Peer reviewed Journals

  • Luke, S., Bon, E., Dommett, K., Gibson, R., Lecheler, S., & Kruikemeier, S. (2024). Editorial: Data-Driven Campaigning in a Comparative Context—Toward a 4th Era of Political Communication?. Media and Communication, 12, Article 9227. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.9227
  • Bon, E., Dommett, K., Gibson, R., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2024). Are Certain Types of Microtargeting More Acceptable? Comparing US, German, and Dutch Citizens’ Attitudes. Media and Communication, 12, Article 8520. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8520
  • Minihold, S., Lecheler, S., de Vreese, C., & Kruikemeier, S. (2024). Exploring digital campaign competence: the role of knowledge in data-driven election campaigns. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1–16. doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2024.2416012
  • Minihold, S., Lecheler, S., Vreese, C. de, & Kruikemeier, S. (2024). Game Over? Using (Not So) Innovative Interventions to Increase Digital Campaign Competence. Social Media + Society, 10(3). doi.org/10.1177/20563051241279253
  • Greber, H., Aaldering, L., & Lecheler, S. (2024). Informing Immersed Citizens: The Impact of Interactivity on Comprehending News in Immersive Journalism. Media and Communication, 12, Article 8571. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8571
  • Mothes, C., Mellado, C., Boudana, S., Himma, M., Nolan, D., McIntyre, K., Kozman, C., Hallin, D. C., Amiel, P., Brin, C., Katherine Chen, Y.-N., Davydov, S., De Maio, M., Dingerkus, F., El-Ibiary, R., Frías Vázquez, M., Glück, A., Garcés-Prettel, M., Luisa Humanes, M., Lecheler, S. … Van Leuven, S. (2024). Spurring or Blurring Professional Standards? The Role of Digital Technology in Implementing Journalistic Role Ideals in Contemporary Newsrooms. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/10776990241246692

  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2024). Searching, Selecting, and Verifying: Online Journalistic Sourcing Strategies. In Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap (Vol. 52, Issue 2, pp. 150–176). Amsterdam University Press. doi.org/10.5117/TCW2024.X.001.HAAN

  • Vliegenthart, R., Vrielink, J., Dommett, K., Gibson, R., Bon, E., Chu, X., de Vreese, C., Lecheler, S., Matthes, J., Minihold, S., Otto, L., Stubenvoll, M., & Kruikemeier, S. (2024). Citizens’ Acceptance of Data-Driven Political Campaigning: A 25-Country Cross-National Vignette Study. Social Science Computer Review, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/08944393241249708
  • Chu, X., Vliegenthart, R., Otto, L., Lecheler, S., De Vreese, C., & Kruikemeier, S. (2024). Do Online Ads Sway Voters? Understanding the Persuasiveness of Online Political Ads. Political Communication, 41(2), 290–314. doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2023.2276104
  • Chu, X., Otto, L., Vliegenthart, R., Lecheler, S., de Vreese, C., & Kruikemeier, S. (2023). On or off topic? Understanding the effects of issue-related political targeted ads. Information, Communication & Society, 1–27. doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2265978
  • Lecheler, S., Gattermann, K., & Aaldering, L. (2023). Disinformation and the Brussels bubble: EU correspondents’ concerns and competences in a digital age. Journalism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231188259
  • Bos, L., Laura Egelhofer, J., & Lecheler, S. (2023). Short but Critical?: How “Fake News” and “Anti Elitist” Media Attacks Undermine Perceived Message Credibility on Social Media. Communication Research, 00936502231178432. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502231178432
  • Mellado, C., Márquez-Ramírez, M., Van Leuven, S., Jackson, D., Mothes, C., Arcila-Calderón, C., Berthaut, J., Blanchett, N., Boudana, S., Chen, K. Y. N., Davydov, S., De Maio, M., Fahmy, N., Ferrero, M., Garcés, M., Hagen, L., Hallin, D. C., Humanes, M. L., Himma-Kadakas, M., … Viveros Aguilar, D. (2023). Comparing Journalistic Role Performance Across Thematic Beats: A 37-Country Study. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 10776990231173890. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990231173890
  • Mellado, C., Blanchett, N., Stępińska, A., Mothes, C., Lecheler, S., Blanco-Herrero, D., Chen, Y.-N. K., Cohen, A., Davydov, S., Maio, M. D., Dingerkus, F., Garcés-Prettel, M., Gousset, C., Hallin, D. C., Humanes, L., Himma-Kadakas, M., Kozman, C., Lee, M., Lin, C. I.-H., … Zhao, X. (2023). Does News Platform Matter? Comparing Online Journalistic Role Performance to Newspaper, Radio, and Television, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2023.2191332
  • Schäfer, S., Aaldering, L., & Lecheler, S. (2023). “Give Me a Break!” Prevalence and Predictors of Intentional News Avoidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mass Communication and Society, 26(4), 671–694. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2125406
  • Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S. & Vliegenthart, R. (2022). What is holding us back? We should be looking ahead! Considerations about open science practices in Journalism Studies. Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2022.2116722
  • Matthes, J., Hirsch, M., Stubenvoll, M., Binder, A., Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S., & Otto, L. (2022). Understanding the democratic role of perceived online political micro-targeting: longitudinal effects on trust in democracy and political interest, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2021.2016542
  • Jaidka, K., Zhou, A., Lelkes, Y., Egelhofer, J. L., & Lecheler, S. (2022). Beyond Anonymity: Network Affordances, Under Deindivuation, Improve Social Media Discussion Quality. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 27(1).
  • Egelhofer, J. L., Aaldering, L., & Lecheler, S. (2021). Delegitimizing the Media? Mapping Politicians’ Media Criticism on Social Media. Journal of Language and Politics. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20081.ege
  •  de Bruin, K., Goutier, N., de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2021). From "Cool Observer" to "Emotional Participant": The Practice of Immersive Journalism, Journalism Studies, ONLINE FIRST. DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2021.1956364.
  • Boyer, M. M., Aaldering, L., & Lecheler, S. (2020). Motivated Reasoning in Identity Politics: Group Status as a Moderator of Political Motivations. Political Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0032321720964667.
  • Aaldering, L., Egelhofer, J. L., & Lecheler, S. (2020). Nieuwe uitdagingen voor de journalistiek in het tijdperk van nepnieuws. Doen, durven of de waarheid?, 87-103.
  • Lecheler, S. (2020). Dan, Viorela: Integrative framing analysis: framing health through words and visuals. Publizistik, 65, 663–664. DOI:10.1007/s11616-020-00604-5.
  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2020). The Advancement of methods in the Field of Journalism Studies. Journalism Studies, ONLINE FIRST.
  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S. & Lecheler, S. (2020). Meeting the digital demand through a multi-perspective methodological approach. Journalism Studies, 21, 7, 857-862. DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1752290.
  • de Bruin, K., de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2020). A first-person promise? A content analysis of immersive journalism. Journalism. DOI: 10.1177/1464884920922006.
  • Egelhofer, J. L., Aaldering, L., Eberl, J. M., Galyga, S., & Lecheler, S. (2020). From Noveltyto Normalization? How Journalists Use the Term “Fake News” in their Reporting. Journalism Studies, DOI:10.1080/146167X.2020.1745667.
  • Lecheler, S.(2020).The emotional turn in journalism needs to be about audience perceptions, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1708766.
  • Otto, L., Lecheler, S. & Schuck, A.R.T. (2020). Is context the key? The (non-)differential effects of mediated incivility in three European countries. Political Communication, 37, 88-107, DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2019.1663324.
  • Boomgaarden, H., Matthes, J. & Lecheler, S. (2019). Setting the agenda for research on media and migration: state-of-the-art and directions for future research, Mass Communication and Society, 22, 691-707, DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1688059.
  • Egelhofer, J. L. & Lecheler, S. (2019). Fake news as a two-dimensional phenomenon: A framework and research agenda. Annals of the International Communication Association,43(2), 97-116, DOI: 10.1080/23808985.2019.1602782.
  • Lecheler, S. (2019). Framing effects in political communication. In S. Maisel (Ed.). Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. New York: Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0269.
  • Metz, M., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2019). Personalization of politics on Facebook: examining the content and effects of professional, emotional and private self- personalization. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18.
  • Van 't Riet, J., Schaap, G., Kleemans, M., Veiling, H., & Lecheler, S. (2019). On different sides: investigating the persuasive effects of anger expression in political news messages. Political Psychology, 40 (4), 837-857, DOI: 10.1111 /pops.12554.
  • Bartholomé, G., Lecheler, S., & de Vreese, C. (2018). Towards A typology of conflict frames: Substantiveness and interventionism in political conflict news. Journalism Studies, 19(12), 1689-1711.
  • Kruikemeier, S. & Lecheler, S. (2018). News consumer perceptions of new journalistic sourcing techniques. Journalism Studies, 19(5), 632-649.
  • van Leuven, S., Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S. & Hermans, L. (2018). Online and Newsworthy: Have online sources changed journalism? Digital Journalism, 6(7), 798-806.
  • Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S. & Boyer, M. M. (2018). Learning from news on different media platforms: An eye-tracking experiment. Political Communication, 35(1), 75-96.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2017). News media, knowledge, and political interest: Evidence of a dual role from a field experiment. Journal of Communication, 67(4), 545- 564.
  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S., Smit, G., & van der Nat, R. (2017). When does an infographic say more than a thousand words? Audience evaluations of news visualizations. Journalism Studies, 19(9), 1-19.
  • Lecheler, S., & Kruikemeier, S. (2016). Re-evaluating journalistic routines in a digital age: A review of research on the use of online sources. New Media & Society, 18(1), 156-171.
  • Bos, L., Lecheler, S., & Vliegenthart, R., (2016). It’s the frame that matters: Immigration and media framing effects in the Netherlands. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 55, 97-108.
  • Feinholdt, A., Schuck, A.R.T., Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2016). Shifting frames: Conditional indirect effects of contested issues on perceived effectiveness through multiple emotions. Journal of Media Psychology, 29(2), 81-91, DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000165.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2016). How long do news framing effects last? A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Communication Yearbook 40, 3-30.
  • Kruikemeier, S. & Lecheler, S. (2016). Re-evaluating journalistic routines in a digital age: A review of research on the use of online sources. New Media & Society, 18(1), 156-171.
  • Lecheler, S., Wurff, van der R.& de Swert, K. (2016). News Quality and Public Opinion: The Impact of Deliberative Quality of News Media on Citizens' Argument Repertoire. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, IJPOR. 30(2), 233-256, DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edw024.
  • Lecheler, S., Nelson, T. E., Schuck, A. R., & de Vreese, C.H. (2015). Value poaching: Framing the same values for competing political ends. International Journal of Communication, 9, 2881–2902.
  • Bartholomé, G., Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C. H. (2015). Manufacturing conflict? How journalists intervene in the conflict frame building process. International Journal of Press/Politics, 20(4), 438-457.
  • Bos, L., Lecheler, S. & Vliegenthart, R. (2015). The mediating role of emotions: News framing effects and opinions about immigration. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 92(4), 812-838.
  • Hänggli, R., Keer, M., Lecheler, S. & Schuck, A.R.T. (2015). The effects of repetitive news framing on political opinions over time. Communication Monographs, 82(3), 339-358.
  • Lecheler, S. (2013). Reporting for Europe: How Brussels correspondents shape the EU communication deficit. Latvian Interests in the EU, 3, 31-37.
  • Lecheler, S., Schuck, A.R.T., & de Vreese, C.H. (2013). Dealing with feelings: Cognitive and affective framing effects. Communications – European Journal of Communication Research, 38(2), 189-209.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2013) What a difference a day makes? The effects of repetitive and competitive news framing over time. Communication Research, 40(2), 147-175.
  • Baden, C. & Lecheler, S. (2012). Fleeting, fading, or far-reaching? A knowledge-based model of the persistence of framing effects. Communication Theory, 22, 359-382.
  • Konohovs, A. & Lecheler, S. (2012). Latvian Journalism and the European Union: A Brussels and Riga Perspective. Media Transformation, 8, 152-177.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2012). News framing and public opinion: A mediation analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 89(2), 185-204.
  • Martins, A.; Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2012). Information flow and communication deficit: Perceptions of Brussels-based correspondents and EU officials. Journal of European Integration, 34(4), 305-322.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2011) Getting Real: The Duration of Framing Effects. Journal of Communication, 61, 959–983.
  • Hinrichsen, M. & Lecheler, S., (2010). Role conceptions of Brussels correspondents from new member states. Javnost-The Public, 17, 73-86.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2010). Framing Serbia. The effects of news framing on public support for EU enlargement. European Political Science Review, 2.73-93.
  • Lecheler, S., de Vreese, C.H. & Slothuus, R. (2009). Issue Importance as a moderator of framing effects. Communication Research, 36(3), 400-425.
  • Lecheler, S. (2008). EU membership and the press. An analysis of the Brussels correspondents from the new member states. Journalism, 9(4), 443-464.

Book Chapters

  • Egelhofer, J. & Lecheler, S. (2021). Consumption of misinformation and disinformation. In: H. Tumber & S. Waisbord (eds.). The Routledge Companio to Media Misinformation and Populism. Routledge.
  • Aaldering, L., Egelhofer, J. L., & Lecheler, S. (2020).Nieuwe uitdagingen voor de journalistiek in het tijdperk van nepnieuws [New Challenges for Journalism in the Age of Fake News]. In: de Ridder, J., Vliegenthart, R., & Zuure, J. (eds.): Doen, durven of de waarheid?Democratie in digitale tijden [Truth or dare? Democracy in a Digital era]. Amsterdam University Press, 87-103.
  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., & Lecheler, S. (2019). The use and verification of online sources in the news production process. In J. E. Katz & K. K. Mays (Eds.), Journalism and truth in an age of social media Journalism (pp. 167-181). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Boyer, M. M., Kruikemeier, S. & Lecheler, S. (2019). Learning From News on Different Media Platforms: An Eye-Tracking Experiment. In L. Bode & E. K. Vraga (eds.). Studying Politics Across Media. Routledge.
  • Lecheler, S. (2018). Down the rabbit hole: Integrating emotions into news framing effectsresearch. In D’Angelo, P. (ed.). Doing News Framing Analysis II (pp. 111-129). Routledge.
  • de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., Lecheler, S., Smit, G., &; Van der Nat, R. (2018). Audience uses and evaluations of news visualizations: when does an infographic say more than a thousand words. In A. Nguyen (Ed.), News, Numbers and Public Opinion in a Data-Driven World (pp. 191-208). New York/London: Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2017). Framing theory. In Mazzoleni et al. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of political communication (pp. 404-412). Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2012). News framing research: An overview and account of new developments. In H. A. Semetko & M. Scammell (eds.). The Sage Handbook of Political Communication (pp. 292-306). London: Sage.
  • Lecheler, S., & de Vreese, C. H. (2011). Wie “langlebig” sind Framing Effekte? In: M. Suckfüll, H. Schramm, & C. Wünsch (eds.). Rezeption und Wirkung in zeitlicher Perspektive (pp. 185-198). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Monographs

  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2021). Journal of Media Psychology. DOI: 10.4324/9871315208077.
  • Lecheler, S. & de Vreese, C.H. (2018). News Framing Effects. Routledge, London. 
  • Lecheler, S. (2010). Framing Politics. PhD Dissertation, University of Amsterdam.