Christopher Blake, M.A.

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• 1982 born in Hildesheim
• 2002 internship at editorial department „Marketing“ of the „Berliner Zeitung"
• 2002-2008 studies of both B.A. and M.A. programs of Media Management at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research
• 2005 semester abroad at the Institut de la communication et des médias of the Université Stendhal III (Grenoble, France)
• 2004 internship at the communication consulting service of „aserto: Kommunikationsanalyse und Beratung"
• 2004 internship at the strategy agency for brands and communication „diffferent"
• 2004-2006 working for a project at „aserto: Kommunikationsanalyse und Beratung"
• 2006-2007 Student Assistant for the project „Reception and effects of violence-related computer games: Stimulation of willingness of anti-social behavior by activation of a mean-world syndrome”. The project was sponsered by the German Research Foundation
• 2006-2008 Student Assistant for the project „The fun of gaming: Measuring the human experience of media enjoyment“. The project was sponsored by the European Union
• 2008 analyst in the field of econometric advertising effects research at MediaCom (media consulting agency)
• since 2008 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research

• Member of the International Communication Association (ICA)
• PR for the Department of Journalism and Communication Research

in press

Blake, C. & Klimmt, C. (in press). The challenge of measuring the use of computer games. In J. Fromme (Ed.), Computer games/players/game cultures: A handbook on the state and perspectives of digital game studies. Berlin: Springer.

Blake, C., Schlütz, D. & Herbst, B. (in press). Die Wahrnehmung von Online-Werbung: Eine Eye-Tracking-Studie [The perception of online advertising: An eye-tracking study]. In K. Lobinger & H. Haas (Eds.) Qualitäten der Werbung - Qualitäten der Werbeforschung: Tagungsband zum 5. Workshop der Forschungsgruppe Werbung [Qualities of advertising - Qualities of advertising research: Conference proceedings, 5th Workshop of the Research Group Advertising]. Cologne: Halem.

Klimmt, C. & Blake, C. (in press). Selbstwirksamkeitsmaschinen: Motivationsprozesse interaktiver Unterhaltung [Self efficacy machines: Motivation processes of interactive entertainment]. In L. Reinecke & S. Trepte (Eds.), Unterhaltung in neuen Medien [Entertainment in new media]. Cologne: Halem.

2010

Blake, C. & Klimmt, C. (2010). Geschlechtergerechte Formulierungen in Nachrichtentexten  [Gender-equitable wording in news texts]. Publizistik, 55, 289-304.

Klimmt, C., Hefner, D., Vorderer, P., Roth, C. & Blake, C. (2010). Identification with video game characters as automatic shift of self-perceptions. Media Psychology, 13 (4), 323-338.

2009

Blake, C. & Tiemeyer, N. (2009). Publikationen, Engagement, Tagungen. Thesen zu Einflussfaktoren auf die im CHE-Ranking ermittelte Reputation [Publications, commitment, conferences. Theses on factors of influence on reputation determined by CHE ExcellenceRanking]. Aviso, no Vol. (2), 12.

Klimmt, C., Blake, C., Hefner, D., Vorderer, P. & Roth, C. (2009). Player performance, satisfaction, and video game enjoyment. In S. Natkin & J. Dupire (Eds.), Entertaiment Computing: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2009) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5709, pp. 1-12). Berlin: Springer.

2008

Klimmt, C., Pompetzki, V. & Blake, C. (2008). Geschlechterrepräsentation in Nachrichtentexten: Der Einfluss von geschlechterbezogenen Sprachformen und Fallbeispielen auf den gedanklichen Einbezug von Frauen und die Bewertung der Beitragsqualität [Gender representation in news texts: The influence of gender-related linguistic forms and case studies on the mental inclusion of women and the quality evaluation of articles]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 56 (1), 3-20.

2012

Blake, C. (2012, January). Überflüssig, unästhetisch und schlecht zu lesen? Geschlechtergerechte Formulierungen in der deutschen Sprache [Superfluous, unaesthetic and difficult to read? Gender-neutral wording in German language]. Paper presented at the Technical University Ilmenau, Day of Action for an Anti-Discriminatory Campus. Against Sexism and Homophobia, January 18th, 2012, Ilmenau.

2011

Blake, C., Schlütz, D., Charrier, D.,  Dyszy, A., Emde, K., Hirt, F., Keldenich, F., Link, E., Sponer, J.,  Heiden, C. (2011, October). Die Rolle von Markenbekanntheit und Werbeintensität für die Wahrnehmung und Erinnerung von In-Game Advertising: Eine Eye-Tracking-Studie [The role of brand awareness and intensity of advertising for the perception and the memory of In-Game Advertising: An eye-tracking study]. Paper presented at the 6th Workshop of the Ad-Hoc Group Communication in Advertising of the German Society of Mass Communication, October 27-29, 2011, Pforzheim.

Jöckel, S., Blake, C. & Schlütz, D. (2011, May). Seeing what you should not see: Evaluating the new age rating labels of audio-visual media in Germany using eye-tracking technology. Poster presentation at the 61st Conference of the International Communication Association, May 26-30, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

2010

Blake, C., & Klimmt, K. (2010, October). Die Eignung generisch maskuliner und alternativer Personenbezeichnungsmodelle zur Verwendung in Nachrichtentexten [The adequacy of generic masculine and alternative description models for persons in news texts]. Guest paper presented at the University of Applied Sciences Hanover in a Seminar on Professional Ethics & Gender, October 25, 2010, Hanover.

Schlütz, D., Blake, C. & Herbst, B. (2010, October). Die Wahrnehmung von Online-Werbung – Eine Eye-Tracking-Studie [The perception of online advertising - An eye tracking study]. Paper presented at the 5th Workshop of the Research Group Advertisting, October 1-2, 2010, Vienna.

Vorderer, P., Hefner, D., Blake, C., Roth, C., Raney, A. & Klimmt, C. (2010, July). Finding a place for the user in interactive stories: Identification revisited. Paper presented at the IGEL 2010 Conference of the International Society for Empirical Literature Sciences (IGEL), July 7-11, 2010, Utrecht.

Blake, C. & Klimmt, C. (2010, May). Auf der Suche nach der 'optimalen' sprachlichen Repräsentationsform für gemischtgeschlechtliche Gruppen in Nachrichtentexten [The search for the 'optimal' linguistic form of presentation for gender-mixed groups in news texts]. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication, May 12-14, 2010, Ilmenau.

2009

Blake, C. (2009, November). The effects of violent computer games on children and adolescents. Paper presented at the 1st Brazilian Audiovisual and Game Regulation International Seminar of the Ministério da Justiça, November 26-27, 2009, Brasília.

Blake, C. Klimmt, C., Sowka, A., Dautermann, A., Lemke Jr. R., Oschatz, C. & Roth, F. (2009, September). Does media literacy buffer the cognitive effects of violent video games? Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Expert Group Media Psychology ("New Media and Interactive Systems)" of the German Society of Psychology, September 9-11, 2009, Duisburg.

Hefner, D.,  Klimmt, C.,  Blake, C., Roth, C. & Vorderer, P. (2009, September). Graphology vs. questionnaire: Explicit and implicit self‐esteem and their role for video game enjoyment. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Expert Group Media Psychology ("New Media and Interactive Systems)" of the German Society of Psychology, September 9-11, 2009, Duisburg.

2008

Blake, C., Klimmt, C., Pompetzki, V. & Vorderer, P. (2008, November). Video game violence and aggression: Exploring the implications of players’ media literacy. Paper presented at the XIII. Workshop Aggression, November 6-8, 2008, Potsdam.

Blake, C. & Daschmann, G. (2008, April). Unlearning exemplification effects: Does statistical education prevent an impact of examples? Paper presented at the Workshop on Exemplification of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (LMU), April 6-8, 2008, Munich.

Daschmann, G. & Blake, C. (2008, April). Validating the lab – Field data in exemplification research. Paper presented at the Workshop on Exemplification der Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (LMU), April 6-8, 2008, Munich.

Hefner, D., Bachl, M., Blake, C., Pompetzki, V. & Klimmt, C. (2008, May). Interpersonal talk about media news as factor in the knowledge gap process: A quasi-experimental analysis of conversation content. Paper presented at the  Political Communication Division at the 58th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 22-26, 2008, Montréal. Awarded as “Top Paper” by the Political Communication Division.

2007

Blake, C. & Daschmann, G. (2007, May). Experts and base-rates, laymen and single case Information: Can statistical knowledge prevent exemplification effects? Paper presented at the Mass Communication Division of the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2007, San Francisco.

Daschmann, G. & Blake, C. (2007, May). Out of the lab into the world: Field experiments and cross-cultural findings in exemplification research. Paper presented at the Mass Communication Division of the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2007, San Francisco.

2006

Blake, C. (2006, May). Die Wirkung von Fallbeispielen und Summarischen Angaben auf Leserurteile [The effects of case studies and summary information on readers’ evaluations]. Paper presented at the State University Tomsk, May 25, 2006, Tomsk.