TruSDi I

Project partners (left to right): Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, Dr. Anne Reif, Evelyn Jonas, Prof. Dr. Lars Guenther, Justin Tim Schröder, and Prof. Dr. Peter Weingart

Publications

• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T., & Weingart, P. (2026). Dynamics of trust in science among digitised publics: A two-wave panel study identifying trust groups. Journal of Trust Research, 1-28. doi.org/10.1080/21515581.2025.2600301

• Taddicken, M., & Reif, A. (2025). Science opinion leaders in digitized communication environments: Media use, trust in science, and conspiracy affinity. European Journal of Communication, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231251340802

• Reif, A., Schröder, J. T., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M., & Weingart, P. (2025). Identifying groups of trust in science in South Africa and Germany: A comparative study. In A. Fage-Butler, L. Ledderer, & K. H. Nielsen (Eds.), Science communication and trust (pp. 407–426). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1289-5_20 

• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T., & Weingart, P. (2024). The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach. Science Communication, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241302758

• Reif, A., Guenther, L. and Yokoyama, H. M. (2024). Public (dis)trust in science in digital media environments JCOM 23(09), E. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23090501

• Schröder, J, T. & Guenther, L. (2023). Science and health journalism in the digital age and its implications on public trust. In K. Walsh-Childers & M. McKinnon (Hrsg.), The Palgrave handbook of health and science journalism. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Reif, A. (2023). Twitternde Wissenschaftler*innen, Algorithmen und Desinformation: Die Bedeutung von Onlineumgebungen für die Wissenschaftskommunikation. In M. Schladebach & A. Thiele, Digitalisierung der Medienordnung. 1. Berlin-Potsdamer Konferenz zu interdisziplinären Rechtsfragen (S. 23-31). Mohr Siebeck.
• Reif, A., Schröder, J. T., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2023). Wie sehr interessieren sich Internetnutzende in Südafrika für den Klimawandel? Unterschiede zwischen fünf Bevölkerungssegmenten mit verschiedenem Wissenschaftsvertrauen. In J. Wolling, M. Becker & C. Schumann (Hrsg.), NEU – Nachhaltigkeits‐, Energie‐ und Umweltkommunikation: Bd. 8. Klima(wandel)kommunikation: Im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Medien und öffentlicher Meinung (S. 80–101). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau. https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.55228
• Guenther, L., Reif, A., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2022). Positive but not uncritical: Perceptions of science and technology amongst South African online users. South African Journal of Science. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/11102
• Reif, A. & Guenther, L. (2022). How representative surveys measure public (dis)trust in science: A systematisation and analysis of survey items and open-ended questions. Journal of Trust Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/21515581.2022.2075373
• Peter, E. (2022). Wissenschaftskritik in sozialen Medien Eine qualitative Analyse zur Wahrnehmung und Wirkung wissenschaftskritischer Nutzer*innenkommentare [master's thesis], Technische Universität Braunschweig.

Presentations and project-related prepatory work

• Reif, A., Schröder, J. T., Jonas, E., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2024, September). Entwicklung von und Schlüsselereignisse für öffentliches Vertrauen in Wissenschaft: Zum Mehrwert der Methodenkombination von quantitativen und qualitativen Befragungen im Paneldesign [Presentation]. Joint Conference of the Digital Communication Division and Methods of Journalism and Communication Science Divisonof the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Hamburg, Germany.
• Schröder, J. T., Guenther, L., Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Weingart, P., Brück, J. & Jonas, E. (2024, September). Intermediaries in the limelight: How exposure to trust cues in content about science affects public trust in science [Presentation]. 10th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Schröder, J. T. & Guenther, L. (2024, June 20-24). Mediating trust in content about science: Comparing trust cues across different media [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2024, June 20-24). Identifying trust cues: How trust between science and publics is mediated in content about science [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schroeder, J. T. & Weingart, P. (2024, June 20-24). Back to a moderate level of trust after the pandemic? Results from a two-wave panel study on trust in science among digitised publics in Germany [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T., Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Weingart, P., Brück, J. & Jonas, E. (2024, June 18-19). Intermediaries in the limelight: How exposure to trust cues in content about science affects public trust in science [Presentation]. Pre-Conference "Science Communication as a Human Right" of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schroeder, J. T. & Weingart, P. (2024, March). Sinkt das öffentliche Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft? Eine Panelanalyse von Vertrauensgruppen und ihrer Nutzung von Onlinemedien [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.
• Peter, E. & Reif, A. (2023, September). Die Macht der Kritik? Eine explorative Untersuchung zur Wahrnehmung und Wirkung wissenschaftskritischer Nutzer*innenkommentare in sozialen Medien [Presentation]. Joint Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division and Journalism Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.
• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2023, September). Trust Cues identifizieren: Hinweise auf Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft in journalistischen, sozialen und populistischen Medien [Presentation]. Joint Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division and Journalism Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.
• Reif, A. & Weingart, P. (2023). Concerns about surveys on public trust in science and proposal of a multilevel, multidimensional model and scale [Workshop]. POIESIS - Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin, Germany.
• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2023, May). Identifying trust cues: How trust between science and publics is mediated through content about science [Presentation]. Post-Conference “Authentic Voices in Science Communication” of the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T. & Weingart, P. (2023, May 26). Public trust in science: Introducing and testing a new survey instrument [Presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2023, April). Cues of (dis)trust in content about science: Comparing journalistic, social, and alternative media [Presentation]. 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2023, April 14). Trust in science among digitized publics in Germany and South Africa: A comparative study [Presentation]. Conference of the Netzwork for Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Rotterdam, Netherlands.

• Schröder, J., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2022, September 28). "Taking on trust": Identifying indicators of (dis)trust in content about science [Presentation]. Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust (SECAT) Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, virtual.

• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2022, September 28). Identifying segments of trust in science and specific effects of science communication: A comparative study on South African and German online users [Presentation]. Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust (SECAT) Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, virtual.

• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2022, May 25). Trust in Science among Digitized Publics: A Segmentation of South Africans' Trust in Science and Future Research Projects [Presentation]. Pre-Conference "The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field" of the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.

• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2022, February 10-11). Same but different? Comparing interest in climate change and COVID-19 among segments of trust in science in South Africa [Presentation]. 6th Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Ilmenau, Germany, virtual.

• Reif, A. (2022). Twitternde Wissenschaftler*innen, Algorithmen und Fake News: Die Bedeutung von Onlineumgebungen für die Wissenschaftskommunikation [Presentation]. Digitalisierung der Medienordnung, Berlin, Germany.
• Reif, A., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2021, June 24). Trust in science during the COVID-19 pandemic: A segmentation of online users in South Africa [Presentation]. Future of Science Communication Conference, virtual.
• Reif, A. & Guenther, L. (2019, May). What Representative Surveys Tell Us About Public (Dis)Trust in Science: A Re-Interpretation and Systematization of Survey Items and Open-Ended Questions [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.
• Reif, A. & Günther, L. (2019, May 9). Was uns repräsentative Befragungen über das öffentliche Vertrauen in Wissenschaft verraten [Presentation]. Pre-Conference of the Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
• Reif, A. & Guenther, L. (2019, February 6-8). Was uns repräsentative Befragungen über das öffentliche Vertrauen in Wissenschaft verraten: Ergebnisse einer Inhaltsanalyse von Items und offenen Fragen [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.