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Dr. Antonia Meythaler

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antonia.meythaler@uni-potsdam.de

antonia.meythalerweizenbaum-institutde

Karl-Marx-Straße 67

14482 Potsdam

Consulting hours by appointment

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Antonia Meythaler received her Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich). After her Bachelor's degree, she enrolled in the Master of Business Research (MBR) program and worked as Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Information Systems and New Media at LMU Munich. In the course of her PhD, she investigated the value of social referrals via information and communication technologies for companies. As part of her PhD thesis, Antonia analyzed the influence of different online channels on user’s website behavior. Other research projects she actively engaged in are dedicated to uncovering user’s smartphone behavior and trust building. She received her Master’s degree in 2016 and her PhD in 2017 from the LMU Munich. During her PhD she was invited by the UC Berkeley School of Information for a research stay. From 2018 to 2022, Antonia served as head of the research group “Digital Integration” at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin.

Currently, she is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam (Chair of Business Informatics, esp. Social Media and Society) and co-leading the research group "Well-being in a digital world" at the Weizenbaum-Insitut in Berlin. Her research explores the usage of social networking sites and the digital transformation’s impact on organizations and society. Her work has been published in journals, including the European Journal of Information Systems, Business & Information Systems Engineering Journal, and Electronic Markets, and she has presented at various leading Information Systems conferences.

Research Interests

Digital Transformation in Organizations and Society

  • Digital Technologies and Social Impact
  • Online Business Models
  • Social Networking Sites

Awards

  • Associate Editor Award (2022), Track “Business Models and Digital Transformation”, European Conference on Information Systems.
  • Track Chair Award (2021), Track “Business Models and Digital Transformation”,  European Conference on Information Systems.
  • AIS Community Award (2019), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Special Interest Group Culture in Information Systems.

Selected Publications

  • Meythaler, A., Krause, H., Baumann, A., Krasnova H., Thatcher, J. (2023): The Rise of Metric-based Digital Status: An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Status Perceptions in Envy on Social Networking Sites, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS).
  • Köster, A., Matt, C., Hess, T. (2021) “Do All Roads Lead to Rome? Exploring the Relationship Between Social Referrals, Referral Propensity and Stickiness to Video-on-Demand Websites”, Business & Information Systems Engineering, 63(4), 349–366.
  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Hess, T. (2016) Carefully Choose your (Payment) Partner: How Payment Provider Reputation influences M-Commerce Transactions, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 26–37.

List of Publications

2024

  • Khalil, S., Meythaler, A. (2024): “Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Recruitment Industry: An Examination through the Lens of the Diffusion of Innovation Theory”, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024).

2023

  • Meythaler, A., Krause, H., Baumann, A., Krasnova H., Thatcher, J. (2023): The Rise of Metricbased Digital Status: An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Status Perceptions in Envy on Social Networking Sites, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS).
  • Meythaler, A., Baumann, A., Krasnova, H., Hinz, O., Spiekermann, S. (2023). Technology for Humanity. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) Journal, 65, pp. 487–496.

2022

  • Beverungen, D., Hess, T., Köster, A., Lehrer, C. (2022). From private digital platforms to public data spaces: implications for the digital transformation. Electronic Markets, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp. 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-022-00553-z.
  • Monod, E., Lissillour, R., Köster, A., Jiayin, Q. (2022). Does AI Control or Support? Power Shifts after AI System Implementation in Customer Relationship Management, Journal of Decision Systems, DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2022.2066051.
  • Spiekermann, S., Krasnova, H., Hinz, O., Baumann, A., Benlian, A., Gimpel, H., Heimbach, I., Köster, A., Mädche, A., Niehaves, B., Risius, M., Trenz, M. (2022): Values and Ethics in Information Systems – A State-of-the-Art Analysis and Avenues for Future Research, Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) Journal, pp. 1–18.
  • Köster, A., Krasnova, H., Tarafdar, M. (2022): Visual Normalization of the Thin Ideal: Instagram Use and Biased Perception of Average Body Weight, Proceedings of the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2022).
  • Baumann A., Köster, A., Krasnova, H., Ullrich, A. (2022): Sustainable Digitalization: At the Intersection of Digital Well-Being, Health, and Environment, Expertise für den WBGU (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen).

2021

  • Köster, A., Matt, C., Hess, T. (2021) “Do All Roads Lead to Rome? Exploring the Relationship Between Social Referrals, Referral Propensity and Stickiness to Video-on-Demand Websites”, Business & Information Systems Engineering, 63(4), 349–366.
  • AbuJarour, S. Ajjan, H., Fedorowicz, J., and Köster, A. (2021). “ICT Support for Refugees and Undocumented Immigrants.” Panel Report. Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Volume 48, Issue 40, pp. 456 – 475.
  • Monod, E., Köster, A., Joyce, E., Khalil, S., Korotkova, N. (2021): Digital Transformation Consulting: Toward a Human-Technology Performance Model, Virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM).
  • AbuJarour, S., Köster, A., Krasnova, H., Wiesche, M. (2021) Technology as a Source of Power: Exploring How ICT Use  Contributes to the Social Inclusion of Refugees in Germany, HICSS.
  • Köster, A., Vladova, G. (2021), Bildung in Zeiten der Pandemie: Wie Schulen und Universitäten die Digitalisierung bewältigen, Portal Wissen, Das Forschungsmagazin der Universität Potsdam, ISSN 2194-4237, S. 82-87.

2020

  • Gundlach J., Köster, A., Krasnova,H., Tarafdar, M. (2020). “How Messy Is Your News Feed - Perceived Disorder As A Novel Stressor.” In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020). A Virtual AIS Conference.
  • Baum, K., Köster, A., Krasnova,H., Tarafdar, M. (2020). “Living in a World of Plenty? How Social Network Sites Use distorts Perceptions of Wealth Inequality.” In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020). A Virtual AIS Conference.
  • Köster, A., Baumann, A., Krasnova, H., Avital, M., Lyytinen, K., Rossi, M. (2020) To Share or Not to Share: Should IS Researchers Share or Hoard their Precious Data?, Panel Proposal, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020).
  • Bergert, C., Köster, A., Krasnova, H., Turel, O. (2020) Missing Out on Life: Parental Perceptions of Children’s Mobile Technology Use, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, March 08-11, 2020, Potsdam, Germany.

2019

  • AbuJarour, S., Ajjan, H., Fedorowicz, J., Köster, A. (2019) "Turning the Dark Side of Social Media Bright! The Case of Immigration in the USA and Germany", Panel, 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Cancun, 2019.
  • 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

  • Köster, A., Bergert, C; Gundlach, J. (2018) Information as a Life Vest: Understanding the Role of Social Networking Sites for the Social Inclusion of Syrian Refugees, Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA.
  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Hess, T. (2018) Das Smartphone als Steuerungseinheit im Smart Home: Determinanten der Nutzung am Beispiel von Smart-TVs, Proceedings der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), Lüneburg.

2017

  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Hess, T. (2017) Does the Source Matter? How Referral Channels and Personal Communication Tools Affect Consumers’ Referral Propensity, Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2017), Hawaii.

2016

  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Hess, T. (2016) Carefully Choose your (Payment) Partner: How Payment Provider Reputation influences M-Commerce Transactions, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 26–37.
  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Torremante, T.; Hess, T.; Heinze, J. (2016) Vertrauensbildung durch soziale Empfehlungen: Zur Rolle von Empfehlungssystemen im M-Commerce, Informatik Spektrum, Volume 39, Issue 2, pp. 147-154.
  • Köster, A. (2016) A Value-Based Approach to Understanding the Personal Relevance of Different Communication Features, Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2016, Istanbul, Türkei.
  • Hess, T.; Köster, A.; Matt, C. (2016)The Strategic Role of Communication Standards for Media Companies erschienen in: Information Systems and Management in eMedia and Entertainment, Artur Lugmayr, Emilija Stojmenova, Katarina Stanoevska, Robert Wellington (Eds.), Springer Gabler.

2015

  • Torremante, L.; Köster, A.; Heinze, J. (2015) Mobile Recommender Systems: Trust and Context-Awareness, Mobile HCI 2015 Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Copenhagen, Dänemark.
  • Köster, A.; Matt, C.; Hess, T. (2015) The Role of Communication Types on Referral Acceptance in Social Networks, Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS 2015), Puerto Rico.
  • Köster, A.; Kaltenecker, N.; Hess, T. (2015) Searching for new Perspectives? Towards Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Inclusion of the Provider Perspective in Information Systems Research, Research Report: LMU Munich, No. 2/15.

2014

  • Hess, T.; Köster, A.; Steiner, R. (2014) Journalistic Startups in the Online World, Management Report: LMU Munich, No.3/14.
  • Hess, T.; Köster, A. (2014) Potentiale von Online-Werbung für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen- untersucht am Beispiel von Hamburg, Management Report: LMU Munich, No.1/14.

Presentations and Transfer

  • Organisation und Teilnahme an Podiumsdiskussion „Digitale Jugend: Chancen und Herausforderungen“, Weizenbaum-Forum, Weizenbaum-Institut, virtuelle Veranstaltung, 13.02.2024.
  • Köster, A., Krasnova, H., Gundlach, J., Turel, O., Radesky, J., Tarafdar, M. (2022): Children’s Technology Use During the Pandemic: From Forbidden Fruit to Fast Food? Panel auf der Wirtschaftsinformatik-Konferenz 2022
  • Köster, A., Czyborra, I., Friesike, S., Urióstegui, N. (2020): Weizenbaum-Forum: Ungleichheit in digitaler Bildung, Weizenbaum-Forum, Berlin.
  • Köster, A. (Podiumsdiskussion): „Digitale Ängste als Herausforderung für die Gesellschaft“, Veranstaltung: „Mythen, Visionen und Dystopien – wie digitale Ängste unsere Gesellschaft beeinflussen“, die Veranstaltungsreihe von FSF und FSM, Bertelsmann Repräsentanz, 05.12.2019.
  • Köster, A. (Vortrag): „Digitalization as a Driver of Organizational Transformation”, EFMD – HUMANE Summer School, Berlin, 19.09.2019.
  • Köster, A (Podiumsdiskussion): Digitale Ethik: Welche Werte brauchen wir in einer digitalisierten Welt?, Veranstaltung: Dialogveranstaltung „Gesellschaft 4.0 – Die digitale Zukunft gestalten”, Staatskanzlei Brandenburg, Potsdam, 18.10.2018.
  • Köster, A. (Vortrag) „Forschungsvorhaben zu digitaler Integration“, Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Entwicklung und Verwaltung, Potsdam, 08.06.2018.
  • Köster, A . (Vortrag) „Die Macht von Social-Sharing-Buttons“, Internet Business Cluster e.V., München, 12.06.2018.
  • Köster, A. (Workshop) „Lebensweltliche und digitale Integration: Informationsplattform“, Zuwanderung nach Berlin: Chancen und Herausforderungen für die wachsende Stadt, Technischen Universität Berlin und HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform, Berlin, 04.10.2018.
  • Köster, A. (Podiumsdiskussion) „Data Sovereignty – Privacy and Security in Consumer IT and Public IT”, Research Alumni Conference on Online Trust, Technische Universität Berlin, Boston, 25.09.2018.
  • Köster, A. (Vortrag): Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Agilität in der Arbeitswelt, Workshop: Arbeitsweisen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung, Leuphana Lüneburg, 9. Februar 2018.

Service for the Research Community

Editorial Review Boards

  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS)
  • Internet Research

Special Issues

  • Electronic Markets (EM), Special Issue “Digital Transformation and Service” (forthcoming), Eds.: Bartelheimer, C., Beverungen, D., Lessard, L., Meythaler, A.,  and Wirtz, J.
  • Electronic Markets (EM), Special Issue “Digital Transformation” (2023), Eds.: Beverungen, D., Hess, T., Köster, A. and Lehrer, C.
  • Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) Journal, Editorial (2023): "Technology for Humanity", 65, pp. 487–496. Authors: Meythaler, A., Baumann, A., Krasnova, H., Hinz, O., and Spiekermann, S.
  • Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE) Journal, Editorial (2022): Values and Ethics in Information Systems – A State-of-the-Art Analysis and Avenues for Future Research, pp. 1–18. Authors: Spiekermann, S., Krasnova, H., Hinz, O., Baumann, A., Benlian, A., Gimpel, H., Heimbach, I., Köster, A., Mädche, A., Niehaves, B., Risius, M., Trenz, M.

Track Chair

  • Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2022 and 2024) – “Culture in Information Systems”
  • European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021) - "Digital Transformation and Business Models” (with Saoone Sarker and Virpi Tunannen )
  • Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2020) – “Digital Transformation and Business Models" (with Daniel Beverungen, Christiane Lehrer and Thomas Hess)
  • Local Chair: Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2019) - "Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair " (with Heiko Seif)
  • Local Chair: Pre-ICIS SIGBPS (2019): Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contract, München
  • Minitrack chair: Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2020) - "Digital Transformation and Organizational Culture"

Associate Editor

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)

  • Track: Cybersecurity and Privacy (2024)
  • Track: Governance, Digital Strategy, and Value (2023)
  • Track: Digitization for the Next Generation (2022)
  • Track: Cyber-security, Privacy, and Ethics of IS (2019)

European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)

  • Track: Digital Transformation (2024)
  • Track: Co-creating Sustainable Digital Futures (2023)
  • Track: Business Models and Digital Transformation (2022)
  • Track: Digital Customer Experiences and Interaction (2020)
  • Track: Business Models and Digital Transformation (2020)
  • Track: Personal ICT: Design, Use and Impacts (2019)

Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI)

  • Track: Business Models, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship (2023)
  • Track: Human-Computer Interaction & Social Online Behavior (2023)
  • Track: Digitale Geschäftsmodelle & Digitales Entrepreneurship (2022)
  • Track: Digitale Transformation & Geschäftsmodelle (2021)
  • Track: Information Security & Information Privacy (2020)
  • Track: Information Security & Information Privacy (2019)

Reviewer (selection)

  • Information Systems Journal (ISJ)
  • European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
  • Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS)
  • International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
  • European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
  • American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
  • Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
  • Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI)
  • Information & Management

Special Services

  • President-Elect der AIS Special Interest Group „Culture”
  • Ethik-Kommission des Weizenbaum-Instituts Berlin
  • AG Karriereförderung