Frank Schwab
Frank Schwab (* 1963 ) is a German media psychologist and university professor.
Life
Frank Schwab studied psychology at Saarbrücken University from 1986 to 1992 . He then worked as a research assistant in clinical psychology and media and organizational psychology as well as a freelance worker at the Saarland Media Psychological Research Institute (mefis). After receiving his doctorate in Saarbrücken in 2000 , he completed his habilitation in June 2008 on media psychology in entertainment. Since October 2010 he has been Professor of Media Psychology at the Human-Computer-Media Institute at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .
His main research interests include aspects of evolutionary psychology in media (emotional media effects ) and organizations, systemic approaches in organizational psychology as well as multimedia and hypertext .
Schwab is a member of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) and the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE).
Publications (selection)
- Frank Schwab: Light plays. An Evolutionary Media Psychology of Entertainment . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021250-3 (also habilitation thesis , Saarland University, Saarbrücken 2008).
- with Dagmar Unz, Peter Winterhoff-Spurk: TV News - The Daily Horror ?: Emotional Effects of Violent Television News . In: Journal of Media Psychology , Vol. 20, No. 4, 2008, pp. 141-155. ( doi: 10.1027 / 1864-1105.20.4.141 ).
- Frank Schwab: Evolution and Emotion. Evolutionary Perspectives in Emotion Research and Applied Psychology . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-017188-7 .
- Frank Schwab: Affect choreographies. An evolutionary psychological analysis of basic forms of mimic-affective interaction patterns . Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89825-202-7 (also dissertation , Saarland University, Saarbrücken 2000).
- with Peter Winterhoff-Spurk, Veronika Heidinger: Reality TV: Formats and contents of a new program genre (= publications of the State Office for Broadcasting Saarland . Volume 3 ). Logos, Saarbrücken 1994, ISBN 3-928598-62-7 .
- with Peter Winterhoff-Spurk , Veronika Heidinger: The open channel in Germany. Results of empirical research . Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-8244-4116-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Frank Schwab in the catalog of the German National Library .
- Prof. Dr. Frank Schwab at the University of Würzburg
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwab, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |