Joost van Spanje and Rachid Azrout examined voters’ reactions to news media coverage of the Dutch party PVV. They found that exposure to stigmatization lowered perceived legitimacy of the PVV among voters who held anti-immigrant attitudes. In turn, this decreased these voters’ propensity to vote for the PVV. Joost and Rachid conclude that stigmatization can be a useful tool…
New publication by Joost van Spanje and Rachid Azrout, in International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Find the article here. Abstract: In contemporary democracies, a political party typically needs good press to attract voters. A glum scenario for a party would be that news media systematically stigmatize it. To what extent does stigmatization lower its electoral support?
At ICA, Bert’s paper (co-authored with Yphtach Lelkes and Ariel Malka): ‘Understanding partisan cue receptivity: Tests of predictions from the bounded rationality and expressive utility model’ received a top paper award from ICA’s Political Communication division. The paper is forthcoming at The Journal of Politics. More info here.
Judith Möller and Natali Helberger (IVIR) wrote the report for the Dutch Media Commissioner. They conclude: no evidence for filter bubbles, but enough reason to be wary of societal effects of AI. Read report here (introduction in Dutch, but report in English).