Dipl.-Psych. Christian Roth

Dipl.-Psych. Christian Roth (born 1979) studied Psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke- University in Magdeburg and completed his studies with an experimental investigation on the transfer effects related to a computer game containing violence: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. His research emphases are in the area of digital worlds, which he investigates from the viewpoint of media and social psychology. He worked in the team of Prof. Dr. Klimmt at the Institute for Journalism and Communications Research in Hanover from March 2007 to March 2008. In the context of the EU project, Fun of Gaming - Measuring the Human Experience of Media Enjoyment (FuGa) he took part in evaluating studies on identification with avatars by means of implicit methods of measurement. His dissertation deals with the social consequences of computer games containing violence, with reference to group processes and the formation of attitudes in virtual online worlds. He has been a research assistant on the project “More Risk. More Fun?" at the Hans-Bredow-Institute since August 2008. For further information, see his homepage www.spieleforschung.de.