Friedrich Donner

Research Assistant

Research Interests:

  • Crises
  • Knowledge and Expertise
  • Multiplayer Online Gaming Environments
  • Online Communities und Digital Interactions

 

Biography

2023 Research Assistant at the Institute of Geography, University of Mainz

2021 - 2023 Masters in Sociology at Sciences Po Paris. Master's Thesis: "Understanding Destructive Behavior in Cooperative Settings: A Contextual-Affective Explanation for ‘Toxicity’ in Online Gaming"

2019 - 2020 Erasmus exchange at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Istanbul

2017 - 2021 B.A. in Economics and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. Bachelor's Thesis: "Global Ideas, Local Communities: The Reproduction of Lifestyle Sports Trends Along Local Communities of Virtual and In-Person Ties - through the example of Parkour"

2016 Abitur at Lichtenberg-Gymnasium Darmstadt (Luo)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Friedrich-Donner

Donner, F. (2024). Structures that tilt: Understanding “toxic” behaviors in online gaming. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241270446

ECREA 2024 (Ljubljana, Slowenia): Communication & Social (Dis)order
Presentation: Structures that tilt: Understanding “toxic” behaviors in online gaming