dr. Katalin Eva Balint

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication Science
Assistant Professor, Network Institute
Assistant Professor, Communication Choices, Content and Consequences (CCCC)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6254-7883

Emailk.e.balint@vu.nl

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Dr. Katalin E. Bálint is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2018. She defended her PhD dissertation in 2012 in the field of Psychology at Pécs University (Hungary). She was a postdoc researcher at Utrecht University in an NWO-funded project entitled Varieties and Determinants of Absorption in Narrative Literature and Film (2012-2014). She taught and researched at University of Augsburg (Germany) at the department of Media, Knowledge and Communication (2014-2016). Afterwards, she joined the New Media Design track at the department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University (2017-2018).

Grants

Katalin E. Bálint was awarded a 3-year individual research grant by the German Science Foundation (Basis Module) in 2017. The project investigates the role of audio-visual formal features in eliciting empathy and prosocial behavior in film viewers.

Education/Academic qualification

Psychology, PhD, University of Pecs

Film studies, Master, University of ELTE

1 Sep 2003 → 15 Jul 2008

Psychology, Master, University of ELTE, Budapest

1 Sep 1999 → 15 Jul 2005

Keywords

Narrative
Fictional stories
Media psychology
Media entertainment
Film viewers
Social cognition
Empathy
Narrative engagment
Formal features of cinema
Psychology of cinematography

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Theory of Mind Medicine & Life Sciences

Motion Pictures Medicine & Life Sciences

Aptitude Medicine & Life Sciences

social cognition Social Sciences

narrative Social Sciences

Professional Role Medicine & Life Sciences

experience Social Sciences

virtual reality Social Sciences

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Research Output 2014 2020

9 Article
4 Chapter
1 Conference contribution
1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
1 More
- 1 Comment / Letter to the editor

Suspense

Balint, K., Nov 2020, (Accepted/In press) The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. VAN DEN BULCK, JAN. (ed.). Wiley, (ICAZ - Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic › peer-review

Absorbed character engagement: From social cognition responses to the experience with fictional constructions

Balint, K. & Tan, E., Mar 2019, Screening Characters: Theories of Character in Film, Television, and Interactive Media. Riis, J. & Taylor, A. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 209-229 21 p. (AFI Film Readers).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

File

social cognition

qualitative interview

experience