Publications

2024

Broda, E., & Strömbäck, J. (2024). Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news: lessons from an interdisciplinary, systematic literature review. Annals of the International Communication Association, 48(2), 139–166.
http://doi.org/ 10.1080/23808985.2024.2323736

Gehle, L., Hameleers, M., Tulin, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Van Aelst, P., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., van Erkel, P., Esser, F., Halagiera, D., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Meltzer, C. E., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., Theocharis, Y., & Zoizner, A. (2024). Misinformation detection in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Evidence from original survey data collected in 19 democracies. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edad040

Glüer, K & Spectre, L. (2024). Where is the motivation in motivated numeracy? Review of Philosophy and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-024-00737-w

Hameleers, M., Tulin, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Van Aelst, P., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., Van Erkel, P., Esser, F., Gehle, L., Halagiera, D., Hopmann, D. N., Koc Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Meltzer, C. E., Mihelj, S., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., Theocharis, Y., & Zoizner, A. (2024). Mistakenly misinformed or intentionally deceived? Mis- and disinformation perceptions in the Russian War in Ukraine among citizens in 19 countries. European Journal of Political Research, 63(5), 1642–1654. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12646

Pagin, P. (2024). Hånfull framställning av högre utbildning, Dagens Arena. https://www.dagensarena.se/essa/hanfull-framstallning-av-hogre-utbildning/

Schemer, C., Stanyer, J., Meltzer, C. E., Gehle, L., Van Aelst, P., Theocharis, Y., Strömbäck, J., Stetka, V., Stepinska, A., Splendore, S., Zoizner, A., Matthes, J., Koc-Michalska, K., Hopmann, D. N., Esser, F., de Vreese, C., David, Y., Corbu, N., Castro, L., Cardenal, A S., Aalberg, T., van Erkel, P., Terren, L., & Halagiera, D. (2024). The relationship between political entertainment media use and political efficacy: A comparative study in 18 countries. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(4), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae046

Strömbäck, J., Broda, E., Tsfati, Y., Kossowska, M. & Vliegenthart, R. (2024). Disentangling the relationship between conspiracy mindset versus beliefs in specific conspiracy theories. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 232(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000546

Strömbäck, J., Lindgren, E., Tsfati, Y., Damstra, A., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H., Broda, E., Lebernegg, N., & Galyga, S. (2024). Political opinion leaders in high-choice information environments: Are they more informed than others? Mass Communication & Society, 27(5), 949–971. http://doi.org/ 10.1080/15205436.2023.2281311

Tsfati, Y., Vliegenthart, R., Strömbäck, J., & Lindgren, E. (2024). An asymmetric reinforcing spiral? Disentangling the longitudinal dynamics of media use and mainstream media trust. Journal of Communication, online early. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqae039

Tulin, M., Hameleers, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Corbu, N., van Erkel, Patrick, Esser, Frank, Gehle, Luisa, Halagiera, D., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Mihelj, S., Schemer, C., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., & Theocharis, Y. (2024). Why do citizens choose to read fact-checks in the context of the Russian war in Ukraine? The role of directional and accuracy motivations in nineteen democracies. International Journal of Press/Politics, online early. https://doi.org/10.1177/194016122412335

Vliegenthart, R., Strömbäck, J., Boomgaarden, H., Broda, E., Damstra, A., Lindgren, E., Tsfati, Y., & Van Remoortere, A. (2024). Taking political alternative media into account: Investigating the linkage between media repertoires and (mis)perceptions. Mass Communication and Society, 27(5), 877–901. http://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2251444

Zilinsky, J., Theocharais, Y., Pradel, F., Tulin, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., Esser, F., Gehle, L., Halagiera, D., Hameleers, M., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Van Aelst, P., & Zoizner, A. (2024). Justifying an invasion: When is disinformation successful? Political Communication, online early. http://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2024.2352483

2023

Damstra, A., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H., Glüer, K., Lindgren, E., Strömbäck, J & Tsfati, Y. (2023). Knowledge and the News: An Investigation of the Relation Between News Use, News Avoidance, and the Presence of (Mis)beliefs. International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(1), 29–48.https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211031457

Kossowska, M.,  Czarnek, G., &  Szwed, P. (2023).  Political ideology and belief change in the face of counterevidence. European Journal of Social Psychology, 00,  1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2965

Kossowska, M., Szwed, P., Szumowska, E., Perek-Białas, J., & Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, A. (2023). The role of fear, closeness, and norms in shaping help towards war refugees. Scientific reports, 13(1). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28249-0

Matthes, J, Corbu, N., Jin, S., Theocharis, Y., Schemer, C., Van Aelst, P., Strömbäck, J., Koc-Michalska, K., Esser, F., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. S., Castro, L., de Vreese, C., Hopmann, D. N., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., & Zoizner, A. (2023). Perceived prevalence of misinformation fuels worries about COVID-19: A cross-country, multi-method investigation. Information, Communication & Society, 26(16), 3135–3158. http://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2146983

Simons, D.J., & Chabris, C.F. (2023). Nobody’s fool: Why we get taken in and what we can do about it. Basic Books.

Spectre, Levi & Hawthorne, John (2023). Doncaster pandas and Caesar’s armadillo: Scepticism and via negativa knowledge. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 108 (2):360-373. 10.1111/phpr.12974

Strömbäck, Jesper (2023). Tendensen att misstro officiella sanningar: konspiratorisk mentalitet hos svenska folket. In Andersson, Ulrika, Öhberg, Patrik, Carlander, Anders, Martinsson, Johan & Theorin, Nora (Eds.), Ovisshetens tid (pp. 389–405). Göteborg: SOM-institutet.

Strömbäck, Jesper (2023). Förändringarna av medielandskapet och det ökade kunskapsmotståndet. In Pogulis, Anna-Lena & Larsson, Bo Per (Eds.), Hot mot det demokratiska samtalet. Forskarantologi (pp. 74–84). Stockholm: Sveriges kommuner och regioner.

Strömbäck, J., Broda, E., Bouchafra, S., Johansson, S., Rettenegger, G., & Lindgren, E. (2023). Conspiracy thinking and the role of media use: Exploring the antecedents of conspiratorial predispositions. European Journal of Communication, 38(3), 255–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221122951

Theorin, N., Johansson, S., Strömbäck, J., Johansson, B., Oscarsson, H. (2023). Valfusk i Sverige? Allmänhetens syn på oegentligheter vid svenska val. Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 125(4), 1009–1034. https://journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/view/25456

Theocharis, Y., Cardenal, A., Jin, S., Aalberg, T., Hopmann, D. N., Strömbäck, J., Castro, L., Esser, F., Van Aelst, P., de Vreese, C., Corbu, N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., & Stetka, V. (2023). Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries. New Media & Society, 23(12), 3412–3437. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211045666

Tsfati, Y., Strömbäck, J., Lindgren, E., Boomgaarden, H. G., & Vliegenthart, R (2023). What news outlets do peopple have in mind when they answeer survey questions about trust in ”media”? International Journal of Public Opinion Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edad008

2022

Castro, L., Strömbäck, J., Esser, F., Van Aelst, P., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., & Theocharis, Y. (2022). Navigating High-Choice European Political Information Environments: A Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge. International Journal of Press/Politics, 27(4), 827–859. https://doi.org/10.1177/194016122110125

Dawson, S. (2022a). Poll Wars: Perceptions of Poll Credibility and Voting Behaviour. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 19401612221087180. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221087181

Dawson, S. (2022b). Perceptions of opinion poll credibility: The role of partisan bias. Party Politics, 13540688221098836. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221098837

Glüer, K., Wikforss, Å., & Bergamaschi, M. (2022). The Normativity of Meaning and Content. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/meaning-normativity/

Johansson, Bengt, Strömbäck, Jesper, Johansson, Sofia & Cassel, Felix (2022). Sårbarhet för informationspåverkan. Göteborg: JMG, Göteborgs  universitet.

Kossowska, M., Szwed, P., & Czarnek, G. (2022). The Role of Political Ideology and Open-Minded Thinking Style in the (in)Accuracy of Factual Beliefs. Political Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-022-09789-z

Lindgren, E., Lindholm, T., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H. G., Damstra, A., Strömbäck, J., & Tsfati, Y. (2022). Trusting the Facts: The Role of Framing, News Media as a (Trusted) Source, and Opinion Resonance for Perceived Truth in Statistical Statements. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 107769902211171. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221117117

Matthes, J, Corbu, N., Jin, S., Theocharis, Y., Schemer, C., Van Aelst, P., Strömbäck, J., Koc-Michalska, K, Esser, F., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A.S., Castro, L., de Vreese, C., Hopmann, D., Nicolas, S., Tamir, Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V & Zoizner, A (2022). Perceived prevalence of misinformation fuels worries about COVID-19: A cross-country, multi-method investigation. Information, Communication & Society.https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2146983

Rekker, R., & Harteveld E. (2022) Understanding factual belief polarization: the role of trust, political sophistication, and affective polarization. Acta Politica.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41269-022-00265-4

Shehata, A & Strömbäck, J (2022). Media use and societal perceptions: The dual role of media trust. Media and Communication, 10(3), 146–157. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i3.5449

Strömbäck, J., & Wikforss, Å. (Eds.). (2022). Knowledge resistance in high-choice information environments (1 Edition). Routledge.

Strömbäck, Jesper (2022). Beyond the political framing battles – Sweden in an international comparison. Stockholm: Futurion.

Strömbäck, J., Broda, E., Bouchafra, S., Johansson, S., Rettenegger, G & Lindgren, E. (2022). Conspiracy thinking and the role of media use: Exploring the antecedents of conspiratorial predispositions. European Journal of Communication, https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221122951.

Strömbäck, Jesper (2022). Konspiratorisk läggning hos svenska folket. In Andersson, Ulrika, Oscarsson, Henrik, Rönnerstrand, Björn & Theorin, Nora (Eds.), Du sköra nya värld (pp. 73–86). Göteborg:

Strömbäck, Jesper & Shehata, Adam (2022). Bidrar public service till bättre informerade medborgare? In Bjerling, Johannes (Ed.), Public service. En svensk kunskapsöversikt (pp. 55–73). Göteborg: Nordicom

Tsfati, Y., Strömbäck, J., Lindgren, E., Damstra, A., Boomgaarden, H & Vliegenthart, R. (2022). Going Beyond General Media Trust: An Analysis of Topical Media Trust, its Antecedents and Effects on Issue (Mis)perceptions. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 34(2).https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edac010

Zoizner, A., Sheafer, T., Castro, L., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. C., Corbu, N., de Vreese, C., Esser, F., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Theocharis, Y & Van Aelst, P (2022). The Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Selective Exposure: Evidence from 17 Countries. Political Communication, 39(5), 674–696.https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2022.2107745

2021

Agerberg, M., & Sohlberg, J. (2021). Personal Proximity and Reactions to Terrorism. Comparative Political Studies, 001041402199716. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414021997162

Andersen, K., & Strömbäck, J. (2021). Media Platforms and Political Learning: The Democratic Challenge of News Consumption on Computers and Mobile Devices. International Journal of Communication, 15(0), 20.

Aydemir, N., & Vliegenthart, R. (2021). Tracing roots of group representation among MPs with immigrant backgrounds: A content analysis on parliamentary questions in the Netherlands. Ethnicities, 14687968211005188. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968211005187

Boukes, M., Damstra, A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2021). Media Effects Across Time and Subject: How News Coverage Affects Two Out of Four Attributes of Consumer Confidence. Communication Research, 48(3), 454–476. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650219870087

Cardenal, A. S., Castro, L., Schemer, C., Strömbäck, J., Ste, A., de Vreese, C., & Van Aelst, P. (2021). Divided We Trust?: The Role of Polarization on Rally-around-the-Flag Effects during the COVID-19 Crisis. In Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus (pp. 157–173). Routledge.

Clinton, J., Cohen, J., Lapinski, J., & Trussler, M. (2021). Partisan pandemic: How partisanship and public health concerns affect individuals’ social mobility during COVID-19. Science Advances, 7(2), eabd7204. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd7204

Czarnek, G., Kossowska, M., & Szwed, P. (2021). Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries. Nature Climate Change, 11(1), 9–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00930-6

Damstra, A., Boomgaarden, H. G., Broda, E., Lindgren, E., Strömbäck, J., Tsfati, Y., & Vliegenthart, R. (2021). What Does Fake Look Like? A Review of the Literature on Intentional Deception in the News and on Social Media. Journalism Studies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.1979423

Damstra, A., & Hameleers, M. (2021). Knowledge Acquisition in Times of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: Evidence from a Four-Wave Panel Study. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, edab017. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edab017

Damstra, A., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H., Glüer, K., Lindgren, E., Strömbäck, J., & Tsfati, Y. (2021). Knowledge and the News: An Investigation of the Relation Between News Use, News Avoidance, and the Presence of (Mis)beliefs. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 19401612211031456. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211031457

Enoch, D., & Spectre, L. (2021). Statistical resentment, or: What’s wrong with acting, blaming, and believing on the basis of statistics alone. Synthese. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03042-6

Harteveld, E., & Rekker, R. (2021). Polarisatie in Nederland. In T. Sipma, M. Lubbers, T. van der Meer, N. Spierings, & K. Jacobs (Eds.), Versplinterde vertegenwoordiging: Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek 2021 (pp. 113–124). Stichting Kiezersonderzoek Nederland (SKON). https://www.dpes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NKO-2021-Versplinterde-vertegenwoordiging.pdf

Kossowska, M., Szwed, P., & Czarnek, G. (2021). Ideology shapes trust in scientists and attitudes towards vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(5), 720–737. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211001946

Lyons, B. A., Montgomery, J. M., Guess, A. M., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2021). Overconfidence in news judgments is associated with false news susceptibility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(23), e2019527118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019527118

Pagin, P. (2021)’Mattias Karlsson som utbildningsminister, Dagens Arena. https://www.dagensarena.se/essa/mattias-karlsson-som-utbildningsminister/

Rekker, R. (2021). The nature and origins of political polarization over science. Public Understanding of Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662521989193

Shehata, A., & Strömbäck, J. (2021). Learning Political News From Social Media: Network Media Logic and Current Affairs News Learning in a High-Choice Media Environment. Communication Research, 48(1), 125–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650217749354

Strömbäck, J. (2021a). Media-centric or Politics-centric Political Communication Research? Some Reflections. Political Communication, 0(0), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2021.1966598

Strömbäck, J. (2021b). Media Trust in Europe: Breaking News and Polarized Views [Policy Paper]. European Liberal Foundation.

Theorin, N., Meltzer, C. E., Galyga, S., Strömbäck, J., Schemer, C., Eberl, J.-M., Lind, F., Heidenreich, T., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2021). Does News Frame Affect Free Movement Attitudes? A Comparative Analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 10776990211006792. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211006793

Van Aelst, P., Toth, F., Castro, L., Štětka, V., Vreese, C. de, Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A. S., Corbu, N., Esser, F., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stępińska, A., Strömbäck, J., & Theocharis, Y. (2021). Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries. Digital Journalism, 0(0), 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.1943481

2020

Czarnek, G., Kossowska, M., & Szwed, P. (2020). Political ideology and attitudes toward vaccination: Study report. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uwehk

Kossowska, M., Szwed, P., & Czarnek, G. (2020). Trust in scientists and attitudes towards vaccines and vaccine policy: The role of perception of scientists as elitists. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xzj9f

Oscarsson, G. H. E., & Holmberg, S. (Eds.). (2020). The Research handbook on political partisanship. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Oscarsson, H., & Strömbäck, J. (2020). Covid 19 Kunskap och konspirationer: SOM-undersökningen om coronaviruset 2020. SOM-institutet.

Pagin, P. (2020). The Indicativity View. In S. Goldberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Assertion (pp. 118–137). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675233.013.5

Pitcovski, E., & Spectre, L. (2020). If you don’t know that you know, you could be surprised. Noûs, nous.12343. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12343

Tsfati, Y., Boomgaarden, H. G., Strömbäck, J., Vliegenthart, R., Damstra, A., & Lindgren, E. (2020). Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: Literature review and synthesis. Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(2), 157–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2020.1759443

Strömbäck, J., Tsfati, Y., Boomgaarden, H., Damstra, A., Lindgren, E., Vliegenthart, R., & Lindholm, T. (2020). News media trust and its impact on media use: Toward a framework for future research. Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(2), 139–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2020.1755338

2019

Dahlgren, P. M., Shehata, A., & Strömbäck, J. (2019). Reinforcing spirals at work? Mutual influences between selective news exposure and ideological leaning. European Journal of Communication, 34(2), 159–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323119830056

Meyer, M. N., Heck, P. R., Holtzman, G. S., Anderson, S. M., Cai, W., Watts, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (2019a). Objecting to experiments that compare two unobjectionable policies or treatments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(22), 10723–10728. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820701116

Meyer, M. N., Heck, P. R., Holtzman, G. S., Anderson, S. M., Cai, W., Watts, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (2019b). Reply to Mislavsky et al.: Sometimes people really are averse to experiments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(48), 23885–23886. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914509116

Work in press, under review, or in preparation

Friberg-Fernros, Henrik, Mattias Agerberg, Jakob Ahlbom & Henrik Oscarsson. Liberal-conservative asymmetry in politically biased reasoning: An argument scheme approach. Under review.

Button, Tim; Rothschild Daniel & Spectre, Levi (MS). Too clever by halving. Under review.

Enoch, David & Spectre, Levi. There is no such thing as doxastic wrongdoing. Philosophical Perspectives. In preparation.

Lindholm, T., Isohanni, F., Appelbom, S., & Svenson, O. From top-down to bottom-up: How disambiguating facts reduces myside bias. In preparation.

Santos, H.C., Chabris, C.F., & Meyer, M.N. (2022). Belief revision in response to information about expert views on topics in genetics and economics. In preparation.

Van Aelst, Peter, van Erkel, Patrick, Castro, Laia, Koc-Michalska, Karolina, Strömbäck, Jesper & Stanyer, James (2022). A cross-national and cross-temporal analysis of social media use on political knowledge: Do people learn? Under review.

Wikforss, Å. 2022. ”Demokratin och desinformationen”, i Värderingsförändringar i ett Europaperspektiv. Hot mot vår säkerhet?, Antologi II SES, red. B. Körlöf.