Dr. Enny H. H. J. Das

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Enny Das is Associate Professor in Persuasive and Health Communication at the Department of Communication Science of VU University Amsterdam. She graduated in social psychology at the University of Amsterdam, and received her PhD in 2001 at Utrecht University on a dissertation entitled " How fear appeals work: Motivational biases in the processing and acceptance of threatening health messages". She worked at Wageningen University as an Assistant Professor in Persuasion before making the move back to Amsterdam, where she does research and teaching in the domains of health and risk communication, marketing communication, and interpersonal communication. Enny has published in major journals across disciplines (e.g., Communication Research; Health Psychology; Journal of Consumer Psychology; Psychological Science). She has acquired grants from national funding agencies such as NWO, ZonMW, CAMeRA, and CCSS, and is currently involved in research projects on risk communication, (online) health communication, logo design, communication and patient safety.

Specialisatie

• Gezondheid
• Gezondheidsvoorlichting
• Organisaties
• Risicocommunicatie
• Reclame
• Marketing
• Overtuigen

Huidig onderzoek

• Gezondheidscommunicatie (gezondheidsvoorlichting, campagnes)
• Marketingcommunicatie en consumentengedrag
• Risico communicatie

Het onderzoeksproject  “Communication in times of an outbreak" (EU FP7 project “Ecom@eu”, domain “health”) in samenwerking met Tilo Hartmann en Wouter van Atteveldt.

Het project onderzoekt hoe men het beste kan communiceren over gezondheidsrisico's tijdens epidemieën. Omdat de publieke opinie een cruciale rol speelt in deze context gaat het team onderzoek doen naar het publieke debat rondom vaccinatie voorlichtings campagnes tijdens de uitbraak van het H1N1 virus en gerelateerde gezondheidscampagnes in de media.

Huidig onderwijs

• Gezondheids- en Risicocommunicatie BA
• Communication Skills, BA
• Marketingcommunication and the Consumer MA
  

Recente publicaties

Journal Articles

• Das, E., Vonkeman, C., & Hartmann, T. (in press). Mood as a resource in dealing with health recommendations: How mood affects information processing and acceptance of quit-smoking messages. Psychology & Health.
• Schagen, S. B., & Das, E., & Vermeulen, I.E. (in press). Information about cognitive problems contributes to cognitive problems in cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology. 
• Fennis, B. M., & Das, E. , & Fransen, M. L. (in press). Print advertising: Vivid content. Journal of Business Research.
• Taminiau, Y., Das, E., Berghman, L., & Fangman, Y. (2011). Not beyond the tipping point: restrained emotions and the functionality of business meals in consultancy. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 4(2), 158-177.
• Das, E. (2011). Improving the effectiveness of mass-mediated health campaigns: Overcoming barriers to risk communication. International Public Health Journal, 3(1), 9-16.
• Vet, R. De Wit, J.B.F. & Das, E. (2011). Breaking Down Barriers Against HBV Vaccination: the Efficacy of Role Models in Persuasive Health Messages to Increase Motivation to Obtain Vaccination Against Hepatitis B among Men who have Sex with Men. Health Education Research, 26(2), 192-200.
• Tanis, M., Das, E., & Fortgens, M. (2011). Finding care for the caregiver? Active participation in online health forums attenuates the negative effect of caregiver strain on wellbeing. Communications, 36, 51-66.
• Das, E., & Vermeulen, I. E. , Laagland, T. C., & Postma, A. M. (2010). When you are what you own. Do physically attractive people benefit more from owning sophisticated brands? International Journal of Advertising, 29(5), 795-813.
• Jorna, F., Wagenaar, P., Das, E., & Jezewski, J. (2010). Public-private partnership in Poland: a cosmological journey. Administration & Society, 42, 668-693.
• Schagen, S. B., Das, E., & Van Dam, F.S.A.M. (2009). The influence of priming chemotherapy-associated cognitive complaints on the expression of such complaints in breast cancer patients. PsychoOncology, 18, 674-678.
• Van Koningsbruggen, G. M., & Das, E. (2009). Don’t derogate this message! Self-affirmation promotes online type 2 diabetes risk test taking.  Psychology & Health, 25, 635-649.
• Van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Das, E. & Roskos-Ewoldsen, D. (2009). How self-affirmation reduces defensive processing of threatening health information: Evidence at the implicit level. Health Psychology. 28(5), 563-568. 
• Das, E., Bushman, B. J., Bezemer, M. D., Kerkhof, P., & Vermeulen, I. E. (2009). How terrorism news reports increase prejudice against outgroups: A terror management account. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 453-459.
• Das, E., & Fennis, B. M. (2008). In the mood to face the facts: When a positive mood increases systematic processing of self-threatening messages. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 221-230.
• Das. E., De Wit, J., Vet, R. & Frijns, T. (2008).  “Feeling” risk and seeing solutions: Predicting vaccination intentions against Hepatitis B infection among men who have sex with men. Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 728-732.
• Das, E., Kerkhof, P., & Kuiper, J. (2008). Improving the effectiveness of fundraising messages: The impact of charity goal attainment, message framing, and evidence on persuasion. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 36, 161-175.
• De Wit, J. B. F., Vet, R., & Das, E. (2008). What works best: Objective statistics or a personal testimonial? An assessment of the persuasive effects of different types of message evidence on risk perception. Health Psychology, 27, 110-115.

Overige academische activiteiten

• Lid van Centre for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA), International Communication Association (ICA), American Psychological Association (APA), Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Netherlands School for Communication Research (NESCoR), Associatie van Sociaal- Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO)
• Reviewing voor internationale tijdschriften (e.g., Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology) en onderzoeksinstituten (NWO, ZonMW)
• Secretaris Education Committee Research Master Faculty of Social Sciences