Portrait: Dr. Katherine M. Engelke — © Susanne Lüdeling

Dr. Katherine M. Engelke, Geb. Grosser

Research Associate | Course Coordinator

Department of Communication
Room E 217
Bispinghof 9-14
D-48143 Münster

Tel.: +49 251 83-21264
k.engelke@uni-muenster.de

Consultation hours

by appointment

Research Foci
- Journalism research
- Emergence and effects of public communication
- Trust research
- Political communication
- Crises and media
Short CV

Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and Political Science (2009-2012) and Master's degree in Communication Studies (2012-2014) at the University of Münster. Semester abroad at the University of Exeter, England, in 2010. Scholarship as a Qualifying Fellow in the DFG-Research Training Group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" from 2013 to 2014. Research Assistant at the Research Training Group from October 2014 to September 2017. Research Associate at the Department of Communication in the Journalism Research Team (headed by Prof. Dr. Bernd Blöbaum, since 2022 by Prof. Dr. Nina Springer) from October 2017 to March 2023. Research Associate and Course Coordinator at the Department of Communication since April 2023. PhD in 2017 with a study on the media’s depiction of trust, distrust and trust problems within the context of digitalization. Teaching and research visits at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Projects
- Scientific Network (DFG) “Media Trust in the Digitized World”. Principle Investigator: Dr. Nayla Fawzi (LMU Munich).
- DFG-Research Training Group “Trust and Communication in a Digitized World”. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernd Blöbaum (University of Münster)
External Functions
since 10.2022
Student Advisory Council of the Faculty 06 – Educational and Social Science of the University of Münster (Deputy Member)
10.2020 – 09.2022
Faculty Council for Education and Social Science at the University of Münster (Deputy Member)
04.2019 – 03.2021
Deputy Member of the Rectorate Committee for Academic Career Development at the University of Münster
since 04.2019
Deputy Member of the Ethics Commission at the Department of Communication at the University of Münster
10.2018 – 09.2020
Member of the Faculty Council for Education and Social Science at the University of Münster
since 2018
Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals (Digital Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Media and Communication, Science in Communication and Media, New Media & Society)
04.2016 – 03.2017
Board Member of the Research Training Group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" of the University of Münster
since 2016
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
since 2016
Reviewer for Conferences (DGPuK, Communication and Politics Division of the DGPuK, Journalism Studies Division of the DGPuK, Journalism Studies Division of ICA, Journalism Studies Section of the ECREA, ÖGK)
04.2015 – 03.2016
Equal Opportunities Representative within the Research Training Group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" of the University of Münster
since 2015
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)

Honors

2018: Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences of the University of Münster

Publications

Wehden, L.-O., Uth, B., von den Driesch, L., Engelke, K. M., & Springer, N. (2025). Transitioning to transparency: Footnote journalism as a novel journalistic practice. Journalism Practice, online first. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2025.2464927.
M., E. K. (2023). Metajournalistic Discourse on Participatory Journalism: Examining a Decade of Coverage in Trade Magazines. Journalism and Media, 4 (2), 612–630. doi: 10.3390/journalmedia4020039.
Valerie, H., & M., E. K. (2022). Emotions in Crisis Coverage: How UK News Media Used Fear Appeals to Report on the Coronavirus Crisis. Journalism and Media, 3 (4), 633–649. doi: 10.3390/journalmedia3040042.
Schützeneder, J., Engelke, K. M., Uth, B., Grassl, M., Klinghardt, K., Badura, L., Blöbaum, B., & Meier, K. (2022). Transferprozesse in der Journalismusforschung: Debattenbeitrag zu Chancen und Herausforderungen im inter- und transdisziplinären Kontext der Journalismusforschung. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 70 (1-2), 118–139.
Laura, B., & M., E. K. (2022). Metajournalistischer Diskurs über Risiken der Nachrichtenrezeption. Eine Fallstudie zur Legitimation von Autorität im Kontext eines journalistischen Skandals. Journalistik. Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung, 5 (1), 43–58. doi: 10.1453/2569-152X-12022-12025-de.
Hendriks, F., Distel, B., Engelke, K. M., Westmattelmann, D., & Wintterlin, F. (2021). Methodological and Practical Challenges of Interdisciplinary Trust Research. in Blöbaum, B. (ed.), Trust and Communication. Findings and Implications of Trust Research (pp. 29–57). Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-72945-5_2.
M., E. K. (2021). Mapping Citizen and Participatory Journalism in Newsrooms, Classrooms and Beyond, edited by Melissa Wall, London and New York, Routledge, 2020, 248 pp., £120.00 (hbk), ISBN: 9780367437442. Digital Journalism, 9 (1), 127–129. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1777884.
Distel, B., Engelke, K. M., & Querfurth, S. (2021). Trusting me, Trusting you - Trusting Technology? A Multidisciplinary Analysis to Uncover the Status Quo of Research on Trust in Technology. (: 35) ERCIS - European Research Center for Information Systems.
Fawzi, N., Steindl, N., Obermaier, M., Prochazka, F., Arlt, D., Blöbaum, B., Dohle, M., Engelke, K. M., Hanitzsch, T., Jackob, N., Jakobs, I., Klawier, T., Post, S., Reinemann, C., Schweiger, W., & Ziegele, M. (2021). Concepts, causes and consequences of trust in news media – A literature review and framework. Annals of the International Communication Association, 45 (2), 154–174. doi: 10.1080/23808985.2021.1960181.
Bernadette, U., Bernd, B., Laura, B., & M., E. K. (2020). Institutionalisierte Interdisziplinarität: Chancen für die Neujustierung der Journalismusforschung in einer digitalisierten Welt. [Institutionalized Interdisciplinarity: Opportunities for the Readjustment of Journalism Research in a Digitized World.]. in Jonas, S., Klaus, M., & Nina, S. (ed.), Neujustierung der Journalistik/Journalismusforschung in der digitalen Gesellschaft. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung der DGPUK 2019, Eichstätt. (pp. 129–139). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V.. doi: 10.21241/ssoar.70829.
Wintterlin, F., Engelke, K. M., & Hase, V. (2020). Can transparency preserve journalism's trustworthiness? Recipients' views on transparency about source origin and verification regarding user-generated content in the news. SC|M Studies in Communication and Media, 9 (2), 218–240. doi: 10.5771/2192-4007-2020-2-218.
Laura, B., Bernadette, U., & M., E. K. (2020). Individual- statt Pauschallösungen: Transparenzstrategien im Nachrichten-Journalismus und ihr Zusammenhang mit Rezipierendenvertrauen. [Individual rather than general solutions: Transparency strategies in news journalism and their connection to recipient trust.]. in Tanja, K. (ed.), Fake-News, Framing, Fact-Checking: Nachrichten im digitalen Zeitalter (pp. 425–446). Transcript Verlag.
M., E. K. (2020). Enriching the Conversation: Audience Perspectives on the Deliberative Nature and Potential of User Comments for News Media. Digital Journalism, 8 (4), 447–466. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1680567.
Hase, V., Engelke, K. M., & Kieslich, K. (2020). The Things We Fear. Combining Automated and Manual Content Analysis to Uncover Themes, Topics and Threats in Fear-Related News. Journalism Studies, 21 (10), 1384–1402. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1753092.
M., E. K. (2019). Online Participatory Journalism: A Systematic Literature Review. Media and Communication, 7 (4), 31–44. doi: 10.17645/mac.v7i4.2250.
Engelke, K. M., Hase, V., & Wintterlin, F. (2019). On measuring trust and distrust in journalism: Reflection of the status quo and suggestions for the road ahead. Journal of Trust Research, 9 (1), 66–86. doi: 10.1080/21515581.2019.1588741.
Grosser, K. M., Hase, V., & Wintterlin, F. (2019). Trustworthy or shady? Exploring the influence of verifying and visualizing user-generated content (UGC) on online journalism’s trustworthiness. Journalism Studies, 20 (4), 500–522. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2017.1392255.
Hase, V., Kieslich, K., Engelke, K. M., & Zeng, J. (2019). The Best of Two Worlds? Combining Automated and Manual Content Analysis to Assess Media Coverage. 5th International Conference on Computational Social Science, Amsterdam.
M., E. K. (2018). Matt Carlson: Journalistic Authority. rezensionen:kommunikation:medien, 2018.
M., E. K. (2018). Die journalistische Darstellung von Vertrauen, Misstrauen und Vertrauensproblemen im Kontext der Digitalisierung. Theoretische Entwicklung und empirische Erfassung von Vertrauensdimensions-Frames. [The Media's Depiction of Trust, Distrust, and Trust Problems within the Context of Digitalization. Theoretical Development and Empirical Analysis of Trust Dimension Frames.]. Nomos.
M., G. K. (2016). Trust in online journalism. A conceptual model of risk-based trust in the online context. Digital Journalism, 4 (8), 1036–1057. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2015.1127174.
M., G. K. (2016). Vertrauens-Frames: Theoretisches Konzept zur empirischen Analyse der Medienberichterstattung. [Trust-Frames: Theoretical Concept for the Empirical Analysis of the Media Coverage.]. 61. Jahrestagung der DGPuK, Leipzig.
Grosser, K. M., Hase, V., & Blöbaum, B. (2016). Trust in Online Journalism. in Blöbaum, B. (ed.), Trust and Communication in a Digitized World. Models and Concepts of Trust Research (pp. 53–73). Springer VDI Verlag.
M., G. K. (2015). Die Darstellung von Vertrauensproblemen in der Medienberichterstattung. Eine explorative Studie zur Offenlegung von Vertrauens-Frames. [The Depiction of Trust Problems in the Media Coverage. An Explorative Study to Disclose Trust Problem-Frames.]. Transfer, 19 (2).
Grosser, K. M., & Hase, V. (2015). Vertrauen in Online-Journalismus. Ein konzeptionelles Modell unter Berücksichtigung der Rezipienten und des Journalismus. [Trust in Online Journalism. A Conceptual Model Considering Recipients and Journalism.]. Tagung "Digitaler Journalismus: Disruptive Praxis eines neuen Paradigmas", Hamburg.

Scientific Talks

Springer, Nina; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Uth, Bernadette; von den Driesch, Lea; Engelke, Katherine Marie 2026: “Does a transparency offensive really solve the problems of journalism?” 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, Jun 6, 2026.
Wehden, Lars-Ole; Uth, Bernadette; von den Driesch, Lea; Engelke, Katherine M.; Springer, Nina 2025: “Exploring new means of source transparency: Footnote journalism's effects on credibility and news engagement”. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, Jun 14, 2025.
Wehden, Lars-Ole, Uth, Bernadette, von den Driesch, Lea, Engelke, Katherine M., Springer, Nina 2024: “Transitioning to transparency: Footnote journalism as a novel journalistic practice”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, Sep 25, 2024.
Fawzi, Nayla; Jakobs, Ilka; Steindl, Nina; Obermaier, Magdalena; Arlt, Dorothee; Dohle, Marco; Engelke, Katherine M.; Jackob, Nikolaus; Klawier, Tilman; Pohle, Henriette; Prochazka, Fabian; Schweiger, Wolfgang; & Ziegele, Marc 2023: „Glaubwürdigkeitsheuristiken und die Entwicklung von Medienmisstrauen – Erkenntnisse aus qualitativen Interviews mit Jugendlichen [Credibility heuristics and the development of media mistrust – insights from qualitative interviews with adolescents].“ Tagung “Medien-Misstrauen” der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Soziologie der Medienkommunikation, Mannheim, Dec 1, 2023.
Hase, Valerie; Engelke, Katherine M. 2021: “Emotion-inducing content in crisis coverage. A multi-method analysis of fear appeals in UK news coverage of the coronavirus.” ICA Annual Conference, Denver, USA, May 27, 2021.
Engelke, Katherine M.; Uth, Bernadette; Blöbaum, Bernd; Badura, Laura 2020: „Theorie-Praxis-Kooperationen: Debattenbeitrag zu Chancen und Herausforderungen für die Journalismusforschung [Theorie-Practice-Cooperations: Debate piece on chances and risks for Journalism Studies]“. Tagung "Interdisziplinäre Journalismusforschung – Journalismus interdisziplinär" der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung 2020, Hamburg, Deutschland, Sep 25, 2020.
Uth, Bernadette; Badura, Laura; Blöbaum, Bernd; Engelke, Katherine M. 2019: „Institutionalised Interdisciplinarity: Chances and Challenges for the readjustment of journalism studies“. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung zum Thema "Neujustierung der Journalistik/Journalismusforschung in der digitalen Gesellschaft. Journalismus und Wissenschaft im Wandel", Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Sep 19, 2019.
Hase, Valerie; Kieslich, Kimon; Engelke, Katherine M. 2019: “The Things We Fear – Using Automated Content Analysis to Uncover How UK and US Media Construct Fear over Time (1990-2017)”. ICA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, May 27, 2019.
Engelke, Katherine M. 2019: “Literature Review on Participatory Journalism”. ICA Pre-Conference “Engaged Journalism: Bridging Research and Practice”, Washington, D.C., USA, May 24, 2019.
Hase, Valerie; Engelke, Katherine M.; Kieslich, Kimon 2019: „Angst vor Terror, Klimawandel & Arbeitslosigkeit? Eine automatisierte Inhaltsanalyse von Themen und Trends im Kontext von Angst in den Medien [Fear of Terror, Climate Change and Unemployment? An Automated Content Analysis of Topics and Trends in the Context of Fear in the Media]“. DGPuK Jahrestagung, Münster, Deutschland, May 11, 2019.
Badura, Laura; Engelke, Katherine M.; Hase, Valerie 2019: “Incomplete, Erroneous, and Distorted Information? The Metajournalistic Discourse About the Risks of News Media Use for Recipients.” ECREA Journalism Studies Conference, Vienna, Austria, Feb 14, 2019.
Engelke, Katherine M.; Wintterlin, Florian; Hase, Valerie; Blöbaum, Bernd 2018: “User comments in journalism: The recipients' view on the potential for deliberative discourse”. ECREA 2018, Lugano, Schweiz, Nov 1, 2018.
Wintterlin, Florian; Hase, Valerie; Engelke, Katherine M. 2018: “Strategies of preserving trust in journalism: Recipients' views on transparency and verification of user-generated content”. ECREA 2018, Lugano, Schweiz, Nov 1, 2018.
Badura, Laura; Schmidt, Malte G.; Engelke, Katherine M.; Blöbaum, Bernd 2018: „‚Die da oben‘ – der Zusammenhang zwischen Medienmisstrauen und der Wahrnehmung eines journalistischen Establishments. ["Those up there" – the Connection between Media Distrust and the Perception of the Journalistic Establishments.]“. 63. Jahrestagung der DGPuK zum Thema "Selbstbestimmung in der digitalen Welt", Mannheim, Deutschland, May 10, 2018.
Hase, Valerie; Wintterlin, Florian; Grosser, Katherine M.; Blöbaum, Bernd 2017: “User-generated content in online journalism. Exploring how verifying and visualizing UGC influences journalism’s trustworthiness.” 67th ICA Annual Conference, San Diego, USA, May 27, 2017.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2017: „Die mediale Darstellung der Digitalisierung im Verlauf der Zeit. Komplexitätsreduktion durch Vertrauensdimensions-Frames. [The media's depiction of digitalization over time. Reduction of complexity via trust dimension frames.]“. Tagung "Reduktion von Komplexität im und durch Journalismus" der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung 2017, Würzburg, Deutschland, Feb 16, 2017.
Grosser, Katherine M.; Hase, Valerie; Wintterlin, Florian; Blöbaum, Bernd 2016: “Trustworthy or shady – How does UGC influence journalism’s trustworthiness in a digitized world?” ECREA 2016, Prag, Tschechien, Nov 10, 2016.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2016: “The Media’s Depiction of Trust, Distrust and Trust Problems within the Context of Digitalization.” Journalism Studies Section PhD-Workshop, ECREA 2016, Prag, Tschechien, Nov 9, 2016.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2016: “The Depiction of Problems of Trust in the News: An Explorative Study to Disclose Trust-Frames.” 66th ICA Annual Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, Jun 13, 2016.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2016: „Die mediale Darstellung von Vertrauen, Misstrauen und Vertrauensproblemen im Kontext der Digitalisierung. Eine empirische Studie zur Offenlegung von positiven und negativen Vertrauens-Frames. [The Media's Depiction of Trust, Distrust and Trust Problems in the Context of Digitalization. An Empirical Study to Disclose positive and negative Trust-Frames.]“. Doktorandenworkshop, Tagung "Freiheit und Journalismus" der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung 2016, Wilhelmshaven, Deutschland, Feb 25, 2016.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2016: “Framing Issues through Distrust and Trust Problems.” International Workshop: Distrust and Conflict Escalation in Organizations and Societies, Groningen, Niederlande, Jan 11, 2016.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2014: “Trust in online journalism.” ECREA Journalism Studies Section Conference, Thessaloniki, Griechenland, Apr 29, 2014.
Grosser, Katherine M. 2014: „Vertrauen in Online-Journalismus: ein theoretisches Konzept zur empirischen Analyse vom Vertrauensprozess im Journalismus. [Trust in Online Journalism: A Theoretical Concept for the Empirical Analysis of the Trust Process in Journalism.]“. Tagung "Vertrauen und Journalismus" der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismusforschung 2014, Münster, Deutschland, Feb 21, 2014.

Teaching

Seminar: A**: Comparing Global Media Systems [
064017]
- [14^th Apr – 21^st Jul 2026 | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | S 055]
- [21^st Apr – 21^st Jul 2026 | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly]
- [Tue, 14^th Jul 2026, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | Single Course | F4]
- [Tue, 22^nd Sep 2026, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | Single Course | BB 401]
Colloquium: Examenskolloquium Masterstudiengang [064095]
Seminar: A**: Comparing Global Media Systems [062020]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [060101]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [068108]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [066104]
Seminar: A**: Comparing Global Media Systems [064001]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [064055]
Seminar: Partizipativer Journalismus [062358]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [062331]
Seminar: Covering Crises in the Media [060287]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Masterstudiengang [060320]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium [060308]
Lecture: Vorlesung: Journalismusforschung [064395]
Seminar: Publikumsbeteiligung im Journalismus [064363]
Seminar: Medienkompetenz und Journalismus [062348]
Seminar: Kommunikation und Partizipation im digitalen Zeitalter [062342]
Colloquium: Examenscolloquium Bachelorstudiengang [062315]
Seminar: Media Coverage of Crises [060300]
Project seminar: Wahlkampfberichterstattung über die Präsidentschaftswahl in den USA [060559]
Colloquium: Examenskolloquium für Bachelorstudierende [060368]
Seminar: Media and Stereotyping [068340]
Seminar: Selbst- und Fremdthematisierung in der Öffentlichkeit: Metajournalistische Diskurse [068367]
Colloquium: Examenskolloquium für Bachelorstudierende [068312]
Lecture: Vorlesung: Journalismusforschung [066378]
Project seminar: Gender und sexuelle Orientierung in den Medien [066307]
Colloquium: Examenskolloquium für Bachelorstudierende [066298]
Seminar: Terrorism and the Media: A Complicated Relationship [064363]
Seminar: Politische Partizipation: Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung [064352]
Lecture: Vorlesung: Journalismusforschung [062379]
Seminar: Metajournalistische Diskurse im digitalen Wandel [062337]
Seminar: Politische Partizipation im digitalen Zeitalter [060355]
Seminar: Stereotyping in the Media [060352]
Seminar: Journalism and Terrorism - New Perspectives in the Digital Age? [066524]
Seminar: Journalismus im Wandel - Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung [064348]

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