h1

 

Description

Patrick Halbach is a research assistant at the chair for Communication Science and Human-Computer Interaction Center. He has studied the interdisciplinary course of study Technical Communication with fundamentals of Computer Science. In his master thesis he examined the influence of social media and recommender systems on the opinion formation in the digital society.

Since August 2018 he is part of the junior research group Digital maturity and focuses currently on the influence of structures and pecularities of social networks in the internet on opinion formation.

 

Publications

Title	Author(s)
Fear, Behaviour, and the COVID-19 Pandemic : A City-Scale Agent-Based Model Using Socio-Demographic and Spatial Map Data Journal Article (2022)	Retzlaff, Carl Orge Kojan, Lilian (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author)
On the Importance of Context: Privacy Perceptions of General vs. Health-specific Data in Health Recommender Systems Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Plettenberg, Nils Belavadi, Poornima (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Kojan, Lilian (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, André (Corresponding author)
Investigating Key Factors for Social Network Evolution and Opinion Dynamics in an Agent-Based Simulation Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)	Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura Belavadi, Poornima Nakayama, Johannes Plettenberg, Nils Ziefle, Martina Calero Valdez, André
Netlogo vs. Julia : Evaluating Different Options for the Simulation of Opinion Dynamics Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Belavadi, Poornima Halbach, Patrick Kojan, Lilian Plettenberg, Nils Nakayama, Johannes Ziefle, Martina Calero Valdez, André
Filter Bubbles and Content Diversity? An Agent-Based Modeling Approach Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)	Belavadi, Poornima (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Plettenberg, Nils (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, André (Corresponding author)
User Behavior and Awareness of Filter Bubbles in Social Media Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)	Plettenberg, Nils (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes Belavadi, Poornima Halbach, Patrick Burbach, Laura Calero Valdez, André Ziefle, Martina
Opinion Formation on the Internet : The Influence of Personality, Network Structure, and Content on Sharing Messages Online Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2020)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick Ziefle, Martina Calero Valdez, André
Bubble Trouble: Strategies Against Filter Bubbles in Online Social Networks Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick Ziefle, Martina Calero Valdez, André
Trust in Cyber Security Recommendations Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Plettenberg, Nils (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, Andre (Corresponding author)
Follow Me: The Impact of Opinion Majorities in Social Networks and the Role of Digital Maturity Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura Ziefle, Martina Calero Valdez, André
Would I Lie to You? : How Users Evaluate Faked Online Content Depending on Its Publication Type Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Plettenberg, Nils (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, André (Corresponding author)
'Hey, Siri', 'Ok, Google', 'Alexa' : Acceptance-Relevant Factors of Virtual Voice-Assistants Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Plettenberg, Nils (Corresponding author) Nakayama, Johannes (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, André (Corresponding author)
Who Shares Fake News in Online Social Networks? : An agent-based model of different personality models and behaviors in social networks Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)	Burbach, Laura (Corresponding author) Halbach, Patrick (Corresponding author) Ziefle, Martina (Corresponding author) Calero Valdez, André (Corresponding author)
A Change Is Gonna Come - Effects of User Factors on the Acceptance of Ambient Assisted Living Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2018)	Halbach, Patrick Himmel, Simon (Corresponding author) Offermann-van Heek, Julia Ziefle, Martina