New publication by Tom Dobber, Damian Trilling, Natali Helberger, and Claes de Vreese in Internet Policy Review. Read the abstract below. Abstract: Political campaigns increasingly use data to (micro)target voters with tailored messages. In doing so, campaigns raise concerns about privacy and the quality of the public discourse. Extending existing research to a European context, we propose…
New publication by Mark Boukes and colleagues in International Journal of Communication. Read the abstract below. Abstract: Focusing on two distinct dimensions of similarity and difference (political identity, political opinions), this study uses a within-subjects experimental design implemented in an online survey to examine preferences for discussion partners and groups that are similar to (same party and same opinion)…
On January 25th CPC, together with the Department of Political Science, hosts a lecture on the presidentialization of politics by visiting scholar Amanda Bittner (associate professor in Political Science at the University of Newfoundland St. John’s). Dr. Bittner’s research focuses on elections and voting in both Canadian and comparative contexts.
Claes de Vreese featured in a 25 minute interview on The Open Mind on US public television, speaking about the current information crisis and populism in an international perspective. You can see the episode by clicking here.
The study dealing with the effects of news consumption on mental well-being by Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart featured in an article by the Washington Post. To read the academic article, click here; if you are interested in the WP-article, check it out here.
New publication by Penny Sheets and colleagues in J&MCQ. Read the abstract below. Abstract: This study examines the process and conditions under which U.S. news coverage aligns with—or challenges—the communications of government officials, focusing on the issue of U.S. drone warfare. White House, military, congressional, and press communications during President Obama’s first 5 years in office are analyzed to assess…
On December 18, the results of a study by Laura and colleagues from KU Leuven using data from the European Social Survey (ESS) about public attitudes toward refugees and immigrants were published in several national newspapers in Belgium (see for instance here) ). On December 12, Laura was also interviewed about the study in the Flemish radioshow ‘Hautekiet’ on…
On January 25th the Department of Political Science and the Department of Communication Science are happy to host a lecture on the presidentialization of politics by visiting scholar Amanda Bittner, associate professor in Political Science at the University of Newfoundland St. John’s. Dr. Bittner works on the personalization of politics, on which she published various influential books and articles….
Lukas Otto started as new UD in our PG. Welcome Lukas! A brief introduction by Lukas himself: “Dear colleagues, my name is Lukas Otto and I will be working at ASCoR at the Program group Political Communication & Journalism from 2018 on. I did my Master in Psychology and my PhD at the University of Koblenz-Landau at the Institute for…