Dr. Esther Greussing

• Online Science Communication
• Human-Machine Communication
• Media Use and  Media Effects Research
• Quantitative Methods
• Eye Tracking

Awards

• "Award of Excellence" des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (Staatspreis für die besten Dissertationen des Studienjahres 2020/21)

• VÖZ Media Research Award 2021 (Dissertation Category) of the Association of Austrian Newspapers

• sowi:doc Award 2021 der sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien für herausragende Forschungsleistungen im Rahmen der Dissertation
• Top Student Paper Award der Journalism Studies Division der International Communication Association (ICA) für den Beitrag "Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter" (2019, gemeinsam mit Phoebe Maares und Fabienne Lind, Universität Wien)

Fundings

• Uni:docs Förderprogramm für Doktorand*innen, Universität Wien (kompetitiv, 2016 - 2019) 
• sechsmonatiges Abschlussstipendium der Universität Wien zur Fertigstellung der Dissertation (kompetitiv, nicht in Anspruch genommen)

Other

• Participation in the Gertrude J. Robinson Mentoring-Programme of the DGPuk (class of 2020/21). Link to the mentoring programme.

• 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
• Eberl, J. M., Greussing, E., Huber, R. A., & Mede, N. G. (2023). Populist attitudes towards politics and science: how do they differ? Political Research Exchange, 5 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2022.2159847
• 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
• Greussing, E., Kuballa, S., Taddicken, M., Schulze, M., Mielke, C., & Haux, R. (2022). Individual and institutional influences on Open Access publishing around the globe. A two-tier study on the perspectives of medical informatics researchers on a barrier-free communication of science. OBS* Observatorio, 16(1), 60-89. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS16120221877
• Breves, P., & Greussing, E. (2022). Virtual and augmented reality in environmental communication. In B. Takahashi, J. Metag, J. Thaker, & S. E. Comfort (Eds.), ICA-Routledge Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication. doi.org/10.4324/9780367275204
• Huber, R. A., Greussing, E., & Eberl, J. M. (2021). From populism to climate scepticism: the role of institutional trust and attitudes towards science. Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2021.1978200
• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2021). Promises and pitfalls. Taking a closer look on how interactive infographics affect learning from news. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1-22.
• Eberl J.-M., Huber, R. A., & Greussing, E. (2021). From populism to the ‘plandemic’: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(sup1), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.1924730
• Maares, P., Lind, F., & Greussing, E. (2020). Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1835513
• 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
• Greussing, E., Kessler, H. S., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2020). Learning from science news via interactive and animated data visualizations: An investigation combining eye tracking, online survey, and cued retrospective reporting. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547020962100
• Song, H., Tolochko, P., Eberl, J-M., Lind, F., Eisele, O., Greussing, E., Heidenreich, T., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2020). In validations we trust? The impact of imperfect human annotations as a gold standard on the quality of validation of automated content analysis. Political Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2020.1723752

• Greussing, E. (2019). Powered by immersion? Examining effects of 360-degree photography on knowledge acquisition and perceived message credibility of climate change news. Environmental Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1664607

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2019). Simply bells and whistles? Cognitive effects of visual aesthetics in digital longforms. Digital Journalism, 7(2), 273-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1488598

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017). Shifting the refugee narrative? An automated frame analysis of Europe's 2015 refugee crisis. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(11), 1749-1774. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1282813

• Greussing, E. (2016). Erfassung ausländischer Bildungsabschlüsse im Mikrozensus. Ergebnisse einer Evaluationsbefragung im 3. Quartal 2015. Statistische Nachrichten, 71(12), 958-964.

• Plate, M., Baumgartner, K., Oismüller, A., Greussing, E., & Zucha, V. (2016). Fragebogentests als Mittel der Qualitätssicherung; aktuelle Beispiele aus Mikrozensus und EU-SILC. Statistische Nachrichten, 71(2), 150-159.

• 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.
• 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 Conference (ECC), 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 Conference (ECC), 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.

• 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, 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.
• Greussing, E., Guenther, L., Baram-Tsabari, A., et al. (2024, June 6). Predicting and Describing the Use of Generative AI in Science-Related Information Search: Insights from a Multinational survey [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.
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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, virtual.

• 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.
• Eberl, J.-M., Huber, R., Mede, N. G., & Greussing, E. (2022, May 30). Measuring political and science populism: A tale of two scales? [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 ICA, Paris, France.
• Mede, N. G., Huber, R., Eberl, J.-M., & Greussing, E. (2022, May). Measuring public attitudes toward political and science-related populism in surveys: A tale of two scales? [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Chicago, USA.

• Greussing, E., & Kessler, S. H. (2021, September 6-9). Learning from science news via interactive and animated data visualizations: A multi-method investigation [Presentation]. 8^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), University of Minho, Braga, virtual.

• Huber, R. A., Greussing, E., & Eberl, J.-M. (2021, April). Is it all about science? Populist attitudes and climate skepticism [Presentation]. 66^th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), virtual.

• Eberl J.-M., Huber, R. A., & Greussing, E. (2021, February). From Populism to the ‘Plandemic’: Why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies and what trust in science has to do with it [Presentation]. Annual Conference of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), virtual.

• Greussing, E., & Kessler, S. H. (2020, March 10-12). Interaktive Datenvisualisierungen in der Klimawandelkommunikation: Eine multimethodische Untersuchung der Rezeption [Presentation]. 65^th Annual Meeting of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany.

• Greussing, E. (2020, January). Participation in the Visualising Climate 2020 Hackathon, organised by Saffron O’Neill (Exeter University) and Toby Smith (Climate Visuals/ Climate Outreach), Exeter, UK.

• Greussing, E. (2019, May). Looking, clicking, learning? How interactive information visualizations in online news contribute to individuals' factual and structural knowledge [Contribution]. 10^th Annual Doctoral Consortium der Communication and Technology Division und der Mobile Communication Interest Group der International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Greussing, E. (2019, May). All flash and no substance? Examining modality effects of climate change imagery on knowledge acquisition and perceived message credibility [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2019, May). More than a thousand words? How affective and cognitive functions of interactive infographics contribute to learning from news [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, D.C., USA.

• Maares, P., Greussing, E., & Lind, F. (2019, May). Showing off your social capital: Homophily of professional reputation and gender in journalistic networks on Twitter [Presentation]. 69^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington DC, USA.

• Maares, P., Greussing, E., & Lind, F. (2018, November). "Welcome to the most arrogant network of the world!": Journalistic homophily and its effect on public discourse on Austrian Twitter [Presentation]. 6^th Day at the Politikwissenschaft der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW), Innsbruck, Austria.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2018, November 7-9). Mehr als tausend Worte? Ein Experiment zum Einfluss von interaktiven Infografiken auf den Wissenserwerb [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Digital Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2018, May). Simply bells and whistles? Cognitive effects of visual aesthetics in digital longforms [Presentation]. 68^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech.

• Greussing, E. (2018, February). The more you see, the more you know? Knowledge effects of static, dynamic, and interactive visualizations in online news [Contribution]. Doctoral Workshop of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Cologne, Germany.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017, May). Shifting the refugee narrative? An automated frame analysis of Europe's 2015 refugee crisis [Poster presentation]. 67^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

• Greussing, E., Tolochko, P., & Eberl, J-M. (2017, May). Who drives the debate? Applying document similarity measures in political agenda setting and news diffusion research [Presentation]. 67^th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

• Greussing, E., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2017, March). Learning from multimedia use? Effects of multimedia journalism on citizens' factual political knowledge [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Unit "Journalism Studies" of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Odense, Denmark.

ALIES

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