PhD projects

Due to the cooperation of scholars from the fields of communication studies, economics, information systems, psychology and sport science, the Research Training Group offers a research context which allows the PhD students to deal with different fields of investigation and analysis levels with both a disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach.

The Research Training Group will generate more attention for the category "trust" in all subjects involved.

Area of investigation	Level of analysis
Area of investigation	INDIVIDUALS	ORGANIZATIONS	PUBLIC SPHERE
MEDIA	Metacognitive mechanisms of privacy regulation on Social Networking Sites Dr. Ricarda Moll Adaptive Mechanisms in Mediated Communication Dr. Gesa Linnemann Relationships of Trust between Acteurs of Journalism and Politics in the Digitalized Age Marco Rustemeyer Trust in journalism and the relevance of other information sources: opinion leaders in a digitized age Yasmin Erenler Adolescents’ risk perception and trusting behaviours on Social Networking Sites Anja Schmitt Journalism under suspicion: On the no-man's-land of media trust and distrust Dr. Malte G. Schmidt The Perception of Journalistic Risk. Exploring the Relationship Between Risk, Trust, and News Journalism from the Recipients’ Point of View. Laura Badura Acceptance of and Trust in Virtual Reality Technology Robin Janzik Working title: Misinformation in Online Social Networks: A User Perspective on Trust in Posts Isabelle Freiling	Recipient Trust in Online Information about Scientific Controversis - Comparing Journalism and Science Blogs Dr. Sarah Fischer Source: Internet. The Role of Trust in Social Media Sources for the News Coverage of International Conflict Areas Dr. Florian Wintterlin Trust in journalism - how news outlets try to capture and build their audience's trust. A qualitative analysis based on an integrative model of trust Bernadette Uth	Public Trust in the News Value of User-Generated Online Videos as a Product of Network Communication Dr. Anil Kunnel The Depiction of Trust, Mistrust, and Trust Problems within the Context of Digitalization in the Media Dr. Katherine M. Engelke
	INDIVIDUALS	ORGANIZATIONS	PUBLIC SPHERE
BUSINESS	Maximization of Trust in Virtual Teams using Innovative Groupware Solutions Dr. Christina Breuer Antecedents of Trust and Socioemotional Negotiation Outcomes in Virtual and Face-to-Face-Negotiations Dr. Jens Mazei Area of Conflict between Control and Trust in Employee-Supervisor Relationships in Virtual Offices Dr. Philipp D. Romeike The Effect of Changing Working Environments on Trust and Communication Dr. Christina Wohlers Skills for Trust in Virtual and Non-Virtual Teams Jens Kanthak Explaining Citizens' Non-Adoption and Adoption of E-Government in Germany Dr. Bettina Distel Leadership in the digital age: Effects of digitization on context, tools, and functions of leadership communication Miriram Höddinghaus Trust and Behavior in a Digital Work Environment Dr. Maike Bruckes	Building Trust through Communication via Websites in the Context of Cloud Computing Dr. Ayten Öksüz Building Trust through Social Presence in Online Environments - A General Evaluation and the Application in the Cloud Computing Context Dr. Nicolai Walter Trust In and Through Word of Mouth in the Digital Era Dr. Christian Wiencierz Trust in the banking sector’s leadership – An empirical analysis of sustainable business model integration in traditional banking as a means of counteracting banking’s trust crisis in times of digitial change Dr. Simone Zachariat Trust as a way to promote corporate responsibility in increasingly anonymous supply chains Dr. Maximilian Holtgrave Trust in corporate leadership. The role of internal communication media in building and strengthening employee trust. Julia Niebergall Trust in Algorithm- and Data-Based Strategic Communication Natascha Löffler Trust within organizational teams a multilevel perspective Viktoria Baumeister Trustworthy Information Systems (working title) Holger Koelmann Kommunikation von Werten durch Non-Profit-Organisationen Anna Dudenhausen	The influence of online communication on the perception of organisations Dr. Mona Folger
	INDIVIDUALS	ORGANIZATIONS	PUBLIC SPHERE
SCIENCE	Establishing Trust in Online Health Communication: The Role of Privacy, Expertise, and Social Validation in Online Forums Dr. Franziska M. Thon Expert-layperson-communication online: Trust in experts and their expertise Dr. Maria Zimmermann Mind the knowledge gap: Reflecting about science and one’s own knowledge (limits) through explaining scientific issues Nina Vaupotic Whom do parents trust with their questions about raising children – and why? Development of an interactive online application for educational counselling regarding socioemotional development at preschool age Eva Strehlke Trust in eHealth Leonie Kuen Vigilance and trust in reasoning about controversially discussed science claims on social media Lukas Gierth		"Whom to believe?" - Epistemic trust within judgments about scientific information Dr. Friederike Hendriks
SPORTS	Measuring the self by means of digital media Dr. Lena Busch An Agent-Based Analysis of Doping Behavior in Eite Sports Dr. Daniel Westmattelmann Building trust in the coach-athlete relationship through digital communication Dr. Sydney Querfurth Trust and team cognitions in traditional and digital team sport Charlotte Raue	Creating Trust concerning PED- and PIED-Consume in Sports-Clubs and Sport-Federations Dr. Dennis Dreiskämper	Believe it or not: The effect of athlete's crisis communication on trustworthiness and reputation in case of doping allegations Dr. Katharina Pöppel