Mark Boukes
Associate Professor in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Research interests: Journalism, Media effects, and Public opinion.
- Reposted by Mark Boukes📣 Fifth PolCom Classics 📣 What does research tell us about how politicians use social media — and where this is heading? Join the next PolCom Classics with Peter Van Aelst! 🗓 Wednesday, March 4 🕛 12:00–13:00 CET, Online Registration is free through the QR code or through the link below 👇
- Reposted by Mark BoukesSeven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."
- New pub! The more I investigated news media trust, the more confused I became. Therefore, we conducted this content analysis of 623 studies (1951–2025), showing that the media trust concept indeed differs a lot in terms of conceptualizations and operationalizations. Here: doi.org/10.1177/0093...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes... and if you're looking for a Global venue for your work, consider submitting that work to Global Perspectives in Communication! We take 4K and 8K length manuscripts, and just about any paper that fits the ICA program would fit our editorial mission.
- We all suspect it happens, but this is awful ... #ica26 reviews.
- lmao some of the #ica26 reviews i’m receiving are straight up copy and pasted from chatgpt how cool what a slay. for example:
- Reposted by Mark Boukes📣 It’s time for the first PolCom Classics of the year! We’re diving into agenda-setting with Amber E. Boydstun from UC Davis. 🗓 January 29, 17:00–18:00 CET, online (note the time change due to time differences) 📲 Register via the QR code or the link down below 👇 We hope to see you there! ✨
- Reposted by Mark BoukesMeta (Facebook & Instagram) is now under Trump's control.
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨 Brain full after a day of ETMAAL papers? 🧠 Join us for the first PolCom Quiz Night - a short, fun, low-key networking quiz to wind down before heading to the reception. 🎟️ Free registration via QR code or link 🗓️ Feb 5 | 17:45–18:30 ✨ Early career researchers especially welcome!
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- Reposted by Mark BoukesCongratulations to Dr. Abby Youran Qin (@abbyqin.bsky.social) , who defended her terrific dissertation today. She’s off to a postdoc at @ascor.bsky.social. I’m very proud to be her adviser and collaborator!
- Reposted by Mark BoukesNobody is taking away my em dash www.wsj.com/tech/ai/dont...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes📢 NeFCA PolCom Division is looking for new PhD reps! Join our Steering Committee and help shape events, connect researchers, and strengthen our community across NL & BE. More information can be found below! 👇 📅 Deadline: Dec 18
- Reposted by Mark BoukesInteresting unpacking of deepfakes: - darkfakes - glowfakes - foefakes - fanfakes “A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks” @morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesIt's already time for the third session of our PolCom Classics! This round, we’re diving into mediatization & media logic with none other than @jesperstromback.bsky.social 🗓 November 27 ⏰ 12:00–13:00 CET 📲 Register via the QR code or the link below — hope to see you there!
- Reposted by Mark BoukesAls je impopulair wordt, koop je er gewoon nog een krant bij. 80 % nu aan regering gelieerd. De grote held van Wilders. www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/o...
- Kwam deze twee columns van Joost Prinsen tegen op Facebook. Zo goed geschreven. Dat kon hij ook. Zo troostend.
- Reposted by Mark BoukesExcitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mark BoukesDirect onder een interview waarin ik zeg dat het goed is dat sommige (!) media beter omgaan met berichtgeving over peilingen, plaatst het Leidsch Dagblad een bericht over peilingen zonder foutmarges, veldwerkperiode, of steekproefomvang. 🤦♂️ Serves me right for being an optimist.
- Reposted by Mark BoukesWat een heftig verhaal, dapper van haar dat ze het zo opgeschreven heeft. En ja, het is cruciaal dat wij mannen dit soort eikels corrigeren en laten horen dat dit soort humor en gedrag niet oké is. dieuwkewynia.substack.com/p/seksueel-g...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesWe are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
- Reposted by Mark BoukesOur project on comparing rule-based, classical machine learning, transformers and #LLM to measure debate quality on social media is finally out at Communication Methods and Measures! ✨✨✨ @ascor.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Working / teaching computational text analysis? Here's our new pub: “Can we use automated approaches to measure the quality of online political discussion? How to (not) measure interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in online comments to the news." To read: doi.org/10.1080/1931...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesYou'll notice Charlie Kirk is not mentioned
- Excited to share our latest article in Journalism Practice: “Journalists ‘Attagged’: The @-tag as a Bonding Tool for ‘Supercharged Critical Publics’” Led by @Marloes Geboers, and /w @tomasdodds.bsky.social, Eirliani A Rahman and myself — published open access: doi.org/10.1080/1751...
- Reposted by Mark Boukescurrently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
- First Colbert, now Kimmel. Who's next? It’s astonishing how large corporations bow to a president who doesn’t handle criticism very well. Is money truly the only thing they care about, or do they also carry a public responsibility to defend press freedom? Barry Blitt in The New Yorker:
- Reposted by Mark BoukesHeel gevaarlijk. nos.nl/artikel/2582...
- Why did COVID-19 memes turn politicians into both heroes and clowns? In our new study of jokes from five European countries, we show how pandemic humor made leaders look powerful — yet, just as lost as the rest of us. Read how politics became a spectacle through humor: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes📢 Launching this fall: PolCom Classics! A monthly online webinar where leading scholars revisit “classic” themes in political communication - mis/disinfo, framing, digitalization & more. 🗓 Every last Thu, 12–13 CET First session: Sept 25 w/ @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social. @nefca.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mark BoukesAcademic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🚀 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.
- Reposted by Mark BoukesDefending US democracy: the role of scientists @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesInteresting. Danish media will run a campaign to encourage advertisers to spend money with their competitors, that is, other Danish media. 👛 Spend your ad budget with Danish media rather than international tech giants is the key message Source: MediaWatch
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🎉 #ICA25 in Denver was one for the books! 4,530 attendees (89% in person!) packed 772 sessions with over 2,870 presentations 🤯.✨ buff.ly/Nim9iM5
- Reposted by Mark BoukesSo far, we've translated the GPC call for papers into nine different global languages, with many more on the way. =) We'll release the documents once we've got them hosted, but thanks so much to our GPC board for hopping on board this project!
- Reposted by Mark BoukesThis is a real tweet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
- Reposted by Mark BoukesIntroducing new @journal-of-comm.bsky.social publication: “Deliberation in online political talk: exploring interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in the public spheres surrounding news vs. satire”, by Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesWe're pleased to share our first Editorial Board! We're so very happy to work with so many voices, from so many places, all eager to ensure that we can curate and share the very best in human communication scholarship - and do so, open access: academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed....
- Reposted by Mark BoukesFeeling proud and grateful after my first ICA conference, and what a way to start! ✨ I had the opportunity to chair a session for the first time, and was honored to receive the Top Student Paper Award in Mass Communication. 🏆 Heading home fully inspired.💡 #ICA25
- Reposted by Mark BoukesSurvived ICA with 3 presentations + 1 collab on social media & mental health📱Had great discussions, laughed a ton with friends, and learned even more. Also…I’m on the *job market*, so hit me up if you know of any opportunities! See you next time, all my comm friends!! 🏔️🏙️💙 #ICA25 #ICADenver
- Last day of #ica25, two more presentations. Hope to see you there!
- Reposted by Mark BoukesXinfeng Gu and @markboukes.bsky.social shared really interesting insights into the psychological traits of satire viewers across countries: #ica25
- Next #ica25 session: Metrics, Algorithms and Journalism: The Elusive Digital Audience. When: 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Where: Centennial F (Regency 3) Xinfeng Gu and I will be presenting "How the Big-5 Personality Traits Predict the Consumption of Satire and Regular News".
- Good morning, #ica25! See you in a bit at the hybrid ICA@75 theme session: "Diversity in Communication Research: Dynamics and Trends"!? From 9:00 to 10:15 in Centennial E (Hyatt Regency).
- Reposted by Mark BoukesHappy that our paper, led by @dominiquewirz.bsky.social, received the best paper award at the Mass Communication division of #ica25 (thanks @markboukes.bsky.social!) Check out "Tracing Knowledge Gaps" here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Still thinking about which session to attend at #ica25 this morning? Consider our MassComm session "The Evolution of Mass Communication: Adapting Research to a Fragmented Media Landscape and Digital Future" with a stellar line-up. And don't forget our business meeting right before that!
- Reposted by Mark BoukesU Amsterdam has compiled a list of experts on 🇳🇱 politics & upcoming elections ⬇️ some on 🦋 fx: @favstats.eu @markboukes.bsky.social @hakhverdian.bsky.social @bnbakker.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social www.uva.nl/en/news-even...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes... and, we're live! As of today, we are ready to receive your manuscripts in our peer review system, online at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm
- Are you going to #ICA25 and interested in the theme of our pre-conference "Media, Trust and Technology"? Registration is still open until 31st of May, and more information can be found here: www.icahdq.org/event/Media_...
- Reposted by Mark BoukesEspecially happy to share this recent pub in the International Journal of Communication @ijoc-usc.bsky.social, which marks the first peer-reviewed article out of my dissertation. ✨ (1/6) ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
- Bringing this opportunity for a post-doc position once more to you attention 😀 (five days left to apply)
- We have a vacancy for "Postdoctoral Researcher on the Topics of Journalism and Infotainment" with affinity for quantitative methods. Work includes projects related to media trust, pluralism, media effects and/or political satire. Link: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Please help me share it 🙏
- 17 seconds of fame in het NOS Journaal over mijn tieneridolen van Jiskefet, en wat ze zo bijzonder maakte (maar dan héél kort dus):
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨 Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥 @polcomm.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
- We have a vacancy for "Postdoctoral Researcher on the Topics of Journalism and Infotainment" with affinity for quantitative methods. Work includes projects related to media trust, pluralism, media effects and/or political satire. Link: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Please help me share it 🙏
- Reposted by Mark Boukes🚨 #Jobalert We are looking for a #postdoctoral researcher with an interest in journalism-related themes and a strong affinity for quantitative methods. The position is part of ASCoR, and the researcher will work closely with @markboukes.bsky.social. 📅Deadline: 25 May 2025 Read more 👇
- Reposted by Mark Boukes📣 Job alert 📣 Position for postdoctoral researcher on journalist and infotainment at the University of Amsterdam. You can apply until May 25. More details below ⬇️ werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
- Great use of AI for satire: The Flodder Kabinet (by Fake It Or Leave It): youtu.be/v-JGfKkRA9A?...
- Reposted by Mark Boukes2024 was the hottest year on record 📈 TV news coverage of climate change decreased by 25% 📉 #EndClimateSilence
- How transparent are news websites really? Roeland Dubèl investigated this using a large-scale content analysis of 27,096 news articles from six Dutch news outlets. The paper is now published in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social. Open-access at : journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Mark BoukesRoeland Dubèl presenting on his impressive analysis (WIP) of news media trust expressions: how to social media users criticize media? (with small roles for @markboukes.bsky.social @shjjacobs.bsky.social and me) at #etmaal2025
- Reposted by Mark BoukesTransparency will save journalism? Cool study by Dubèl, @markboukes.bsky.social & @damiantrilling.net on news article transparency & differences between news outlets and story types. Transparency is not one size fits all. Read ⬇️ for details #commsky #journalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Mark BoukesAny #Shakespeare fans in the house? And any chance they are also interested in how #media implement #transparency? 😇Then this paper in 𝗝𝗠𝗖𝗤 by Roeland Dubèl, Mark Boukes, and Damian Trilling is for you! 💙 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky
