Willem Buyens
@willembuyens.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp. Political Communication & Journalism Studies.
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Willem Buyens
Vienna Media Change & Innovation Lab
about 1 month ago
Yesterday
@willembuyens.bsky.social
gave an insightful talk on networked news exposure in our VMCI research colloquium showing how public figures act as online news curators who shape what we see on social media through different news curation patterns.📱 Thank you very much for your visit, Willem! 👏
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Willem Buyens
NeFCA Political Communication
4 months ago
🚀 We’re live! The Political Communication Division of
@nefca.bsky.social
is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and conversations in the PolCom community.
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Willem Buyens
APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions
8 months ago
📚 Publication Friday! This week, we highlight: "Never Mind the Source? The Drivers of User Engagement With Politicians’ Online News-Sharing Posts in 15 European Countries" by
@willembuyens.bsky.social
Published in IJPP (2025) 🔗 Full article:
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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Never Mind the Source? The Drivers of User Engagement With Politicians’ Online News-Sharing Posts in 15 European Countries - Willem Buyens, 2025
Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown th...
https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251334941
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🚨 New paper out in The International Journal of Press/Politics To understand the impact of politicians' news-sharing posts on social media, I studied user engagement with posts by all members of parliament in 15 European countries. 📄 Read the full paper here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Never Mind the Source? The Drivers of User Engagement With Politicians’ Online News-Sharing Posts in 15 European Countries - Willem Buyens, 2025
Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown th...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612251334941
8 months ago
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Two weeks ago I successfully defended my PhD dissertation “Feeding the News”
@uantwerpen.bsky.social
. Many thanks to my supportive supervisors
@pvanaelst.bsky.social
& Steve Paulussen and Doctoral Jury members
@profvaccari.bsky.social
, Desirée Schmuck,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
& Julie Sevenans!
about 1 year ago
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Willem Buyens
Ine Goovaerts
about 1 year ago
Learnt so much today at our NeFCA practitioners’ event about political campaigns and political journalism!💡 Many thanks to our speakers and all participants!🙏
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Willem Buyens
Ine Goovaerts
about 1 year ago
🗓️Save the date! On 5 December, the Political Communication & Persuasive Communication divisions from NeFCA are organizing a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning in the Digital Context, in Antwerp. All information, line-up and registration option below👇👇
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🚨New publication in
@icsjournal.bsky.social
! We (
@pvanaelst.bsky.social
& Steve Paulussen) studied how politicians curate the news on social media in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK 🗞️. Read our findings and conclusions here:
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Curating the news. Analyzing politicians’ news sharing behavior on social media in three countries
Social media platforms allow politicians to communicate to and with their followers directly, without the interference of news media professionals. Political actors have eagerly adopted these platf...
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2317901
almost 2 years ago
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