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Evelyn Jonas, M.A.

Research Assistant

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Institute for Communication Science
Bienroder Weg 97, Room 239
D-38106 Braunschweig
Tel. : +49-(0)531-391-8969
e.peter(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Office hours: by appointment

Evelyn Jonas
Core research areas (CRA)
  • Science communication
  • Digital communication
  • human-machine communication
  • Audience and media effects research
Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Since October 2022 Research Assistant at the Institute for Communication Science, directed by Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, TU Braunschweig
2019-2022 MA Media Technology and Communication, Technische Universität Braunschweig.
Master thesis "Science criticism in social media: a qualitative analysis on the perception and impact of user comments critical of science"
2015-2018 BA Media Management, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.
Bachelor thesis "Regional television in Germany: An empirical measurement of journalistic quality using the case study of private regional broadcasters in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region"
   
Publications
  • Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Middleton, L., Nielsen, K. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025). Exploring temporal and cross-national patterns: The use of generative AI in science-related information retrieval across seven countries JCOM, 24(2), A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020205
  • Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T. E., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Nielsen, K. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025). The perception and use of generative AI for science-related information search: Insights from a cross-national study. Public Understanding of Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241308493
  • Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2025). Voice-Based Assistants as Intermediaries for Sociopolitical Issues: Investigating Use Patterns, Expectations, and Prior Indirect Experiences. International Journal Of Communication, 19, 22. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23009/4889

  • Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T., Reif, A., Brück, J., Taddicken, M., Weingart, P. and Jonas, E. (2024). Intermediaries in the limelight: how exposure to trust cues in content about science affects public trust in science JCOM 23(09), A06. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23090206

  • Klein-Avraham, I., Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E. and Baram-Tsabari, A. (2024). How to make sense of generative AI as a science communication researcher? A conceptual framework in the context of critical engagement with scientific information JCOM 23(06), A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23060205
  • Peters, N., Peter, E., & Biermann, K. (2023). Kann Wissenschaftskommunikation einen Beitrag dazu leisten, Wissenschaftsskepsis und Wissenschaftsleugnung in Deutschland zu reduzieren? Ein Forschungsüberblick (Report). Transfer Unit Wissenschaftskommunikation, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b4-opus4-47016
  • Reif, A., Peter, E., Gillner, T., Hortig, L.‑M., Joost, A., & Taddicken, M. (2021). Vom Bildschirm auf die Straße? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Identifikation, Online-Partizipation und des Klimaproblembewusstseins von Fridays-for-Future-Beteiligten. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 69(4), 578–597. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2021-4-578
Presentations
  • Jonas, E., Taddicken, M. (2025, September 15-17): Real-Time-Response-Measurement in HMC Research: An Example Based on Trustworthiness Evaluations of Empathic and Humorous Communicative AI as an Intermediary for Science-related Information [Accepted Presentation]. First joint conference of the „Digital Communication“ specialist group of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and the interest group ‘Human-Machine Communication’ of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden, Germany.

  • Greussing, E., Jonas, E., Taddicken, M. (2025, September 15-17): From human experts to artificial authorities? Reconsidering the concept of epistemic authority in the context of generative AI [Accepted Presentation]. First joint conference of the „Digital Communication“ specialist group of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and the interest group ‘Human-Machine Communication’ of the International Communication Association (ICA), Dresden, Germany.

  • Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Middleton, L., Nielsen, C. H., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2025, June 13). Cross-National Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: A Segmentation Analysis of AI-Related Risk and Benefit Perceptions Across Seven Countries and Over Time [Accepted Presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

  • Jonas, E. & Taddicken, M. (2025, June 12). Empathic, humorous, and ... trustworthy? A mixed-methods study on the perceptions of voice-based AI systems as intermediaries for science-related information [Accepted Presentation]. Pre-Conference "Role and Contribution to Communication Science and Beyond" der International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA.

  • Greussing, E.; Jonas, E.; Taddicken, M. & Guenther, L. (2025). Generative KI als Autorität? Empirische Befunde aus Nutzungsperspektive [Presentation]. 70th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Berlin, Germany.

  • Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Jonas, E., Klein-Avraham, I., Taddicken, M., Agergaard, T., Beets, B., Brossard, D., Chakraborty, A., E., Fage-Butler, A., Huang, C.-J., Nielsen, K. H., Kankaria, S., Lo, Y.-Y., Riedlinger, M., & Song, H. (2024, October). Mapping cross-national patterns: The use of generative AI in science-related information retrieval across seven countries [Accepted presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) China Symposium 2024, Suzhou, China.
  • 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 Annual Meeting of „Digital Communication“ und „Methods of Journalism and Communication Studies“ Divisions of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Hamburg, Germany.
  • Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, September). Unravelling (hybrid) trust in generative AI as intermediaries for science-related information – Insights from a qualitative interview study [Presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECC), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 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.
  • Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, September). The Perception and Role of Transparency in LLM-based Chatbots for Science Information Retrieval [Presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECC), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Peters, N., Jonas, E., & Biermann, K. (2024, September 12). Skepsis, Misstrauen, Leugnung – Wie die Forschung negative Einstellungen gegenüber Wissenschaft definiert und wie die Wissenschaftskommunikation ihr begegnen kann [Presentation]. WissKomm Connected Conference of the Transfer Unit Science Communication, Berlin, Germany.
  • Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 20-24). Hybrid Trustworthiness of AI-based Chatbots - A Qualitative Exploration of Users Perceptions of ChatGPT and Bing Chat as Intermediaries for Science-related Information [Presentation]. 74th 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.
  • Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 7). The Impact of Transparency: A Qualitative Investigation of LLM-based Chatbots in Science-Related Information Search [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Jonas, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 6). How do laypeople assess their trust in LLM-based chatbots when they seek science-related information? Results from a qualitative interview study using a hybrid trust approach [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Greussing, E., Jonas, E., & Taddicken, M. (2024, April). Beyond the Bot: Hybrid Trust and Transparency in GenAI-Mediated Science Communication [Poster presentation]. Concluding Conference of the Human-Agent Interaction Network ‘Interactions With Language-Based AI’, Tübingen, 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 Meeting of the Science Communication" und Journalism/Journalism Research Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.

  • Peter, E., Greussing, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, September). ChatGPT als Wissenschaftskommunikator? Die Rolle epistemischer Überzeugungen und Vertrauen bei der KI-gestützten wissenschaftsbezogenen Informationssuche [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting of the Science Communication und Journalism/Journalism Research Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.

  • Greussing, E., Peter, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, May 28). Asking voice assistants about science: A typology of Regular Voice Assistant Users in Germany [Presentation]. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

  • Greussing, E., Peter, E., & Taddicken, M. (2023, May). Sprachassistenten als Informationsintermediäre: Eine Typologie regelmäßiger Nutzer*innen in Deutschland [Presentation]. 68th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Bremen, Germany.

  • Peter, E., Hortig, L. M., Gillner, T., Joost, A., Reif, A., & Taddicken, M. (2021, September 8). Protests on-screen and on the streets: Examining fridays for future activists' media use [Presentation]. 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.
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