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Jolan Urkens

@jolanurkens.bsky.social
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PhD candidate ‪@ASCoR – misinformation, organizations, and trust – interested in popular perceptions / contestations of science, media, politics, and industry. Antwerp / Amsterdam

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Ellen Linnert @ellenlnt.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Super excited to share that the first study of my PhD just got published (w/ Michael Hameleers, @lindabos.bsky.social, @tonivdmeer.bsky.social)! We disentangle audiences’ understanding of misinformation threats and how they arrive at their perceptions: doi.org/10.1177/10776990261451790
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Jolan Urkens @jolanurkens.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We wrote an essay (in Dutch) about our previously developed framework for evaluating alternative (conspiracy) media's contribution to democracy! 🏛️📰 The essay is part of Tijdschrift Sociologie's special issue on news discontents. openjournals.ugent.be/ts/article/i...
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Alternatieve complotmedia, een doorn in het oog van de democratie?
De vraag of alternatieve mediakanalen die samenzweringstheorieën propageren een bijdrage leveren of juist afbreuk doen aan de democratie vormt een punt van discussie in zowel academisch als maatschapp...
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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Why can't they see the irony? Yet another almost fact free article based on fictional accounts and chatter on social media that leads to the journalist claiming that 'other people' are living in a fake, harmful social media world www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Adolescence reveals a terrifying truth: smartphones are poison for boys’ minds | Martha Gill
When a Netflix drama highlights how online influencers can turn a teenager into a killer, it’s time to rethink social media
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Allowing TASS, Russia’s press agency, into the white house while excluding your own free press (AP, Reuters) is not only an attack on press freedom but also legitimizing a propaganda machine. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Russian state media briefly enters Oval Office during Zelenskyy meeting
The White House did not address how the unapproved reporter was able to gain access to the Oval Office.
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Marina Tulin @marinatulin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📣 We are hiring a PhD student! Please share widely 📣 Are you interested in #misinformation? Keen to understand citizen corrections? Apply for this fully funded 4-year PhD project at @ascor.bsky.social supervised by myself, Michael Hameleers and @Guda van Noort. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD: Understanding the Potential of Citizen Corrections to Instill Resilience Against Misinformation
Do you want to understand how we can best respond to misinformation in a digital information ecology? Do you want to dive into emerging methods of counteracting the information crisis? Are you keen to...
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Jolan Urkens @jolanurkens.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A little late to the party but I also had the opportunity to share our work at #etmaal2025! I presented a paper in which we apply our framework of media pluralism in democracy, focusing on how PSM navigate a media ecosystem that increasingly challenges their epistemic authority. 📺🗞️
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Jonathan Hendrickx @jonathanhendrickx.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
@jolanurkens.bsky.social et al. studied epistemic expectations of journalism at Belgian and Dutch public broadcasters, finding that these differ widely depending on the broadcasters’ individual characteristics and market structures.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Science should not be stopped by politics. Trump administration freezes all National Science Foundation reviews panels. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣 It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social (1/13)
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Online first: "Freedom for all? Populism and the instrumental support of freedom of speech" by @albertostefanelli.bsky.social Koen Abts & Bart Meuleman doi.org/10.1080/0140... #polisky
Abstract of the article "Freedom for all? Populism and the instrumental support of freedom of speech" by Alberto Stefanelli, Koen Abts and Bart Meuleman. Published online first in West European Politics.Figure 1, sowing predicted probabilities of normative support for unconstrained freedom of speech, controlling for all other variables included in the model.Figure 2, showing coefficient of populist attitudes on allowing ideologically motivated speeches, controlling for all the other variables included in the model.
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Lars E.F. Johannessen @larsjohannessen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is too good to be true <3 "Many qualitative methodological approaches are already very vibey [...] In this article, I reflect on these approaches and outline some vibes-based methods. I discuss how vibes-based methods help us consider and work with the generative ambiguities of social life."
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Vibes-based methods - Ash Watson, 2025
Vibes are having a moment and academics seem increasingly serious about understanding whatever the vibe is. Many qualitative methodological approaches are alrea...
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De Speld @speld.nl · 07/01/2025
Man hoopt reisjes naar Mars aantrekkelijker te maken door sfeer op aarde zo veel mogelijk te verzieken
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Man hoopt reisjes naar Mars aantrekkelijker te maken door sfeer op aarde zo veel mogelijk te verzieken
Hoe krijg je iemand aan boord van een SpaceX raket voor een reisje naar Mars?
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Etmaal2026 @etmaal2026.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We encourage the #Etmaal2025 community to continue our engaging discussions in a space in line with our academic values. Therefore, we will gradually switch from X to BlueSky. Up until the conference, we will cross-post all information. During the conference, we will only use Bluesky (1/2)
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This article should be required reading for anyone commenting on the political effects of social media.
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