How do voters perceive the political ads they receive, and what effect does their perception have? 📱 Using data donations from Germany and the US, a recent study finds that microtargeting in online political ads works largely through perceived tailoring. Read the study recap:

BLOG: Did you make this for me? A two-country study on individuals’ perceptions of tailoring in online political ads

Online targeted advertising has become an increasingly powerful tool with which political parties can engage their electorate. Utilizing data left by users throughout the web allows them to tailor the...

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🥳 New Paper with @jadevrielink.bsky.social and @skruikemeier.bsky.social: on how voters perceive the political ads they receive, and why that tailoring perception matters more than we usually assume. 🧵 1/3 📄 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Save (some of)the best for last #ica26 @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social Warning or Guiding? Comparing the Effect of Pos-Neg Boosting Interventions and the Role of Repetition for the Effects of Misinformation’ @sannetamboer.bsky.social Svenja Schäfer @nickmattis.bsky.social @skruikemeier.bsky.social & 🙋

📄 📣 New #Data-DrivenCampaigning research led by @xiaotongchu.bsky.social w/ contributions from @solecheler.bsky.social & co-authors reviews evidence on effects and outlines a research agenda on message tailoring, voter awareness, cross-national contexts and more. 🔗 academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...

Effects of data-driven campaigning: an integrative framework, literature review, and research agenda

Abstract. The positive and negative consequences of data-driven campaigning (DDC) in the digital era have been hotly debated among policymakers and scholar

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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

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly - Volume 103, Number 1

Table of contents for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 103, 1

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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

SMS Verification Statistics by platforms | COTSI

Discover how the Cambridge Online Trust & Safety Index (COTSI) tracks SMS verifications of social media accounts, such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram; cloud infrastructure prov...

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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 www.nwo.nl/en/ssh-exper...

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 uncommongood.substack.com/publish/post...

Opportunities and Challenges for the Hotly Debated Digital Services Act

Our upcoming Opinion article in Communications of the ACM discusses the hotly debated Digital Services Act (DSA) — online platform transparency and accountability regulation introduced in the EU.

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Francesco Pierri@frapierri.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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

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... (1/5)

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 ⬇️ www.ad.nl/praat-mee/op...

Opinie hoogleraren: ‘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 h...

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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) ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Navigating news across borders: Everyday news consumption among immigrants - Camila Melícia Valgas, Tim Groot Kormelink, Yael de Haan, Sanne Kruikemeier, 2025

As European countries experience growing immigration, the need for policies supporting immigrants’ cultural adaptation has intensified. Journalism plays a cruci...

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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

💡 Edwin Jans, @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, @skruikemeier.bsky.social en ik schreven een opiniestuk over polarisatie in Nederland, vandaag in @parool.nl 👇📰

Het Parool@parool.nl · 11mo ago

Opinie: ‘Zo gepolariseerd is Nederland helemaal niet – maar dit hardnekkige beeld heeft wél gevolgen’

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 🙋 www.uva.nl/content/even...

De overtuigingskracht van politieke targeting

Xiaotong Chu promoveert op het proefschrift: 'The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting'. Promotoren zijn prof. dr. S. Kruikemeier en prof. dr. S.K. Lecheler. Copromotoren zijn dr. L.P. Otto en prof. ...

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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! 🏖️

Roman Senninger@rsenninger.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

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. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

⭐ 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 🎥

KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen@knaw-nl.bsky.social · last yr.

Communicatiewetenschapper @puckguldemond.bsky.social van @w-u-r.bsky.social onderzoekt politieke microtargeting: specifieke boodschappen die politieke partijen op kleine groepen richten. Puck is dit jaar een v/d #facesofscience van @NEMOkennislink en de KNAW. Check haar verhaal: youtu.be/mn0cLLazanw

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

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

Interested 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...

Only 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. 👇

Taberez A. Neyazi@taberez.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am pleased to announce the 11th Annual Conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics will take place at the National University of Singapore, 19-21 Nov. 25! Submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/IJPP2025 Notification of Acceptance: 5 June 2025 Registration deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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 nos.nl/l/2562343

Publieke omroep over vier jaar op de schop, omroep NTR verdwijnt

De publieke omroep is niet meer van deze tijd, vindt het kabinet. Het stelsel wordt "fundamenteel" gewijzigd, zegt minister Bruins.

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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 🤩

#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 🙌 (1/4)

✨ Last Friday, I defended my PhD in Communication Science at @ascor.bsky.social 🎓 ✨