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Bart Maes

@bart-maes.bsky.social
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PhD researcher at the University of Antwerp. Researching how political elites deal with public opinion.

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Bart Maes @bart-maes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The more journalists rely on social media, the more right-wing they think their audience is - skewing how they understand the public and possibly shaping coverage in unintended ways. Read more in our new paper published in Journalism Studies: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
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Bart Maes @bart-maes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Politicians don’t just care how many people hold an opinion — they care how good that opinion is. In our new (open-access) article in West European Politics, based on survey data from 900+ politicians across 11 countries, we show: quality > quantity. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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