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Month: October 2018

Exploring Motivations for Online Privacy Protection Behavior: Insights from Panel Data

October 10, 2018
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New publication by Sophie Boerman, Sanne Kruikemeier en Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius in Communication Research, titled “Exploring Motivations for Online Privacy Protection Behavior: Insights From Panel Data”. Read the article here. Abstract: Personally managing and protecting online privacy has become an essential part of everyday life. This research draws on the protection motivation theory (PMT) to investigate privacy protective behavior online. A…

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Patterns of intra-election volatility: the impact of political knowledge

October 10, 2018
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New publication by Sabine Geers and Jesper Strömbäck in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, titled “Patterns of intra-election volatility: the impact of political knowledge. Read the article here. Abstract: One key trend changing political environments across advanced industrial democracies is increasing electoral volatility. Despite extensive research, at the individual level we still know relatively little about the…

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On the Street and/or on Twitter?

October 2, 2018
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New publication by Rens Vliegenthart and Mark Boukes in Digital Journalism, titled “On the street and/or on Twitter? The use of “every day” sources in economic news coverage by online and offline outlets.” Read more about this study in the abstract below, or click on this link. Abstract: By means of a large-scale manual content analysis of Dutch economic…

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CPC members in the news

October 2, 2018
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Bert Bakker was interviewed by Vice.com and Bruzz Radio (Belgium) about why right-wing politicians might be funnier than left-wing politicians. Last week an interview with Damian Trilling was published in SURF Magazine and on the website

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Fear and loathing in populist campaigns?

October 2, 2018
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New publication by Alessandro Nai in Journal of Political Marketing, titled “Fear and loathing in populist campaigns? Comparing the communication style of populists and non-populists in elections worldwide.” Read the abstract here: Populists are often described as using a more aggressive, offensive, and anxiety-fuelled rhetoric than non-populists. Yet, little systematic evidence exists that this is the case. This article presents the…

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Bert Bakker presents at Betweterfestival

October 2, 2018
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This Friday Bert Bakker will give a “Silent Science” lecture–“science” version of a silent disco-at the Betweter Festival about the role of emotions in politics. Check it out here. Woede en teleurstelling. Veel mensen lijken zich te laten leiden door emoties in hun politieke keuzes. Regeert de onderbuik? Of stemmen we toch met ons hoofd?Communicatiewetenschapper dr. Bert Bakker (UvA)…

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