JMCQ Vol. 103(1) is out: an Invited Forum on adapting mass communication research to fragmented media + sections on credibility & fact-checking, conspiracy & misinformation, media use & private spaces, and news avoidance. journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/103/1 #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social
23.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Les progrès technologiques peuvent-ils constituer une menace pour la démocratie ?
Demain, @skruikemeier.bsky.social présentera sa recherche sur les effets des nouveaux outils techniques sur les campagnes électorales lors du séminaire du médialab.
Informations et inscription 🔽
📆Le 24/02, le séminaire du médialab est co-organisé avec le @cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social et sera présenté par @skruikemeier.bsky.social
Elle examinera dans quelle mesure les nouveaux outils à la disposition des candidats peuvent influencer les opinions et les décisions de vote des citoyens
Infos ⬇️
Vandaag was ik bij een interdisciplinaire expert meeting over desinformatie georganiseerd door NWO. Ontzettend veel geleerd. Één inzicht, van Jon Roozenboom, was voor mij een eye-opener en wil ik graag delen.
Kijk even op deze website: www.cotsi.org
Looking forward to chairing the panel discussion at today’s Dutch Science Foundation Expert Meeting on disinformation.
Panelists: Ellen Droog, Michael Hameleers, Hanneke Palm, Jon Roozenbeek, Rob van Beek
Organisers: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
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Our upcoming Opinion article in the Communications of the ACM (CACM) discusses the hotly debated Digital Services Act (DSA) — online platform transparency and accountability regulation of the EU. 1/2
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Happy to announce that our Opinion article about the hotly debated EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has been accepted for publication in Communications of the ACM!
Preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.14223
Hoe herken je door AI geschreven nieuws? Eén manier is om door te klikken op de naam van de auteur en goed te kijken naar wat je dan ziet.
Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad...
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Aanvallen op de NPO verzwakken de democratie
Media moeten onafhankelijk kunnen werken om burgers te informeren over politiek en maatschappelijke onderwerpen. De termen ‘activistisch’ en ‘staatsomroep’ zijn misplaatst en schadelijk, stellen elf hoogleraren.
In het AD ⬇️
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Wat geweldig Matthijs, gefeliciteerd en super mooi onderwerp!
09.12.2025 11:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
How do immigrants navigate and make sense of the digital media landscape? This first study from Camila Valgas’ PhD-project is now available open access (with Yael de Haan & @skruikemeier.bsky.social) ⬇️
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Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
21.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 157 🔁 83 💬 4 📌 11💡 Edwin Jans, @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, @skruikemeier.bsky.social en ik schreven een opiniestuk over polarisatie in Nederland, vandaag in @parool.nl 👇📰
08.10.2025 13:09 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting.
That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀
Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋
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New EU rules adopted today mean better access for qualified researchers to online data gathered by very large online platforms & search engines.
This is important for investigations into systemic risks (e.g illegal content or disinformation).
See 👉 europa.eu/!XHYdGN
Ade Zürich, hallo #Wageningen! This week I started my new position as Assistant Professor at @w-u-r.bsky.social ✨
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome – I'm very excited about what’s ahead! At the same time, I'm very grateful for the years I spent at @ikmz.bsky.social. Merci vielmal und uf widerluege 🫶
Reminder: Great job opportunities at Aarhus University!
Please help spread the word before everyone disappears for summer break! 🏖️
Big congratulations to Dr. @dbetakova.bsky.social, who defended her dissertation today with excellent results! Thank u so much to the reviewers @skruikemeier.bsky.social & @antoniskalog.bsky.social, & committee chair @desireeschmuck.bsky.social ! @hajoboo.bsky.social and I are more than proud. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
26.06.2025 17:39 — 👍 39 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0⭐ Super excited that @erc.europa.eu PhD Puck Guldemond @w-u-r.bsky.social has been selected as one of the Faces of Science by the @knaw-nl.bsky.social. In the beautiful video below, she shares insights into her eye-tracking research 🎥
24.06.2025 13:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic presentation by Camila Valgas, making her ICA debut with her first PhD-study on immigrants' news use. Proud supervisor! (w/ @skruikemeier.bsky.social & Yael de Haan) #ica25
16.06.2025 20:12 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
And last but not least, Camila Valgas presents her study “Understanding the News Consumption of Immigrants in the Digital Age: Motivations, Strategies, and Challenges" with @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social , Yael De Haan & @skruikemeier.bsky.social #ica25 @icajsd.bsky.social
16.06.2025 19:44 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Interested in improving researcher's access to social media data? Kate Dommett and myself are hiring for a Research Fellow (1 year; based at Sheffield) for an exciting new project to be announced soon: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
23.05.2025 15:57 — 👍 12 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0Only one week left to submit your abstract for the 11th Annual Conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics, hosted by the NUS Communications and New Media, taking place from 19–21 November 2025. 👇
09.05.2025 15:48 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Uit voorgaand en huidig onderzoek @skruikemeier.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @markboukes.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social blijkt dat de NOS de bindende factor is in de Nederlandse samenleving. De wortel (NTR) daarvan wegslaan is funest voor de democratie
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I am spending March and April at the @univie.ac.at to visit the groups of prof. dr. @solecheler.bsky.social
and prof. dr. @desireeschmuck.bsky.social
The first week already flew by, and I had a great start by picking up my bike to feel right at home 🚲
Looking forward to the upcoming weeks 🤩
Amazing @tobiasdienlin.com big congrats! 👌👌
26.02.2025 17:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#News: As of July 1, 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor for communication in life science contexts at @w-u-r.bsky.social. I’ll join the wonderful Strategic Communication group of @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, who leads a team of excellent researchers whom I’m really excited to work with 🙌
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✨ Last Friday, I defended my PhD in Communication Science at @ascor.bsky.social 🎓 ✨
11.02.2025 14:06 — 👍 42 🔁 3 💬 7 📌 1
Happy to present my work on visual attention allocated to targeted political advertisements at #Etmaal2025 in Brugge ✨
04.02.2025 09:45 — 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
contributing to insights into elections, digital advertising, sustainability, and algorithmic persuasion. 2/2 www.linkedin.com/posts/strate...
03.02.2025 11:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0