Dr. Ming Manuel Boyer, BSc. MSc

Kolingasse 14-16
1090 Wien
Room: 06.55

T: +43-1-4277-49758
ming.manuel.boyer@univie.ac.at

Ming Boyer is a postdoctoral researcher in the DeVOTE project, with a primary focus on the quantitative study of the meanings of voting. He was previously employed as the communications officer of the NORFACE Programme “Democratic Governance in a Turbulent Age” and as a University Assistant (PhD candidate) at the Department of Communication of the University of Vienna.

Ming completed his PhD _with honours_ at the University of Vienna in 2021, for which he studied the psychological processing of news regarding identity politics. Before that, he completed the Research Master Communication Science (_cum laude_) and the Bachelor Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. His work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals such as _Political Communication_, _The International Journal of Press/Politics_, and _Political Studies_.

Publications

Boyer MM. Aroused argumentation: How the news exacerbates motivated reasoning. International Journal of Press/Politics. 2023 Jan;28(1):92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211010577

Egelhofer JL, Boyer MM , Lecheler S, Aaldering L. Populist attitudes and politicians' disinformation accusations: Effects on perceptions of media and politicians. Journal of Communication. 2022 Oct 22;72(6):619–632. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac031

Boyer MM , Lecheler S, Aaldering L. Don’t Throw the Frame Out With the Bathwater: How Episodic News Frames Can Prevent Identity-Motivated Reasoning. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 2022 Jun 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221097057

Boyer MM, Aaldering L, Lecheler S. Motivated Reasoning in Identity Politics: Group Status as a Moderator of Political Motivations. Political Studies. 2022 May;70(2):385-401. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321720964667

Boyer MM , Lecheler S. Social mobility or social change? How different groups react to identity-related news. European Journal of Communication. 2022;38(1):58-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323122110516

Boyer MM , Schäfer S, Rebasso I, Planitzer AM. Hate Speech as Fuel for Stereotype Polarization: Differential Effects of Online Hate Speech and Counter Speech. 2021. Paper presented at 2021 APSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States.

Boyer MM (Editorial Journalist). Opwindend nieuws: aantrekkelijk maar polariserend 2021.

Kruikemeier S, Lecheler S , Boyer MM. Learning From News on Different Media Platforms: An Eye-Tracking Experiment. Political Communication. 2018;35(1):75-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2017.1388310