Laura Jacobs

Laura Jacobs

  • Gedragswetenschappen of sociale wetenschappen
  • Communicatiewetenschappen
  • Media
  • Politieke wetenschappen
  • Migratie en integratie
Steun voor anti-immigrantenpartijen Representatie van minderheden (migranten, etnische minderheden) in de media Stemgedrag voor extreemrechtse partijen Anti-immigrantenhoudingen Politieke communicatie Media Nieuwsmedia Openbare omroep Stemgedrag Verkiezingen Kiescampagnes Publieke opinie
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<p>Postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan de Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in politieke communicatie/politicologie (stemgedrag, media-effecten, politieke communicatie)</p>

<p>Politicoloog.</p>

<p>Onderzoeker politieke communicatie.</p>

<p>Expertise in media &amp; politiek &amp; Belgische politiek (Vlaanderen en Wallonië).</p>

Over de expert

About

Vakgebieden en specialisaties

Gedragswetenschappen of sociale wetenschappen
Communicatiewetenschappen
Media
Politieke wetenschappen
Migratie en integratie

Talen

Nederlands
Moedertaal

Studie(s) en diploma's

Bachelor in de politieke wetenschappen (Universiteit Antwerpen, 2010)

Master in de internationale politiek (Universiteit Gent, 2011)

Doctoraat in de sociale wetenschappen (KU Leuven, 2017) 

Proefschrift met als titel: The role of immigration news as contextual-level factor for anti-immigrant attitudes: The effect of tone and threat frames

Onderzoeker in politieke communicatie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam (2017-2020) en ULB (2020-heden).

Relevante onderzoeken

 

Wuyts, C., Jacobs, L., De Coninck, D., Italiano, P. & Loosveldt, G. (2018). European Social Survey Round 8-Belgium: Process evaluation for the data collection. Centre for Survey Methodology, KU Leuven, Leuven.

Jacobs, L., Meeusen, C. & D’Haenens, L. (2018). Nieuwberichtgeving over immigratie en de houding tegenover immigratie : Een vergelijking tussen nieuws op de openbare en commerciële zender. [News coverage on immigration and immigration attitudes: A note on differences between public and commercial news]. Mens en Maatschappij, 93(2), 170-172.  

Jacobs, L., Wuyts, C. & Loosveldt, G. (2017). Public opinion about migration in Belgium: Continuity or change? (2002-2014). Centre for Survey Methodology, KU Leuven, Leuven.

Jacobs, L., Wuyts, C. & Loosveldt, G. (2017). De visie van de Belg op vluchtelingen: Een overzicht van de resultaten van de European Social Survey (ESS) 2016. [Public opinion of Belgians on refugees: An overview of the results of the European Social Survey (ESS) 2016]. Centre for Survey Methodology, KU Leuven, Leuven.

Jacobs, L. & Hooghe, M. (2015). Worden we overspoeld door immigratie(nieuws)? een onderzoek naar de berichtgeving over immigratie in de Vlaamse televisiejournaals. [Are we being flooded by immigration (news)? An investigation of coverage on immigration in the Flemish television newscasts]. Nieuwsmonitor 26. Steunpunt Media: Antwerpen/Leuven.

Jacobs, L. & Hooghe, M. (2015). Spreekbuis van hun gemeenschap? Een onderzoek naar de thema’s waarin politici uit etnisch-culturele minderheidsgroepen op de Vlaamse televisiejournaals aan bod komen. [Spokesperson of their community? An investigation of the themes with which politicians with an ethnic minority background are associated on Flemish television news]. Nieuwsmonitor 21. Steunpunt Media: Antwerpen/Leuven.

Jacobs, L. & Hooghe, M. (2014). Roldiversiteit op de Vlaamse en Franstalige televisie. [Role diversity on the Flemish and French-speaking television].  Steunpunt Media: Antwerpen / Leuven.

Jacobs, L. & Hooghe, M. (2014). Televisie en anti-immigrantenhoudingen in Europa. [Television and anti-immigration attitudes in Europe]. Steunpunt Media: Antwerpen / Leuven.

 

 

  1. Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2021). Not all terror is alike: How right-wing extremist and islamist terror affect anti-immigration party support. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. [5-year IF: 1.83]
  2. Damstra, A., Jacobs L., Boukes, M. & Vliegenthart, R. (2021). The impact of immigration news on anti-immigrant party support: unpacking agenda-setting and issue ownership effects over time. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(1), 97-118. [2019 IF: 1.22]
  3. Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2020). Prosecuted, yet popular? Hate speech prosecution of anti-immigration politicians in the news and electoral support. Comparative European Politics, 18(6), 899-924. [2019 IF: 1.15]
  4. Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2020). A time-series analysis of contextual-level effects on hate crime in the Netherlands. Social Forces. [5-year IF: 3.24]
  5. Wichgers, L., Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2020). Trial and error: hate speech prosecution and its (unintended) effects on democratic support. Acta Politica. [2019 IF: 1.18]
  6. Wichgers, L., Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2020). The battle of frame building: The reciprocal relationship between journalists and frame sponsors. International Journal of Press/Politics. [5-year IF 3.11]
  7. Jacobs, L., Loosveldt, G. & Beullens, K. (2020). Do interviewer assessments of respondents’ performance accurately reflect response behavior? Field Methods, 32(2), 192-212 [5-year IF: 1.76]
  8. Jacobs, L. & Meeusen, C. (2020). Coming out of the closet, also on the news? A longitudinal analysis of patterns in visibility, tone and framing of LGBTs on television news (1986-2017). Journal of Homosexuality. [5-year IF 2.07]
  9. Jacobs, L. (2020). Tone and threats on television over time: A longitudinal analysis of news about Roma in Flanders (2003-2017). International Journal of Communication [5-year IF: 1.83]
  10. Jacobs, L. & van Spanje, J. (2019). Martyrs of free speech? Disentangling the effects of legal prosecution of anti-immigration politicians on their electoral support. Political Behavior. [5-year IF: 3.57]
  11. Jacobs, L., & Hooghe, M. (2019). Public television and anti-immigrant sentiments in Europe. A multilevel analysis of patterns in television consumption. Communications: European Journal of Communication Research, 45(2), 156-175. [5-year IF: 1.15]
  12. Jacobs, L., Boukes, M., & Vliegenthart, R. (2019). Combined forces: Thinking and/or feeling? How news consumption affects anti-Muslim attitudes through perceptions and emotions about the economy. Political Studies, 67(2), 326-347. [5-year IF: 2.45]
  13. Jacobs, L., Damstra, A., Boukes, M., & De Swert, K. (2018). Back to reality: The complex relationship between patterns in immigration news coverage and real-world developments in Dutch and Flemish newspapers (1999–2015). Mass Communication & Society, 21(4), 473-497. [5-year IF: 2.58]
  14. Jacobs, L. & van der Linden, M. (2018). Tone matters: effects of exposure to positive and negative tone of television news stories on anti-immigrant attitudes and carry-over effects to uninvolved immigrant groups. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 30(2), 211–232. [5-year IF: 1.83]
  15. Jacobs, L., Hooghe, M. & de Vroome, T. (2017). Television and anti-immigrant sentiments: the mediating role of fear of crime and perceived ethnic diversity. European Societies, 19(3), 243-267. [5-year IF: 1.32]
  16. Jacobs, L. (2017) Patterns of criminal threat in television news coverage of ethnic minorities (2003-2013) in Flanders. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(5), 809-829. [5-year IF: 3.17]
  17. Meeusen, C., Jacobs, L. (2017). The contextual role of television news content of minority groups and differences between target-specific prejudices. Mass Communication & Society, 20(2), 213–240. [5-year IF: 2.58]
  18. Van der Linden, M., Jacobs, L. (2016). The impact of cultural, economic, and safety issues in Flemish television news coverage (2003-2013) of North African immigrants on perceptions of intergroup threat. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(15), 2823-2841. [5-year IF: 2.07]
  19. Jacobs, L., Meeusen, C., D’Haenens, L. (2016). News coverage and attitudes on immigration: Public and commercial television news compared. European Journal of Communication, 31(6), 642–660. [5-year IF: 2.35]
  20. Hooghe, M., Jacobs, L., & Claes, E. (2015). Enduring gender bias in reporting on political elite positions: Media coverage of female MPs in Belgian news broadcasts (2003-2011). The International Journal of Press/Politics, 20(4), 395–414. [5-year IF: 3.11]
  21. Jacobs, L., Claes, E., & Hooghe, M. (2015). The occupational roles of women and ethnic minorities on primetime television in Belgium. An analysis of occupational status measurements. Mass Communication & Society, 18(4), 498–521. [5-year IF: 2.58]

 

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