Dr. K. (Katjana) Gattermann
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Political Communication & Journalism
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: C8.00
Postal address
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Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam
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Profile
Katjana Gattermann is Associate Professor in Political Communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). Her research interests comprise media-politics relations, political communication, political behaviour, public opinion, journalism, and legislative behaviour with a regional focus on Europe and the European Union. Her work addresses questions that concern the relationship between representatives and represented, and particularly the linking role of the media in that relationship, and thereby feeds into debates about the legitimacy and accountability of politics. She is currently leading a research project entitled ‘And the winner is…. !? The battle for the most impactful framing of election results between media and politics in multi-party systems’, which is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Her publications have appeared in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, the International Journal of Press/Politics, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, The Information Society, and West European Politics. Her recent book ‘The personalization of politics in the European Union’ was published with Oxford University Press in 2022.
Katjana is also affiliated with the Center for Politics and Communication (CPC) and the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES, formerly ACCESS EUROPE). At ACES, she is Co-Leader of the UvA Research Priority Area ‘Politics and Publics’. She was previously postdoctoral researcher for ACCESS EUROPE; and before that postdoc at the Jean Monnet Chair of Prof Wolfgang Wessels, Political Science Department, University of Cologne, where she was member of the former internationally collaborative research project ‘Observatory of Parliaments after Lisbon’ (OPAL).
She is Associate Editor at Political Research Exchange (PRX) and co-founder of the ECPR Standing Group ‘Political Communication’, was the convenor during its first term (2018-2021), and member of the steering committee until early 2024. She is also a core member of the international task force for the 2024 European Election Study and member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Political Research. Katjana was also founding director of the Erasmus Academic Network on Parliamentary Democracy in Europe (PADEMIA), which brought together scholars from 56 research and teaching institutes from all over Europe between 2013 and 2016.
Selected publications
- Lecheler, S., Gattermann, K., & Aaldering, L. (2023). Disinformation in the Brussels Bubble: Examining EU Correspondents’ Concerns and Competences in a Digital Age. Journalism, https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231188259
- Gattermann, K. (2022). The Personalization of Politics in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Meyer, T.M. & Gattermann, K. (2022). Party contestation and news visibility abroad: the 2019 European Parliament elections from a pan-European perspective. European Union Politics, 23(3), 398-416.
- Gattermann, K., Meyer, T., & Wurzer, K. (2022). Who won the election? Explaining news coverage of election results in multi-party systems. European Journal of Political Research, 61(4), 857-877.
- Gattermann, K. (2020). Media personalization during European elections: the 2019 election campaigns in context. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(S1), 91-104.
- Gattermann, K. & Marquart, F. (2020). Do Spitzenkandidaten really make a difference? An experiment on the effectiveness of personalized European Parliament election campaigns. European Union Politics, 21(4), 612-633.
- Gattermann, K. & de Vreese, C.H. (2020). Awareness of Spitzenkandidaten in the 2019 European elections: The effects of news exposure in domestic campaign contexts. Research & Politics, 7(2), 1-8.
- Gattermann, K. (2018). Mediated personalization of executive European Union politics: Examining patterns in broadsheet coverage, 1992-2016. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 23(3), 345-366.
Key blog posts
- Gattermann, K., Meyer, T.M., & Wurzer, K. (2 December 2021). The media chooses who has won (and lost) an election – and it's not just based on objective electoral performance. ECPR’s The Loop https://theloop.ecpr.eu/party-ideology-affects-how-the-media-frames-election-winners-and-losers/
- Gattermann, K. & Marquart, F. (13 July 2020). What difference do Spitzenkandidaten make for European voters? LSE European Politics and Policy Blog (EUROPP blog) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2020/07/13/what-difference-do-spitzenkandidaten-make-for-european-voters/
- Gattermann, K. (19 June 2019). The “Spitzenkandidaten” in the media: did they make a difference this time? UACES Ideas on Europe https://communicatingeurope.ideasoneurope.eu/2019/06/19/spitzenkandidaten/
- Gattermann, K. (2017). Europa in de media: afhankelijk van nationale ontwikkelingen. De Hofvijver. 18 December 2017 https://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/id/vkk5gxnd5is3/nieuws/europa_in_de_media_afhankelijk_van
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Publications
2024
- Buttgereit, A. L., Hameleers, M., Gattermann, K., & Schuck, A. R. T. (2024). Beyond "Lügenpresse": How Politicians Criticize and Delegitimize the Media in Germany. The International Journal of Press/Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241291826
- Gravesteijn, E. M. L., van Elsas, E., & Gattermann, K. (2024). Biased, Not Balanced Broadcaster! Deconstructing Bias Accusations Toward Public Service Media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990241284587
Lecheler, S., Gattermann, K., & Aaldering, L. (2024). Disinformation and the Brussels bubble: EU correspondents’ concerns and competences in a digital age. Journalism, 25(8), 1736-1753. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231188259 [details]
2023
- Nai, A., Aaldering, L., Ferreira da Silva, F., Garzia, D., & Gattermann, K. (2023). The dark side of the mood. Candidate evaluation, voter perceptions, and the driving role of (dark) personality traits. Electoral Studies, 86, Article 102715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102715 [details]
2022
- Gattermann, K. (2022). The personalization of politics in the European Union. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198798712.001.0001 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Understanding leader evaluations in European Parliament elections. European Union Politics, 23, 141-160. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165211046108 [details]
- Gattermann, K., Meyer, T. M., & Wurzer, K. (2022). Who won the election? Explaining news coverage of election results in multi-party systems. European Journal of Political Research, 61(1), 857-877. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12498 [details]
- Meyer, T. M., & Gattermann, K. (2022). Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. European Union Politics, 23(3), 398-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221082523 [details]
- van der Brug, W. (Guest ed.), Gattermann, K. (Guest ed.), & de Vreese, C. H. (Guest ed.) (2022). Special Issue: Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond. European Union Politics, 23(1), 1-168. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/eupa/23/1 [details]
- van der Brug, W., Gattermann, K., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Electoral responses to the increased contestation over European integration. The European Elections of 2019 and beyond. European Union Politics, 23(1), 3-20. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165211036263 [details]
2021
- Gattermann, K., de Vreese, C. H., & van der Brug, W. (2021). Introduction to the special issue: No longer second-order? Explaining the European Parliament elections of 2019. Politics, 41(4), 423– 432. https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957211035096 [details]
- Goldberg, A. C., Gattermann, K., Marquart, F., Brosius, A., & de Vreese, C. H. (2021). European solidarity in times of crisis: The role of information and media use. West European Politics, 44(5-6), 1314-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1884398 [details]
- Vasilopoulou, S., & Gattermann, K. (2021). Does politicisation matter for EU representation? A comparison of four European Parliament elections. Journal of Common Market Studies, 59(3), 661-678. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13125 [details]
2020
- Gattermann, K. (2020). Die Berichterstattung über die europäischen Spitzenkandidaten in traditionellen, Online- und sozialen Medien im Europawahlkampf 2019. In M. Kaeding, M. Müller, & J. Schmälter (Eds.), Die Europawahl 2019: Ringen um die Zukunft Europas (pp. 205-217). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29277-5_17 [details]
- Gattermann, K. (2020). Media personalization during European elections: The 2019 election campaigns in context. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(S1), 91-104. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13084 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & Marquart, F. (2020). Do Spitzenkandidaten really make a difference? An experiment on the effectiveness of personalized European Parliament election campaigns. European Union Politics, 21(4), 612-633. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116520938148 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & de Vreese, C. (2020). Awareness of Spitzenkandidaten in the 2019 European elections: The effects of news exposure in domestic campaign contexts. Research & Politics, 7(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168020915332 [details]
2019
- Gattermann, K., & Vliegenthart, R. (2019). The writing is on the wall: The limited professionalization of European parliament election campaign posters. Journal of European Integration, 41(6), 763-782. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2019.1599879 [details]
2018
- Gattermann, K. (2018). Mediated personalization of executive European Union politics: Examining patterns in the broadsheet coverage of the European Commission, 1992–2016. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 23(3), 345-366. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161218779231 [details]
- Kruikemeier, S., Gattermann, K., & Vliegenthart, R. (2018). Understanding the dynamics of politicians' visibility in traditional and social media. The Information Society, 34(4), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2018.1463334 [details]
2017
- Gattermann, K., & De Vreese, C. H. (2017). The role of candidate evaluations in the 2014 European Parliament elections: Towards the personalization of voting behaviour? European Union Politics, 18(3), 447-468. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116517704519 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & Vasilopoulou, S. (2017). Eurosceptic candidate MEPs in the news: a transnational perspective. In J. FitzGibbon, B. Leruth, & N. Startin (Eds.), Euroscepticism as a transnational and pan-European phenomenon: The emergence of a new sphere of opposition (pp. 130-146). (Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies; Vol. 35). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315688893 [details]
2016
- Gattermann, K., Högenauer, A-L., & Huff, A. (2016). Research note: Studying a new phase of Europeanisation of national parliaments. European Political Science, 15(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.56 [details]
- Gattermann, K., de Vreese, C. H., & van der Brug, W. (2016). Evaluations of the Spitzenkandidaten: the role of information and news exposure in citizens’ preference formation. Politics and Governance, 4(1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i1.460 [details]
- van der Brug, W., Gattermann, K., & de Vreese, C. H. (2016). Introduction: how different were the European elections of 2014? Politics and Governance, 4(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i1.591 [details]
2015
- Gattermann, K. (2015). Europäische Spitzenkandidaten und deren (Un-)Sichtbarkeit in der nationalen Zeitungsberichterstattung. In M. Kaeding, & N. Switek (Eds.), Die Europawahl 2014: Spitzenkandidaten, Protestparteien, Nichtwähler (pp. 211-222). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05738-1_18 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & Hefftler, C. (2015). Beyond institutional capacity: political motivation and parliamentary behaviour in the early warning system. West European Politics, 38(2), 305-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2014.990696 [details]
- Gattermann, K., & Vasilopoulou, S. (2015). Absent yet popular? Explaining news visibility of Members of the European Parliament. European Journal of Political Research, 54(1), 121-140. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12071 [details]
- Hefftler, C., & Gattermann, K. (2015). Interparliamentary cooperation in the European Union: patterns, problems and potential. In C. Hefftler, C. Neuhold, O. Rozenberg, & J. Smith (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of national parliaments and the European Union (pp. 94-115). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-28913-1_4 [details]
2013
- Gattermann, K. (2013). News about the European Parliament: Patterns and external drivers of broadsheet coverage. European Union Politics, 14(3), 436-457. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116513476146
- Vasilopoulou, S., & Gattermann, K. (2013). Matching policy preferences: The linkage between voters and MEPs. Journal of European Public Policy, 20(4), 606-605. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2012.718892
2020
- Gattermann, K. (Author), & Marquart, F. (Author). (2020). What difference do Spitzenkandidaten make for European voters?. Web publication or website, LSE EUROPP. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2020/07/13/what-difference-do-spitzenkandidaten-make-for-european-voters/ [details]
2019
- Gattermann, K. (Author). (2019). Personalisierung im Europawahlkampf: Ein Rückblick und ein Ausblick. Web publication or website, regierungsforschung.de. https://regierungsforschung.de/personalisierung-im-europawahlkampf-ein-rueckblick-und-ein-ausblick/ [details]
2017
- Gattermann, K. (Author). (2017). Europa in de media: Afhankelijk van nationale ontwikkelingen. Web publication or website, Montesquieu Instituut. https://www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/id/vkk5gxnd5is3/nieuws/europa_in_de_media_afhankelijk_van [details]
2016
- Gattermann, K., Wessels, W., & Hoppe, A. (2016). PADEMIA – ERASMUS Academic Network on Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: Final Report - Public Part. PADEMIA. http://www.pademia.eu/pademia-final-report-now-available/ [details]
2015
- Gattermann, K. (2015). [Review of: H.M. Narud, P. Esaiasson (2013) Between-election democracy: the representative relationship after election day]. West European Politics, 38(3), 746-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1008829 [details]
2024
- Popa, S. A., Hobolt, S. B., van der Brug, W., Katsanidou, A., Gattermann, K., Sorace, M., Ilke, T. & de Vreese, C. (4-11-2024). European Parliament Election Study 2024, Voter Study. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14409
2022
- Gattermann, K. & Meyer, T. M. (2022). sj-do-2-eup-10.1177_14651165221082523 - Supplemental material for Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.19394782.v1
- Meyer, T. M. & Gattermann, K. (2022). Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5907733.v1
- Meyer, T. M. & Gattermann, K. (2022). sj-dta-3-eup-10.1177_14651165221082523 - Supplemental material for Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.19394785.v1
- Meyer, T. M. & Gattermann, K. (2022). sj-dta-4-eup-10.1177_14651165221082523 - Supplemental material for Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.19394788.v1
2020
- Gattermann, K. & Marquart, F. (2020). sj-zip-3-eup-10.1177_1465116520938148 - Supplemental material for Do Spitzenkandidaten really make a difference? An experiment on the effectiveness of personalized European Parliament election campaigns. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.12630890.v1
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Lecheler, S., Gattermann, K., & Aaldering, L. (2024). Disinformation and the Brussels bubble: EU correspondents’ concerns and competences in a digital age. Journalism, 25(8), 1736-1753.