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Nina Haferkamp

Researcher at University of Münster

Publications -  14
Citations -  871

Nina Haferkamp is an academic researcher from University of Münster. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crisis communication & Crisis management. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 14 publications receiving 748 citations. Previous affiliations of Nina Haferkamp include University of Duisburg-Essen & Dresden University of Technology.

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Social Comparison 2.0: Examining the Effects of Online Profiles on Social-Networking Sites

TL;DR: Qualitative interviews did not initially give reason to expect online profiles to constitute a basis for comparison processes, but results of the experiments proved otherwise, and recipients have a more negative body image after looking at beautiful users than persons who were shown the less attractive profile pictures.
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus? Examining Gender Differences in Self-Presentation on Social Networking Sites

TL;DR: A multimethodological study assessed users' diverse motives for participating in SNS in general, and their use of specific profile elements or self-presentation in particular, finding that women tend to be more likely to use SNS for comparing themselves with others and for searching for information.
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Training disaster communication by means of serious games in virtual environments

TL;DR: The DREAD-ED project proposes an innovative, technology-based teaching methodology to meet the needs of crisis managers and university students in Germany and provides a serious game which enables its users to train soft skills in a virtual environment under safe conditions.
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Online Self-Presentation: Balancing Privacy Concerns and Impression Construction on Social Networking Sites

TL;DR: Empirical findings indicate that social networking sites (SNSs) are not only a potential means for self-presentation but that people are indeed highly motivated to use this new arena for presenting themselves.
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Disaster readiness through education - training soft skills to crisis units by means of serious games in virtual environments

TL;DR: The DREAD-ED project proposes a technology-based teaching methodology which provides a serious game which enables its users to train soft skills in a virtual environment under safe conditions.