Research project GRMED

GRMED – Gender roles, gender stereotypes and Media

This PhD project tests the relationship between social media use, gender roles, gender stereotypes, and gender perceptions.

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Apr 2019
  • Duration in months:
    48
  • Funding:
    Luxembourg Ministry of Equality between Women and Men / Luxembourg Ministry of Equality between Women and Men
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    André MELZER

About

This doctoral project is situated in the interdisciplinary field of social and media psychology and is based on quantitative data from empirical research on gender roles, gender stereotypes and gender perceptions, with a special focus on the role of social media use and its effects.

Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)

Project team

Keywords

  • Social media
  • Gender roles
  • Gender stereotypes
  • Gender perceptions