Year: 2024

  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Fight fire with fire? Muslims' reactions to terrorism-related online intolerance and the role of counter speech. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Knupfer, H., Kaskeleviciute, R., Matthes, J., & van Scharrel, H. (2024, June). Victims of Islamist and right-wing terrorism in the press: Identifiability and humanization. Presentation to the Journalism Studies Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Nanz, A., Kaskeleviciute, R., Stubenvoll, M., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Scanning vs. thorough processing the news: Antecedents of first- and second-level incidental exposure and the role of the relevance appraisal. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), June 20-24, Gold Coast, Australia.


Year: 2023

  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2023, August). "I stand up for us". Muslims' feelings of stigmatization in response to terrorism on social media. Presentation to the Religion and Media Interest Group at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 7-10, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2023, May). Just a friendly neighbor? Effects of news differentiation and sleeper terrorists on explicit and implicit attitudes, and stereotypes about Muslims. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.
  • Knupfer, H., Kaskeleviciute, R., & Matthes, J. (2023, May). Who was hurt? Effects of victim characteristics in news articles about far-right violence on fear and terrorism label use. Presentation to the Journalism Studies Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.
  • Matthes, J., Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Masood, M. (2023, May). The affective nexus between refugees and terrorism: A panel study on how social media use shapes negative attitudes toward refugees. Presentation to the Information Systems Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.
  • Matthes, J., Nanz, A., Stubenvoll, M., & Kaskeleviciute, R. (2023, May). Disentangling the longitudinal relationship between social media use, political expression and political participation: What do we really know? Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.
  • Weiß, P., Knupfer, H., Kaskeleviciute, R., & Matthes, J. (2023, May). Femicides in the news: Effects of victims' and perpetrators' nationality on victim blaming and fear of victimization. Presentation to the Journalism Studies Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.


Year: 2022

  • Knupfer, H., Kaskeleviciute, R., & Matthes, J. (2022, August). Silent sympathy: News attention, subtle support for far-right extremism, and negative attitudes toward Muslims. Presentation to the Religion and Media Interest Group at the AEJMC Annual Convention, August 3-6, Detroit, USA.
  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2022, May). See something, say something? How political ideology and attitudinal differentiation shape fear of terror among young social media users. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the (hybrid) 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.
  • Matthes, J., Nanz, A., Kaskeleviciute, R., Reiter, F., Freiling, I., Neureiter, A., Stubenvoll, M., Sherrah, S. E., Juricek, S., Munzir, A. A., & Noronha, I. (2022, May). The way we use social media matters: A panel study on passive vs. active social media use, news avoidance, and affective polarization. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the (hybrid) 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.


Year: 2021

  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2021, August). Who says "Muslims are not terrorists"? News differentiation, Muslim vs. non-Muslim sources, and attitudes toward Muslims. Presentation to the Religion and Media Interest Group at the (virtual) AEJMC Annual Convention, August 4-7.
  • Kaskeleviciute, R., & Matthes, J. (2021, May). A vicious cycle? Threat of terror, perceived media bias, and support for policies harming Muslims. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the (virtual) 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 27-31.
  • Neureiter, A., Stubenvoll, M., Kaskelevicute, R., & Matthes, J. (2021, May). Trust in science, perceived media exaggeration about COVID-19, and social distancing behavior. Presentation to the Mass Communication Division at the (virtual) 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 27-31.


Year: 2020

  • Matthes, J., & Kaskeleviciute, R. (2020, August). "They are amongst us": News about terror, perceptions of sleeper terrorists, and negative stereotypes toward Muslims. Presentation to the Religion and Media Interest Group at the (virtual) AEJMC Annual Convention, August 6-9.
  • Kaskeleviciute, R. (2020, May). Visual framing and news differentiation of terrorism news: Content and perceptions. Paper accepted for presentation at the ICA 2020 pre-conference Journalism Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, May 21.