, Germany.

Krämer, N. C., Meier, Y., Ngo, T., Princi, E., & Meinert, J. (2021, May). Confidential interaction with algorithms? A systematization of new privacy challenges and reflections on theoretical conceptualizations. Paper presented at the 71^st virtual Conference of the International Communication Association.

Meier, Y. & Krämer, N. C. (2021, May). The privacy calculus revisited: An empirical investigation of online privacy decisions on between- and within-person levels. Paper presented at the 71^st virtual Conference of the International Communication Association.

Meier, Y. (2019, February). Privacy Protection Motivation. Presentation at the Expert Workshop Privacy Icons, Berlin, Germany.

Meier, Y. & Schäwel, J. (2019, May). No risk – no fun. The Role of Risk-Attitudes and the Need for Cognition in Online Privacy Decision-Making. Paper presented at the 69th Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., USA.

Meier, Y. & Schäwel, J. (2019, May). Who Cares? Investigating Determinants of Internet Users’ Willingness to Use a Privacy Protecting Tool. Paper presented at the 69th Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., USA.

Meier, Y., Schäwel, J., Kyewski, E. & Krämer, N. C. (2019, September). Are You Scared Now? Investigating Facebook Users’ Privacy Protection Motivation. Paper presented at the 11^th conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society, Chemnitz, Germany.

Meier, Y., & Neubaum, G. (2018, May). Gratifying ambiguity: Investigating predictors of enjoyment and appreciation of TV series featuring morally ambiguous characters. Paper presented at the 68th Conference of ICA (International Communication Association), Prague, Czech Republic.

Meier, Y. (2018, June). Investigating Privacy-Related Decisions in an fMRI-Study. Poster presented at the 4^th International Summer School “Trust in Mediated Communication”, Münster, Germany.

Meier, Y., & Neubaum, G. (2018, September). Gratifying ambiguity: Investigating predictors of enjoyment and appreciation of TV series featuring morally ambiguous characters. Paper presented at the 51. congress of the DGPs (German Psychological Society), Frankfurt, Germany.

Rosenthal-von der Pütten, A., Meier, Y. & Krämer, N.C. (2018, April). On the simi-versity of online and offline social rewards. Talk Abstract presented at the annual meeting of the Technology, Mind and Society (TMS), Washington D.C., USA.