Publications

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Amsalem, E., Zoizner, A., Sheafer, T., Walgrave, S., & Loewen, P. J. (2018). The Effect of Politicians’ Personality on Their Media Visibility. Communication Research, 47(7), 1079-1102.
  
• Helfer, L., & Van Aelst, P. (2020). Why politicians react to media coverage : a comparative experiment of political agenda-setting. The Agenda Setting Journal, 4(1), 88-108.
• Ketelaars, P., & Sevenans, J. (2020). It's a matter of timing. How the timing of politicians' information subsidies affects what becomes news. Political Communication
• Ketelaars, P., & Van Aelst, P. (2020). An actor approach to mediatization: linking politicians' media perceptions, communication behaviour and appearances in the news. Politics of the Low Countries.
• Lefevere, J., Seeberg, H., & Walgrave, S., (2020). Negatively affecting voters' issue considerations. An experimental study of parties' attack communication. Political Communication.
• Lefevere, J., Van Aelst, P., & Peeters, J. (2020). Campaigning online and offline: different ballgames? Presidentialization, issue attention and negativity in parties' Facebook and newspaper ads in the 2019 Belgian general elections. Politics of the Low Countries.
• Soontjens, K., Van Remoortere, A., & Walgrave, S. (2020). The hostile media : politicians' perceptions of coverage bias. West European Politics. 
• ​Soontjens, K., (2020). The awareness paradox : (why) politicians overestimate citizens' awareness of parliamentary questions and party initiatives. Representation. 
  
• Van Erkel, P. F. A., Van Aelst, P., & Thijssen, P. (2020). Does media attention lead to personal electoral success? Differences in long and short campaign media effects for top and ordinary political candidates. Acta Politica, 55(2), 156-174.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Lefevere, J., Sevenans, J., Walgrave, S., & Lesschaeve, C. (2019). Issue reframing by parties: The effect of issue salience and ownership. Party Politics, 25(4), 507-519.
• Peeters, J., Van Aelst, P., & Praet, S. (2019). Party ownership or individual specialization? A comparison of politicians’ individual issue attention across three different agendas. Party Politics, 1354068819881639.
• Van Aelst, P., & Walgrave, S. (2019). The Information and Arena model : its value and limitations. Political Communication, 36(1), 203-207.
• Wouters, R., Sevenans, J., & Vliegenthart, R. (2019). Selective Deafness of Political Parties: Strategic Responsiveness to Media, Protest and Real-World Signals on Immigration in Belgian Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs, doi:10.1093/pa/gsz024.
• Walgrave, S., & Soontjens, K. (2019). How voters form associative issue ownership perceptions: an analysis of specific issues. Electoral Studies, 59, 136-144.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Sheffer, L., Loewen, P. J., Soroka, S., Walgrave, S., & Sheafer, T. (2018). Nonrepresentative representatives: an experimental study of the decision making of elected politicians. American Political Science Review, 112(2), 302-321.
  
• Vos, D., & Van Aelst, P. (2018). Does the Political System Determine Media Visibility of Politicians? A Comparative Analysis of Political Functions in the News in Sixteen Countries. Political Communication, 35(3), 371-392.
• Vesa, J., Blomberg, H., Kroll, C., & Van Aelst, P. (2018). What Politicians Look For in the News and How That Affects Their Behavior: A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Political Agenda Setting. International Journal of Communication, 12, 20.
• Walgrave, S., & Joly, J. K. (2018). Surveying individual political elites: a comparative three-country study. Quality & Quantity, 52(5), 2221-2237.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Amsalem, E., Sheafer, T., Walgrave, S., Loewen, P. J., & Soroka, S. N. (2017). Media Motivation and Elite Rhetoric in Comparative Perspective. Political Communication, 1-19.
• Harder, R. A., Sevenans, J., & Van Aelst, P. (2017). Intermedia agenda setting in the social media age: How traditional players dominate the news agenda in election times. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(3), 275-293.
• Lefevere, J., Sevenans, J., Walgrave, S., & Lesschaeve, C. (2017). Issue reframing by parties: The effect of issue salience and ownership. Party Politics, 1354068817736755.
• Sevenans, J. (2017). One concept, many interpretations: the media’s causal roles in political agenda-setting processes. European Political Science Review, 1-21.
• Sevenans, J. (2017). How Mass Media Attract Political Elites’ Attention. European Journal of Political Research. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12220.
• Tresch, A., Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2017). How parties’ issue emphasis strategies vary across communication channels: The 2009 regional election campaign in Belgium. Acta Politica, 1-23.
• Wouters, R., & Walgrave, S. (2017). Demonstrating Power: How Protest Persuades Political Representatives. American Sociological Review, 82(2), 361-383.
• Walgrave, S., Boydstun, A. E., Vliegenthart, R., & Hardy, A. (2017). The nonlinear effect of information on political attention: media storms and US Congressional Hearings. Political Communication, 1-23.
• Walgrave, S., & Dejaeghere, Y. (2017). Surviving information overload: How elite politicians select information. Governance, 30(2), 229-244.
• Walgrave, S., Sevenans, J., Van Camp, K., & Loewen, P. (2017). What Draws Politicians’ Attention? An Experimental Study of Issue Framing and its Effect on Individual Political Elites. Political Behavior, 1-23.
• Walgrave, S., & Lesschaeve, C. (2017). The Matthew Effect in Electoral Campaigns: Increase in Policy Congruence Inequality During the Campaign. Electoral Studies: An International Journal.
• Zoizner, A., Sheafer, T., & Walgrave, S. (2017). How politicians’ attitudes and goals moderate political agenda setting by the media. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(4), 431-449.

Book chapters:

• Melenhorst, L., & Van Aelst, P. (2017). Why Do Politicians Use the Media When Making Laws? A Study On the Functional Use of Mass Media During Legislative Processes. In P. Van Aelst & S. Walgrave (Eds.), How Political Actors Use the Media (pp. 227-243). London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Van Aelst, P., & Walgrave, S. (2016). Information and arena: The dual function of the news media for political elites. Journal of Communication, 66(3), 496-518.
• Van Aelst, P., van Erkel, P. F. A., D’heer, E., & Harder, R. A. (2016). Who is leading the campaign charts? Comparing individual popularity on old and new media. Information, Communication & Society, 20(5), 715-732. 
• Van Aelst, P., van Santen, R., Melenhorst, L., & Helfer, L. (2016). From Newspaper to Parliament and Back? A Study of Media Attention as Source for and Result of the Dutch Question Hour. World Political Science, 12(2), 261-282.

Peer-reviewed article:

• Sevenans, J., Walgrave, S., & Vos, D. (2015). Political elites’ media responsiveness and their individual political goals: A study of national politicians in Belgium. Research and Politics, 10.1177/2053168015593307.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• Aalberg, T., Van Aelst, P. (2014). Who is afraid of preelection polls? How perceptions of polls influence support for polling regulations among elites. International journal of public opinion research, 26(4), 517-530.
• Paulussen, S., & Harder, R. A. (2014). Social Media References in Newspapers: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as sources in newspaper journalism. Journalism Practice, 8(5), 542-551.
• Van Santen, R., Helfer, L., Van Aelst, P. (2014). When politics becomes news : an analysis of parliamentary questions and press coverage in three West European countries. Acta politica, 50(1), 45-63.
• Van Aelst, P., Vliegenthart, R. (2014). Studying the tango: an analysis of parliamentary questions and press coverage in the Netherlands. Journalism studies, 15(4), 392-410.
• Vliegenthart, R., Walgrave, S., & Meppelink, C. (2011). Inter-party agenda-setting in Belgian parliament. The role of party characteristics and competition. Political Studies, 59(2), 368-188.

Book chapters:

• Midtbø, T., Walgrave, S., Van Aelst, P. , Christensen, D.A. (2014). Do the media set the agenda of Parliament or is it the other way around? Agenda interactions between MPs and mass media. In: K. Deschouwer (ed.). Representing the people : a survey among members of statewide and substate parliaments. Oxford University Press, p. 188-208.
• Van Aelst, P. (2014). Media, political agendas and public policy. In: C. Reinemann (ed.). Handbook of political communication. Berlin, De Gruyter-Mouton.