Dr. Franziska Thon

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for Social Psychology in Teaching and Education (Prof. Jucks)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Knowledge communication
  • Online trust
  • Health Communication

Academic Education

04/2012 - 12/2015PhD in the research training group (GRK 1712/1) "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" at the University of Münster. Title: "Establishing Trust in Online Health Communication: The Role of Privacy, Expertise, and Social Validation in Online Forums"
10/2006 - 07/2011Psychology (diploma degree), Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main Germany [Diploma thesis: „Audience Tuning and Audience Design: A Specific Adaptation?“]
09/2008 - 02/2009Psychology (ERASMUS-scholarship) Universidad de València in Spain

Work Experience

04/2015 - 03/2016Research assistant at the Institute of Psychology for Education, AE Jucks
04/2012 - 03/2015Ph.D. student in the research training group (GRK 1712/1) "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World", WWU Münster
10/2011 - 12/2012Research assistant at the Center of Higher Education, WWU Münster

Functions and Memberships

2011 - 2016German Psychological Society (DGPs)
10/2011 - 04/2016Vertreterin des akademischen Mittelbaus in der Gleichstellungskommission
04/2012 - 09/2014Vertreterin des akademischen Mittelbaus im Fach- und Fachbereichsrat

Publications

Jucks R, Thon F M, (2017)
In: Computers in Human Behavior, 70(70)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Thon F M, Jucks R (2016)
In: Health Communication, Advanced online publication
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Thon F M, Jucks R (2015)
In: 9th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society), Tübingen, Germany, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Thon F M, Jucks R (2014)
In: Studies in Communication Sciences, 14(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Thon F M, Jucks, R (2014)
In: 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Bochum, Deutschland, .
Type of Publication: Abstract in digital collection (conference)
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Projects

Duration: 01/04/2012 - 31/03/2021 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster

Talks

He talked complicated but he should not! How technical wording and information on medical expertise impact the evaluation of online health information
Thon, F. M. & Jucks, R. (09/09/2015)
9th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society),, Tübingen, Germany
Type of talk: scientific talk
Unter uns? Privatsphäre und Selbstoffenbarung in der interpersonalen Online-Kommunikation
Thon, F. M. & Jucks, R (21/09/2014)
49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Bochum
Type of talk: scientific talk
Audience Tuning and Audience Design: A specific adaptation?
Thon, F. M. & Jucks, R. (07/02/2014)
24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Chicago.

Type of talk: scientific talk
Linguistic Features of Trust: The Interplay of Self-discourse and Privacy in Online Communication
Thon, F.M. & Jucks, R. (01/07/2013)
23r Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Valencia Spanien
Type of talk: scientific talk
Being empathic AND self-disclosing might be too much: A study on the interplay of self-disclosing and empathic language on person perception in online forums
Thon, F. M. & Jucks, R. (01/07/2013)
TeaP Vienna, Vienna
Type of talk: scientific talk

Prizes

Diploma- / Masterthesis 2011 (1. place)
Awarded by: German Psychological Society (DGPs), Section of Social Psychology
Award given to: Thon, Franziska M.
Date of awarding: 15/09/2011
Type of distinction: Best publication award

Doctorates

Establishing Trust in Online Health Communication: The Role of Privacy, Expertise, and Social Validation in Online Forums
Candidate: Thon, Franziska M. | Supervisors: Jucks, Regina
Period of time: 02/04/2012 - 15/12/2015
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster