Dr. Ming Manuel Boyer, BSc. MSc
Kolingasse 14-16
1090 Wien
Room: 06.55
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, 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. doi.org/10.1177/0032321720964667
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. Aroused argumentation: How the news exacerbates motivated reasoning. International Journal of Press/Politics. 2021. doi.org/10.1177/19401612211010577
Kruikemeier S, Lecheler S, Boyer MM. Learning From News on Different Media Platforms: An Eye-Tracking Experiment. Political Communication. 2018;35(1):75-96. doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2017.1388310