Program Overview

The Research Training Group

The research training group "The Experiences of Stories in the Digital Age" (TESDA) will investigate the most pressing questions regarding the experience of stories in the present day in three project areas:

• Immersive virtual reality
• New (para-)social encounters
• Epistemic Challenges

One of the main characteristics of the RTG TESDA is its connection between scholarship on narrative processing and scholarship on human interactions with digital media. Together with other junior and senior scholars, the 11 doctoral researchers who constitute the first TESDA cohort will examine how digital environments affect the way stories are encountered and processed, and how stories unfold their psychological impact in the digital world.

Important Dates

No important dates are available.

Facts & Figures

Disciplines Involved

• Communication Science
• Psychology
• Computer Science

Principal Investigators

• Prof. Dr. Markus Appel (Psychology of Communication and New Media)
• Prof. Dr. Marc-Erich Latoschik (Human Computer Interaction)
• Prof. Dr. Birgit Lugrin (Computer Science V: Socially Interactive Agents)
• Prof. Dr. Gerhild Nieding (Developmental Psychology)
• Prof. Dr. Tobias Richter (Educational Psychology)
• Prof. Dr. Holger Schramm (Media and Business Communication)
• Dr. Julia Winkler (Psychology of Communication and New Media)

Funding

The "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" DFG is funding "The Experiences of Stories in the Digital Age" (TESDA) as part of its funding for research training groups.

Project Areas & Projects

• Immersive Virtual Reality
• New (Para-)Social Encounters
• Epistemic Challenges