| Research & Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Hyzen, A. Van den Bulck, H., Puppis, M., Kulig, M., & Paulussen, S. (2025). Epistemic welfare and algorithmic recommender systems: Overcoming the epistemic crisis in the digitalized public sphere. Communication Theory, 0(0). DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtaf018 (IF 2024: 6.2)
Yildirim-Vranckaert EO & Hyzen A. (2025) Untouched minds in a tangled web: navigating mental autonomy and epistemic welfare amidst digital propaganda. Frontiers in Communication. 10:1562368. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1562368
Hyzen, A. & Van den Bulck, H. (2024). The role of digital media and popular culture in contemporary political campaigning. In D. Lilleker, D. Jackson, B. Kalsnes, C. Mellado, F. Trevisan, & A. Veneti (Eds.), Routledge handbook of political campaigning. Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333326
Hyzen, A. & Van den Bulck, H. (2024). “Putin’s War of Choice”: US propaganda and the Russia–Ukraine invasion. Journalism and Media, 5(1), 233-254. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/5/1/16
Hyzen, A. (2023). Jaeho Kang, Graeme Gilloch, and John Abromeit (Eds.) Siegfried Kracauer: Selected writings on media, propaganda, and political communication. Book review for International Journal of Communication, 17(3). https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/22190 (IF 2023: 1.9)
Nordenstreng, K., Pasti, S., Zhang, T., Jain, S., Bobba, G., Wolgast, H., Hyzen, A., Guazini, L., & Patnaik, S. (2023). Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War by television news. International Journal of Communication, 17(17). https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21492 (IF 2023: 1.9)
Hyzen, A. (2023). Propaganda and the web 3.0: Truth and ideology in the digital age. Nordic Journal of Media Studies, 5(1), 49-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2023-0004 (IF 2022: 0.9)
Hyzen, A. (2023). Leaks and lawfare: Adding a legal filter to Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model. Critical Studies in Mass Communication. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2023.2204169 (IF 2022: 1.19)
Hyzen, A. (2021). Revisiting the theoretical foundations of propaganda. International Journal of Communication, 15, 3479–3496. ISSN 1932-8036 (IF 2021: 1.637)
Hyzen, A. & Van den Bulck, H. (2021). Conspiracies, ideological entrepreneurs, and digital popular culture. Media and Communication, 9(3), 179-188. (IF 2021: 3.043)
Hyzen, A. & Van den Bulck, H. (2021). ‘The most paranoid man in America’: Alex Jones as celebrity populist. Celebrity Studies, 12 (1), 162-166. DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2019.1691756 (IF 2019: 1.29)
Van den Bulck, H. & Hyzen, A. (2020). Of lizards and ideological entrepreneurs: Alex Jones and Infowars in the relationship between populist nationalism and the post-global media ecology. International communication gazette 82 (1), 42-59. 10.1177/17480485198807 (IF 2020: 1.859)