A5030766314- Social Media and Politics
- Media Influence and Politics
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Media Studies and Communication
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- European Politics and Security
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Regional Development and Management Studies
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Government, Law, and Information Management
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Loughborough University
2020-2025
Durham University
2025
University of Nottingham
2015-2019
Exogenous shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic unleashes multiple fundamental questions about society beyond public health. Based on classical concept of 'need for orientation' and literature role media in times crisis, we investigate to what extent affected news consumption comparative perspective. a two-wave panel survey 17 mostly European countries, our study targets both legacy brands (TV, radio, newspapers) so-called contemporary (Internet-based social media) during this global health...
This study explores media instrumentalization in Central and Eastern Europe through the perceptions of journalists Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia. Using semi-structured interviews, article argues for a historical perspective on post-socialist contexts, considering legacy transition impact authoritarian populist rule, while emphasizing intertwined nature economic interests political power. The research offers fresh insights into mechanisms consequences instrumentalization, highlighting...
Abstract This paper examines the impact of democratic backsliding on management top officials in Hungary. Based a unique data set more than 1,600 article shows that number appointments to positions increased 2010 and subsequent years, during which Hungary experienced back-sliding. Moreover, turnover official was higher years period between 1990 2010. The concludes politicisation high degree instability may be characteristic governance illiberal democracies.
In recent years, links between selective news exposure and political polarisation have attracted considerable attention among communication scholars. However, while the existence of has been documented in both offline online environments, evidence its extent impact on is far from unanimous. To address these questions, also to bridge methodological geographical gaps existing research, this paper adopts a media repertoires approach investigate four Eastern European countries – Czech Republic,...
Democracies around the world are facing a rising wave of right-wing populism and new nationalism, which often relies on strategic exploitation anti-immigration sentiments. While media have long been acknowledged as important channels rhetoric, evidence actual impact news consumption attitudes to migration support for populist parties is still inconclusive, largely limited pre-digital ecologies. Combining representative two-wave panel survey (N=819), digital tracking real-time electronic...
This paper aims to contribute the ongoing discussions on authoritarian populism and media, from lens of political economy ownership. In contrast studies that consider link between media by focusing discursive structures populist communication, this study analyses changes in structure news ownership four European countries have been subject populism. By employing social network analysis, a methodology rarely used research, we reveal how concentration as well provided favorable conditions for...
Over the past decade, rights of people whose sexual orientation does not conform to prevailing norms have become a divisive issue in many countries. Despite long tradition research on media and minorities, role these recent backlashes remains poorly understood. We argue that this is partly because work area often underpinned by simple, linear narrative unambiguously links visibility empowerment. highlight ambivalent impact mediated context elite-driven polarization, illiberalism low levels...
Existing research has shown that the media can influence public attitudes to immigration. The adoption of a mixed-methods approach audiences immigration news, combined with comparative design and focus on Eastern Europe – region scoring lowest in world terms migrant acceptance bring significant advances knowledge this area, leading more rounded understanding how come shape attitudes. To demonstrate this, we draw comparative, data set comprising representative population surveys (N = 4,092),...
Public trust in institutions is a key prerequisite for effective crisis management. However, the rise of populism and misinformation recent years made it increasingly difficult to maintain institutional trust. Despite this recognition, we still lack systematic understanding how exposure populist political orientation affect people's institutions. This paper fills gap by adopting an original approach trust, focusing on prospective rather than present, comparing four countries led leaders...
The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an unprecedented influx of misinformation often with adverse impact on the effectiveness institutional responses to health crisis. However, relatively little is still known about factors that may have facilitated proliferation and public acceptance related virus or government’s anti-pandemic measures, particularly in comparative perspective. Utilizing data collected a representative cross-country survey ( N = 5,000) four countries led populist leaders...
Only a few studies have measured the expansion of European Union competences and they relied on information derived from consecutive treaties, producing measures that do not vary in between. But decisions allocation authority to also occur regularly through secondary legislation. This article presents new index Europeanisation policy based an expert survey. The provides valuable resource, encompassing 1957 2014, distribution between member states across fields, ideological content primary...