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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 51 Citations 12,645 166 World Ranking 1550 National Ranking 39

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Epistemology

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Entertainment, Advertising, Poison control and Video game. Peter Vorderer regularly links together related areas like Narrative in his Social psychology studies. His Entertainment research includes elements of Media psychology, Mass media, Empathy, Interactivity and Affective disposition.

Peter Vorderer has researched Advertising in several fields, including Media studies, Game mechanics, Video game design, Video game culture and Emergent gameplay. Peter Vorderer combines subjects such as Artificial intelligence and Oxymoron with his study of Media studies. His Video game research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Association, Implicit-association test and Perception.

His most cited work include:

  • Enjoyment: At the Heart of Media Entertainment (546 citations)
  • Serious games : mechanisms and effects (426 citations)
  • A Process Model of the Formation of Spatial Presence Experiences (411 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Social psychology, Entertainment, Multimedia, Advertising and Video game. His studies in Social psychology integrate themes in fields like Social media and Cognitive psychology. The concepts of his Entertainment study are interwoven with issues in Media psychology, Eudaimonia, Narrative and Media studies.

His Multimedia research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Interactive storytelling and Empirical research. Peter Vorderer studies Mass media which is a part of Advertising. He has researched Video game in several fields, including Game design, Game mechanics, Video game design and Moral disengagement.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (30.56%)
  • Entertainment (26.67%)
  • Multimedia (13.89%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Social psychology (30.56%)
  • Entertainment (26.67%)
  • Internet privacy (6.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Peter Vorderer spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Entertainment, Internet privacy, Feeling and Eudaimonia. In Social psychology, Peter Vorderer works on issues like Social media, which are connected to Social rejection. The various areas that he examines in his Entertainment study include Advertising and Point.

The Advertising study combines topics in areas such as Engineering ethics, Emerging technologies, Media use and Fundamental human needs. His Feeling research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Empirical research, Construct and Embodied cognition. His Eudaimonia study incorporates themes from Aesthetics and Information processing.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Permanently online - Permanently connected (97 citations)
  • The Spatial Presence Experience Scale (SPES): a short self-report measure for diverse media settings (75 citations)
  • Entertainment 2.0? The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Need Satisfaction for the Enjoyment of Facebook Use (74 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • The Internet

Peter Vorderer mainly focuses on Social psychology, Feeling, Entertainment, The Internet and Social media. His Social psychology research includes themes of Self report and Data science. His studies deal with areas such as Construct and Embodied cognition as well as Feeling.

His studies in Entertainment integrate themes in fields like Need satisfaction, Eudaimonia and Point. His The Internet study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Vigilance, Human–computer interaction, Everyday life, Explication and Mobile device. His Social media research incorporates elements of Exploratory research, Internet access and Coping behavior.

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Best Publications

Enjoyment: At the Heart of Media Entertainment

Peter Vorderer;Christoph Klimmt;Ute Ritterfeld.
Communication Theory (2004)

1096 Citations

Serious games : mechanisms and effects

Ute Ritterfeld;Michael J. Cody;Peter Vorderer.
(2009)

923 Citations

A Process Model of the Formation of Spatial Presence Experiences

Werner Wirth;Thomas Hartmann;Saskia Böcking;Peter Vorderer.
Media Psychology (2007)

838 Citations

Explaining the enjoyment of playing video games: the role of competition

Peter Vorderer;Tilo Hartmann;Christoph Klimmt.
international conference on entertainment computing (2003)

679 Citations

The Video Game Experience as “True” Identification: A Theory of Enjoyable Alterations of Players' Self‐Perception

Christoph Klimmt;Dorothée Hefner;Peter Vorderer.
Communication Theory (2009)

449 Citations

Media entertainment: The psychology of its appeal.

Dolf Zillmann;Peter Vorderer.
(2000)

443 Citations

Playing Video Games : Motives, Responses, and Consequences

Peter Vorderer;Jennings Bryant.
(2012)

403 Citations

Interactive entertainment and beyond

Peter Vorderer.
(2000)

359 Citations

It’s okay to shoot a character: Moral disengagement in violent video games

Thomas Hartmann;Peter Vorderer.
Journal of Communication (2010)

330 Citations

Psychology of entertainment

Jennings Bryant;Peter Vorderer.
(2006)

297 Citations

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