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Perceptual accuracy, policy congruence and electoral success of candidates

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent research has documented that politicians are not good at estimating citizens' policy preferences, though their ability to do so varies across parties and individuals. The postulated link between this low perceptual accuracy and substantive representation has rarely been explored empirically.
Léïla Eisner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Memefying Mental Illness: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Mental Illness Portrayals in #Depressionmemes on Instagram

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication
Internet memes account for a substantial proportion of depression-related content on social media. However, little scholarly attention has been paid to how mental illness is portrayed in social media memes.
Anna Wagner, Linn Temmann
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Political Gender Stereotypes in Parallel: Are Elites or Citizens More Prejudiced?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Research shows that many voters ascribe stereotypical traits and issue competences to male and female politicians – such as viewing women as more compassionate and honest, and men as more competent and decisive – and use these perceptions when evaluating candidates.
Nathalie Giger, Anke Tresch
wiley   +1 more source

Serious Memes

open access: yes, 2020
This report purposefully seeks to examine how memes evolve and spread as communicationtools. The report also touches upon the negative consequence of memes, by the simple fact thatthey can sometimes be offensive towards the general population.
Alexandra-Valentina, Saioc   +5 more
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Tackling hate speech in schools – A systematic review of programme quality from a scientific and school practice perspective

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Hate speech is a global issue. Intentional expressions of group‐related derogation have become more widespread in recent years and they potentially bear negative consequences for individuals, communities and societies. After the internet, the school is a context where children and adolescents perpetrate and/or witness hate speech or become ...
Julia Kansok‐Dusche   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Put it Back! Archived Memes in Context [Presentation]

open access: yes
This presentation delves first into the unique challenges posed by memes concerning contextualization. It explores their circulation across platforms, notably on social media networks, their diverse and ephemeral nature, and the cognitive context ...
Schafer, Valérie
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Daily fluctuations in adolescents’ political stress

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract This study explored adolescents' daily political stress during the 2024 US election and how proximal and distal factors shaped stress. Participants completed surveys for 20 consecutive days before, during, and after the election. At baseline, they reported perceptions of peer and family election‐related experiences and anticipated election ...
Jacqueline Cerda‐Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Put it Back! Archived Memes in Context [Video]

open access: yes
Recording of a presentation that delves first into the unique challenges posed by memes concerning contextualization. It explores their circulation across platforms, notably on social media networks, their diverse and ephemeral nature, and the cognitive ...
Schafer, Valérie
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Subversive Memes: Internet Memes as a Form of Visual Rhetoric

open access: yes, 2013
The study examines internet memes as a form of representational discourse that subverts dominant media messages to create new meaning. The study draws parallels between memes and other forms of visual communication in the physical world.
Huntington, Heidi E.
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