Mooi artikel in De Correspondent over de mogelijke negatieve neveneffecten van aandacht voor misinformatie, deels gebaseerd op ons onderzoek Michael Hameleers Jakob Ohme. Bedankt Maurits Martijn!

📰#InTheNews Have you read the interview with ASCoR member Toni van der Meer in De Correspondent about misinformation and fake news? Together with Michael Hameleers and Jakob Ohme he investigates the (negative) effects of media attention to misinformation.

ONLINE FIRST+OPEN ACCESS! What are the effects of multimodal elements on people's trust of disinformation? Michael Hameleers, Darian Harff and Desiree Schmuck conclude that imitating ordinary citizens has a greater influence than using hyperpartisan media. ➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in a PhD in communication science? Come work with me! 3 open PhD positions at IPKW – Department of Communication, UNIVIE 👇👇👇

Hoe gaan nieuwsmedia om met complottheorieën? Daarover organiseren we op 8 nov. een bijeenkomst bij Beeld & Geluid in Den Haag. Sprekers o.a. Maarten Keulemans, Jaron Harambam, Hedwig te Molder, Tim Verheyden en Marieke Kuypers. Inschrijven: beeldengeluid.nl/bezoek/agenda/…

📢 Just out: One puzzle for #factcheckers is how to correct #misinformation without unintentionally furthering its spread. The truth sandwich is often praised to achieve this, but does it? We find no effects for belief change, but other indirect benefits: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What does a sandwich have to do with #factchecking? A truth sandwich is a type of fact-check that wraps a false claim into two layers of true information. Is this effective, and in what way? We summarize our recent study in this BENEDMO_hub blog (Dutch) benedmo.eu/2024/02/27/ond…

🚨 Happy to announce a new publication! In this cross-country study (Germany and Belgium), we (w/ Desiree Schmuck) explored which factors are linked with reliance on social media influencers (SMIs) for political information among youth. /1 doi.org/10.1177/194016…

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to study misinformation effects and policies as part of the BENEDMO_hub You will be working with Claes de Vreese Michael Hameleers and myself at ASCoR | @[email protected] Deadline: 15 April vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdo…

What can we learn from 30months of disinformation research at BENEDMO_hub? Michael Hameleers presents some of our key findings from a variety of experiments and cross-country surveys. Too much to summarize in one tweet :-) will just share our latest paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Michael Michael Hameleers over de invloed van desinformatie: 'Desinformatie is vaak sensationeel, anti-establishment en emotioneel. Het effect is dat we onbewust op desinformatie blijven klikken. Het algoritme doet de rest. go.uva.nl/3JfvDBQ

New PhD position in Communication Science ASCoR | @[email protected]! @LindaBos80, Michael Hameleers, and I are looking for a PhD candidate for a 4-year project to study the perceived threat of misinformation. Find more information here: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Po…

New cross-country study out with Michael Hameleers. We show how negativity and misinformation are on average perceived to prevail in more than half (!) of all news, while misinformation is perceived the bigger threat doi.org/10.37016/mr-20…

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Michael Hameleers Michael Hameleers ASCoR | @[email protected]) and I guest edit a special issue on AI & Disinformation JMCQ. We explore AI-generated disinfo and its impact on journalism & communication Abstracts due: Sept 1, 2024. 👇shorturl.at/e5AeW

I am really excited about this SI! AI-powered disinformation is hot, although we currently lack much needed evidence on its content, causes, consequences, and counterstrategies. We are looking forward to reading your 500 words abstracts on September 1!

New study out with Michael Hameleers. We explore whether perceptions of misinformation salience are subject to third-person perceptions across countries. In other words, do people belief misinformation is more prevalent in other countries than their own?doi.org/10.1080/136911…

🚨 Excited to share my latest research on refugee media framing in Mass Communication and Society! 🎉 @Michael_Hameleers & I found stark contrasts in how European media frames refugees from Ukraine vs. Syria. doi.org/10.1080/152054… #MediaFraming #Refugees

10 days left to submit your abstracts: Special Issue JMCQ on AI & Disinformation. Submit, submit, submit … Michael Hameleers Dr. Daniela Dimitrova (@profdimitrova.bsky.social) Viorela Dan 👇

US documents reveal a Russian operation that uses social media comments to influence public opinion. In a new study (w Michael Hameleers), we reveal that comment reading can over time exacerbate news media mistrust, highlighting the potential of this strategy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

Media criticism is important, but often strategically misused by politicians. Today feels alarmly fitting to share the first publication of my dissertation. Michael Hameleers, Katjana Gattermann, Andreas Schuck and I inductively analyzed media criticism, [1/4] journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…