Michael Scharkow

Presentations

02/2026

Conference presentations

Rohr, B., Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., & Scharkow, M. (2023). Opportunities and challenges of real-time data linkage designs – A case study using the Spotify API. 10th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Milan, Italy.

Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2023). The digital jukebox revisited: Applying Mood Management Theory to algorithmically curated music streaming environments. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dietrich, F., Ernst, A., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2023). (I can’t get no) satisfaction: Music listeners’ algorithmically curated entertainment experience. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Trepte, S., Scharkow, M. (2022). Are all of us invited to the party? National diversity of ICA conferences and membership. ICA’s 72nd annual conference, Paris, France.

Mangold, F., Vogelgesang, J., & Scharkow, M. (2021). Audience Preference and News Use in an Age of Choice: A News Orientation Perspective. Paper presented at the 2021 ICA conference, virtual.

Mangold, F. & Scharkow, M. (2021). Metrics of News Audience Polarization: Same or Different? Paper presented at the 2021 ICA conference, virtual.

Bachl, M., Scharkow, M. & Winkler, Y. (2021). News Sharing by Party Line? An Analysis of Source Sharing Patterns in Political Social Media Discussions. Paper presented at the 2021 ICA conference, virtual.

Jürgens, P., Meltzer, C., & Scharkow, M. (2021). The convoluted path to Equality: An automated image analysis of facial age and gender on German TV. Paper presented at the 2021 ICA conference, virtual.

Stier, S., Mangold, F., Scharkow, M., & Breuer, J. (2020). Do Online Intermediaries Increase the Frequency and Diversity of News Exposure? Cross-Country Evidence from Web Tracking and Surveys. Paper presented at the 2020 ECPR conference, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2020). News sharing by party line? An analysis of source sharing patterns in political social media discussions. Paper presented at the 2020 ECPR conference, Innsbruck, Austria.

Mangold, F. & Scharkow, M. (2019). The quest of building meaningful audience networks. Reconsidering and renewing the research agenda. Paper presented at the 2019 ICA conference, Washington, DC, May.

Scharkow, M. & Bachl, M. (2017). Reinforcing spirals and the issue of stable attitudes and behavior. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, September.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2017) Correcting measurement error in content analysis. Paper presented at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego, May.

Dienlin, T., Trepte, S. & Scharkow, M. (2017). Self-Disclosure and the Affordances of SNSs: Testing the Privacy Calculus Within an Experimental Framework. Paper presented at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego, May.

Masur, P., Meltzer, C., & Scharkow, M. (2017). Social Support and Self Disclosure in Face to Face and Instant Messenger Communication. Paper presented at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego, May.

Scharkow, M. & Bachl, M. (2017). Reinforcing spirals and the issue of stable attitudes and behavior. Panel presentation at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego, May.

Scharkow, M. (2016). The reliability and temporal stability of self-reported media use - a meta-analysis. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Amsterdam, September.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2016). How measurement errors lead to minimal media effect findings in linkage analysis and what we can do about it. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Amsterdam, September.

Masur, P. K., Scharkow, M. & Trepte, S. (2016). Geben und Nehmen: Das Zusammenspiel von Selbstoffenbarungsbereitschaft und sozialer Unterstützung in Online- und Offline-Kontexten [Self-disclosure and social support in online and offline contexts]. Vortrag auf dem 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), 18.-22. Leipzig, September.

Scharkow, M. & Bachl, M. (2016). Messages Mismeasured: Minimal Media Effects as a Consequence of Unreliable Measurement. Paper presented at the 2016 ICA conference, Fukuoka, June.

Vogelgesang, J. & Scharkow, M. (2016). Evaluating the Facebook message effectiveness of Top 50 Shanghai Ranking Universities. Paper presented at the 2016 ICA conference, Fukuoka, June.

Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2016). Longitudinal Patterns of Involvement in Cyberbullying: Results from a Latent Transition Analysis among Adolescents. Paper presented at the 2016 ICA conference, Fukuoka, June.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2015). MC-SIMEX-Korrektur von Messfehlern in nominalen Variablen. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Stuttgart, September.

Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2015). Spirals of retaliation? Analyzing patterns of cyberbullying involvement among high school students using latent transition analysis. Vortrag auf dem 20. Workshop Aggression, Linz, November.

Scharkow, M. & Bachl, M. (2015). Dealing with measurement error in content analysis data using simulation-extrapolation. Paper presented at the 2015 ICA conference, San Juan, May.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2014). Eine quantitative Bestandsaufnahme von Informationen über Krankheiten auf der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia, 2002-2014 [A quantitative analysis of disease-related information on Wikipedia]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc-Gruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der DGPuK. Mainz, November.

Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2014). The Misperception of Cyberbullying Norms among High School Students. Presentation presented at the 2014 European Communication Congress, Lissabon, November.

Scharkow, M. & Domahidi, E. (2014). Die Kombination von manueller und automatischer Codierung für die Auswahl von relevanten Studien für Meta-Analysen [Combining manual and automatic coding for selecting relevant studies in meta analyses]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Munich, October.

Bachl, M. & Scharkow, M. (2014). Empirische Analyse der Wikipedia - Potenziale und Anwendungsbeispiele für die Kommunikationswissenschaft [Empirical analyses of Wikipedia. Potential and applications in communication research]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Munich, October.

Scharkow, M. (2014) The accuracy of self-reported internet use - a validation study using client log data. Paper presented at the 2014 ICA conference, Seattle, May.

Scharkow, M., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Longitudinal patterns of problematic computer game use among adolescents and adults – a 2-year panel study. Paper presented at the 2014 ICA conference, Seattle, May.

Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2014) The individual or the class: A multilevel analysis of cyberbullying behavior in school classes. Paper presented at the 2014 ICA conference, Seattle, May.

Elson, M., Breuer, J., Scharkow, M., & Thorsten Quandt (2014). Digital Games and Frustration: Effects on Aggression and Cooperative Behavior. Paper presented at the 2014 ICA conference, Seattle, May.

Elson, M., Mohseni, M. R., Breuer, J., & Scharkow, M. (2013). The unstandardized use of the Competitive Reaction Time Task to measure aggressive behavior in media effects research: A methodological CRTTique. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the Media Psychology Divison of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Würzburg, August.

Breuer, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2013). The effects of playing versus watching a digital game on the perception and evaluation of in-game violence. Paper presented at the 2013 ICA conference, London, June.

Günther, E. & Scharkow, M. (2013). Online Sophistication of News Websites. Paper presented at the 2013 ICA conference, London, June.

Hayes, A.F. & Scharkow, M. (2013). The Relative Trustworthiness of Popular Inferential Approaches to Testing Indirect Effects in Statistical Mediation Analysis: Does Method Really Matter? Paper presented at the 2013 ICA conference, London, June.

Mahrt, M. & Scharkow, M. (2013). Between big data and deep analysis? Scaling digital media research. Paper presented at the 2013 ICA conference, London, June.

Vogelgesang, J. & Scharkow, M. (2013). The Validity of Google Trends to Measure Issue Salience. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Boston, May.

Breuer, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2012). The others. Why research on the effects of digital games on aggression needs a multiplayer perspective. Paper presented at the preconference of the ECREA Temporary Working Group (TWG) on Digital Games Research, Istanbul.

Vogelgesang, J., & Scharkow, M. (2012). Sozialforschung im 21. Jahrhundert: Können Suchmaschinenstatistiken bevölkerungsrepräsentative Befragungen ersetzen? [Can we substitute representative surveys with online search query data?] Vortrag im Rahmen der Ad-hoc-Gruppe Sozialforschung im World Wide Web auf dem Soziologentag 2012 in Bochum und Dortmund, October.

Scharkow, M. & Vogelgesang, J. (2012). Reliabilitätstests und dann? Auswirkungen von Messfehlern in inhaltsanalytischen Daten [Consequences of measurement error in content analyses]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Zürich, September.

Günther, E. & Scharkow, M. (2012). Automatisierte Datenbereinigung bei Inhalts- und Linkanalysen von Online-Nachrichten [Automated data processing and filtering for content and link analyses of online news]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Zürich, September.

Günther, E. & Scharkow, M. (2012). Online sophistication of news websites. Presentation at the annual IAMCR conference. Durban, July.

Breuer, J., Elson, M., Mohseni, R., & Scharkow, M. (2012). Are we really only measuring media effects? Problems and pitfalls associated with the implementation and analysis of the Competitive Reaction Time Task (CRTT) in research on digital games. Paper presented at the 17th International Workshop on Aggression, Luxembourg, July.

Bachl, M., Vogelgesang, J., Scharkow, M., & Brettschneider, F. (2012). RTR-Messungen in der deutschen Wahlforschung: Gestern – heute – morgen [Contiuous Response Measurement in German election studies]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Wahlen und Politische Einstellungen in der DVPW, Frankfurt, June.

Breuer, J., Elson, M., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2012). More than just violence - The importance of contextual factors and game characteristics for research on the digital-games-aggression link. Paper presented at the 4th International Computer Game Conference Clash of Realities, Cologne, May.

Scharkow, M., Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., & Quandt, T. (2012). Choosing digital games: The relationship between gaming motives and genre preferences. Paper presented at the 2012 ICA conference, Phoenix, May.

Domahidi, E., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2012). Real friends and virtual life? Computer games as foci of activity for social community building. Paper presented at the 2012 ICA conference, Phoenix, May.

Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2012). Peer influence on adolescents’ communication behavior: A comparison of different context effects on cyberbullying. Paper presented at the 2012 ICA conference, Phoenix, May.

Domahidi, E., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2012). Real friends and virtual life? Explaining co-playing networks of computer gamers. Paper presented at the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference XXXII, Redondo Beach, CA, March.

Festl, R., Quandt, T., Scharkow, M., Chen, V., Koskimaa, R., Mäyrä, F., & Suominen, J. (2011). International gaming: Comparative survey research on digital gaming (Panel). DIGRA Conference, Utrecht, September.

Breuer, J., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2011) Tunnel vision or spectator mode? - The effects of watching versus playing a violent video game on immersion and perceived violence. Poster presented at the 7th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the DGPs, Bremen, August.

Festl, R., Scharkow, M., & Quandt, T. (2011). The social fabric of virtual life: Findings from a large-scale multi-level research project. Presented at multi.player: International Conference on the Social Aspects of Digital Gaming. Stuttgart, July.

Festl, R., Scharkow, M., Breuer, J., & Quandt, T. (2011). War Games: Analyzing the relationship between militaristic attitudes and the use of military-themed digital games. Presentation at the annual IAMCR conference. Istanbul, July.

von Pape, T. & Scharkow, M. (2011). Bridging the space of places with a flow of tweets. A topography of local event tweets in a French-German border region. Presentation at the annual IAMCR conference. Istanbul, July.

Scharkow, M., Kordes, C., & Bleuel, F. (2011). Visual stereotypes and party affiliation cues. An exploratory study of political cognition using candidate photographs. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. Istanbul, July.

Scharkow, M. (2011). Online content analysis using supervised machine learning – an empirical evaluation. Paper presented at the 2011 ICA Conference. Boston, May.

Scharkow, M. (2009). NewsClassifier - ein integriertes Instrument zur manuellen und automatischen Erhebung und Codierung von Online-Inhalten [An integrated instrument for the manual and automatic collection and coding of online content], Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Mainz, September.

Scharkow, M. (2009). Crowdsourcing Content Analysis. Vom Nutzen vieler Amateurcodierer für die Online-Inhaltsanalyse [Crowdsourcing content analysis], Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Mainz, September.

Mirza, D. & Scharkow, M. (2009). Through the Eyes of the Spectator: A Content Analysis of User-Comments on the Internet Movie Database. Presentation at the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2009 Conference, Kopenhagen, June.

Vogelgesang, J. & Scharkow, M. (2009). Is there a Place for Bayesian Statistics in Communication Research? Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der DGPuK, Bremen, May.

Scharkow, M. & Vogelgesang, J. (2009): Google Insights for Search – eine neue Methode zur Messung der Public Agenda? [Google Insights for Search - a novel method for measuring the public agenda], Vortrag auf der Fachgruppentagung Journalismusforschung und Methoden der DGPuK. Berlin, February.

Scharkow, M. (2008). Einschaltquoten im Social Web – Möglichkeiten der Erhebung und Analyse von Publikumsdaten am Beispiel YouTube. [Collecting audience data on Youtube] Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Bad Tölz, September.

Suckfüll, M., Schwerd, F., & Scharkow, M. (2008). Modes of Internet Use. Poster auf der 10. German Online Research Tagung. Hamburg, March.

Suckfüll, M., Schwerd, F., & Scharkow, M. (2007). Internetmodalitäten. [Modes of Internet use] Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie. Dresden, September.

Schwerd, F., Scharkow, M., & Suckfüll, M. (2007). Online-Sortierstudien als Datenerhebungsinstrument. [Data collection using online card sorting]. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der DGPuK. Salzburg, September.

Scharkow, M. & Vogelgesang, J. (2007). Effects of Domestic Media Use on European Integration? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Berlin, September.

Scharkow, M. (2007). Mediennutzung und europäische Integration. [Media use and European integration]. Vortrag beim Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation. Düsseldorf, April.

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