ONLINE FIRST! This article by Salman Khawar & Mark Boukes empirically investigates whether online-native news outlets utilize more #sensational features than legacy #news outlets to promote their news stories on Twitter (now X). Available with OPEN ACCESS. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

... and our #ECREA2024 panel on (de-)polarization just finished, with a lot of interesting presentations and discussions! @ChristelvanEck, Matthias Revers, Shota Gelovani, Michael Brüggemann (inaktiv#ausGründen) did such a great job illustrating very different perspectives on the matter

We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Strategic Communication for August 1, 2025. Please share the job ad with your network. facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/4793

The Dutchification of universities is increasing the pressure on international staff to master Dutch. And that is working anything but motivating, according to a visit to Dutch class. “International staff are worried about their place at the university.” folia.nl/en/actueel/163…

Th result of close collaboration between academia and the journalistic industry! Our new paper: "What is Popular Gets More Popular? Exploring Over-Time Dynamics in Article Readership Using Real-World Log Data". Open-access at: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Gaande (Christian Burgers met focus op #misinformatie) en komende (Lotte Willemsen met focus op #menselijkheid) praktijkprof Logeion UvA Amsterdam UvA CS CorpCom blikken terug en vooruit te OBA : logeion.nl/bijeenkomsten/…

We are pleased to announce that #COMPTEXT2025 will take place at the University of Vienna on 24-26 April 2025. With the great organising team Computational Communication Science Lab (UNIVIE) IPKW – Department of Communication, UNIVIE, we will soon release the Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations! Stay tuned!

Job Alert! Vacancy for a PhD Candidate on the project "Financial Challenges Facing Journalism". Please share this with potentially interested students! Link: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Po…

🆘 The irrational budget cuts in higher education are unprecedented in The Netherlands (1 billion euro!). I wrote an opinion piece on why promising, and often young scientists are hit disproportionately by these cuts 👇 folia.nl/en/opinie/1638…

🆘 We waren met veel, heel veel in Den Haag vandaag. Hopelijk zijn deze irrationale bezuinigingsplannen snel van tafel! #nationalebetoging WOinActie

PHD OPPORTUNITIES: Five PhD Positions on "Digital Humanism," working across three universities in Vienna— TU Wien, University of Vienna, and WU Wien. Closing date: 15 January. See: t.ly/836lz

Any #Shakespeare fans in the house? And any chance they are also interested in how #media implement #transparency? 😇Then this paper in 𝗝𝗠𝗖𝗤 by Roeland Dubèl, Mark Boukes, and Damian Trilling is for you! 💙 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

📢 New Pub📢 Ariadne Neu, Arina Grosul, Veronika Nemcova, Melanie Saumer, & Jörg Matthes show that young people with higher environmental knowledge are more likely to perceive greenwashing in airline ads with false (but not with compensation) claims. 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1080/026504…

Big congratulations to Roeland Dubèl for the superb work! 👏🏾🎉 Proud to have witnessed your journey and the impact you're making on the field. So sure there's more to come! 🤗

🚨 Job Alert: 2 PhD Positions Available at 📍 Freie Universität 🚨 I recently started a new position as Prof of Communication Freie Universität, honored to lead the Media Effects Research Group. I have 2 PhD positions available—if you're passionate about media effects, political communication

📢 New article alert! "Mutually Reinforcing or Excluding?" Wonneberger, Azrout, Sun & Jonkman explore how people perceive the balance between economic growth and environmental protection—and how this shapes attitudes and media use. bit.ly/3Z7bkir UvA CS CorpCom

Bringing this opportunity for a post-doc position once more to you attention 😀