Dr E. (Dina) Strikovic
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Political Communication & Journalism
Area of expertise: Digital Journalism, AI and Democracy, Populism, Public Opinion
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Profile
I am an assistant professor at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (University of Amsterdam). My work focuses on the digitalization of journalism, where I study the increased use of AI and algorithms in the newsroom and how these technologies are (re)shaping news creation and consumption. I also study current issues related to populism and how politicians utilize strategies associated with populist communication to address the public.
Expertise and research fields
- Digital Journalism
- AI and Democracy
- Populism
- Public Opinion
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Research
Research methods
- Experiments
- Surveys
- Content Analysis
- Qualitative research methods
Current research projects
- GenAI and Information Access: In this project, we are interested in whether generative AI (in the form of chatbots, for example) can be used to make political information more accessible.
- Journalism and Public Opinion: Utilizing experimental data, we are looking into journalistic portrayals of public opinion how how this shapes readers' (as well the journalists') public opinion assessments.
- AI Images in News Media: We conduct focus groups to assess news readers' evaluations of the use of AI images in the news.
- GenAI in search engines: In this project we examine how generative AI performs within search engine results in terms of citizens' trust in and acceptance of information, as well we their engagement with the search engine results page.
Current cooperation with organisations
Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich
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Teaching & PhD supervision
- Graduation Project (BA)
- Corporate Communication (BA)
- Technological Developments in Mis- and Disinformation (BA)
- Communication in the Digital Society: Theories and Challenges (BA)
- Methods & Statistics Tailored to Thesis (MA)
- Journalism and the Media (MA)
- Data Journalism (MA)
- Master thesis supervision
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Publications
2025
Blassnig, S., Strikovic, E., Mitova, E., Urman, A., Hannák, A., de Vreese, C., & Esser, F. (2025). A Balancing Act: How Media Professionals Perceive the Implementation of News Recommender Systems. Digital Journalism, 13(4), 745-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2293933 [details]- Dobber, T., Strikovic, E., & Tulin, M. (2025). Rhyme or reason: medium-term effects of heuristic and traditional media literacy interventions. Information Communication and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2533315
- Strikovic, E., & Bos, L. (2025). Populism, Media, and Political Communication. In R. Huber, & M. Jankowski (Eds.), Populism: An Introduction (pp. 161-174). Sage. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/populism/book286771 [details]
- Strikovic, E., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., Bos, L., & Vliegenthart, R. (2025). Feeling represented yet? How populist and non-populist cues in references to the people affect people’s perceived representation. Acta Politica. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-025-00384-8
2024
- Blassnig, S., Mitova, E., Strikovic, E., Urman, A., de Vreese, C., Hannák, A., & Esser, F. (2024). User Perceptions of News Recommender Systems and Trust in Media Outlets: A Five-Country Study. Journalism Studies, 25(10), 1182-1204 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2364628 [details]
- Mitova, E., Blassnig, S., Strikovic, E., Urman, A., de Vreese, C., & Esser, F. (2024). Exploring users’ desire for transparency and control in news recommender systems: A five-nation study. Journalism, 25(10), 2001-2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231222099 [details]
- Strikovic, E., Blassnig, S., Mitova, E., Urman, A., Esser, F., & de Vreese, C. (2024). Opportunity structures for user acceptance of news recommender systems (NRS): A multi-country survey study of relationships between individual-level factors and evaluations of NRS. New Media and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241263765
2023
- Mitova, E., Blassnig, S., Strikovic, E., Urman, A., Hannak, A., de Vreese, C. H., & Esser, F. (2023). News recommender systems: a programmatic research review. Annals of the International Communication Association, 47(1), 84-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2022.2142149 [details]
- Mitova, E., Blassnig, S., Strikovic, E., Urman, A., de Vreese, C., & Esser, F. (2023). When Worlds Collide: Journalistic, Market, and Tech Logics in the Adoption of News Recommender Systems. Journalism Studies, 24(16), 1957-1976 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2260504 [details]
- Strikovic, E., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., Vliegenthart, R., & Bos, L. (2023). Appeals to the people: A content analysis of references to the people in traditional media, social media, and parliamentary materials. Information Society, 39(4), 236-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2023.2210133 [details]
2020
- Strikovic, E., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., van der Goot, E., Bos, L., & Vliegenthart, R. (2020). On behalf of the people: The use of public opinion and the perception of “the people” in political communication strategies of Dutch MPs. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 25(1), 135-157. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161219864297 [details]
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Ancillary activities
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Blassnig, S., Strikovic, E., Mitova, E., Urman, A., Hannák, A., de Vreese, C., & Esser, F. (2025). A Balancing Act: How Media Professionals Perceive the Implementation of News Recommender Systems. Digital Journalism, 13(4), 745-773.