Current Research Groups & Projects
Dissertation, Summer 2009-Present
• Online social network influences on civic engagement and participation
Older adults on Facebook, Summer 2009-Present
• Using social media to enhance the lives of retirees
Online photo-sharing, Summer 2008-Present
• Exploring motivations and uses for sharing photos online, as well as important features of photo-sharing sites.
Video game research group, August 2007-Present
• Sub-group of MERG with a specific focus on video game effects research
Media Effects Research Group (MERG), August 2006-Present
• Established research group on the psychological effects of various media
Research funded by Lockheed Martin, January 2008-May 2009
• Heuristic-based approach for processing digital media
Bandwagon project, May 2007-May 2008
• Ongoing experimental research on the bandwagon effect in ecommerce websites
Publications
Sundar, S. S., Xu, Q., & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2009). Authority vs. peer: How interface cues influence users. Proceedings of the the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI), Boston, MA.
Sundar, S. S., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Garga, A. K. (2008). A cognitive-heuristics approach to understanding presence in virtual environments. PRESENCE 2008: The 11th Annual International Workshop on Presence: Conference Proceedings. Available online from http://ispr.info/ispr/prev_conferences/proceedings/2008/sundar.pdf
Sundar, S. S., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Xu, Q. (2008). The bandwagon effect of collaborative filtering technology. Proceedings of the the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI), Florence, Italy.
Presentations
Schmierbach, M., Xu, Q., Bellur, S., Ash, E., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Kegerise, A. (2009, August). What do your friends say about you? Activist group evaluations in a social networking context. To be presented at the annual AEJMC convention, Boston, MA.
Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Oster, M. M. (2009, May). Statistics don’t lie, but liars use statistics: Improving our ability to interpret research. Workshop presented at the 2009 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Conference: The Future of Sex Education, State College, PA.
Sundar, S. S., Garga, A., & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2008, October). A cognitive heuristics approach to understanding presence in virtual environments. Paper to be presented at the 11th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Padua, Italy.
Sundar, S. S., Bellur, S., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Xu, Q. (2008, July). The Facebook paradigm for studying concepts and testing theories of communication. Poster presented at the NCA Summer Conference: Methods and Measures for Communication and Cognition Research, College Park, MD.
Bellur, S., High, A., & Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2008, May). Misery doesn’t love company: An exploration of emotional bandwidth on online social networks. Paper presented at the 58th annual ICA conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Allen, K., & Zhang, M. (2007, August). An analysis of factors:
How candidate image affects present day voters. Poster presented at the annual AEJMC convention, Washington, D.C.
Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Allen, K., & Zhang, M. (2007, March). An analysis of factors:
How candidate image affects present day voters. Poster presented at the 22nd annual Graduate Exhibition at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Allen, K., & Zhang, M. (2007, February). An analysis of factors:
How candidate image affects present day voters. Paper presented at the annual AEJMC Midwinter Conference, Reno, NV.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Chiaburu, D. S., Marinova, S. V., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., & Lindsay, D. R. (2006, February). When is this part of my job? Fairness, trust and their interaction. Presented at the 27th Annual Industrial/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference, Branding IOOB: From our Forefathers to the New Frontier, Washington, D.C.
Neff, N. L., McInroe, J., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A. (2006, February). Subjective evaluations in traditional and online graduate programs in industrial organizational psychology. Presented at the 27th Annual Industrial/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference, Branding IOOB: From our Forefathers to the New Frontier, Washington, D.C.
Sinclair, R. R., Hammer, L. B., Oeldorf-Hirsch, A., Brubaker, T. (2006, March). Do academics and practitioners agree on occupational health psychology priorities? Presented at Work, Stress, and Health 2006: Making a Difference in the Workplace, Miami, FL.