• Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda 

      Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The diversification of information sources has reignited the controversy on media-induced fragmentation endangering social integration. The media's capability to set the public agenda and create issues as a common core is ...
    • Navigating High-choice European Political Information Environments: A Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge 

      Castro, Laia; Strömbäck, Jesper; Esser, Frank; van Aelst, Peter; de Vreese, Claes; Aalberg, Toril; Cardenal, Ana S; Corbu, Nicoleta; Hopmann, David Nicolas; Koc-Michalska, Karolina; Matthes, Jörg; Schemer, Christian; Sheafer, Tamir; Splendore, Sergio; Stanyer, James; Stepinska, Agnieszka; Stetka, Vaclav; Theocharis, Yannis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The transition from low- to high-choice media environments has had far-reaching implications for citizens’ media use and its relationship with political knowledge. However, there is still a lack of comparative research on ...
    • Populism as an Expression of Political Communication Content and Style: A New Perspective 

      de Vreese, Claes H.; Esser, Frank; Aalberg, Toril; Reinemann, Carsten; Stanyer, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In this article, the introduction to a special International Journal of Press/Politics (IJPP) issue on populism, we articulate and define populism as a communication phenomenon. We provide an overview of populist political ...
    • Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 European Parliament elections 

      Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon; Jackson, Daniel; Fenoll, Vicente; Farkas, Xenia; Baranowski, Pawel; Balaban, Delia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recent scholarship demonstrated that Facebook is a fertile space for populist political communication as its unmediated and viral nature make populist appeals highly efficient in mobilizing voters (Engesser et al., 2017). ...
    • Populism in Context: A Cross-Country Investigation of the Facebook Usage of Populist Appeals During the 2019 European Parliament Elections 

      Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon; Jackson, Daniel; Fenoll, Vicente; Farkas, Xenia; Baranowski, Pawel; Balaban, Delia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recent scholarship demonstrated that Facebook is a fertile space for populist political communication as its unmediated and viral nature make populist appeals highly efficient in mobilizing voters (Engesser et al., 2017). ...
    • Start Spreading the News: A Comparative Experiment on the Effects of Populist Communication on Political Engagement in Sixteen European Countries 

      Hameleers, Michael; Bos, Linda; Fawzi, Nayla; Reinemann, Carsten; Andreadis, Ioannis; Corbu, Nicoleta; Schemer, Christian; Schultz, Anne; Shaefer, Tamir; Aalberg, Toril; Axelsson, Sofia; Berganza, Rosa; Cremonesi, Cristina; Dahlberg, Stefan; de Vreese, Claes H.; Hess, Agnieszka; Kartsounidou, Evangelista; Kasprowicz, Dominika; Matthes, Jörg; Negrea-Busuioc, Elena; Ringdal, Signe; Salgado, Susana; Sanders, Karen J.; Schmuck, Desiree; Strömbäck, Jesper; Suiter, Jane; Boomgaarden, Hajo; Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren; Weiss-Yaniv, Naama (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Although populist communication has become pervasive throughout Europe, many important questions on its political consequences remain unanswered. First, previous research has neglected the differential effects of populist ...