Dr M. (Mónika) Simon
Postdoctoral Researcher - Trust in the Digital Society
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Political Communication & Journalism
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
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About
Mónika Simon is a computational social scientist specializing in political communication and journalism. She obtained her training at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCOR) and currently holds a postdoctoral position at ASCOR as part of the University Research Priority Area on Trust in the Digital Society (TRUST RPA). In her current role as a postdoc, she works with the broader interdisciplinary RPA team to understand the many facets of trust and distrust in our society. Her main research focus is unravelling automatic versus deliberative trust/distrust using social scientific methods and economic games. Together with Theo Araujo and Jan Engelmann (neuroeconomics) she is currently developing a series of studies to identify, understand, and address biases that may impact various trust-related attitudes and behaviors in the digital society.
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Publications
2025
Alonso Curbelo, A., Trilling, D., Simon, M., & Kroon, A. C. (2025). Shaping the Narrative: Examining News Coverage of Voter ID Laws in the United States. Journalism Studies, 26(1), 62–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2412211 [details]
2024
- Trilling, D., Dubèl, R., Kiddle, R., Kroon, A. C., Lin, Z., Simon, M., Vermeer, S., Welbers, K., & Boukes, M. (2024). What is popular gets more popular? Exploring over-time dynamics in article readership using real-world log data. Journalism Studies, 25(16), 2051–2071. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2411334 [details]
2023
- Simon, M., Welbers, K., Kroon, A. C., & Trilling, D. (2023). Linked in the dark: A network approach to understanding information flows within the Dutch Telegramsphere. Information, Communication & Society, 26(15), 3054-3078. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2133549 [details]
2022
- Lemmens, J. S., Simon, M., & Sumter, S. R. (2022). Fear and loathing in VR: the emotional and physiological effects of immersive games. Virtual Reality, 26(1), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-021-00555-w [details]
2023
- Trilling, D., Dubèl, R., Kroon, A., Lin, Z., Simon, M., Vermeer, S., Welbers, K., & Boukes, M. (2023). Over-time dynamics in article readership on Dutch newspaper websites. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Enschede, Netherlands.
2022
- Kiddle, R., Simon, M., Welbers, K., Kroon, A., & Trilling, D. (2022). Mapping dark platforms: Exploring the influence of entity, content and context over Telegram information flows. Paper presented at the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
- Simon, M., Welbers, K., Kroon, A., & Trilling, D. (2022). Linked in the Dark: A network approach to understanding information flows within the Dutch Telegramsphere. Paper presented at European Political Science Association (EPSA), Prague, Czech Republic.
- Simon, M., Welbers, K., Kroon, A., & Trilling, D. (2022). Linked in the dark: A network approach to understanding information flows in the Telegramsphere. Paper presented at the 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
- Simon, M., Welbers, K., Kroon, A., & Trilling, D. (2022). Linked in the dark: A network approach to understanding information flows within the Dutch Telegramsphere. Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap.
- Trilling, D., Kroon, A. C., Lin, Z., Simon, M., Vermeer, S., Welbers, K., & Boukes, M. (2022). Over-time dynamics in article readership: An analysis of log-data from regional newspaper websites. Paper presented at European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhuus, Denmark.
2021
- Simon, M., Kroon, A., Welbers, K., & Trilling, D. (2021). Towards open-access tools and open data to facilitate online extremism research on Telegram. Abstract from Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Online Extremism Research: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.
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Alonso Curbelo, A., Trilling, D., Simon, M., & Kroon, A. C. (2025). Shaping the Narrative: Examining News Coverage of Voter ID Laws in the United States. Journalism Studies, 26(1), 62–83.