my co-author and i going back and forth trying desperately to meet “gender balance” for our panel proposal that is almost entirely made of women

Through a content analysis of local news census research, we find that most studies stick to a single context (usually state), traditional media, and limited documenting. We also present this map that shows where studies have (and have not) been conducted. Most of the US lacks an ecosystem analysis.

We also find that greater feelings of alienation are associated with negative outcomes. Despite consuming more news than their counterparts, people who believe news is not made for them also selectively avoid more news, get more knowledge questions incorrect, and believe more misinformation.

Using a panel survey in Brazil & UK, we see that people who feel the most alienated from news tend to be younger, lower SES, have lower news self-efficacy, greater interest in soft news, and have more attention problems. These findings highlight the overwhelming relentlessness of news cycles.

The News is Not Made for Me scale is an 8-item scale that investigates the growing gap between news providers and audiences as well as audience inequality gaps related to news use and benefits. It gets at what we call "agnostic" features of news - such as pace, language, and access.

didn’t know it when i booked it but apparently my first flight on the way to #ICA2025 is an inaugural one lol

have to give a HUGE thank you to @dbetakova.bsky.social and the whole @polcomvienna.bsky.social for the warm welcome this week!! thank you for sharing your desk space and listening to me talk about the ineqnews project ❤️ you are all welcome at my desk anytime!!!

and thats my (latest) hunger games take thanks!

really cool to see that despite suzanne collins’s best efforts, hunger games fans have once again only taken interpersonal & romantic relationships from sunrise on the reaping and completely ignored it’s central political message

shout out to my husband’s sociopathic keyboard with no labels that i borrowed just so i could use a numpad for data entry

*shania twain guitar riff* let’s go girls lol

the pics from the local journalism researchers' workshop last month came out so well, but I especially love this one!!! ironically I am wearing the exact same outfit right now typing this from my office as I am in the photo!!!

WHY DO I DO THIS

swimming :)

see you all in denver :) #ICA2024

some recent honeymoon selections (rome & maldives edition)

don’t get me wrong i love festive cheer but isn’t the whole bit of the Vrije Universiteit that it’s free from religion?