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! 👏

🚀 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.

📚 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... 🧵

🚨 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/...

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!

Learnt so much today at our NeFCA practitioners’ event about political campaigns and political journalism!💡 Many thanks to our speakers and all participants!🙏

🗓️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👇👇

🚨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....