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• 1989 born in Mannheim
• 2010-2016 studies of Media and Communication at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim
• 2010-2016 Student Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer and tutor for introduction lectures at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim
• 2014 semester abroad at the Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, Malaysia
• During studies free lancer at Schwetzinger Zeitungsverlag GmbH & Co. KG as well as internships at the City of Mannheim (Department of Public Relations and Communication) and at the Hesse Broadcasting Station, Frankfurt (Department „Education, Family and Service“)
• Since 2016 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research

• Computer-mediated communication, mobile communication with a special focus on small group processes, online self-disclosure
• Media and morality, especially in the context of news exposure
• Uses and effects of (entertaining) media

• Member of the International Communication Association (ICA)
• Member of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK)
• Editorial Assistant of "Journal of Media Psychology" (since 2018)

2022

Bruns, S., & Knop-Huelss, K. (2022). That’s so immoral! Investigating the effects of moral violations reported in the form of (in) complete moral dyads in news articles on emotions and memory. Human Communication Research. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac021

2021

Freytag, A., Knop-Huelss, K., Meier, A., Reinecke, L., Hefner, D., Klimmt, C. & Vorderer, P. (2021). Permanently online—Always stressed out? The effects of permanent connectedness on stress experiences. Human Communication Research, 47(2), 132-165. doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaa014

2019

Knop-Huelss, K., Rieger, D., & Schneider, F. M. (2019). Thinking about right and wrong. Examining the effect of moral conflict on entertainment experiences, knowledge acquisition, and subjective knowledge. Media Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1623697

Niemann-Lenz, J., Bruns, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Hülß, K., Possler, D., Reich, S., Reinecke, L., Scheper, J. & Klimmt, C. (2019). Crafting a strategic roadmap for computational methods in communication science: Learnings from the CCS 2018 Conference in Hanover. International Journal of Communication, 13 [Special section on Computational Communication Science, edited by E. Domahidi, J. Yang, J. Niemann-Lenz & L. Reinecke]. Retrieved from ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10534

2018

Knop-Huelss, K., Winkler, J. R. & Pentzel, J. (2018). Being POPC together: Permanent connectedness and group Dynamics. In P. Vorderer, D. Hefner, L. Reinecke & C. Klimmt (Eds.), Permanently online, permanently connected. Living and communicating in a POPC world (pp. 129-139). New York: Routledge.

Reinecke, L., Klimmt, C., Meier, A., Reich, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D. & Vorderer, P. (2018). Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205384. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205384.

2016

Knop, K., Öncü, S., Penzel, J., Abele, T. S., Brunner, T., Vorderer, P. & Wessler, H. (2016). Offline time is quality time. Comparing within-group self-disclosure in mobile messaging applications and face-to-face interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 55 (B), 1076-1084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.004

Odağ, Ö., Hofer, M., Schneider, F. M. & Knop, K. (2016). Testing measurement equivalence of eudaimonic and hedonic entertainment motivations in a cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 45, 108-125. doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2015.1108216 [Free full-text available]

Schneider, F. M., Weinmann, C., Roth, F. S., Knop, K. & Vorderer, P. (2016). Learning from entertaining online video clips? Enjoyment and appreciation and their differential relationships with knowledge and behavioral intentions. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 475-482. doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.028

2014

Reinecke, L., Vorderer, P. & Knop, K. (2014). Entertainment 2.0? The role of intrinsic and extrinsic need satisfaction for the enjoyment of Facebook use. Journal of Communication, 64 (3), 417-438.

2020

von Hören, S., Knop-Hülß, K., Possler, D. & Klimmt, C. (2020, January). „Lies mir meine Nachrichten vor!“ Effekte der parallelen Nutzung von Infotainment während des Autofahrens ["Read me my news!" Effects of parallel use of infotainment while driving]. Paper presented at the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Reception and Effects Research, January 23-25, 2020, Würzburg.

2019

Freytag, A., Knop-Hülß, K., Hefner, D., Klimmt, C., Reinecke, L., Meier, A. & Vorderer, P. (2019, May). Permanently online – Always stressed out? The effects of online vigilance on digital stress experiences. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.

Knop-Hülß, K., & Bruns, S. (2019, May). The moral dyad in the news: Effects of immorality on emotional reaction, attention, and memory. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.

2018

Bruns, S. & Knop-Hülß (2018, May). Does morality make you remember? Effects of moral violations in news articles on emotional reaction and memory. Paper presentation at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic. [Best student paper award of the information systems division]

Knop-Hülß, K., Klimmt, C., Hefner, D., Reich, S., Reinecke, L., Rieger, D., & Vorderer, P. (2018). Mehr Selbstbestimmung oder mehr Stress? Die Folgen permanenter Online-Verbundenheit in Alltagsepisoden [More self-determination or more stress? The consequences of being permanently online in everyday episodes]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), May 9-11, 2018, Mannheim.

Bruns, S., Knop-Hülß, K. (2018, January). Lernen durch moralische Emotionen – Effekte von moralischen Verletzungen in Nachrichtenartikeln auf Emotionen und Erinnerung [Learning by moral emotions - Effects of moral injuries in news articles on emotions and memory]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Expert Group Reception ad Effects Research of the German Society of Mass Communication, January 26-28, 2018, Hohenheim.

2017

Klimmt, C., Knop-Hülß, K., Krämer, N., Brand, M., & Wölfling, K. (2017, September). Is internet game addiction contagious? Exploring social influence processes among (excessive) gamers. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Section of the German Society of Psychology (DGPs) (MediaPsychology 2017), September 6-8, 2017, Landau.

Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D., & Schneider, F. M. (2017, May). Thinking about right and wrong. Examining the effect of moral conflict on entertainment experiences, information processing, and knowledge. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2017, San Diego, USA. [Best Paper Award of the Division Information Systems]

Reich, S., Reinecke, L., Hefner, D., Winkler, J. R., Hopp, F. R., Knop-Hülß, K., Chan, M. C. M. & Owen, B. (2017, May). Self-construal, cultural values, and everyday life with a smartphone: Intercultural differences in being permanently online and connected. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2017, San Diego, USA.

Reinecke, L., Klimmt, C., Meier, A., Reich, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Hülß, K. Rieger, D. & Vorderer (2017, May). Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2017, San Diego, USA.

Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D., & Schneider, F. M. (2017, January). Effekte von moralischem Konflikt auf Unterhaltungserleben, Informationsverarbeitung und Wissen [Effects of moral conflict on entertainment experience, information processing and knowledge]. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Expert Group Reception and Effects Research of the German Society of Mass Communication, January 26-28, 2017, Erfurt. [Best Student Paper Award]

2016

Reich, S. & Knop-Hülß, K. (2016, June). Me(n)tal health: Social identity mediates psychological recovery effects of music listening. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 9-13, 2016, Fukuoka, Japan.

2015

Knop, K., Öncü, J. S., Penzel, J., Abele, T. S., Brunner, T., Vorderer, P. & Wessler, H. (2015, September). Offline time is quality time. Comparing within-group self-disclosure in mobile messaging applications and face-to-face interactions. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the Expert Group Media Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), September 9-11, 2015, Tübingen.

Weinmann, C., Schneider, F. M., Roth, F. S., Knop, K., Reich, S. & Vorderer, P. (2015, September). Learning by enjoyment, but acting on appreciation: Examining the differential relationships between entertainment experiences, knowledge, and behavioral intentions. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the Expert Group Media Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), September 9-11, 2015, Tübingen.

Roth, F. S., Weinmann, C., Schneider, F. M., Knop, K., Reich, S. & Vorderer, P. (2015, May). Many roads to Rome? The differential relationships between entertainment experiences, knowledge, and behavioral intentions. Poster presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 21-25, 2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2014

Reinecke, L., Vorderer, P. & Knop, K. (2014, May). Permanently entertained or permanently under pressure? Effects of intrinsic and extrinsic need satisfaction on media enjoyment. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 22-26, 2014, Seattle, WA, USA.

Knop, K. & Roth, F. (2014, January). Zwischen Enjoyment und Appreciation - Eine Studie zur Anwendung der Skalen von Unterhaltungsorientierungen und dem Unterhaltungserleben [Between enjoyment and appreciation - A study on the application of scales of entertainment orientation and entertainment experience]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Expert Group Reception and Effects Research of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), January, 23-25, 2014, Hanover.