Publications | Media, Movements and Politics

Recent publications by M²P members:

Matthieu, J., Jacobs, L., Van Campenhout, M., & Walgrave, S. (2026). Voting advice application use increases party position knowledge: An experimental study among Belgian youngsters. Politics and Governance, 14.
Willems, E., Stevens, F. & Redert, B. (2026). Historical allegiances or strategic alliances? Analyzing interest group-party interactions in the run-up to elections. Acta Politica.
Fraussen, B., & Willems, E. (2026). Interest groups in Belgium. In M. Reuchamps, M. Brans, P. Meier, & E. van Haute (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics (pp. 284–299). Oxford University Press.
Jacobs, L. & Waeterloos, C., (2026). Media and social media, The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics, M. Reuchamps, P. Meier, E. Van Haute, S. Biscop & M. Brans (eds.), Oxford University Press.
Van Campenhout, M., Lesschaeve C. & Sevenans J (2026). In sync or out of tune? Investigating intraparty opinion homogeneity between national leaderships and local representatives. Local Government Studies. Online first.
Jacobs, L. (2025).News of immigration. In A. Nai, M. Grömping, & D. Wirz (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication (Vol. 2, pp. 177–180). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Vanagt, J., Praprotnik, K., Russo, L., & Wagner, M. (2025). Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-31.
Butler, C., Sevenans, J., Bundi, P., Varone, F. & Walgrave, S. (2025). How Politicians (mis)Perceive Policy Salience. Political Behavior.
Hau, P., Buyens, W., Paulussen, S., & Maeseele, P. (2025). The role of paid, earned and owned media in political communication: The case of the Flemish populist radical right party Vlaams Belang.Acta Politica.
Beyers, J., Poljak, Ž., & De Mulder, A. (2025). Navigating policy legitimacy: the distributive and procedural justice of road transport pricing schemes. Interest Groups & Advocacy, 1-21.
Maes, B., Walgrave, S., Verleyen, E., Varone, F., Rasmussen, A., & Persson, M. (2025). What matters more to politicians: the quantity or quality of public opinion signals?. West European Politics. Online first.
Maes, B., Beckers, K., van der Goot, E., & Soontjens, K. (2025). Shifting Sources, Shifting Views: How Public Opinion Sources Influence Journalists’ Audience Perceptions. Journalism Studies, 1-21.
Sevenans, J. & Van Erkel, P. (2025) How Out-Party Cues Cause Citizens to Shift Their Policy Preferences. Politics of the Low Countries, 7(1).
Verleyen, E., & Soontjens, K. (2025). Top politicians’ motivations to seek counter-attitudinal information. Acta Politica, 1-19.
Poljak, Ž., & Russell, A. (2025). All Talk, No Action? Politicians’ Agenda Responsiveness to Citizens’ Engagement on Social Media. Political Research Quarterly, 78(2), 495-508.
Poljak, Ž. (2025). From Speech to Feed: How Parliamentary Debates Shape Party Agendas on Social Media‌. Swiss Political Science Review, 31(1), 102-121.
Van Dijk, R. E., & Poljak, Ž. (2025). Interrupting the interruptions. How women transform the parliamentary debate.Parliamentary Affairs,
Jacobs, L., & Pilet, J.-B. (2024). To rule or not to rule? An experimental study of the electoral ramifications of claims to (not) rule with radical right populist parties. Party Politics, 0(0).
Verleyen, E., Beckers, K., & Jacobs, L. (2025). Acknowledging, but constrained? An analysis of press agency journalists’ justifications of frames, source, and actor terminology in immigration news. Journalism Studies, 26(5), 643–660.
Staes, L. (2025). “Getting the protest post out”. To what extent and how social movements’ facebook protest posts receive user engagement. Communications. Mobilization: an International Quarterly
Van Aelst, P., van Erkel, P., Castro, L., Koc-Michalska, K., Stanyer, J., Esser, F., ... & Stromback, J. (2025). The limits of social media as a source of political information during routine and crisis times across 17 countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1-17.
Van Erkel, P. F., & Van Aelst, P. (2025). Social media and affective polarization: does Facebook news use fuel political in-and out-group affect in a multi-party context?. Acta Politica, 60(2), 286-306.
Sevenans, J., Marié, A., Breuning, C., Walgrave, S., Soontjens, K. & Vliegenthart, R. (2025). Are poor people poorly heard? European Journal of Political Research, 64 (3), 1326-1350.
Willems, E. (2025). Interest groups' news media prominence as a conduit for parliamentary attention. Interest Groups & Advocacy.
Walgrave, M., Lefevere, J. & Van Aelst, P. (2025). The heterogeneous influence of media on climate knowledge and opinion in a context of science based climate coverage. Communications.
Wouters, R. & Staes, L. (2025). Protest selection. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Staes, L. & Wouters, R. (2025). Protest Responsiveness. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Buyens, W. (2025). Never mind the source? The drivers of user engagement with politicians’ online news sharing posts in 15 European countries. The International Journal of Press/Politics.
Azabar, S., & Thijssen, P. (2025). Behind the scenes: a (self) critical reflection on doing mixed methods. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-19.
De Bruycker, I., Hanegraaff, M., & Willems, E. (2025). Socioeconomic (in) congruence in EU public policy: the role of civil society. West European Politics.
Vanagt, J., & Kollberg, M. (2025). United in success, fragmented in failure: The moderating effect of perceived government performance on affective polarization between coalition partners. European Journal of Political Research.
Butler, C., Jennings, W., & Stoker, G. (2025). How Do UK Political Elites Reconcile With a Low Trust Environment? Political Studies.
Goovaerts, I., de Fine Licht, J., & Marien, S. (2025). When Deliberative Mini-Publics’ Outcomes and Political Decisions Clash: Examining how Responsive Communication Influences Legitimacy Perceptions. European Journal of Political Research.
Turkenburg, E., Goovaerts, I., & Marien, S. (2025).Different Standards: Observing Variation in Citizens’ Respect-Based Norms for Mediated Political Communication.Public Opinion Quarterly.
Goovaerts, I. (2025). Deliberation.In: Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Lefevere, J., & Verwee, A. (2025). Ambiguity in the Campaign, and in Office: How Parties’ Ambiguous Policy Statements Affect Party Support. International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
Goldberg, A. C., & and Lefevere, J. (2025). The contingent nature of proximity voting: Unravelling the interplay of party issue polarization and voters’ positional extremity. Political Research Exchange.
De Mulder, A., Gevers, I., & Poljak, Ž. (2025). Who Deserves Representation, and When? Unpacking the Temporal Dynamics of Politicians’ Claims of Representation on Social Media. Political Studies.
Walgrave, M., & Soontjens, K. (2025). Responsive nor responsible? Politicians’ climate change policy preferences and public opinion perceptions. Environmental Politics.
Walgrave, S., Sevenans, J., Varone, F., Sheffer, L., & Breunig, C. (2025). Do Political Leaders Understand Public Opinion Better than Backbenchers?. British Journal of Political Science.

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Willems, E., Stevens, F. & Redert, B. (2026). Historical allegiances or strategic alliances? Analyzing interest group-party interactions in the run-up to elections. Acta Politica.