Dr Lars Guenther

Dr. Lars Guenther joined the team on "Communication Studies, Climate and Science Communication" in June 2019. He is a postdoc working within the DFG-funded cluster of excellence on “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society“ (CLICCS). Since April 2021, he is also Extraordinary Associate Professor at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). From 2020 to 2021, he was interim professor for communication studies with a focus on communication theories, media systems, and communication policy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

 His research interests are the following:

• Science and health communication
• Journalism studies
• Audience and effect studies
• Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and eye-tracking

Lars is an active member of:

• International Communication Association (ICA)
• Public Communication on Science and Technology (PCST) Network
• European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
• Deutsche Gesellschafts für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)

He also received funding, awards, and bursaries:

• 2023-2024: own funding project "Reception of Scientists’ Trust Cues of Scientists (ReTruCues)" (with Justin T. Schröder), funded by Universität Hamburg (Ideas and Venture Funds)
• from 2023: member of the editorial board of Science Communication
• from 2022: member of the editorial board of Journal of Science Communication
• 2021-2024: own funding project “The trust relationship between science and the digitized publics (TruSDi)” (with Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, Prof. Dr. Peter Weingart and Dr. Anne Reif), funded by DFG
• 2021: Awards (1. place (summer semester) and 2. place (winter semester)) for the best evaluated lectures at the Department of Media and Communication, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• 2021-2024: Member of the Scientific Network “Public Online Engagement with Science (POESI)” (Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer), funded by DFG
• 2020-2023: Co-applicant and Co-adviser of the funding project “Framing big data: The media framing of aggregate data and new data-based processes in comparison of communicative forms, time periods, and countries” (Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold), funded by DFG
• 2019-2021: own funding project “The Conversation Africa as an online platform for public science engagement” (with Dr. Marina Joubert), funded by Stellenbosch University, DFG and TWAS
• 2014-2019: several scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for conference travel to Brazil, Japan, the Czech Republic, and the US
• 2018: own funding project „Jena March for Science 2018 - Kommunikation, Vermittlung und Wirksamkeit“ (funded by Ernst-Abbe-Foundation, Jena, together with Prof. Dr. Georg Ruhrmann), part of the organizing committee of the March for Science and several science pubs in Jena
• 2017: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for Exceptional Achievement (Stellenbosch University)
• 2016: Knowledge, Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) Award of the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa
• 2016 and 2017: Publication Awards of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University
• 2016: Top Student Paper Award (ICA Annual Conference in Fukuoka, Japan)
• 2015: Bursary, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University, for a two year research stay
• 2014: Bursary, Erice International School of Science Journalism

I. Monographs, bibliographies, and edited books

• Guenther, L. (2019). Science journalism. In H. Ornebring (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Guenther, L. (2017). Evidenz und Medien. Journalistische Wahrnehmung und Darstellung wissenschaftlicher Ungesichertheit. Wiesbaden: VS.
• Ruhrmann, G., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2016). Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un)Gesichertheit. Köln: Herbert von Halem.
• Ruhrmann, G., & Guenther, L. (2014). Risk communication. In P. Moy (Ed.), Oxford Bibilographies in Communication. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., & Milde, J. (2011). Pandemie: Wahrnehmung der gesundheitlichen Risiken durch die Bevölkerung und Konsequenzen für die Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation. Berlin: Forschungsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit.

II. Scientific articles (peer-reviewed)

• Guenther, L., Meyer, H., Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). A distant threat? The framing of climate futures across four countries. Environmental Communication (accepted).
• Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). Not here, not now, not me: How distant are climate futures represented in journalistic reporting across four countries? Journal of Science Communication (accepted)
• Bogdanovich, E., Guenther, L., Reichstein, M., Frank, D., Ruhrmann, G., Brenning, A., Denissen, J. M. C., & Orth, R. (2023). Societal attention to heat waves can indicate public health impacts. Weather, Climate, and Society (accepted).
• Brill, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2023). Felons, right-wing extremists, foreign criminals, and Islamist terrorists: Frames of Criminals in German television news. Journalism Practice (online before print).
• Guenther, L., Wilhelm, C., Oschatz, C. M., & Brück, J. (2023). Science communication on Twitter: Measuring indicators of engagement and their links to user interaction in communication scholars’ tweet content. Public Understanding of Science (online before print).
• Mahl, D., von Nordheim, G., & Guenther, L. (2023). Noise pollution – A multi-step approach to assess the consequences of (not) validating search terms on automated content analyses. Digital Journalism, 11(2), 298-320.
• Meyer, H., Peach, A. K., Guenther, L., Kedar, H. E., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). Between calls for action and narratives of denial: Climate change attention patterns on Twitter. Media and Communication, 11(1), 278-292.
• Guenther, L., Jörges, S., Mahl, D., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). Framing as a bridging concept for climate change communication: A systematic review based on 25 years of literature. Communication Research (online before print).
• Joubert, M., Guenther, L., Metcalfe, J., Riedlinger, M., Chakraborty, A., Gascoigne, T., Schiele, B., Baram-Tsabari, A., Malkov, D., Fattorini, E., Revuelta, G., Barata, G., Riise, J., Schröder, J. T., Horst, M., Kaseje, M., Kirsten, M., Bauer, M. W:, Bucchi, M., Flores, N., Wolfson, O., & Chen, T. (2023). ‘Pandem-Icons’ – Exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Science Communication, 22(1), 1-25.
• 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, 118(9/10), 93-100.
• Guenther, L., & Granert, L. (2022). Evidence in the eye of the beholder: Portrayals of risk and scientific (un)certainty in “Don’t look up”. Journal of Science Communication, 21(5), 1-7.
• Reif, A., & Guenther, L. (2022). How representative surveys measure public (dis)trust in science: A systematisation and analysis of survey items and open-ended questions. Journal of Trust Research, 11(2), 94-118.
• Joubert, M., Guenther, L., & Rademan, L. (2022). Expert voices in South African mass media during the COVID-19 pandemic. South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6), 1-6.
• Riley, J. E., Joubert, M., & Guenther, L. (2022). Motivations and barriers for young scientists to engage with society: Perspectives from South Africa. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 12(2), 157-173.
• Weingart, P., Van Schalkwyk, F., & Guenther, L. (2022). Democratic and expert legitimacy: Science, politics and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Science and Public Policy, 49, 499-517.
• Lamprecht, C., Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2022). ‘Polony panic’: News values and risk messages in news coverage of the South African listeriosis outbreak of 2017–2018.Health, Risk & Society, 24(1/2), 67-91.
• Guenther, L., Brüggemann, M., & Elkobros, S. (2022). From global doom to sustainable solutions: International news magazines’ multimodal framing of our future with climate change. Journalism Studies, 23(1), 131-148.
• Riedlinger, M., Fleerackers, A., Bruns, A., Burgess, J., Guenther, L., Joubert, M., & Osman, K. (2021). The Conversation, ten years on: Assessing the impact of a unique scholarly publishing initiative. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, doi: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12130
• Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2021). Novel interfaces in science communication: Comparing journalistic and social media uptake of articles published by The Conversation Africa. Public Understanding of Science, 30(8), 1041-1057.
• Zillich, A. F., & Guenther, L. (2021). Selective exposure to information on the Internet: Measuring cognitive dissonance and selective exposure with eye-tracking. International Journal of Communication, 15, 3459-3478.
• Guenther, L., Gaertner, M., & Zeitz, J. (2021). Framing as a concept for health communication. A systematic review. Health Communication, 36(7), 891-899.
• Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., Zaremba, M. C., & Weigelt, N. (2021). The newsworthiness of the “March for Science” in Germany: Comparing news factors in journalistic media and on Twitter. Journal of Science Communication, 20(2), 1-27.
• Metcalfe, J., Riedlinger, M., Bauer, M. W., Chakraborty, A., Gascoigne, T., Guenther, L., Joubert, M., Kaseje, M., Herrera Lima, S., Revuelta, G., Riise, J., & Schiele, B. (2020). The COVID-19 mirror: Reflecting science-society relationships across 11 countries and cultures. Journal of Science Communication, 19(07), 1-23.
• Heyl, A., Joubert, M., & Guenther, L. (2020). Churnalism and hype: Comparing university press releases and journalistic articles. Communicatio, 46(2), 125-145.
• Falade, B. A., & Guenther, L. (2020). Dissonance and polyphasia as strategies resolving the potential conflict between science and religion among South Africans. Minerva, 58, 459-480.
• Mahl, D., Guenther, L., Schäfer, M. S., Meyer, C., & Siegen, D. (2020). “We are a bit blind about it”: A qualitative analysis of climate change-related perceptions and communication across South African communities. Environmental Communication, 14(6), 802-815.
• Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., Bischoff, J., Penzel, T., & Weber, A. (2020). Strategic framing and social media engagement: Analyzing memes posted by the German Identitarian Movement on Facebook. Social Media + Society, 6(1), 1-13.
• Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., Weigelt, N., & Zaremba, M. C. (2019). Facts, opinions, and scientific memes: Reflections of and recommendations for the March for Science in Germany. Sociological Forum, 34(4), 999-1008.
• Guenther, L., Bischoff, J., Löwe, A., Marzinkowski, H., & Voigt, M. (2019). Scientific evidence and science journalism: Analysing the representation of (un)certainty in German print and online media. Journalism Studies, 20(1), 40-59.
• Meyer, C., Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2019). The Draw-a-Scientist Test in an African context: Comparing students' (stereotypical) images of scientists across university faculties. Research in Science & Technological Education, 37(1), 1-14.
• Guenther, L., Weingart, P., & Meyer, C. (2018). Science is everywhere, but no one knows it: Assessing the cultural distance to science of rural South African publics. Environmental Communication, 12(8), 1046-1061.
• Guenther, L., & Weingart, P. (2018). Promises and reservations towards science and technology among South African publics: A culture-sensitive approach. Public Understanding of Science, 27(1), 47-58.
• Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2018). Support for research in climate change and nuclear energy, but less so for fracking: Born-free South Africans' attitudes towards scientific controversies. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 10(1), 114-124.
• Joubert, M., & Guenther, L. (2017). In the footsteps of Einstein, Sagan and Barnard: Identifying South Africa’s most visible scientists. South African Journal of Science, 113(11/12), 71-79.
• Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2017). Science communication as a field of research: Identifying trends, challenges and gaps by analysing research papers. Journal of Science Communication, 16(1), 1-19.
• Guenther, L., & Kessler, S. H. (2017). Changing epistemological beliefs: Television presentations and their influence on conceptions about the nature of knowledge and knowing. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 42(4), 481-501.
• Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2017). Eyes on the frame: Explaining people's online searching behavior in response to TV consumption. Internet Research, 27(2), 303-320.
• Goedeke Tort, M. N., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Von kriminell bis willkommen. Wie die Herkunft über das mediale Framing von Einwanderern entscheidet. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 64(4), 497-517.
• Maze, K., Barnett, M., Botts, E. A., Stephens, A., Freedman, M., & Guenther, L. (2016). Making the case for biodiversity in South Africa: Re-framing biodiversity communication. African Biodiversity and Conservation, 64(1), 1-8.
• Weingart, P., & Guenther, L. (2016). Science communication and the issue of trust. Journal of Science Communication, 15(5), 1-11.
• Guenther, L., & Weingart, P. (2016). A unique fingerprint? Factors influencing attitudes towards science and technology in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 112(7/8), 129-132.
• Maier, M., Milde, J., Post, S., Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., & Barkela, B. (2016). Communicating scientific evidence: Scientists’, journalists’ and audience expectations and evaluations regarding the representation of scientific uncertainty. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 41(3), 239-264.
• Rosen, C.*, Guenther, L.*, & Froehlich, K.* (2016). The question of newsworthiness: A cross-comparison among science journalists’ selection criteria in Argentina, France, and Germany. Science Communication, 38(3), 328-355. (* = equal contribution)
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Scientific evidence and mass media: Investigating the journalistic intention to represent scientific uncertainty. Public Understanding of Science, 25(8), 927-943.
• Guenther, L., Froehlich, K., & Ruhrmann, G. (2015). (Un)Certainty in the news: Journalists’ decisions on communicating the scientific evidence of nanotechnology. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 92(1), 199-220.
• Ruhrmann, G.*, Guenther L.*, Kessler, S. H., & Milde, J. (2015). Frames of scientific evidence: How journalists represent (un)certainty of molecular medicine in science television programs. Public Understanding of Science, 24(6), 681-696. (* = equal contribution)
• Guenther, L., Froehlich, K., Milde, J., Ruhrmann, G., & Heidecke, G. (2015). Effects of valenced media frames of cancer diagnoses and therapies: Quantifying the transformation and establishing of evaluative schemas. Health Communication, 30(11), 1055-1064.
• Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2015). On- oder Off-Sprecher? Zur Glaubwürdigkeit verschiedener Evidenzquellen in TV-Wissenschaftsmagazinen. Studies in Communication / Media, 4(2), 176-188.
• Kessler, S. H., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2014). Die Darstellung epistemologischer Dimensionen von evidenzbasiertem Wissen in TV-Wissenschaftsmagazinen. Ein Lehrstück für die Bildungsforschung. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 17(4), 119-139.
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2013). Science journalists’ selection criteria and depiction of nanotechnology in German media. Journal of Science Communication, 12(3), 1-17.

III. Articles in manuals and edited volumes (peer-reviewed)

• 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.), Klima(wandel)kommunikation. Im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Medien und öffentlicher Meinung (pp. 80–101). Ilmenau: Universitätsverlag Ilmenau.
• Guenther, L., Brüggemann, M., & Kleinen-von Königslöw, K. (2023). Media. In A. Engels, J. Marotzke, E. Gonçalves Gresse, A. López-Rivera, A. Pagnone, & J. Wilkens (eds.), Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2023. The plausibility of a 1.5°C limit to global warming—Social drivers and physical processes (pp. 128–133). Hamburg: Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS).
• Mahl, D., & Guenther, L. (2022). Environmental & climate change coverage – print, TV, online. In F. Oehmer-Pedrazzi, S. H. Kessler, E. Humprecht, K. Sommer, & L. Castro Herrero (Eds.), Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized content analysis in communication research (pp. 203-212). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Ruhrmann, G., & Guenther, L. (2022). (Des)Integration als Medienthema. Inhaltsanalytische Befunde. In A. Beelmann, & D. Michelsen (Eds.), Rechtsextremismus, Demokratiebildung, Gsellschaftliche Integration: Interdisziplinäre Debatten und Forschungsbilanzen (pp. 225-248). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M. (2021). Journalism. In: D. Stammer et al. (eds), Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2021. Assessing the plausibility of deep decarbonization by 2050 (pp. 105-108). Hamburg.
• Guenther, L., Weingart, P., & Meyer, C. (2021). Wissenschaft ist überall, nur keiner weiß Bescheid: Über kulturelle Nähe und Distanz zur Wissenschaft. In J. Milde, I. C. Weizenbach-Vogel, & M. Dern (Eds.), Intention und Rezeption von Wissenschaftskommunikation (pp. 87–109). Köln: Herbert von Halem.
• Brill, J., Guenther, L., Ehrhardt, W., & Ruhrmann, G. (2021). Crime in television news: Do news factors predict the mentioning of a criminal’s country of origin? In J. B. Wiest (Ed.), Mass mediated representations of crime and criminality (Emerald Studies in Media and Communications, Volume 21) (pp. 31-48). Bingley: Emerald.
• Guenther, L., & Weber, A. (2020). Science, journalism, and the language of (un)certainty: A review of science journalists’ use of language in reports on science. In L. C. Walsh & D. R. Gruber (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Language & Science (pp. 47-59). London: Routledge .
• Ruhrmann, G., & Guenther, L. (2019). Medizin- und Gesundheitsjournalismus. In C. Rossmann, & M. R. Hastall (Eds.), Handbuch der Gesundheitskommunikation (S. 69-79). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Guenther, L. (2019). Homeostasis and novelty as concepts for science journalism: A re-interpretation of the selection and depiction of scientific issues in the media. In P. Katz & L. Avraamidou (Eds.), Stability and change in science education – meeting basic learning needs. Homeostasis and novelty in teaching and learning (S. 85-102). Leiden, Boston: Brill Sense.
• Guenther, L., Weingart, P., & Joubert, M. (2019). Bridging the gap – mapping science, health and technology coverage in South Africa. In M. Bauer, P. Pansegrau, & R. Shukla (Eds.), The cultural authority of science – Comparing across Europe, India, China, Americas and Africa (S. 122-136). London: Routledge.
• Guenther, L., & Marzinkowski, H. (2018). Evidenz und (falsche) Ausgewogenheit in der Berichterstattung über Medizin und Gesundheit: Eine Inhaltsanalyse von Print- und Online-Medien. In P. Stehr, D. Heinemeier & C. Rossmann (Eds.), Evidenzbasierte I Evidenzinformierte Gesundheitskommunikation (S. 191-202). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Maier, M., Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., Barkela, B., & Milde, J. (2018). Kommunikation ungesicherter wissenschaftlicher Evidenz - Herausforderungen für Wissenschaftler, Journalisten und Publikum. In N. Janich & L. Rhein (Eds.), Unsicherheit als Herausforderung für die Wissenschaft. Reflexionen aus Natur-, Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften (S. 93-111). Berlin: Peter Lang.
• Ruhrmann, G., & Guenther, L. (2017). Medizin- und Gesundheitsjournalismus. In C. Rossmann, & M. R. Hastall (Eds.), Handbuch der Gesundheitskommunikation (S. 1-12). Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Fränzel, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Evidenzsensibler Journalismus? Über die Wahrnehmung und Darstellung wissenschaftlicher Ungesichertheit von Medizinjournalisten. In A.-L. Camerini, R. Ludolph, & F. Rothenfluh (Eds.), Gesundheitskommunikation als transdisziplinäres Forschungsfeld (S. 29-41). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Reifegerste, D., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2016). Bewegt durch Bilder? Der Einfluss von Aufmerksamkeit und Hintergrundmotiv In A.-L. Camerini, R. Ludolph, & F. Rothenfluh (Eds.), Gesundheitskommunikation als transdisziplinäres Forschungsfeld (S. 131-141). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Ruhrmann, G., & Guenther, L. (2016). Katastrophen- und Risikokommunikation. In H. Bonfadelli, B. Fähnrich, C. Lüthje, J. Milde, M. Rhomberg, & M. S. Schäfer (Eds.), Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation (S. 297-314). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Zukunftstechnologien und Medien - Wie (in)transparent kommunizieren Journalisten wissenschaftliche Ungesichertheit? In P. Werner, L. Rinsdorf, T. Peil, & L.-D. Altmeppen (Eds.). Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Öffentlichkeit (S. 125-136). Konstanz: UVK.
• Ruhrmann, G., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2016): Zwischen fragiler und konfligierender Evidenz: Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un)Sicherheit. In: G. Ruhrmann, S. H. Kessler, & L. Guenther (Eds.), Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un)Sicherheit (S. 10-38). Köln: Herbert von Halem.
• Kessler, S. H., Reifegerste, D., & Guenther, L. (2016). Die Evidenzkraft von Bildern in der Wissenschaftskommunikation. In: G. Ruhrmann, S. H. Kessler, & L. Guenther (Eds.), Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un)Sicherheit (S. 171-192). Köln: Herbert von Halem.
• Guenther, L., Bader, C., Kessler, S. H., & Ruhrmann, G. (2015). Journalistische Wahrnehmung und Darstellung von (Un)Sicherheiten, Risiken und Chancen von Zukunftstechnologien. In H. Bonfadelli, S. Kristiansen & M. S. Schäfer (Eds.), Wissenschaftskommunikation im Wandel (S. 205-231). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Guenther, L. (2014). The Science-Gatekeeper. A systematization of science journalists’ selection criteria. In PCST (Ed.), Proceedings of PCST 2014.
• Milde, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2014). Journalists’ perceptions and reporting on scientific uncertainty and risks of nanotechnology. In PCST (Ed.), Proceedings of PCST 2014.
• Ruhrmann G., & Guenther, L. (2014). Medienberichterstattung über Gesundheitsrisiken. In K. Hurrelmann & E. Baumann (Eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitskommunikation (S. 184-194). Bern: Huber.
• Guenther, L., Milde, J., Ruhrmann, G., & Heidecke, G. (2013). Das Thema Krebs und die Medien: Über die Wirkung von Medienframes auf Rezipienten. In C. Rossmann & M. Hastall (Eds.), Medien und Gesundheitskommunikation: Befunde, Entwicklungen, Herausforderungen. (S. 49-64). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

IV. Outreach, reviews, and other publications

• Guenther, L. (2022). Put to the test: Science communication in crisis situations. Book review of Hohaus, P. (2022). Science communication in times of crisis. Journal of Science Communication, 21(7), 1-4.
• Guenther, L. (2022). Buchrezension zu Kannengießer, S. (2022). Digitale Medien und Nachhaltigkeit. Medienpraktiken für ein gutes Leben. Communicatio Socialis, 55(4), 561-563.
• Guenther, L. (2022). Weingart, Peter, Engels, Anita & Petra Pansegrau (2000). Risks of communication: Discourses on climate change in science, politics, and the mass media. In Y. Ibrahim & S. Rödder (eds.), Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung (pp. 231-234). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
• Joubert, M., Guenther, L., & Rademan, L. (2022). Male voices dominated South African COVID reporting: that has to change. The Conversation Africa.
• Guenther, L., Reif, A., De Silva-Schmidt, F., & Brüggemann, M. (2022). Klimawandel und Klimapolitik bleiben trotz COVID-19-Pandemie etablierte Themen. Media Perspektiven, 4, 192-202.
• Guenther, L. (2020). A textbook linking theory, research, and practice of science communication. Book review of van Dam, F., de Bakker, L., Dijkstra, A. M., & Jensen, E. A. (2020). Science Communication. An Introduction. Journal of Science Communication, 19(03), 1-4.
• Guenther, L., Mahl, D., De Silva-Schmidt, F., & Brüggemann, M. (2020). Klimawandel und Klimapolitik: Vom Nischenthema auf die öffentliche Agenda. Media Perspektiven, 5, 287-296.
• Mahl, D., Brüggemann, M., Guenther, L., & De Silva-Schmidt, F. (2020). Public opinion at a tipping point: Germany’s path to engaging with climate change. Down to Earth Working Paper (preprint). doi: 10.25592/uhhfdm.905
• Weingart, P., Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2016). Science communication is on the rise – and that’s good for democracy. The Conversation Africa.

V. Conference presentations

• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J., & Guenther, L. (2023). Identifying trust cues: How trust between science and publics is mediated through content about science. Postconference “Authentic Voices in Science Communication” to the 73th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto (Canada), May.
• Guenther, L., Meyer, H., Kleinen von Königslöw, K., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). A distant threat? The framing of climate futures across four countries. 73th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto (Canada), May.
• Reif, A., Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M., (2023). Towards social transformation? Shifts in climate change-related population segments and their communication patterns since 2015 in Germany. 73th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto (Canada), May.
• Meyer, H., Peach, A., Kedar, H., Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). Climate change attention on Twitter: Networks between calls for action and narratives of delay. 73th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto (Canada), May.
• Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J., & Weingart, P. (2023). Public trust in science: Introducing and testing a new survey instrument. 73th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto (Canada), May.
• Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M. (2023). When is climate change happening? The framing of climate futures in journalistic reporting across four countries. 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam (Netherlands), April.
• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J., & Guenther, L. (2023). Cues of (dis)trust in content about science: Comparing journalistic, social, and alternative media. 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam (Netherlands), April.
• Reif, A., Schröder, J. T., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M., & Weingart, P. (2022). Trust in science among digitized publics in Germany and South Africa: A comparative study. 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam (Netherlands), April.
• Riedlinger, M., Guenther, L., Joubert, M., Fleerackers, A., Baram-Tsabari, A., & Zimmerman, I. (2023). Scientists writing news: Emergent science news websites as boundary spanners. 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam (Netherlands), April.
• Peters, H. P., Lo, Y.-Y., & Guenther, L. (2023). Medialization of science: Evidence from a reanalysis of German surveys of scientists and semi-structure interviews with university public information officers (1983–2014). 17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Rotterdam (Netherlands), April.
• Meyer, H., Guenther, L., & Brüggemann, M. (2022). Identification of climate future frames in the news: Embedding human coding into automated analyses. 9rd European Communication Research and Education Association Conference (ECREA), Aarhus (Denmark), October.
• Schröder, J. T., Brück, J., & Guenther, L. (2022). "Taking on trust": Identifying indicators of (dis)trust in content about science. SECAT – Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust conference, Aarhus (Denmark), September.
• Reif, A., Schröder, J. T., Guenther, L., Taddicken, M., & Weingart, P. (2022). Identifying segments of trust in science and specific effects of science communication: A comparative study on South African and German online users. SECAT – Scientific Expertise, Communication and Trust conference, Aarhus (Denmark), September.
• Guenther, L., Wilhelm, C., Oschatz, C., & Brück, J. (2022). Science communication on Twitter: Analyzing indicators of engagement in communication scholars’ tweets and their relationship with user interaction. Preconference “The science of science communication: Mapping the field” to the 72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (France), May.
• 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 prospects. Preconference “The science of science communication: Mapping the field” to the 72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (France), May.
• Guenther, L., Jörges, S., Mahl, D., & Brüggemann, M. (2022). Framing climate change: A systematic review based on 25 years of literature. 72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (France), May.
• Brill, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2022). Felons, criminal organizations, Islamic terrorists, and right-wing extremists: Media framing of criminals in German television crime news. 72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris (France), May.
• Guenther, L., Jörges, S., Mahl, D., & Brüggemann, M. (2022). Framing climate change: A systematic review based on 25 years of literature. 6. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Ilmenau, Februar.
• 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. 6. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Ilmenau, Februar.
• Bogdanovich, E., Guenther, L., Reichstein, M., Frank, D., Ruhrmann, G., Denissen, J., & Orth, R. (2022). Characterizing heat waves in Germany from a societal impact perspective using Google trends time series 2010–2019. 6. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Ilmenau, Februar.
• Mahl, D., von Nordheim, G., & Guenther, L. (2021). Noise pollution – How search term validation affects datasets and results of automated content analyses. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Vienna (Austria), September/October.
• 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. Futures of Science Communication Conference, Berlin (Germany), June.
• Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2021). Novel interfaces in science communication: Comparing journalistic and social media uptake of articles published by The Conversation Africa. 71th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver (USA), May.
• Guenther, L., Brüggemann, M., & Elkobros, S. (2021). From global doom to sustainable solutions: International news magazines’ multimodal framing of our future with climate change. 71th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver (USA), May.
• Brill, J., Guenther, L., Ehrhardt, W., & Ruhrmann, G. (2021). Crime in television news: Do news factors predict the mentioning of a criminal’s country of origin? 71th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Denver (USA), May.
• Guenther, L., Joubert, M., Dudek, J., Mahl, D., & Costas, R. (2021). Comparing journalistic and social media uptake of articles published by The Conversation Africa. 16th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), May.
• Zillich, A. F., & Guenther, L. (2021). Selective exposure to information on the Internet. New insights from eye-tracking and novel measures of cognitive dissonance. DACH21 - Dreiländertagung für Kommunikationswissenschaft, Zurich (Switzerland), April.
• Bogdanovich, E., Guenther, L., Reichstein, M., Ruhrmann, G., Orth, R. (2021). Characterizing hydro-meteorological extremes from a societal perspective. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Vienna (Austria), April.
• Guenther, L., Brüggemann, M., & Elkobros, S. (2020). From a global doomsday to a solution-oriented pathway: Multimodal media frames of climate change-related future scenarios in news magazines. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Journalistik/Journalismus­forschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Hamburg (Germany), September.
• Guenther, L., Gaertner, M., & Zeitz, J. (2020). Framing as a concept for health communication. A systematic review. 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Gold Coast (Australia), May.
• Guenther, L., Mahl, D., Brüggemann, M., & De Silva-Schmidt, F. (2020). Die Rolle der Mediennutzung bei der Erklärung aktuellen und intentionalen klimafreundlichen Verhaltens: Ein Test zweier sich ergänzender Analyseverfahren. 65. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Munich (Germany), March.
• Guenther, L., Gaertner, M., & Zeitz, J. (2019). Framing as a concept for health communication. A systematic review. European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC). Zurich (Switzerland), November.
• Guenther, L., Bischoff, J., Penzel, T., Weber, A., & Ruhrmann, G. (2019). Strategic framing and its reach: Analyzing memes posted by the German Identitarian Movement on Facebook. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C. (USA), May.
• Guenther, L., Ort, A., Wesenberg, L., & Berchtold, K. (2019). Quality and scientific evidence of online information about PrEP: Comparing websites of Google search results across eight countries. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C. (USA), May.
• Reif, A., & Guenther, L. (2019). What representative surveys tell us about public (dis)trust in science: A re-interpretation and systematization of survey items and open-ended questions. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C. (USA), May.
• Zillich, A. F., & Guenther, L. (2019). Selective exposure to information on the Internet: New evidence from realistic online environments and novel measures of cognitive dissonance. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C. (USA), May.
• Reif, A., & Guenther, L. (2019). Was uns repräsentative Befragungen über das öffentliche Vertrauen in Wissenschaft verraten: Ergebnisse einer Inhaltsanalyse von Items und offenen Fragen. 3. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Braunschweig, Februar.
• Ort, A., Wesenberg, L., & Guenther, L. (2018). Health information online: Eine vergleichende Analyse von Internet-Informationsangeboten zum Thema PrEP in 8 Ländern. 3. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Augsburg, November.
• Guenther, L., Bischoff, J., & Ruhrmann, G. (2018). Constructed identity in memes: Analyzing the German Identitarian Movement’s strategic framing and its reach on Facebook. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Prague (Czech Republic), May.
• Guenther, L., & Joubert, M. (2018). Support for research in climate change and nuclear energy, but less so for fracking: Born-free South Africans' attitudes towards scientific controversies. 15th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Dunedin (New Zealand), April.
• Joubert, M., & Guenther, L. (2018). Mapping science communication research globally: trends, gaps, challenges and opportunities. 15th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Dunedin (New Zealand), April.
• Guenther, L., Meyer, C., & Joubert, M. (2018). The Draw-a-scientist test in an African context: Comparing students’ (stereotypical) images of scientists across university faculties. 15th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Dunedin (New Zealand), April.
• Guenther, L., & Marzinkowski, H. (2017). Mediale, evidenzbasierte Gesundheitskommunikation: Wie stellen Journalisten wissenschaftliche Evidenz dar? 2. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Erfurt, November.
• Guenther, L., Bischoff, J., Löwe, A., Marzinkowski, H., & Voigt, M. (2017). Scientific evidence and science journalism: Analyzing the representation of (un)certainty in German print and online media. 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego (USA), May.
• Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2017). Use of the Internet in response to TV consumption: Applying framing theory to explaining people’s online searching behavior. 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego (USA), May.
• Weingart, P., Guenther, L., & Meyer, C. (2017). Wissenschaft ist überall, nur keiner weiß Bescheid: Über kulturelle Nähe und Distanz zur Wissenschaft. 1. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Landau, April.
• Guenther, L., Joubert, M., & Weingart, P. (2016). Bridging a gap? Mapping the science coverage of South African newspapers. 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Fukuoka (Japan), June.
• Guenther, L., Rosen, C., & Froehlich, K. (2016). A question of newsworthiness: Identifying and reasoning the common selection criteria of science writers from Argentina, France, and Germany. 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Fukuoka (Japan), June.
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Scientific evidence and mass media: Investigating the journalistic intention to represent scientific uncertainty. 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Fukuoka (Japan), June.
• Guenther, L., & Kessler, S. H. (2016). Epistemological dimensions on screen: The role of television presentations in changing conceptions about the nature of knowledge and knowing. 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Fukuoka (Japan), June.
• Goedeke Tort, M. N., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Frames im Einwanderungsdiskurs: Zur Bedeutung der Herkunft von Einwanderern in der Berichterstattung deutscher Tageszeitungen. 61. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Leipzig, April.
• Milde, J., & Guenther, L. (2016). Was Journalisten denken und Rezipienten wollen. Eine Fallstudie zu Erwartungen und Bewertungen an die Berichterstattung über die wissenschaftliche Evidenz der Nanotechnologie. 61. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Leipzig, April.
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2016). Scientific evidence and the media: Investigating the journalistic intention to represent scientific uncertainty. 14th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Istanbul (Turkey), April.
• Rosen, C., Guenther, L., & Froehlich, K. (2016). Global or local? A qualitative comparison of science journalists' selection criteria in Argentina, France, and Germany. 14th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Istanbul (Turkey), April.
• Bischoff, J., Kötter, M., Löwe, A., Marzinkowski, H., Voigt, M., & Guenther, L. (2016). Evidenz und (falsche) Ausgewogenheit im Wissenschaftsjournalismus: Eine Analyse der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung deutscher Printmedien on- und offline. 3. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Dresden, Februar.
• Reifegerste, D., Rossmann, C., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2015). Prävention mit Bildern. Die Anwendung gesundheitspsychologischer Theorien in der visuellen Kommunikation. Fachgruppentagung Visuelle Kommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Erfurt, November.
• Fränzel, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2015). Evidenzsensibler Journalismus? Über die Wahrnehmung und Darstellung wissenschaftlicher Ungesichertheit von Medizinjournalisten. 3. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Lugano (Schweiz), November.
• Reifegerste, D., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2015). Bewegt durch Bilder? Der Einfluss von Aufmerksamkeit und Hintergrundmotiv. 3. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Gesundheitskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Lugano (Schweiz), November.
• Guenther, L., Bader, C., & Ruhrmann, G. (2015). Scientific (un)certainty of life sciences in the media: Adapting a reasoned action approach to explaining journalistic depiction behavior. Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Montreal (Canada), July.
• Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2015). Eyes on the frame: Eye tracking the framing effects on laypeople’s online behavior. Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Montreal (Canada), July.
• Guenther, L., Bader, C., & Ruhrmann, G. (2015). Berichterstattung über Zukunftstechnologin: Wie (in)transparent kommunizieren Journalisten über Unsicherheiten und Risiken? 60. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Darmstadt, Mai.
• Kessler, S. H., Reifegerste, D., & Guenther, L. (2015). Die Evidenzkraft von Bildern in der Wissenschaftskommunikation. 2. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Jena, Januar.
• Blumstengel, A., Dau, F., Dittrich, A., Hildebrandt, D., Rosset, M., Schaaf, L., Thomisch, P., Kessler, S. H., & Guenther, L. (2015). Activation and accessibility framing effects on laypeople’s online behavior. 2. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Jena, Januar.
• Guenther, L., Milde, J., & Ruhrmann, G. (2014). Journalists’ perceptions and reporting on scientific uncertainty and risks of nanotechnology: Results from interviews and a content analysis. 64th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Seattle (USA), May.
• Guenther, L. (2014). The Science-Gatekeeper: A systematization of science journalists' selection criteria. 13th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Salvador (Brazil), May.
• Milde, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2014). Journalists’ perceptions and reporting on scientific uncertainty and risks of nanotechnology. 13th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Salvador (Brazil), May.
• Guenther, L. (2014). The coverage of (un)certainty: Science journalists’ perceptions and reporting on scientific evidence. 1. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Zürich (Schweiz), Januar.
• Froehlich, K., & Guenther, L. (2014). Das Selbstverständnis deutscher Wissenschaftsjournalisten – eine Untersuchung des Rollenbildes aus handlungstheoretischer Perspektive. 1. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Zürich (Schweiz), Januar.
• Milde, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2014). Journalistische Wahrnehmung und Berichterstattung über wissenschaftliche Unsicherheit und Risiken der Nanotechnologie. 1. Jahrestagung der Ad-hoc Gruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK). Zürich (Schweiz), Januar.
• Guenther, L., Ruhrmann, G., & Ermentraut, B. (2013). (Un)Certainty in the news: Journalists' decisions on communicating the scientific evidence of nanotechnology. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference. Dublin (Ireland), June.
• Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2013). Science journalists' selection criteria and their depiction of nanotechnology and its (un)certainty in German media. 63rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). London (England), June.
• Guenther, L., Milde, J., Ruhrmann, G., & Heidecke, G. (2012). Medizinische Therapie- und Diagnoseverfahren in der Bewertung von TV-Zuschauern. Eine Framing-Analyse zum Thema Krebs. Jahreskonferenz des Netzwerkes Medien- und Gesundheitskommunikation. München, März.
• Retzbach, A., Marschall, J., Maier, M., & Guenther, L. (2012). Effects of exposure to certain or uncertain scientific evidence in science TV-shows. 12th International Public Communication on Science and Technology Conference (PCST). Florence (Italy), April.
• Guenther, L., Milde, J., & Ruhrmann, G. (2011). The impact of cancer therapy media presentation on the audience: A framing analysis. National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. Atlanta (USA), August.
• Milde, J., Guenther, L., & Ruhrmann, G. (2011). Framing scientific evidence in German science TV-shows. 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Boston (USA), May.
• Guenther, L., Milde, J., Ruhrmann, G., & Bockelmann, J. (2010). Representation of scientific evidence in science TV-shows. 3rd European Communication Research and Education Association Conference (ECREA). Hamburg, October.