Willem Buyens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willem Buyens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willem |
| FAMILY NAME | Buyens |
| SIGNATURE | BUYENS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3565-6977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Linking politics. How political parties use online link sharing during campaign times in Belgium and Sweden
In today’s hybrid media system, political actors, like individual politicians and parties, have the potential to play an important role in the online resources their audiences are exposed to and access. They could, for example, share news articles that validate their issue positions, or they may promote their own or their parties’ websites. This study zooms in on political parties’ online linking practices across multiple campaigns in Belgium and…
Rethinking the evaluation of news algorithms: Aligning epistemic standards, user priorities and evaluation metrics in recommender system design
As media organizations increasingly deploy recommender systems, these technologies play a growing role in shaping how individuals encounter and engage with news and public information online. Designing and evaluating these systems effectively, particularly in the news domain, requires attention to the challenges users face in forming knowledge and justified beliefs within complex digital information environments. To address this need, we draw on …
The Same Views, the Same News? A 15-Country Study on News Sharing on Social Media by European Politicians
Social media allow politicians to circumvent the gatekeeping role of news media by providing a platform on which they can communicate directly with and to their electorates. Still, politicians share news items on their online platforms to promote themselves, criticize their opponents or to inform their following. Doing so, they signal the relevance of those news items and the outlets that published them to their online audiences, serving as secon…
Curating the news. Analyzing politicians’ news sharing behavior on social media in three countries
Social media platforms allow politicians to communicate to and with their followers directly, without the interference of news media professionals. Political actors have eagerly adopted these platforms, which arguably makes them less dependent on traditional news media for their political communication. Still, they rely on the authority and trustworthiness of traditional outlets when they share news on their online platforms. In this paper, we re…
Never Mind the Source? The Drivers of User Engagement With Politicians’ Online News-Sharing Posts in 15 European Countries
Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown that they are strategic in their selection of news stories—they select specific news items and outlets to appeal to their online audiences. The reach of politicians’ news-sharing posts and their possible effects, are, however, influenced by the extent to which individual social media users e…
The role of paid, earned and owned media in political communication: The case of the Flemish populist radical right party Vlaams Belang
Pointing Fingers in the Disinformation Era: How Journalists and Politicians Perceive Each Other’s Role in Spreading Disinformation and Its Impact on their Relationship
In an era of post-truth and disinformation, the crucial relationship between journalists and politicians is under increasing pressure. Some politicians publicly question the media's role in spreading inaccurate and false information, and journalists have reason to be critical of politicians too, as they can easily disseminate falsehoods online. This study deals with how politicians and journalists perceive each other's role in spreading disinform…
Partisan news recommendations. Studying the effect of politicians’ online news sharing on news credibility
News is ever more accessible and consumed via social media, and on those platforms, its distribution is influenced by intermediaries. Because people are exposed to news via online influencers, it is important to know if and how they can impact audience attitudes. This study addresses the effects of politicians' news sharing on social media users' attitudes toward the news. Based on a survey experiment with Belgian citizens (N = 1,278), findings i…
Alternative Media, Alternative Voices? A Quantitative Analysis of Actor Diversity in Alternative and Mainstream News Outlets
Alternative news media are largely independent players in the news environment, which allows them to publish more alternative, and possibly more radical, news content. Do they utilise their independence to display actors that are underrepresented in the mainstream news? And does it affect the actor diversity in their news coverage and the journalistic environment as a whole? This study scrutinises the differences in actor diversity and actor pres…
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Alternative Media, Alternative Voices? A Quantitative Analysis of Actor Diversity in Alternative and Mainstream News Outlets
Alternative news media are largely independent players in the news environment, which allows them to publish more alternative, and possibly more radical, news content. Do they utilise their independence to display actors that are underrepresented in the mainstream news? And does it affect the actor diversity in their news coverage and the journalistic environment as a whole? This study scrutinises the differences in actor diversity and actor pres…
Pointing Fingers in the Disinformation Era: How Journalists and Politicians Perceive Each Other’s Role in Spreading Disinformation and Its Impact on their Relationship
In an era of post-truth and disinformation, the crucial relationship between journalists and politicians is under increasing pressure. Some politicians publicly question the media's role in spreading inaccurate and false information, and journalists have reason to be critical of politicians too, as they can easily disseminate falsehoods online. This study deals with how politicians and journalists perceive each other's role in spreading disinform…
Partisan news recommendations. Studying the effect of politicians’ online news sharing on news credibility
News is ever more accessible and consumed via social media, and on those platforms, its distribution is influenced by intermediaries. Because people are exposed to news via online influencers, it is important to know if and how they can impact audience attitudes. This study addresses the effects of politicians' news sharing on social media users' attitudes toward the news. Based on a survey experiment with Belgian citizens (N = 1,278), findings i…
The Same Views, the Same News? A 15-Country Study on News Sharing on Social Media by European Politicians
Social media allow politicians to circumvent the gatekeeping role of news media by providing a platform on which they can communicate directly with and to their electorates. Still, politicians share news items on their online platforms to promote themselves, criticize their opponents or to inform their following. Doing so, they signal the relevance of those news items and the outlets that published them to their online audiences, serving as secon…
Curating the news. Analyzing politicians’ news sharing behavior on social media in three countries
Social media platforms allow politicians to communicate to and with their followers directly, without the interference of news media professionals. Political actors have eagerly adopted these platforms, which arguably makes them less dependent on traditional news media for their political communication. Still, they rely on the authority and trustworthiness of traditional outlets when they share news on their online platforms. In this paper, we re…
Never Mind the Source? The Drivers of User Engagement With Politicians’ Online News-Sharing Posts in 15 European Countries
Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown that they are strategic in their selection of news stories—they select specific news items and outlets to appeal to their online audiences. The reach of politicians’ news-sharing posts and their possible effects, are, however, influenced by the extent to which individual social media users e…
The role of paid, earned and owned media in political communication: The case of the Flemish populist radical right party Vlaams Belang
Linking politics. How political parties use online link sharing during campaign times in Belgium and Sweden
In today’s hybrid media system, political actors, like individual politicians and parties, have the potential to play an important role in the online resources their audiences are exposed to and access. They could, for example, share news articles that validate their issue positions, or they may promote their own or their parties’ websites. This study zooms in on political parties’ online linking practices across multiple campaigns in Belgium and…
Rethinking the evaluation of news algorithms: Aligning epistemic standards, user priorities and evaluation metrics in recommender system design
As media organizations increasingly deploy recommender systems, these technologies play a growing role in shaping how individuals encounter and engage with news and public information online. Designing and evaluating these systems effectively, particularly in the news domain, requires attention to the challenges users face in forming knowledge and justified beliefs within complex digital information environments. To address this need, we draw on …
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