Lena Maria Küpper

Lena Maria Küpper

Scharnhorststraße 44, room 120.0022
48151 Münster

T: +49 251 83-24269

Academic ProfilesExternal Profiles

  • Research Foci

    • Effects of Social Media Use on Body Image / Well-being
    • (Mental) Health discourse and information behavior
    • Online Body & Health Trends

  • CV

    After her Bachelor's degree in communications management at Hochschule Osnabrück - University of Applied Sciences, Lena Küpper worked as a PR project manager. From October 2019 to May 2022, she studied communication science in Münster and finished her master’s degree with an empirical thesis on meta-reporting in sports journalism. During her studies, she worked as a freelance copywriter and student assistant at IfK. In July 2022, Lena Küpper joined the team of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt (Chair of Online Communication).

    Academic Education

    "Communication Science", Master of Arts, University of Münster
    "Communication Management", Bachelor of Arts, Osnabück University of Applied Sciences

    Positions

    Research assistant at Online Communicatoin Lab; PhD student
    Student Assistant, DFG-funded project "The century of journalism – the history of journalism in Germany from WW I to Digitalization", led by Dr. Thomas Birkner
    Project management PR at "Medienhaus Emsland" (re-branded by now as "Klare Worte Unternehmenskommunikation"

  • Teaching

  • Research Articles (Journals)

  • Scientific Talks

    • Wehden, L.-O., Küpper, L., Reer, F. : “When time is ticking, are readers clicking? Exploring the effects of displaying temporal cues in online news article previews”. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix : „Eine Befragungsstudie zum Zusammenhang zwischen problematischer Social Media Nutzung und Essstörungen.“ 71. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft , Dortmund, .

    • Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix : “Public Perceptions of Body Positivity: Who knows, follows and supports #BoPo?” ECREA European Conference on Health Communication, University of Minho, Braga, .
    • Reer, Felix; Küpper, Lena Maria; Quandt, Thorsten : “Online Vigilance and its Relationship with Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Roles of Online Social Support and Information Overload.” Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Universität Duisburg-Essen, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix : “Who knows, follows and supports #BoPo? A Survey Study on Body Positivity.” Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Universität Duisburg-Essen, .

    • Reer, Felix, Küpper, Lena, Wehden, Lars-Ole, & Quandt, Thorsten : “A Laboratory Experiment Examining Audience Responses to a ‘Meaningful’ Virtual Reality Documentary”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria, Wehden, Lars-Ole, Reer, Felix, & Quandt, Thorsten : “Looking at the news from every angle: On the potential of implementing Virtual Reality technology in journalistic contexts”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, .

    • Reer, Felix; Küpper, Lena Maria; Quandt, Thorsten : “The Interplay of Mindfulness, Mental Health, Loneliness, and Social Media Use Disorder”. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Belval, .
    • Bustos-Ortega, Mariela; Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten; Carretero-Dios, Hugo; Megías, Jesús L.; Romero-Sánchez, Mónica : “Gender Diversity in Online Gaming: The German Version of the Sexism Against Women Gamers Scale (SAWGS)”. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Belval, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Quandt, Thorsten : “Uncovering the potentials of virtual reality technology in journalism: A laboratory experiment on an immersive 360° documentary”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Bustos-Ortega, Mariela; Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten; Carretero-Dios, Hugo; Megías, Jesús L.; Romero-Sánchez, Mónica : “Development and validation of the German version of the Sexism Against Women Gamers Scale (SAGS)”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Küpper, Lena Maria : “Stronger together!? Aggregation of sports events as a driver of coverage on (the) European Championships in German TV news shows”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Reer, Felix; Küpper, Lena Maria; Quandt, Thorsten : “Mindfulness as a Protective Factor Against Social Media Use Disorder: The Mediating Roles of Mental Health and Loneliness. ”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .

    • Küpper, Lena : “The Metajournalistic Discourse on the Press Boycott of Naomi Osaka. Strategies and European Sports Communication”. Strategies and European Sports Communication - European Communication Conference (ECREA) Preconference, Aarhus, .
    • Küpper, Lena; Kossing, Greta; Birkner, Thomas : “"On the tour, they’re always sticking a microphone in your face": Mediatization of Professional Tennis From the 1980s to the 2010s”. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, .

    • Küpper, Lena; Kossing, Greta; Birkner, Thomas : „"On the tour, they’re always sticking a microphone in your face": Mediatization of Professional Tennis From the 1980s to the 2010s“. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe „Mediensport und Sportkommunikation“, Wien, .