Hoe ervaren politiek journalisten in Vlaanderen hun relatie met burgers en politici? En welke uitdagingen gaan hier in het socialemediatijdperk zoal mee gepaard? We onderzochten het in onze M²P survey bij 143 politieke journalisten. Een draadje 👇🧵1/9

Ben jij ook benieuwd? Breng ons een bezoekje op het Nerdland festival Nerdland en kom op een leuke manier meer te weten over wetenschappelijke inzichten!🤩

👇Ruim de helft van de politieke journalisten in Vlaanderen werd al online of offline uitgescholden. Meer over ons onderzoek lezen? Check dit artikel VVJ M²P

Dag 2 op Nerdland #Festival 😎 We vertellen er alles over ons onderzoek naar wie en wat er in het nieuws verschijnt en de effecten op publieke opinie en politieke besluitvorming 🥳

Vlaamse media minder partijdig dan rechtse politici insinueren; meer informatie over ons onderzoek i n @apache_be apache.be/2023/06/05/vla…

According to Belgian MPs, voters hardly take into account the party’s policy promises for the future or the party’s past behavior when casting their vote. Research & Politics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Definitely has arrived to Antwerp M²P for the annual academic 🎄. The ‘Comparative Policy Agendas conference’ organized by the fabolous Rens Vliegenthart, Zeljko Poljak, Karolin Soontjens & Co. Can’t wait!

Wrapped up #CAP2023! 🎉 Grateful for all those brilliant minds coming to Antwerp, insightful discussions, and everything we learned on agenda-setting, info-processing, and more. Shoutout to our amazing team Zeljko Poljak & Karolin Soontjens (in collab with Wageningen U&R)🙌

Now in Political Psychology: Why do politicians constantly misperceive public opinion? In a study of >800 politicians led by Julie Sevenans (UAntwerpen), we show that their errors in judgment are largely the result of *projection* - that is, /1 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/po…

We asked 900 MPs in five countries how they learn about public opinion and find that direct contact with citizens is considered the number one most useful source, while social media and polls are ranked remarkably low. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Call for Papers – Etmaal 2024 @ Rotterdam. The CfP for the Etmaal 2024 is now live: nefca.eu/2023/10/04/cal…

⭐️It's Friday and we have another expert blog for you. 📰 "What sources do politicians favour to get a sense of what citizens want?" Stefaan Walgrave and Karolin Soontjens outline a recent study on how politicians learn about public opinion. ukandeu.ac.uk/how-politician…

Happy Halloween 🌰🍁👻 🎃🙀👺 #WorkHardPlayHard

🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨 We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences 150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them! Wanna know more? ➡️ peerreviewstudy.com Plz RT!

Bart De Wever en Donald Trump vaker te zien bij VTM Nieuws dan bij VRT dlvr.it/SztZgL

Politicians are better at estimating public opinion for policy issues they think are salient. Check our new publication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… Chris Butler Peter Loewen

🚨 Short article with Karolin Soontjens about the upcoming June 9 Flemish elections now online on the LSE EUROPP blog 🇧🇪 🗳 M²P Science politique UdeM McGill Poli Sci Check it out 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

Our research (Emma van der Goot Karolin Soontjens Willem Buyens) shows mutual distrust between journalists and (local) politicians in Belgium, with both sides accusing each other of spreading disinformation. There's no impact on their frequency of contact, though. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excellent POLPOP meeting in Antwerp Thx M²P Karolin Soontjens Julie Sevenans Stefaan Walgrave Evelien Willems Chris Butler + the rest of the Antwerp team for hosting! It looks like we're standing in the rain but in reality we're standing in a fountain during a very hot day😎

🗓️Save the date! On 5 December, the Political Communication & Persuasive Communication divisions from NeFCA are organizing a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning in the Digital Context. All information, line-up and registration option below👇👇 NeFCA