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)
• Academia Europaea (AE)

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 chronologically can be found here.

• Taddicken, M., & Thoms, C. (2025). How comprehensible are scientific experts? A multi-method comparison of linguistic analyses, surveys, and real-time audience responses. Frontiers in Communication, 10, 1580377. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1580377
• 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

• 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

• Biermann, K., Banse, L. and Taddicken, M. (2025). "It's mostly a one-way street, to be honest": the subjective relevance of public engagement in the science communication of professional university communicators JCOM 24(01), A03. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24010203 

• 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

• 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 

• 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
• Biermann, K., Nowak, B., Braun, L.‑M., Taddicken, M., Krämer, N. C., & Stieglitz, S. (2024). Does Scientific Evidence Sell? Combining Manual and Automated Content Analysis to Investigate Scientists’ and Laypeople’s Evidence Practices on Social Media. Science Communication, 46(5), 619-652. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470241249468
• Taddicken, M., Fick, J., & Wicke, N. (2024). Is this good science communication? Construction and validation of a multi-dimensional quality assessment scale from the audience's perspective. Frontiers in Communication, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1384403
• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2024). Visible scientists in digital communication environments: An analysis of their role performance as public experts on Twitter/X during the Covid-19 pandemic. Public Understanding of Science, 34(1), 38-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241249389
• Reif, A., Miller, I., & Taddicken, M. (2023). “Love the Skin You‘re In”: An Analysis of Women’s Self-Presentation and User Reactions to Selfies Using the Tumblr Hashtag #bodypositive, Mass Communication and Society. doi.org.10.1080/15205436.2022.2138442

• Taddicken, M., & Wolff, L. (2023). Climate Change-related Counter-attitudinal Fake News Exposure and its Effects on Search and Selection Behavior. Environmental Communication, 17, 720-739. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2239516

• Biermann, K., Peters, N., & Taddicken, M. (2023). "You can do better than that!": Tweeting Scientists Addressing Politics on Climate Change and Covid-19. Media and Communication, 11(01), 217-227. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.5961
• Greussing, E., Haux, R., Kuballa, S., Mielke, C., Schulze, M., & Taddicken, M. (2023). Trans-O-MIM - An International Research Project on Open Access Transformation: Outcomes and Lessons Learned. Methods of Information in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1761499

• Reif, A., Schröder, J., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M., & Weingart, P. (2023). Explorative Faktorenanalyse der Informationsnutzung über Wissenschaft zum Beitrag: Wie sehr interessieren sich Internetnutzende in Südafrika für den Klimawandel? Unterschiede zwischen fünf Bevölkerungssegmenten mit verschiedenem Wissenschaftsvertrauen. In J. Wolling, M. Becker, & C. Schumann (Eds.), NEU – Nachhaltigkeits-, Energie- und Umweltkommunikation: Vol. 8. Klima(wandel)kommunikation: im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Medien und öffentlicher Meinung (p. 33-34). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau. https://doi.org/10.22032/DBT.55228

• Taddicken, M., & Wolff, L. (2023). Auf der Suche nach Informationen zu Klimawandel-Fake-News. Zum Einfluss themen- und personenbezogener Variablen auf das Such- und Selektionsverhalten im Internet. In J. Wolling, M. Becker, & C. Schumann (Eds.), NEU – Nachhaltigkeits-, Energie- und Umweltkommunikation: Vol. 8. Klima(wandel)kommunikation: im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Medien und öffentlicher Meinung  (p. 165-184). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau. https://doi.org/10.22032/DBT.55228

• 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 (Eds.), NEU – Nachhaltigkeits-, Energie- und Umweltkommunikation: Vol. 8. Klima(wandel)kommunikation: im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Medien und öffentlicher Meinung  (p. 80-101). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau. https://doi.org/10.22032/DBT.55228

• Schmidt, J.-H., & Taddicken, M. (2022). Entwicklung und Verbreitung sozialer Medien. In M. Taddicken, & J.-H. Schmidt (Eds.), Handbuch Soziale Medien (2^nd ed., p. 3-17). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25995-2_1

• Schmidt, J.-H., & Taddicken, M. (2022). Soziale Medien: Funktionen, Praktiken, Formationen. In M. Taddicken, & J.-H. Schmidt (Eds.), Handbuch Soziale Medien (2^nd ed., p. 19-34). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25995-2_2

• Taddicken, M., & Schmidt, J. H. (2022). Soziale Medien und Öffentlichkeit(en). In J. H. Schmidt, & M. Taddicken (Eds.), Handbuch Soziale Medien (2^nd ed., p. 35-54). Springer VS. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25995-2_22

• 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., & Taddicken, M. (2022). Klimawandelbezogenen Mediennutzung und -wirkung. In Y. Ibrahim, & S. Rödder (Eds.), Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung (p. 357–366). transcript. 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. 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), p. 578–597. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i1.2495

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

• 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.

• Banse, L., Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2025, June 15). “My official title is science communicator, in reality I just do marketing”: Localization of communication functions in the professional role identities of full-time communicators in research organizations in centralized vs. decentralized structures [Accepted presentation]. 75^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, USA.

• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2025, June 14). “However I judge it – I think it’s a gut feeling”: Examining (Un)trustworthiness Cues in YouTube Videos by Real and Feigned Experts [Accepted presentation]. 75^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Denver, USA.

• 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]. 75^th 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.

• Biermann, K. & Taddicken, M. (2025, May 27-29). Public’s role perceptions of scientific experts on social media [Individual Talk/Presentation]. Public Communiation of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• Greussing, E.; Jonas, E.; Taddicken, M. & Guenther, L. (2025). Generative KI als Autorität? Empirische Befunde aus Nutzungsperspektive [Presentation]. 70^th 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 [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.
• Taddicken, M., Kienhues, D., Winter, S., & Bol, N. (2024, September). Analyzing public perceptions and online engagement with different science topics [Presentation]. 10^th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2024, September). “They should make it apolitical”: Public’s role perceptions of scientific experts on social media [Presentation]. 10^th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 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]. 10^th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, 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]. 10^th 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]. 10^th European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 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]. 74^th 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.
• Banse, L., Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 7). Centralized vs. Decentralized Science Communication in Universities: Differences in the Professional Role Identities of University Communicators in Various Organizational Contexts [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.
• 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 Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Zurich, Switzerland.

• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2024, June 6). “However I judge it, I think it‘s a gut feeling”: Examining (Un)trustworthiness Cues in YouTube Videos by Real and Feigned Experts [Presentation]. Annual Conference 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 Conference 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.
• Klein-Avraham, I., Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2024, March). A theoretical framework to evaluate AI-based information technologies for critical engagement with science: A proposition [Presentation]. NARST Annual International Conference, virtual.

• Biermann, K., Banse, L., & Taddicken, M. (2024, March 15). „Motivieren, begeistern, fröhliche Gesichter, leuchtende Augen“: Die Rolle von Public Engagement in der Wissenschaftskommunikation deutscher Hochschulkommunikator*innen [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.

• 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., 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 and Journalism/Journalism Research Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Passau, Germany.

• Biermann, K., Braun, L., Nowak, B., Taddicken, M., Krämer, N., & Steiglitz, S. (2023, May 29). Evidence sells? Combining manual and automated coding to analyze evidence-based communication on social media [Presentation]. 73^rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.

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

• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2023, May 28). Scientists’ role performance in intermingling online public arenas during the COVID-19 pandemic [Presentation]. 73^rd 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]. 73^rd 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]. 68^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Bremen, Germany.

• 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]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

• Peters, N., Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2023, April 5). "You can do better than that!"- Climate and Covid-19 Experts Addressing Politics on Twitter [Presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, virtual.

• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2023, April). Socio-scientific issues meet AI technology: Reflections on the cognitive order of society [Presentation]. 17^th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, virtual.

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

• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022, October). Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Aarhus, Denmark.
• 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.
• Biermann, K., & Taddicken, M. (2022, September 28). Changing roles: Scientists’ role performance on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic [Presentation]. Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust (SECAT) Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, virtual.
• Taddicken, M., & Wolff, L. (2022, May 30). 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 [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
• Taddicken, M., & Greussing, E. (2022, May 28). Into the spheres: Analytical framework on multi-level influences on communicating scientists [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
• Greussing, E., Taddicken, M., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022, May 25). Changing epistemic roles through communicative AI? [Presentation]. Pre-Conference "The Science of Science Communication: Mapping the Field" at the 72^nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
• 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" at the 72^nd 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]. 6^th Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Ilmenau, Germany, virtual.

• 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]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.
• Reif, A., Kneisel, T., Schäfer, M., & Taddicken, M (2021, September 6-9). Why is a scientific expert perceived as trustworthy? Emotional assessment within TV and YouTube videos [Presentation]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.
• Wicke, N., & Taddicken, M. (2021, September 6-9). Investigating the audience(s) of science communication: A typology of recipients considering their expectations [Presentation]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.
• Taddicken, M., Wicke, N., & Willems, K. (2021, September 6-9). Competent and comprehensible? A realtime response analysis of scientific experts [Presentation]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.
• 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., & Taddicken, M. (2021, May 24-27). # Trust, knowledge or online use: What shapes people's problem awareness about climate change? [Presentation]. 16^th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, virtual.

• Taddicken, M. (2020, September 17). Eine Frage der Erwartungen? Eine kommunikationswissenschaftliche Perspektive auf Qualitätsbewertungen [Keynote]. 23^rd Annual Meeting of DeGEval, virtual. The Keynote-Slides can be foundhere .

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

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

• Meyer, F., & Taddicken, M. (2020, March 10-12). Die schulische Vermittlung digitaler Medienkompetenz: Begriffsverständnis, Potenziale und Herausforderungen aus Lehrkraftperspektive [Presentation]. 65^th Annual Meeting of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany. 

TruSDi 

The Trust Relationship between Science and Digitized Publics

SCan

Wissenschaftskommunikation in Pandemien: Die Rolle der öffentlichen Beteiligung an Social Media Diskussionen

ALIES

Talking to machines, deciding with machines: Public engagement with science in the era of Artificial Intelligence

Make Your School

Make Your School – Eure Ideenwerkstatt

SCoPe

Science Communication and Public Engagement

POESI

Public Online Engagement with Science Informations