Michael Hameleers

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Hameleers is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hameleers has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 67 papers in Communication and 45 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Michael Hameleers's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (76 papers), Social Media and Politics (61 papers) and Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (43 papers). Michael Hameleers is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (76 papers), Social Media and Politics (61 papers) and Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (43 papers). Michael Hameleers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Austria. Michael Hameleers's co-authors include Toni G.L.A. van der Meer, Claes H. de Vreese, L. Bos, Desirée Schmuck, Anna Brosius, Thomas Powell, Rens Vliegenthart, Tom Dobber, Nayla Fawzi and Jakob Ohme and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and Journal of Communication.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hameleers

93 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. “They Did It”: The Effects of Emotionalized Blame Attribution in Populist Communication
    2016 213 citations Michael Hameleers, L. Bos et al. Communication Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Hameleers Netherlands 30 2.0k 1.3k 855 695 192 103 2.6k
Sophie Lecheler Netherlands 28 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 417 0.5× 374 0.5× 351 1.8× 75 2.5k
Kate Kenski United States 19 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 527 0.6× 640 0.9× 141 0.7× 74 2.5k
Brian E. Weeks United States 24 2.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 369 0.4× 452 0.7× 222 1.2× 48 2.8k
Ethan Porter United States 18 1.3k 0.7× 641 0.5× 353 0.4× 394 0.6× 82 0.4× 46 1.6k
Magdalena Wojcieszak United States 31 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 796 0.9× 517 0.7× 295 1.5× 97 3.2k
Tamir Sheafer Israel 26 1.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 289 0.4× 191 1.0× 74 3.6k
Hernando Rojas United States 28 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.6× 489 0.6× 394 0.6× 287 1.5× 76 2.8k
Yariv Tsfati Israel 30 2.4k 1.2× 2.6k 2.0× 535 0.6× 427 0.6× 497 2.6× 78 3.8k
Yannis Theocharis Germany 26 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 654 0.8× 463 0.7× 67 0.3× 56 2.5k
Chris Wells United States 23 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 447 0.5× 407 0.6× 126 0.7× 51 2.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hameleers, Michael & Modesto Ortiz. (2024). Risk Perceptions of Misinformation Exposure Across Platforms, Issues, Modalities, and Countries: A Comparative Study Across the Global North and South. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 31(2). 344–366. 3 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael, Claes H. de Vreese, Toril Aalberg, et al.. (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. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 30(3). 679–704. 2 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael & Franziska Marquart. (2023). It’s Nothing but a Deepfake! The Effects of Misinformation and Deepfake Labels Delegitimizing an Authentic Political Speech. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael & Toni G.L.A. van der Meer. (2023). Striking the balance between fake and real: under what conditions can media literacy messages that warn about misinformation maintain trust in accurate information?. Behaviour and Information Technology. 1–13. 12 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2023). The (Un)Intended Consequences of Emphasizing the Threats of Mis- and Disinformation. Media and Communication. 11(2). 29 indexed citations
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Meer, Toni G.L.A. van der, Anna Brosius, & Michael Hameleers. (2022). The Role of Media Use and Misinformation Perceptions in Optimistic Bias and Third-person Perceptions in Times of High Media Dependency: Evidence from Four Countries in the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mass Communication & Society. 26(3). 438–462. 14 indexed citations
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Damstra, Alyt & Michael Hameleers. (2021). Knowledge Acquisition in Times of the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic: Evidence from a Four-Wave Panel Study. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(3). 724–733. 1 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael & Toni G.L.A. van der Meer. (2021). The Scientists Have Betrayed Us! The Effects of Anti-Science Communication on Negative Perceptions Toward the Scientific Community. International journal of communication. 15. 25. 8 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael, Desirée Schmuck, Anne Schulz, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Populist Identity Framing on Populist Attitudes Across Europe: Evidence From a 15-Country Comparative Experiment. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(3). 491–510. 29 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2020). My Reality Is More Truthful Than Yours: Radical Right-Wing Politicians’ and Citizens’ Construction of “Fake” and “Truthfulness” on Social Media—Evidence From the United States and The Netherlands. International journal of communication. 14. 18. 16 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2020). They Are Selling Themselves Out to the Enemy! The Content and Effects of Populist Conspiracy Theories. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(1). 38–56. 64 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2019). To Like is to Support? The Effects and Mechanisms of Selective Exposure to Online Populist Communication on Voting Preferences. International journal of communication. 13. 20. 3 indexed citations
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Bos, L., Christian Schemer, Nicoleta Corbu, et al.. (2019). The effects of populism as a social identity frame on persuasion and mobilisation: Evidence from a 15‐country experiment. European Journal of Political Research. 59(1). 3–24. 92 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2019). Putting Our Own People First: The Content and Effects of Online Right-wing Populist Discourse Surrounding the European Refugee Crisis. Mass Communication & Society. 22(6). 804–826. 28 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael. (2018). A Typology of Populism: Toward a Revised Theoretical Framework on the Sender Side and Receiver Side of Communication. International journal of communication. 12. 20. 29 indexed citations
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Hameleers, Michael, L. Bos, & Claes H. de Vreese. (2017). Framing blame: toward a better understanding of the effects of populist communication on populist party preferences. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 28(3). 380–398. 45 indexed citations

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