Publications
Power, public opinion, right of rebellion and/or revolution in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus: deconstructing the radicality of Spinoza's political thought Ghent University
Public opinion and policy on crime prevention in Europe Ghent University
The Voice of the People in the News: A Content Analysis of Public Opinion Displays in Routine and Election News Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp
Reporting on public opinion is an important task of journalists in democracies. There are several ways in which journalists can portray public opinion: (1) opinion polls (2) inferences to public opinion (3) vox pops (4) covering protest and (5) social media references. These public opinion displays vary in how explicitly they refer to public opinion, how representative they are of the larger population and how active the role of citizens is. ...
Public opinion on doping in cycling: differences among population groups KU Leuven
Research note: making news based on public opinion polls: the Flemish case KU Leuven
Right-wing Bias in Journalists’ Perceptions of Public Opinion Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp
How journalists perceive public opinion is important in democracies. These perceptions help journalists to construct meaningful stories and might influence news content. However, little is known about how accurate journalists’ perceptions of public opinion actually are. Using a survey with Belgian (Flemish) political journalists, we analyze their perceptions of public opinion on concrete policy proposals, next to their general political ...
The representation of public opinion in routine U.S. network news University of Antwerp
Interest groups, public opinion, and political representation University of Antwerp
Public Opinion in the News: Examining Portrayals and Viewpoint Heterogeneity Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp
Although the news media both reflect and shape public opinion, little is known about how they actually portray public opinion in an integrated manner. A large-scale content analysis of Flemish print and television news, comparing routine and election periods, shows that journalists mostly refer to only one public opinion portrayal in a news item. When more than one public opinion portrayal is present, it is mostly casual inferences used in ...