Medienpsychologie
Professur Medienpsychologie
Medienpsychologie 
Portrait: Dr. Sarah Lutz
Dr. Sarah Lutz
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Technische Universität Chemnitz, Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Medienforschung, Professur Medienpsychologie

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Forschungs- und Lehrschwerpunkte

  • Sozialer Ausschluss bei der Nutzung digitaler Medien
  • Mediales Coping nach Ausschlusserfahrungen
  • Zusammenspiel von Mediennutzung und Wohlbefinden
  • Medienpsychologische Unterhaltungsforschung

Publikationen

  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., Reich, S., Schimmel, M., Oechler, H., & Beinlich, L. (2024). Fictional friends and enemies as first aid after ostracism? Experimentally investigating the potential of para-/orthosocial relationships in belongingness need restoration and emotion regulation. Human Communication Research. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqae009
  • Lutz, S., Büttner, C. M., & Neumann, D. (2024). A window to what we missed: Effects of self- versus other-exclusion on social media users’ fundamental needs, emotional responses, and online coping behaviors. Media Psychology, 27(3), 401–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2242769
  • Lutz, S. (2023). Why don’t you answer me?! Exploring the effects of (repeated exposure to) ostracism via messengers on users’ fundamental needs, well-being, and coping motivation. Media Psychology, 26(2), 113–140.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2101008
  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Reich, S. (2023). Media as powerful coping tools to recover from social exclusion experiences? A systematic review on need restoration and emotion regulation through using media. Media Psychology, 26(4), 388–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2147085
  • Schneider, F. M., Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Meier, A., & Reinecke, L. (2022). How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM³UNE). Mobile Media & Communication, 10(2), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579211054928
  • Lutz, S., & Schneider, F. M. (2021). Is receiving Dislikes in social media still better than being ignored? The effects of ostracism and rejection on need threat and coping responses online. Media Psychology, 24(6), 741–765. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2020.1799409
  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Vorderer, P. (2020). On the downside of mobile communication: An experimental study about the influence of setting-inconsistent pressure on employees’ emotional well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 105, Article 106216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106216
  • Lutz, S., & Knop, K. (2020). Put down your smartphone—unless you integrate it into the conversation! An experimental investigation of using smartphones during face-to-face communication. Studies in Communication and Media, 9(4), 516–539. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2020-4-516
  • Knop, K., Lutz, S., Welzenbach-Vogel, I., & Gimmler, R. (2019). Potentiale und Herausforderungen der Smartphone-Nutzung für (gelingende) soziale Beziehungen und f2f-Kommunikation. Medien + Erziehung: Merz, 63(1), 28–36.
  • Kenntemich, C., Büttner, C. M., Lutz, S., Möhring, R., Pfundmaier, M., & Rudert, S. (2023, September 11–13). Causes and consequences of social exclusion: Current developments [Symposium]. 18th Conference of the Social Psychology Division (DGPs), Graz.
  • Lutz, S., & Büttner, C. M. (2023, September 6–8). A window to what we miss: Effects of not being included on other users’ social media posts on fundamental needs, discrete emotions, and online coping behaviors  [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs), Luxembourg.
  • Halfmann, A., Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., Freytag, A., & Hefner, D. (2023, September 6–8). Take a deep breath, then check your messages: Experimentally investigating the moderating effect of mindfulness in the interplay of social pressure to be available and messenger users’ well-/ill-being [Poster presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs), Luxembourg.
  • Lutz, S., Büttner, C. M., & Neumann, D. (2023, May 25–29). A window to what we miss: Investigating the effects of self- versus other-exclusion on social media users’ fundamental needs, discrete emotions, and online coping behaviors [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
  • Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., & Schneider, F. M. (2023, May 25–29). Take a deep breath, then check your messages: Experimentally investigating the moderating effect of mindfulness in the interplay of social pressure to be available and messenger users’ well-/ill-being [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
  • Lutz, S., Schimmel, M., Schneider, F. M., Oechler, H., Beinlich, L., & Reich, S. (2023, 19.–21. Januar). Fiktionale Freunde und Feinde als Erste Hilfe bei sozialem Ausschluss? Zwei Experimentalstudien zur Rolle para-/orthosozialer Beziehungen bei der Regeneration des Verbundenheitsbedürfnisses und des Wohlbefindens [Konferenzvortrag]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Augsburg. 
  • Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., & Schneider, F. M. (2022, 7.–9. Juni). Welche Rolle spielt Achtsamkeit für den Effekt von Erreichbarkeitsdruck auf das Wohlbefinden? Eine empirische Überprüfung des Integrative Model of Mobile Media Use and Need Experiences (IM³UNE). Vortrag präsentiert auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Düsseldorf.
  • Lutz, S. (2022, May 26–30). Why don’t you answer me?! Exploring the effects of (repeated exposure to) ostracism via messengers on users’ fundamental needs, well-being, and coping motivation [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
  • Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Schweinsberg, S., & Schneider, F. M. (2022, May 26–30). When the smartphone gives no rest: How messenger-related demands influence users’ well- and ill-being [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Reich, S. (2022, May 26–30). Media as powerful coping tools to recover from social exclusion experiences? A systematic review on need restoration and emotion regulation through using media [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Reich, S. (2021, September 8–10). Media as powerful coping tools to recover from social exclusion experiences? A systematic review on need restoration and emotion regulation through using media [Paper presentation]. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs), Aachen. 
  • Schneider, F. M., Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Meier, A., & Reinecke, L. (2021, September 8–10). How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the integrative model of mobile media use and need experiences (IM3UNE) [Paper presentation]. 12th Media Psychology Conference, Aachen.
  • Schneider, F. M., Lutz, S., Halfmann, A., Meier, A., & Reinecke, L. (2021, May 27–31). How and when do mobile media demands impact well-being? Explicating the integrative model of mobile media use and need experiences (IM3UNE) [Paper presentation]. 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Conference. 
  • Lutz, S. (2020, 11. Mai). Sozialer Ausschluss in Online-Medien: Wie (Dis)Likes unser Fühlen und Handeln beeinflussen [Konferenzvortrag]. Research Plus Online der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Online-Forschung (DGOF). 
  • Schneider, F. M., Reich, S., & Lutz, S. (2020, 10.–12. März). Mediale Bewältigungsstrategien bei Bedürfnisbedrohung: Ein theoretischer Überblick zum medialen Coping nach sozialem Ausschluss [Konferenzvortrag]. 65. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), München.
  • Lutz, S., & Schneider, F. M. (2020, 23.–25. Januar). Sind Dislikes besser als ignoriert zu werden? Zur Auswirkung von sozialem Ausschluss auf sozialen Netzwerkseiten auf die Bedrohung von Bedürfnissen und auf anschließende Interaktionen [Konferenzvortrag]. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Rezeptions‐ und Wirkungsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik‐ und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Würzburg.
  • Lutz, S., Schneider, F. M., & Vorderer, P. (2019, May 24–28). Can work-home boundaries prevent negative emotions? An experimental investigation of the influence of setting-inconsistent mobile communication on employees’ emotional well-being [Paper presentation]. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington DC, 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 [Paper presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Lutz, S., & Knop, K. (2018, May 24–28). Boosting conversation or shrinking attention? An experimental investigation of using smartphones during face-to-face communication [Paper presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Lutz, S., & Knop, K. (2018, 9.–11. Mai). Gesprächsförderer oder Gesprächskiller? Eine experimentelle Untersuchung des Einflusses der Smartphone-Nutzung auf die wahrgenommene Qualität der Face-to-Face-Kommunikation sowie die Aufmerksamkeit und Höflichkeit des Gegenübers [Konferenzvortrag]. 63. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Mannheim.

  • Schmitt, J. B., Winkler, J. R., Lutz, S., Dietrich, F., & Rieger, D. (2018, May 24–28). Populist voices in extremist online videos: A content analysis of right-wing and Islamic YouTube videos [Paper presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.

  • Vorderer, P., Park, D. W., & Lutz, S. (2020). A history of media-effects research traditions. In M. B. Oliver, J. Bryant, & R. Art (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 1–15). New York, NY: Routledge.