Thorsten Quandt

Thorsten Quandt

Thorsten Quandt is the professor of online communication at the University of Münster, Germany.[1] He has a particular interest in digital games and online journalism. He (co)authored more than 100 scientific articles and several books, including Participatory Journalism,[2] which was influential in establishing the Citizen journalism model. He edited numerous books, primarily in the field of online media and digital games research, including Multiplayer [3] and The Video Game Debate.[4] His work was awarded with several scientific prizes, including international Top Paper Awards,[5] the dissertation award of the German Communication Association,[6] and an ERC grant (European Excellency Programme).[7]

Education and career

Quandt graduated with a master's degree in Communication Studies from the University of Bochum. He began teaching in 1998 at the Technical University of Ilmenau, where he received his doctoral degree in 2004.[8] From 2003 to 2007, he worked as a senior researcher at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich.[9] In 2007 and 2008, he was an assistant professor at the Free University Berlin,[10] and he received his habilitation from the LMU in 2008.[5] In 2009, he obtained the chair of Interactive Media and Online Communication from the University of Hohenheim,[5] where he also served as the Director of the Institute of Communication Studies. Since 2012, he has been the chair for online communication at the University of Münster, Germany.[11] Quandt has given lectures at various other universities, and was a guest scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara,[12] and the Indiana University, Bloomington.[5]

Quandt is the founding chair of the “Digital Games Research” section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA),[13] and a member of the Executive Board of ECREA.[14] He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Communication,[15] and a board member of the journals Communication Theory [16] and Digital Journalism.[17] He has been the secretary of the Journalism Studies Division in the International Communication Association (ICA),[18] and the chairman of the Journalism Studies Division in the German Communication Association.[19]

Quandt has been a member of various boards and committees, including committees of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Academy of Finland, the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation,[20] ECREA, the German Communication Association DGPuK, and he worked as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals.[5] He received several international and national research awards,[5][6] as well as an ERC grant (European excellency programme).[7] He was nominated twice on the top list of „40 most significant young scientists in Germany“ by the national trade journal Capital.[21]

Research fields

Quandt’s work is focusing the impact and social aspects of digital games use,[22] participatory journalism,[23] and risk factors of online communication, like online and video game addiction,[24] media induced aggression [25] and cyberbullying.[26] While Quandt’s work is also focusing the problematic side of digital media use, he asks for a neutral and balanced perspective on media use, including positive aspects of use. Quandt argues that research on digital media has to ‘normalize’ and move beyond a state of repeating moral panics [27]

Quandt’s large-scale, representative survey studies on online gamers [28] were widely cited,[29] as they did not support the popular notion of notable differences between gamers and non-gamers. This is especially true for his analyses on digital games addiction that showed a relatively low level of stable problematic behavior.[24] His team’s recent work on sexism among gamers [30] was picked up by the international press and gamers alike,[31] as the measured differences between gamers and non-gamers in the study were marginal. The research was also discussed in relation to the gamergate controversy. However, Quandt and colleagues pointed out that their research does not necessarily prove the non-existence of sexism in specific gamer groups or the content itself, but that it rather supports the notion that gaming has become mainstream entertainment in modern societies thus approaching an average level of sexism.[32]

Selected books

Selected journal publications

References

  1. ↑ tps://www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/personen/thorsten-quandt.html
  2. ↑ Singer, J., Hermida, A., Domingo, D., Heinonen, A., Paulussen, S., Quandt, T., Reich, Z., & Vujnovic, M. (2011). Participatory journalism: Guarding open gates at online newspapers. Malden, Oxford, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  3. ↑ Quandt, T., & Kröger, S. (Eds.) (2014). Multiplayer. The social aspects of digital gaming. London: Routledge
  4. ↑ Kowert, R. & Quandt, T. (Eds.) (2015). The video game debate. Unravelling the physical, social, and psychological effects of digital games. New York, London: Routledge
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. "Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt Lebenslauf". uni-muenster.de.
  6. 1 2 "DGPuK » Dissertationsförderpreis". dgpuk.de.
  7. 1 2 "European Commission : CORDIS : Projects & Results Service : The social fabric of virtual life: A longitudinal multi-method study on the social foundations of online gaming". europa.eu.
  8. ↑ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. "Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt". uni-muenster.de.
  9. ↑ "Ehemalige Mitarbeiter". uni-muenchen.de.
  10. ↑ http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss/media2/60_jahre_puk.pdf
  11. ↑ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. "Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft Münster". uni-muenster.de.
  12. ↑ "Visiting Researcher Dr. Thorsten Quandt discusses Cyberbullying". ucsb.edu.
  13. ↑ "Digital Games Research - ECREA Section". digital-games.eu.
  14. ↑ "ECREA online - About ECREA - Board members". ecrea.eu.
  15. ↑ "Journal of Communication - Editorial Board - Wiley Online Library". wiley.com.
  16. ↑ "Communication Theory - Editorial Board - Wiley Online Library". wiley.com.
  17. ↑ "An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie". tandfonline.com.
  18. ↑ http://jour.icahdq.org/ohana/website/?p=27230899
  19. ↑ "DGPuK » Journalistik/Journalismusforschung". dgpuk.de.
  20. ↑ http://hssaatio.fi/enfiles/images/stories/tiedostot/hsf_annualreport2008.pdf
  21. ↑ "'Junge Elite': Professor Thorsten Quandt erneut Fortschrittmacher: Universität Hohenheim". uni-hohenheim.de.
  22. ↑ Kowert, R., Vogelgesang, J, Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2015). Psychosocial causes and consequences of online video game play. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 51-58. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.074;
  23. ↑ Domingo, D., Quandt, T., Heinonen, A., Paulussen, S., Singer, J., & Vujnovic, M. (2008). Participatory journalism practices in the media and beyond: an international comparative study of initiatives in online newspapers. Journalism Practice, 2(3), 326-342.
  24. 1 2 Scharkow, M., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2014). Longitudinal patterns of problematic computer game use among adolescents and adults – a 2-year panel study. Addiction, 109(11), 1910-1917. doi: 10.1111/add.12662
  25. ↑ Breuer, J., Festl, R., Vogelgesang, J., & Quandt, T. (2015) Violent video games and physical aggression: Evidence for a selection effect among adolescents. Psychology of Popular Media Culture (Online First). doi: 10.1037/ppm0000035
  26. ↑ Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2013). Social relations and cyberbullying: The influence of individual and structural attributes on victimization and perpetration via the Internet. Human Communication Research, 39(1), 101-126. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01442.x
  27. ↑ "We just published a book on video game effects called "The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video Games" - AMA : Games". reddit.
  28. ↑ ARD-Werbung SALES & SERVICES GmbH. "Detailseite: AS&S: AS&S". ard-werbung.de.
  29. ↑ "Thorsten Quandt - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.de. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  30. ↑ Breuer, J., Kowert, R., Festl, R., & Quandt, T. (2015). Sexist games = sexist gamers? A longitudinal study on the relationship between video game use and sexist attitudes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(4), 197-202. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0492
  31. ↑ "Altmetric – Sexist Games=Sexist Gamers? A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Video Game Use and Sexist Attitudes". www.altmetric.com. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  32. ↑ http://kotaku.com/what-to-make-of-a-study-about-gaming-and-sexism-1698543308 ; http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/04/10/new-study-finds-no-link-between-gaming-and-sexist-attitudes/
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