Publications
Denner, N., Koch, T., Viererbl, B. & Ernst, A. (2024). Feeling connected and informed through informal communication: A quantitative survey on the perceived functions of informal communication in organizations. Journal of Communication Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-06-2024-0085
Current Preprints
Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2024). Revisiting the digital jukebox: Applying Mood Management Theory to algorithmically curated music streaming environments. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7eb4g
Conference Presentations
2025
Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2025, January). Eine Experience Sampling-Studie zur alltäglichen Stimmungsregulierung in Musikstreamingumgebungen [An experience sampling study on mood management in daily music streaming environments]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Bamberg, Germany.
2024
Ernst, A., & Dietrich, F. (2024, June). Agency and serendipity as key concepts for algorithmically curated digital media use in everyday life. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Ernst, A., & Schnauber-Stockmann, A. (2024, June). (Almost) 50 ways to leave an app. Situational deselection of TikTok. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Dietrich, F., Ernst, A., Rohr, B., Reinecke, L., & Scharkow, M. (2024, June). Music was my first love: An experience sampling study of biographic resonance through algorithmically curated music listening. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Schnauber-Stockmann, A., & Ernst, A. (2024, January). (Almost) 50 ways to leave an App. Situative Deselektion von TikTok [Situational deselection of TikTok]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
Ernst, A., & Schnauber-Stockmann, A. (2024, January). Situative TikTok-Nutzung und die konzeptuelle Explikation algorithmischer Kuratierung: Ein explorativer Primer [Situational TikTok use and the conceptual explication of algorithmic curation: An exploratory primer]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., Schnauber-Stockmann, A., Gilbert, A., & Scharkow, M. (2024, January). Zeitliche Strukturen digitaler Unterhaltungsmediennutzung: Eine explorative Analyse digitaler Verhaltensdaten [Temporal structures of digital entertainment media use: An exploratory analysis of digital behavioral data]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
2023
Ernst, A. (2023, September). Connected or drained? An experience sampling study on informal communication and well-being during from home. Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Potsdam, Germany.
Rohr, B., Ernst, A., Dietrich, F., & Scharkow, M. (2023, July). 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, May). 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, May). (I can’t get no) satisfaction: Music listeners’ algorithmically curated entertainment experience. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ernst, A., Gilbert, A., & Meier, A. (2023, January). Seeking Serendipity Online: Eine explorative Studie zum Suchen und Finden von Inspiration in sozialen Medien [An exploratory study of searching and finding inspiration in social media]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Augsburg, Germany.
2022
Ernst, A., & Reinecke, L. (2022, May). Informal communication and well-being during work from home: What is the role of modality? [poster presentation]. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
2020
Ernst, A., & Meier, A. (2020, January). "If inspiration doesn't come to me, I go halfway to meet it" - Theoretische Modellierung eines Findungsprozesses von Inspiration auf Instagram [A theoretical model on the process of finding inspiration on Instagram]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Media Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Würzburg, Germany.