Perina Siegenthaler
Biography
Perina Siegenthaler received her master’s degree with focus on media use and effects at the University of Fribourg. Since May 2017 she is employed as a research assistant within an SNSF-project which focuses on the role of parasocial relationships with media characters, the potential of narrative media formats as well as the effects of emotional experiences in the selection, processing and impact of health-related media communication. Thereby expanding the use of observational methods and deploying psychophysiological and real-time response measurements to indicate the immediate emotional as well as cognitive responses.
Research and publications
- Presentations
Möri, M., Siegenthaler, P., & Ort, A. (2019, November). The influence of type of narrative voice and addressing style on reactance to health campaigns. Presentation held at the European Conference on Health Communication, Zurich, Switzerland.
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A., & Fahr, A. (2019, May). The Role of Emotional Shifts in Fear Appeals for Message Effectiveness. Presentation held at the 69th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.
Ort, A., Siegenthaler, P., & Fahr, A. (2019, May). An Experimental Study of the Relationship Between Emotional Flow, Physiological Indicators, and Self-Reported Outcomes. Presentation held at the 69th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A., & Fahr, A. (2018, November). Effekte von emotional flows auf die Verarbeitung von Gesundheitsbotschaften am Beispiel von Stress und Überlastung. Presentation at the 3rd annual conference of the DGPuK-division Gesundheitskommunikation, Augsburg, Germany.
Ort, A., Siegenthaler, P., & Fahr, A. (2018, June). Effects of Positive Emotionalization on Selection of Health Information. Presentation held at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Eugene (Oregon), USA.
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A., & Fahr, A. (2018, May). Use of Psychophysiological Methods in Health Communication Research. An Overview. Presentation held at the 68th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic.
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A., & Fahr, A. (2017, November). Psychophysiologische Methoden in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Relevanz, Einsatz und Perspektiven. Poster presentation at the 2nd annual conference of the DGPuK-division Gesundheitskommunikation, Erfurt, Germany.
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A., & Fahr, A. (2017, January). „Fat, sick, and nearly dead?“ Effekte positiv emotionalisierender Appelle auf die Selektion von Gesundheitsinformationen. Presentation held at the annual conference of the DGPuK-division Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung, Erfurt, Germany.
- Publications
Siegenthaler, P., Ort, A. & Fahr, A. (2018). «Fat, sick, and nearly dead?» Effekte positiver Emotionalisierung auf die Selektion von Gesundheitsinformation. In C. Wilhelm, N. Podschuweit, M. Hofer, & T. Koch (Hrsg.), Medienwahl: Aktuelle Konzepte, Befunde und methodische Zugänge (S. 173-189). Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi: 10.5771/9783845285023-173