Susanne Baumgartner

Susanne Baumgartner (MA, 2008, cum laude; Ph.D., 2013) is Assistant Professor and researcher in the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, ASCoR, at the University of Amsterdam. From 2003 till 2008 she studied Communication Science, Social Psychology and English Literature at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Before starting her Ph.D in Amsterdam, she was involved in several research projects at the University of Zurich and at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. From October 2012 till August 2013 she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at ASCoR and since September 2013 as an assistant professor. She successfully defended her PhD thesis 'Adolescent sexual risk behavior on the internet ' in May 2013. Her main research focusses on the role of the internet and new media in adolescent development and more specifically on the consequences of media multitasking for adolescent development

• CV

• Center for Research on Children Adolescents and the Media

• Amsterdam School of Communication Research

• Slim-naar-school-project

Baumgartner, S. E., Weeda, W. D., van der Heijden, L., & Huizinga, M. (2013, September). The Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents. Poster presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Leydesdorff, L., & Baumgartner, S. E. (2013, September). Group-Based Trajectory Modeling of Citations in Scholarly Literature: Dynamic Qualities of “Transient” and “Sticky Knowledge Claims”. 3rd Global TechMining Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Baumgartner, S. E., Weeda, W. D., & Huizinga, M. (2013, June). Media multitasking and its relationship to executive function in adolescents. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), London, UK. S

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., Valkenburg, P., & Livingstone, S. (2013, June). Does country context matter? Investigating the predictors of teen sexting across Europe. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), London, UK.

Baumgartner, S. E., Weeda, W. D., van der Heijden, L., & Huizinga, M. (2013, April). The Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, USA. S

Baumgartner, S. E., Weeda, W. D., van der Heijden, L., & Huizinga, M. (2013, January). Der Zusammenhang zwischen medialem Multitasking und Aufmerksamkeitsfähigkeit bei Jugendlichen. Paper presented at the annual conference of the media effects division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Vienna, Austria. S

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., Valkenburg, P., & Livingstone, S. (2013, February). Investigating the Predictors of Teen Sexting Across Europe. Paper presented at the ETMAAL van de Communicatiewetenschap, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2012, October). Online privacy in adolescence and adulthood. Paper presented at the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2012, May). The development of adolescents’ online sexual risk behavior and its relationship to negative online experiences. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix, Arizona.

Sumter, S. R., Valkenburg, P.M., Baumgartner, S. E., & Peter, J. (2012, May). Developmental Trajectories of Peer Victimization: Off-line and Online Experiences During Adolescence. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Phoenix, Arizona.

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011, September). Adolescents' online sexual risk behavior and its relationship to online victimization experiences . Paper presented at the EU Kids Online conference, London , UK .

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011, August). The developmental relationship between online and offline sexual risk behaviour. Poster accepted for the 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway.       

Sumter, S. R., Valkenburg, P.M., Baumgartner, S. E., & Peter, J. (2011, August). Development and effect of offline and online peer victimization during adolescence: a group based modelling approach (Symposium: Causes and consequences of offline and online victimization trajectories: first findings). Paper accepted for the 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen, Norway.          

Baumgartner, S. E., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011, May). The role of descriptive and injunctive peer norms in adolescents' risky sexual online behavior. Paper accepted for the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Boston.      

Baumgartner, S. E., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011, May). Developmental pathways of online and offline sexual risk behavior during adolescence: A dual trajectory approach. Poster accepted for the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Boston.         

Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011, April). Risikoverhalten im Internet: Entwicklungsverläufe von Jugendlichen. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research, Basel, Switzerland.

Baumgartner, S. E. (2010, October). Internet: Opportunities and risks. Invited key-note speech at the Forum for a Multicultural Europe, Luxembourg.           

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010, June). The causal relationship of adolescents' risky sexual online behavior and their perceptions of this behavior. Paper presented at the 60th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Singapore. (Top-paper award)          

Baumgartner, S. E., & Wirth, W. (2010, June). Affect priming during the processing of news articles. Paper presented at the 60th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Singapore.      

Baumgartner, S. E., & Hartmann, T. (2010, June). Is there reason for concern? The role of hypochondriacal tendencies for online health information search. Paper presented at the 60th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Singapore.           

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010, May). The influence of perceived peer involvement on adolescents' risky sexual online behavior. Paper presented atthe EYouth conference, Antwerp, Belgium.         

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010, February). A longitudinal study on the causal relationship of adolescents' perceptions and online sexual risk taking. Paper presented at the ETMAAL van de Communicatiewetenschap, Gent, Belgium.                 

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010, January). Eine Längsschnittuntersuchung zur Erfassung der kausalen Struktur von Wahrnehmungen und Risikoverhalten Jugendlicher im Internet. Paper presented at the annual conference of the media effects division of the German Communication Association(DGPuK). (Top-paper award)

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009, November). The cognitive predictors of adolescents' sexual risk taking on the internet. Paper presented at the conference of the Platform for Communication, Media, and Information (CMI) within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam.

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009, August). Online sexual solicitation and online sexual risk taking: Age and gender differences. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Boston.

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