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Holli A. Semetko

Holli A. Semetko

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Political Science

D-Index
34
Citations
12309
World Ranking
793
National Ranking
419

Overview

Holli A. Semetko is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, including communication, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

Their work primarily focuses on topics related to social media and politics, populism and right-wing movements, media studies and communication, as well as employment and welfare studies. Other notable areas of research include hate speech and cyberbullying detection, gender, feminism, and media, and migration, refugees, and integration.

Among the frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Semetko are:

  • Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj
  • Pahi Saikia
  • Anil M. Varughese
  • A. Vinod Kumar
  • Subhasish Ray

Semetko has published articles in multiple academic venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • South Asian History and Culture
  • Political Psychology
  • Political Communication
  • Social Science Quarterly
  • India Review

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Holli A. Semetko include:

  • The COVID-19-Social Identity-Digital Media Nexus in India: Polarization and Blame (2021), published in Political Psychology
  • Political communication and campaigning in India: opportunities for future research (2022), published in South Asian History and Culture
  • Editors' Introduction: Global Crises, Contentious Politics and Social Media (2024), published in Political Communication
  • Political campaigning in India: changing contexts of political communication (2022), published in South Asian History and Culture
  • COVID-19, Employment Disruptions, and the Gendering of Mental Health: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey During the First Wave of the Pandemic in India (2025), published in Social Science Quarterly

Best Publications

  • Framing European politics: a content analysis of press and television news

    Holli A. Semetko;Patti M. Valkenburg Valkenburg

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach

    Michael Coppedge;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • On Message: Communicating the Campaign

    H.A. Semetko;P. Norris;J. Curtice;D. Sanders

  • The Effects of News Frames on Readers' Thoughts and Recall

    Patti M. Valkenburg;Holli A. Semetko;Claes H. De Vreese

  • Framing Politics at the Launch of the Euro: A Cross-National Comparative Study of Frames in the News

    Claes H. De Vreese;Jochen Peter;Holli A. Semetko

  • The Formation of campaign agendas : a comparative analysis of party and media roles in recent American and British elections

    Holli A. Semetko;Jay G. Blumler;Michael Gurevitch;David H. Weaver

  • The News Coverage of the 2004 European Parliamentary Election Campaign in 25 Countries

    Claes H. de Vreese;Susan A. Banducci;Holli A. Semetko;Hajo G. Boomgaarden

  • The Divided Electorate: Media Use and Political Involvement

    Kees Aarts;Holli A. Semetko

  • Cynical and Engaged: Strategic Campaign Coverage, Public Opinion, and Mobilization in a Referendum

    Claes H. De Vreese;Holli A. Semetko

  • Framing European politics: a content analysis of press and television news

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  • Political Campaigning in Referendums: Framing the Referendum Issue

    Holli A. Semetko;Claes H. de Vreese

  • (In)direct Framing Effects: The Effects of News Media Framing on Public Support for Turkish Membership in the European Union

    Claes H. de Vreese;Hajo G. Boomgaarden;Holli A. Semetko

  • News matters: Influences on the vote in the Danish 2000 euro referendum campaign

    Claes H. De Vreese;Holli A. Semetko

  • Germany's "Unity Election": Voters and the Media

    Holli A. Semetko;Klaus Schoenbach

  • EU politics on television news: A cross-national comparative study

    Jochen Peter;Holli A. Semetko;Claes H. de Vreese

  • Hard and soft: Public support for Turkish membership in the EU

    Claes H. de Vreese;Hajo G. Boomgaarden;Holli A. Semetko

  • The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication

    Holli A. Semetko;Margaret Scammell

  • Agenda-Setting, Agenda-Reinforcing or Agenda-Deflating? A Study of the 1990 German National Election

    Klaus Schoenbach;Holli A. Semetko

  • Europeanised politics - Europeanised media?

    H.A. Semetko;C.H. de Vreese;J. Peter

  • Political Balance on Television: Campaigns in the United States, Britain, and Germany

    Holli A. Semetko

  • THE IMPACT OF ATTENTIVENESS ON POLITICAL EFFICACY: EVIDENCE FROM A THREE-YEAR GERMAN PANEL STUDY

    Holli A. Semetko;Patti M. Valkenburg

  • The Political Role of the Internet in Societies in Transition Russia and Ukraine Compared

    Holli A. Semetko;Natalya Krasnoboka

  • The news coverage of the 2004 European Parliamentary Election Campaign in 25 countries

    de Claes H. Vreese;Susan A. Banducci;Holli A. Semetko;Hajo G. Boomgaarden

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes H. de Vreese
Claes H. de Vreese University of Amsterdam
Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna
Patti M. Valkenburg
Patti M. Valkenburg University of Amsterdam
Susan Banducci
Susan Banducci University of Exeter
Jochen Peter
Jochen Peter University of Amsterdam
Wouter van der Brug
Wouter van der Brug University of Amsterdam
David H. Weaver
David H. Weaver Indiana University
Jay G. Blumler
Jay G. Blumler University of Leeds
John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin

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