Publications
Publications
CONFERENCES
2026
Singh, F., & Metag, J. (2026). The doctor will see your data now – data risks in journalistic media coverage of digital health applications for chronic diseases. Journal of Health Communication, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2026.2682495
Rossmann, C., Karnowski, V., Metag, J., Raupp, J., Reifegerste, D., Riesmeyer, C., Sawalha, N., Lux, A., Esser, A., Kammerer, R., Singh, F., Rödel, N., Brill, J., Gerling, E. & Wiedicke, A. (2026). The Role of Digital Media in Chronic Disease Self-Management: Protocol for a Multimethod Study of the DISELMA Research Consortium. JMIR Research Protocols, 15, e77811. https://doi.org/10.2196/77811
2026
Kammerer, R., & Riesmeyer, C. (2026, June 04). What ist “normal”? (Digital) Media Use for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases Outside and Inside Prison. Preconference “Beyond the norm(al): Media Use Practices at the Intersection of Body, Mind, and Technology” at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Riesmeyer, C. & Kammerer, R. (2026, June 04). Looking for the “norm(al)” life: Personal, social, and perceived social norms regarding digital media use for chronic disease self-management. Preconference “Beyond the (norm(al): Media Use Practices at the Intersection of Body, Mind, and Technology” at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Sawalha, N., Lux, A., & Rossmann, C. (2026, June 04). Mobile Media Use as an Embodied Practice in Diabetes Self-Management. A Four-Wave Latent Transition Analysis of Use Practices and Their Associations with Illness Experiences [Paper presentation]. Preconference “Beyond the norm(al): Media Use Practices at the Intersection of Body, Mind, and Technology” at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Sawalha, N., Lux, A., & Rossmann, C. (2026, June 08). Mobile Health for the Self-Management of Diabetes: A Framework-Based Systematic Review and Three-Level Meta-Analysis [Paper presentation]. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Sawalha, N., Lux, A., & Rossmann, C. (2026, May 20). Mobile Media Use as an Embodied Practice in Diabetes Self-Management. A Four-Wave Latent Transition Analysis of Use Practices and Their Associations with Illness Experiences [Paper presentation]. Presentation at the institutional research colloquium of the Department of the Media and Communication, LMU Munich.
Singh, F., & Metag, J. (2026, June 07). In Sickness and in Heat – A Content Analysis of German Media Coverage of Chronic Diseases and Climate-Related Weather Events. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Singh, F., & Metag, J. (2026, March 20). Self-Management and Sentiments – Themen und Sentiments in Medienbeiträgen zum digitalen Selbstmanagement chronischer Krankheiten. 71st Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Dortmund, Germany.
2025
Kammerer, R., Riesmeyer, C. (2025, Dec.). “Wissen ist Macht?!” Informationsbeschaffung und ihre Bedeutung für die Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation. Gefängnismedizinertagung 2025, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kammerer, R., Esser, A.-L., Riesmeyer, C., Reifegerste, D. (2025, October 09). Die Rolle formeller und informeller Netzwerke für das digitale Selbstmanagement chronischer Krankheiten. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Netzwerkforschung, Bayreuth, Germany.
Riesmeyer, C., Kammerer, R., Reifegerste, D., Esser, A.L., Raupp, J., Metag, J., Singh, F. (2025, October 09). Mehr als nur das Individuum: Die Relevanz von Netzwerken für das digitale
Selbstmanagement von Patient:innen mit chronischen Erkrankungen. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Netzwerkforschung, Bayreuth, Germany.
Singh, F., Metag, J., & Raupp, J. (2025, September 26). Between independence and influence – A content analysis of the role of organizations in reporting on digital health technologies in the context of chronic diseases. Conference of the DGPuK Journalism Division 2025, Münster, Germany.
Kammerer, R., Riesmeyer, C. (2025, September, 26). Ideally on Equal Terms? Physicians’ Perception of the Physician-Patient Relationship. European Conference on Health Communication 2025, Braga, Portugal.
Sawalha, N., Lux, A., & Rossmann, C. (2025, September 12). Wirksamkeit von mHealth im Diabetes-Selbstmanagement. Ein systematisches Review und Drei-Level-Meta-Analyse [Paper presentation]. Joint Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication and Science Communication Division 2025, Munich, Germany.
Singh, F., & Metag, J. (2025, September 11). Sick due to climate? – A content analysis of German media reports on the connection between chronic diseases and climate/weather events [Poster presentation]. Joint Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication and Science Communication Division 2025, Munich, Germany.
Kammerer, R. & Riesmeyer, C. (2025, June 12). Digital Self-Management for Chronic Diseases – Curse or Blessing? Decision Factors For or Against Reccomendations by Physicians [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Karnowski, V. & Rödel, N. (2025, June 12). Measuring the use of digital media in diabetes self-management: Preliminary results of a systematic revie [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon or Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Rödel, N. (2025, June 12). Different approaches, identical outcomes? Strategies for comparing an experience sampling study and a factorial survey on digital self-management of chronic diseases [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Rossmann, C. (2025, June 12). Digital Media in Chronic Disease Self-Management. Introducing the Research Unit DISELMA [Paper presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Singh, F. & Metag, J. (2025, June 12). Crossing Boundaries – An Analysis of German Media Coverage of Digital Disease Self-Management [Poster presentation]. Preconference “Boon of Bane? The role of digital media in disease prevention and management” at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.
Singh, F. & Metag, J. (2025, March). Zwischen Fitbits und Bytes – Data Risks in der Berichterstattung über digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen für chronischen Krankheiten. 70th annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Berlin, Germany.
2024
Kammerer, R. (2024, December). Intrarollenkonflikte und Identitätskonstruktion von Gefängnisärzt:innen. 9. Gefängnis-Medizin-Tage 2024, Darmstadt, Germany.
Riesmeyer, C., Kammerer, R., Dzakula, H. (2024, November). Useful or harmful? Opportunities and challenges for digital media use in the self-management of chronic diseases. First results of an online survey with physicians. 9th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Sawalha, N. (2024, November). Motivation in mobile self-management: A panel-based mixed-methods study on the use and impact of mHealth in type 1 and type 2 diabetes [PhD Workshop presentation]. 9th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Kammerer, R. (2024, October). Bifunktionalität von Gefängnisärzt:innen. [Poster Presentation]. 13. Europäische Konferenz zur Gesundheitsförderung in Haft. Vienna, Austria.
Kammerer, R. (2024, September). Prison physicians dilemma: The relationship between prison physicians’ bifunctional role on their intra-role conflicts an identity construction. [Presentation of the Master’s Thesis]. European Conference on Health Communication (ECREA) 2024, Ljubliana, Slovenia.
Sawalha, N., Lux, A. & Rossmann C. (2024, September, 17). Mobile health in the self-management of chronic diseases: A systematic meta-analytical review of effects across the mobile media ecosystem. [Research Talk]. 53rd Conference of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
Esser, A.-L. & Reifegerste, D. (2024, September, 12). Let’s talk about self-management – Der Einfluss von interpersonaler Kommunikation auf das Selbstmanagement chronischer Erkrankungen [Poster presentation]. Conference of DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS and DGPH „Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln“, Dresden, Germany.
Reifegerste, D. (2024, September, 12). Fischen mit dem Netz: Erforschung des Gesundheitsinformationsverhaltens vernachlässigter Populationen mit der Ego-Netznetzwerkmethode [Paper presentation]. Conference of DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS and DGPH „Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln“, Dresden, Germany.
2023
Sawalha, N. & Rossmann, C. (2023, November, 16). Patient-Facing Mobile Chronic Disease Interventions with Healthcare Provider Co-Use: A Systematic Review of Tool Characteristics and Effectiveness [Paper presentation]. European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC) 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Sawalha, N. & Rossmann, C. (2023, May, 26). Mobile Health for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review of Tool Characteristics, Usage, and Health-Related Effects [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Participating Universities
The Research Unit DISELMA is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) – 456132969.
