Prof. Dr. Hanna Krasnova
Since 2015 Hanna Krasnova has been Professor at the Chair of Business Informatics, with an emphasis on Social Media und Data Science, at the University of Potsdam. Prior to that she was Assistant Professor at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Her research focuses on the social, individual, and entrepreneurial value of social media.
She is the author of over 60 research articles that have been published in numerous high-level journals and at various conferences. Her research into envy on Facebook received the Best Paper Award at the Business Informatics Conference in February 2013 and was taken up by all major news agencies worldwide.Hanna Krasnova was also honored by the Dalle Molle Foundation for her research insights into the connection between social media use and depression in young people.
Positions at Weizenbaum Institut
Director Weizenbaum Institute
Principal Investigator (PI) since 15 September 2022
Research Focus: Digital Technologies in Society
Research Group: Well-being in the Digital World
Principal Investigator (PI) until 14 September 2022
Research Group: Digital Technologies and Well-being
Research Group: Digital Integration
Committees and functions
- Professor at the University of Potsdam, Chair of Business Informatics, in particular Social Media and Society
- Member of the Association for Information Systems
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Digitale Gesellschaft e. V.
- Member of the High-Tech Forum, advisory committee of the German Federal Government for the implementation of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 (BMBF)
Fields of research
- Social Media
- Sharing Economy
- Smartphone and Social Change
- User Privacy
Publications
Selection
Journals
Wenninger, H., Krasnova, H., Buxmann, P. (2019) Understanding the role of social networking sites in the subjective well-being of users: a diary study, European Journal of Information Systems, 28:2, 126-148.
Krause, H.-V., Baum, K., Baumann, A., Krasnova, H. (2019) “Unifying the Detrimental and Beneficial Effects of Social Network Site Use on Self-Esteem: A Systematic Literature Review”, Media Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2019.1656646, in press.
Wenninger, H., Cheung, C., Krasnova, H. (2019) “College-aged Users Behavioral Strategies to Reduce Envy on Social Networking Sites: A Cross-cultural Investigation”, Computers in Human Behavior (CHB), sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563219300858?via%3Dihub.
AbuJarour, S., Wiesche, M., Díaz Andrade, A., Fedorowicz, J., Krasnova, H., Olbrich, S., Tan, C., Urquhart, C., Venkatesh, V. (2019) "ICT-enabled Refugee Integration: A Research Agenda, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 44, doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04440
Conference Proceedings
2019
Krause, H.-V., Wagner, A., Krasnova, H., große Deters, F., Baumann, A., Buxmann, P. (2019) "Keeping Up with the Joneses: Instagram Use and its Influence on Conspicuous Consumption", Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2019), Munich, Germany.
Baum, K, Meißner, S., Abramova, O., Krasnova, H. (2019) “Do they really care about targeted political ads? Investigation of user privacy concerns and preferences”, Twenty-Seventh European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2019), Stockholm, Sweden.
Weissenfeld, K., Abramova, O., Krasnova, H. Antecedents for Cyberloafing – A Literature Review, accepted to the 14th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2019) (C), Siegen, Germany.
AbuJarour, S., Bergert, C., Gundlach, J., Köster, A., Krasnova, H. (2019) "Your Home Screen is Worth a Thousand Words”: Investigating the Prevalence of Smartphone Apps among Refugees in Germany", 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Cancun, 2019.
2018
Wagner, A., Krasnova, H., Abramova, O., Buxmann, P., Benbasat I. From ‘Privacy Calculus’ to ‘Social Calculus’: Understanding Self-Disclosure on Social Networking Sites, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA.
AbuJarour, S., Krasnova, H. (2018) E-Learning as a Means of Social Inclusion: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Germany, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans, LA, August 16-18, 2018
Gladkaya, M., Gundlach, J., Bergert, C., Baumann, A., Krasnova, H. (2018) We Need to Talk! Antecedents and Consequences of Children's Smartphone Use - A Literature Review, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans, LA, August 16-18, 2018
Wagner, A., Abramova, O., Krasnova, H., Buxmann, P. (2018) When You Share, You Should Care: Examining the Role of Perspective-Taking on Social Networking Sites, Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS2018), Portsmouth, UK, 2018
AbuJarour, S., Krasnova, H., Hoffmeier, F. (2018) ICT as an Enabler: Understanding the Role of Online Communication in the Social Inclusion of Syrian Refugees in Germany, Twenty-Sixth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS2018), Portsmouth, UK, 2018
Wagner, A., Wessels, N., Buxmann, P., Krasnova, H. "Putting a Price Tag on Personal Information - A Literature Review", accepted to Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51), January 3-6, 2018, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.
2017
AbuJarour, S., Krasnova, H. (2017) "Understanding the Role of ICTs in Promoting Social Inclusion: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Germany", European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2017), Guimarães, Portugal.
AbuJarour, S., Krasnova, H., Díaz Andrade, A., Olbrich, S., Tan, C.-W., Urquhart, C., Wiesche, M. (2017) "Empowering Refugees with Technology: Best Practices and Research Agenda", Panel Proposal, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2017), Guimarães, Portugal.
Other Publications
AbuJarour, S., Wiesche, M., Díaz Andrade, A., Fedorowicz, J., Krasnova, H., Olbrich, S., Tan, C., Urquhart, C., Venkatesh, V. (2019) "ICT-enabled Refugee Integration: A Research Agenda, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 44, doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04440
Krasnova, H., Veltri N.F., Eling, N. & Buxmann, P. (in Druck). Why Men and Women Continue to Use Social Networking Sites: The Role of Gender Differences. Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS).
Abramova, O., Krasnova, H., Shavanova, T., Fuhrer, A. & Buxmann, P. (2016). Impression Management in the Sharing Economy: Understanding the Effect of Response Strategy to Negative Reviews. Die Unternehmung, 70 (1), 58-73.
Krasnova, H., Widjaja, T., Buxmann, P., Wenninger, H. & Benbasat, I. (2015). Research Note – Why Following Friends Can Hurt You: An Exploratory Investigation of the Effects of Envy on Social Networking Sites among College-Age Users. Information Systems Research (ISR), 26 (3), 585-605.
Krasnova H., Veltri N. F. & Günther, O. (2012). Self-disclosure and Privacy Calculus on Social Networking Sites: The Role of Culture. Wirtschaftsinformatik, 54 (3), 123-133.
Krasnova H., Spiekermann, S., Koroleva, K. & Hildebrand, T. (2010). Online Social Networks: Why We Disclose. Journal of Information Technology (JIT), 25 (2), 109-125.
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