This project was funded as a doctoral dissertation by the Research Training Group 1712/1, "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World," of the German Research Foundation (DFG). It was further financially supported by the Department of Communication at the University of Münster. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor Thorsten Quandt for his support and mentorship. I would like to thank Jörg Becker, who, as a member of my thesis committee, allowed me to present my work in the field of information systems and information management, and Bernd Blöbaum, who initiated the research training group. I would like to thank Edward M. Levy for editing this book with nuance and clarity. My sincere thanks also go to my fellow doctoral researchers, who allowed me to explore the issues of trust and communication in new ways. In particular, I am grateful to