• Vitae
• Major teaching and research interests
• Activities
• Publications
• Papers

• Journalism research

• Media content research

• Methods of empirical social research
• Sports communication

• Member of the Alumni organization KommunikationsKultur e.V. (KKeV)

in press

Klimmt, C., Dittrich, A. & Leuppert, R. (in press). Disclosure of perpetrator origin in crime news: Changing practices in journalism after populist accusations? Journalism. doi.org/10.1177/14648849241243191

2024

Link, E., Emde-Lachmund, K., Bruns, S., Dittrich, A., Stiesch, M., Haverich, A., Treue, S. & Klimmt, C. (2024). Public controversy and citizens’ attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface. PLoS ONE, 19(1), e0295503. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295503

2023

Klimmt, C., Dittrich, A., Brosius, H. B., Schmid-Petri, H., Schultz, T. & Vowe, G. (2023). Herkunftsnennung von Täter*innen und Verdächtigen in der Verbrechensberichterstattung. Eine Handreichung zur Reflexion für Journalist*innen und Kommunikationsverantwortliche der Sicherheitsbehörden und der Justiz [Naming the origin of perpetrators and suspects in crime reporting. A handout for reflection for journalists and communication officers of the security authorities and the judiciary]. Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung, 68, 69-88. doi.org/10.1007/s11616-022-00765-5

Niemann-Lenz, J., Dittrich, A. & Scheper, J. (2023). Coding quality in manual content analysis: An exploration of coder characteristics and category types for crowdworkers and student coders. SCM Studies in Communication and Media, 12(4), 327-353. doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2023-4-327

2022

Serger, H., Dittrich, A. & Baumann, E. (2022). #touchdown - Eine empirische Analyse der Twitter- Kommunikation der Sportliga NFL in Deutschland im Zeitraum der Saison 2018/2019 [#touchdown - An empirical analysis of the Twitter communication of the NFL sports league in Germany during the 2018/2019 season]. Journal für Sportkommunikation und Mediensport, no Vol. (Special Issue: Sportkommunikation & Second Screen), 24-41.

2021

Dittrich, A., Baumann, E. & Schlütz, D. (2021). Inhaltsanalyse als Methode in Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung [Content analysis as a method in prevention and health promotion]. In M. Niederberger & E. Finne (Eds.), Forschungsmethoden in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention [Research methods in health promotion and prevention] (pp. 599-627). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31434-7_22

Dittrich, A. & Klimmt, C. (2021). Mention of offender origin in crime reporting: what is the effect of populist media scolding? NK Neue Kriminalpolitik, 33(1), 28–45. doi.org/10.5771/0934-9200-2021-1-28

2020

Rosset, M., Freytag, A., Dittrich, A., Jaspersen, M. & Baumann, E. (2020). Psychische Erkrankungen in Medienberichten. Befunde zur Darstellung und Wahrnehmung [Mental diseases in the media coverage. Results on presentation and perception]. ComSoc Communicatio Socialis, 53(3), 324-336. doi.org/10.5771/0010-3497-2020-3-324

Rosset, M., Jaspersen, M., Dittrich, A., Baumann, E. & Bomke, P. (2020). Mental health and illness in the public mirror. What pictures do the media draw and how do the people perceive them? Open Access Government. Retrieved from www.openaccessgovernment.org/mental-health-and-illness/80562/

2017

Link, E., Baumann, E., Dittrich, A. & Früh, H. (2017). Schlüsselfaktor Vertrauen: Die Bedeutung unterschiedlicher Vertrauensinstanzen für das Informationshandeln in Online-Communities im Kontext der Schwangerschaft [Key factor trust: The significance of different instances of trust for the information behavior in online communities in the context of pregnancy]. In C. Lampert & M. Grimm (Eds.), Gesundheitskommunikation als transdisziplinäres Forschungsfeld [Health communication as a transdisciplinary research field] (pp. 93-108). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

2023

Niemann-Lenz, J., Dittrich, A. & Scheper, J. (2023, October). With or without the crowd? The influence of coder characteristics on coding decisions comparing crowdworkers and traditional coders. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers 2023, October 18-21, 2023, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Dittrich, A. & Meltzer, C. E. (2023, September). Forschungsethik im Codierprozess der manuellen Inhaltsanalyse [Research ethics in the coding process of manual content analysis]. Workshop at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Methods, September 27-29, Potsdam.

Spreen, N., Link, E. & Dittrich, A. (2023, May). An emotion-centered perspective on intentional news avoidance about the Covid-19 vaccination: A quantitative, explorative analysis of a stratified German sample. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference “News avoidance, resistance, and related audience practices: definitions, predictors, and consequences” of the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25, 2023, Toronto, Canada.

2022

Niemann-Lenz, J., Dittrich, A. & Scheper, J. (2022, October). Coding with the crowd. Der Einfluss von Codierermerkmalen auf Codierentscheidungen im Vergleich zwischen Crowdworker*innen und herkömmlichen Codierenden [Coding with the crowd. The influence of coder characteristics on coder decisions comparing crowdworkers and conventional coders]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication's (DGPuK) Expert Group Methods, October 5-7, 2022, Munich.

2020

Köhler, M., Schroeter, J., Vyatkin, B. & Dittrich, A. (2020, September). Social Media-Sportmoderatoren bei ranNFL - Welche Art von Medieninhalten werden von Social Media-Sportmoderatoren aufgegriffen und inwiefern stellt dies einen Feedback Loop dar? [Social media sports presenters at ranNFL - What kind of media content is taken up by social media sports presenters and in what way does this represent a feedback loop?]. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Expert Group Media Sports and Sports Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), September 23-25, 2020, Bochum.

Serger, H., Dittrich, A. & Baumann, E. (2020, September). #touchdown. Eine empirische Untersuchung der Twitter-Kommunikation der Sportliga NFL in Deutschland im Zeitraum der Saison 2018/2019 [#touchdown. An empirical study on the Twitter communication of the sports league NFL in Germany during the season of 2018/2019]. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Expert Group Media Sports and Sports Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), September 23-25, 2020, Bochum.

Rosset, M., Dittrich, A., Jaspersen, M. & Baumann, E. (2020, April). Framing mental illness: Which pictures do the media draw and what do recipients perceive? Poster presentation at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC), April 2-4, 2020, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

2019

Delić, J. L., Janke, L. & Dittrich, A. (2019, November). Digitale Sprachassistenten als Treiber für Technoferenzen in der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung [Digital language assistants as drivers for technoferences in the parents-child-relationship]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Forum Privacy, November 21-22, 2019, Berlin.

Klimmt, C. & Dittrich, A. (2019, May). Disclosure of perpetrator nationality in crime news. Changing practices in journalism after populist accusations? Poster presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.

Bruns, S., Dittrich, A. & Klimmt, C. (2019, February). Wenn Wissenschaftskommunikation die soziale Identität bedroht: Voreinstellungen, Social Identity Threat und Ärgeremotionen gegenüber einem Informationsportal zu Tierversuchen [When science threatens social identity: Dispositions, social identity threat and emotions of anger regarding an information portal on animal experimentations]. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Expert Group Science Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), February 6-8, 2019, Braunschweig.

2016

Link, E., Baumann, E., Dittrich, A. & Früh, H. (2016, November). Schlüsselfaktor Vertrauen: Die Bedeutung unterschiedlicher Vertrauensinstanzen für das Informationshandeln in Online-Communities im Kontext der Schwangerschaft [Key factor trust: The significance of different instances of trust for the information behavior in online communities in the context of pregnancy]. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Conference of Expert Group Health Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication, November 23-25, 2016, Hamburg.

Legrand, M., Oschatz, C. & Dittrich, A. (2016, November). News values of climate change coverage. Paper presented at the 6th European Communication Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), November 9-12, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.

Oschatz, C., Legrand, M. & Dittrich, A. (2016, November). Subject to change. Differences in the presentation of climate change in local and national news coverage. Poster presentation at the 6th European Communication Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), November 9-12, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dittrich, A. (2016, September). 'Codebook effects'. An experimental study of the effects of codebook design on the coding result. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Expert Group Methods of the German Society of Mass Communication, September 21-23, 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2015

Blumstengel, A., Dau, F., Dittrich, A., Hildebrandt, D., Rosset, M., Schaaf, L., Thomisch, P., Kessler, S. H. & Guenther, L. (2015, January). Activation and accessibility framing effects on laypeople’s online behavior. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Ad Hoc Group Science Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication, January 30-31, 2015, Jena.