Selective Exposure to Populist Communication: How Attitudinal Congruence Drives the Effects of Populist Attributions of Blame

New publication by Michael Hameleers, Linda Bos and Claes de Vreese in Journal of Communication, titled “Selective Exposure to Populist Communication: How Attitudinal Congruence Drives the Effects of Populist Attributions of Blame“. Read more about this study in the abstract below, or click on this link. Abstract: Although it has been argued that populist communication only appeals to a…

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Scaling up Content Analysis

New publication by Damian Trilling and Jeroen Jonkman in Communication Methods and Measures, titled “Scaling up Content Analysis”.Read more about this study in the abstract below, or click on this link. Abstract: Employing a number of different standalone programs is a prevalent approach among communication scholars who use computational methods to analyze media content. For instance, a researcher might…

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Dial ‘F’ for Fraud: Explaining Citizens Suspicions about Elections

New article by Alessandro Nai, Jeffrey Karp, and Pippa Norris in Electoral Studies, titled “Dial ‘F’ for fraud: Explaining citizens suspicions about elections”. Read more about this study in the abstract below, or click on this link. Abstract: Doubts about electoral integrity, whether justified or groundless, can undermine faith in the legitimacy of the democratic process. We investigate the reasons…

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The Economy, the News, and the Public: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Economic News on Economic Evaluations and Expectation

New article by Alyt Damstra and Mark Boukes in Communication Research, titled “The Economy, the News, and the Public: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Economic News on Economic Evaluations and Expectation.” Read more about this study in the abstract below, or click on this link. Abstract: This article studies the tripartite relationship between the economy, economic news, and…

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CPC on the road

Jasper Van De Pol was on the Dutch public broadcaster talking about VAAs in the context of the upcoming municipality elections. Last Thursday Judith Möller was invited to speak at the annual debate of the royal Limburgian history and ancient history association in Maastricht about social bubbles then and now. Claes de Vreese is part of a debate Wednesday night on…

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The Mobile Lab

Bert Bakker, Claes De Vrees, Gijs Schumacher and Frans Oort have received an NWO Investment Grant – Medium (E150,000) to establish the “Mobile Lab”. In the coming years they will create a facility to conduct lab-in-the-field studies (physiology, eye-tracking, EEG, video observations, etc.). The mobile lab will be a national facility available for all researchers at Dutch universities. Congratulations!

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