The role of candidate evaluations in the 2014 European Parliament elections: Towards the personalization of voting behaviour?

We study the personalization of voting behaviour in European Parliament elections. We argue that information from the media is crucial for providing linkages between candidates and voters. Moreover, we contend that candidates can serve as information short-cuts given the complexity of European Union politics. We use a four-wave Dutch panel survey and a media study that enable us to…

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Talks this week: eye-tracking, fake news & German election campaigns

Last Friday, Judith Möller was invited to present her research at the annual EPRA meeting of European media regulatory authorities in Edinburgh. Sanne Kruikemeier gave a talk about eye-tracking and online news consumption at the Dutch online news platform Blendle. On May 11, she also gave a short lecture and participated in a discussion about news consumption and fake…

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Latest talks and events

Last week Judith Möller was invited to present at the first edition in of unfair current practice in Pakhuis de Zwijger, an event in which artists and scientists are engaging in a dialogue about societal issues. She was also invited to speak in the closing debate “The power of algorithms: societal, economic and political implications” of the SGKM (Swiss Association of…

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