Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken

• Online communication
• Science communication
• Audience and  media effects research
• Methodology

• German Communication Association (DGPuK)
• European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
• International Communication Association (ICA)
• German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)

Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken has received the following awards for her academic work:

• SComS Best Paper Award 2021 (with Dr. Nina Wicke)
• Top Faculty Paper Award, Environmental Communication Division, ICA, 2020 (with Nina Wicke and Kathi Willems)
• Best journal article, 2nd place, DGPuK, 2012 (with Irene Neverla)
• Best Scientific Paper Award of the Symposium for Application-Oriented Online Research (SymanO), Mannheim, 2009
• Poster Award of the General Online Research Conference (GOR), Vienna, 2009
• Dissertation Award of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, 2009

Monika Taddicken, together with Martin Emmer, Christina Schumann, Martin Welker, Ulrike Klinger and Merja Mahrt, is the editor of the open access series "digital communication research".

She is also a member of the editorial board of the open access journal Media and Communication.

Selected publications

Here you can find Prof. Dr. Monika Taddickens ORCID.

A complete list of publications sorted by topic can be found here.

• Guenther, L., Reif, A., Taddicken, M., & Weingart, P. (accepted). Positive but not uncritical: Perceptions of science and technology amongst South African online users. South African Journal of Science. 
• Reif, A., & Taddicken, M. (2022). Klimawandelbezogenen Mediennutzung und -wirkung. In Y. Ibrahim & S. Rödder (Eds.), Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung (S. 357–366). Bielefeld: transcript. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839456668-058
• Wolff, L. & Taddicken, M. (2022). Disinforming the unbiased: How online users experience and cope with dissonance after climate change disinformation exposure. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14614448221090194.

• Hecker, S. & Taddicken, M. (2022). Deconstructing Citizen Science: A Framework on Communication and Interaction Using the Concept of Roles.  Journal of Science Communication.  https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21010207.

• Taddicken, M. & Schumann, C. (2021). Algorithms and Communication. Special Issue. DigitalCommunicationResearch.de. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48541/dcr.v9.0 .
• 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), S. 578–597. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2021-4-578 .
• Wicke, N. & Taddicken, M. (2021). "I think it's up to the media to raise awareness." Quality Expectations of Media Coverage of Climate Change from the Audience’s Perspective. Studies in Communication Sciences, 21(1), 47–70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2021.01.004 .
• Taddicken, M. & Krämer, N. (2021). Public online engagement with science information: on the road to a theoretical framework and a future research agenda. Journal of Science Communication, 20(03), A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20030205 .
• Taddicken, M., Reif, A., Brandhorst, J., Schuster, J., Diestelhorst, M. & Hauk, L. (2020). Wirtschaftlicher Nutzen statt gesellschaftlicher Debatte? Eine quantitative Framing- Analyse der Medienberichterstattung zum autonomen Fahren. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 68(4), 406-427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2020-4-406 .
• Greussing, E., Kuballa, S., Taddicken, M., Schulze, M., Mielke, C. & Haux, R. (2020). Drivers and Obstacles of Open Access Publishing. A Qualitative Investigation of Individual and Institutional Factors. Frontiers in Communication. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.587465 .
• Wicke, N. & Taddicken, M. (2020). Listen to the audience(s)! Expectations and characteristics of expert debate attendants. Journal of Science Communication, 19(04), A02. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.19040202 .
• Taddicken, M., Wicke, N. & Willems, K. (2020). Verständlich und kompetent? Eine Echtzeitanalyse der Wahrnehmung und Beurteilung von Expert*innen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 68(1-2), 50–72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2020-1-2-50 .
• Reif, A., Kneisel, T., Schäfer, M., & Taddicken, M. (2020). Why Are Scientific Experts Perceived as Trustworthy? Emotional Assessment within TV and YouTube Videos. Media and Communication, 8(1), 191–205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i1.2536 .
• Taddicken, M., & Reif, A. (2020). Between Evidence and Emotions: Emotional Appeals in Science Communication. Media and Communication, 8(1), 101–106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i1.2934 .
• Taddicken, M., & Wolff, L. (2020). ‘Fake News’ in Science Communication: Emotions and Strategies of Coping with Dissonance Online. Media and Communication, 8(1), 206-217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i1.2495 .

A complete list of presentations sorted by topic can be found here.

• Peters, N. & Taddicken, M. (2022): Uncivil communication toward German virologists on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic. Accepted presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in October 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.

• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022): Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? Accepted presentation at the Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in October 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.
• Taddicken, M. & Wolff, L. (2022): Looking for online information on climate change ‘fake news’: Assessing the user’s search and selection behavior and how this is affected by user characteristics auf der International Communication Association (ICA) on the 30th of May in Paris, France.
• Taddicken, M., & Greussing, E. (2022): Into the spheres: Analytical framework on multi-level influences on communicating scientists. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) on the 28th of May 2022 in Paris, France.
• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022): Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? Presentation ath the preconference "The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field" at the 72nd Annual Conference of the ICA on the 25th of May 2022 in Paris, France.
• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2022). Trust in Science among Digitized Publics: A Segmentation of South Africans' Trust in Science and Future Research Projects. Presentation ath the preconference "The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field" at the 72nd Annual Conference of the ICA on the 25th of May 2022 in Paris, France.

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

• Peter, E., Hortig, L. M., Gillner, T., Joost, A., Reif, A. & Taddicken, M. (2021): Protests on-screen and on the streets: Examining fridays for future activists' media use. Presentation at the 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA) on the 8th of September 2021 at the University of Minho, Braga (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).
• Reif, A., Kneisel, T., Schäfer, M. & Taddicken, M (2021): Why is a scientific expert perceived as trustworthy? Emotional assessment within TV and YouTube videos. Presentation at the 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA) from the 6th to the 9th of September 2021 at the University of Minho, Braga (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).
• Wicke, N., & Taddicken, M. (2021): Investigating the audience(s) of science communication: A typology of recipients considering their expectations. Presentation at the 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA) from the 6th to the 9th of September 2021 at the University of Minho, Braga (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).
• Taddicken, M., Wicke, N., & Willems, K. (2021): Competent and comprehensible? A realtime response analysis of scientific experts. Presentation at the 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA) from the 6th to the 9th of September 2021 at the University of Minho, Braga (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).
• Reif, A., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M. & Weingart, P. (2021): Trust in science during the COVID-19 pandemic: A segmentation of online users in South Africa. Future of Science Communication Conference on the 24th of June 2021 (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).
• Reif, A. & Taddicken, M. (2021): # Trust, knowledge or online use: What shapes people's problem awareness about climate change? Presentation at the 16th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference from the 24th to the 27th of May 2021 (virtual meeting because of COVID-19).

• Taddicken, M. (2020): Eine Frage der Erwartungen? Eine kommunikationswissenschaftliche Perspektive auf Qualitätsbewertungen. Keynote at the 23rd Annual Meeting of DeGEval (virtual) on the 17th of September 2020 (virtual meeting because of COVID-19). The Keynote-Slides can be foundhere .

• Wicke, N., Willems, K. & Taddicken, M. (2020): Comprehensible vs. competent? A real-time analysis of how experts are perceived and evaluated during science communication. Environmental Communication Top Papers Session. 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from the 21st to the 25th of May 2020 (virtual conference because of COVID-19) – Top Faculty Paper Award of the Environmental Communication Division of the ICA -

• Taddicken, M., Wicke, N. & Willems, K. (2020): Verständlich vs. kompetent? Eine Echtzeitanalyse der Wahrnehmung und Beurteilung von Expert*innen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation. Poster-presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the DGPuK from the 10th to the 12th of March 2020 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. 

• Meyer, F. & Taddicken, M. (2020): Die schulische Vermittlung digitaler Medienkompetenz: Begriffsverständnis, Potenziale und Herausforderungen aus Lehrkraftperspektive. Presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the DGPuK from the 10th to the 12th of March 2020 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.