Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick
Associate Professor
Contact Information
School of Communication
The Ohio State University
3036 Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 247-6801
Fax: (614) 292-2055
knobloch-westerwick.1@osu.eduQualificationsM.A. University of Music & Drama Hanover, Germany
Ph.D. University of Music & Drama Hanover, Germany
ProfileMy
research and teaching is all about media use and media effects. The
courses that I currently teach have to do with entertainment, new
communication technologies, and children & media. In my research, I
employ psychological methods and theories and also do cross-cultural
investigations. I enjoy collaborating with students and almost always
have student co-authors. Most of my recent work has focused on how
people select from media entertainment and news.
My research has
looked at how dramatic photos influence news reading and what renders
news reports personally relevant to readers and I have studied how
people select popular music and what makes people enjoy crime stories,
just to name some research topics.