Articles aren't necessarily in chronological order. They are posted as they come out, but some journals take longer to assign articles to issues than others.
If you cannot find one of my works here, feel free to email me to ask for a copy. I am happy to share copies of all my work.
Boulianne, S., Humprecht, E., & Frischlich, L. (2025). Unravelling misinformation in politics: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 35(3), 351-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2025.2520790
Preprint: here
Link to list of articles in the special issue: here
Hoffmann, C. P., & Boulianne, S. (2025). The role of political interest in the relationships between privacy concerns, social network size, and political expression on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502251370943
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: https://osf.io/ksaud/?view_only=27b69cf9a12e4044a440228a99a1b7a1
Hoffmann, C. P., Feiler, T., & Boulianne, S. (2025). Using Twitch for politics? The role of personality across five countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2530438
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29484104.v1
Hoffmann, C. P., & Boulianne, S. (2025). Concerns about misinformation on Instagram in five countries. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 35(3), 409-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2025.2514192
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27852291.v1
Boulianne, S., & Houle, N. (2025). Chocolate and politics: A cross-national, survey-based experiment on recruitment to a boycott campaign. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 30(1), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.17813/1086-671X-30-1-73
Boulianne, S. (2025). Meta-analyses. In A. Nai, M. Grömping, & D. Wirz (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Pre-print: here
This piece is the basis for a systematic literature review/meta-analysis workshop offered at City University of Hong Kong (June 2022), Weizenbaum Institute (November 2022), and Kristiania University College (March 2024).
Boulianne, S., Hoffmann, C. P., & Bossetta, M. (2024). Social media platforms for politics: A Comparison of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, and WhatsApp. New Media & Society, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241262415
Full text (open access): here
Pre-print: here
Keynote at Italian Association of Political Communication (slides): here
Data and replication files: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Platforms_for_Politics/25897726
Boulianne, S., Heger, K., Houle, N., & Brown, D. (2024). Feminist identity and online activism in four countries from 2019 to 2023. Social Science Computer Review, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393241301050
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26672923.v1
Boulianne, S., & Larsson, A.O. (2024). Young people and participation in election campaigns. In D. Lilleker, D. Jackson, B. Kalsnes, C. Mellado, F. Trevisan, & A. Veneti (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning. Routledge.
Pre-print: here
Presentation to St Swithun’s School (Nov 2024) about Generational Differences in the 2020 US Election: presentation slides
Boulianne, S., & Hoffmann, C. P. (2024). Perceptions and concerns about misinformation on Facebook in Canada, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 26(4), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae048
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26742208.v1
Tang, R., Vraga, E. K., Bode, L., & Boulianne, S. (2024). Who reports witnessing and performing corrections on social media in the US, UK, Canada, and France? HKS Misinformation Review 5(3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-145
Full text (open access): here
Data and replication files: here
Hoffmann, C. P., & Boulianne, S. (2024). It’s fine if others do it too: A cross-national analysis of privacy concerns, social influence, and political expression on Facebook in Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Social Media & Society, 10(4), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241290334
Full text: here (open access)
Preregistration: osf.io/97bq3
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/V247H
Boulianne, S., & Hoffmann, C. P. (2024). Digital inclusion through algorithmic knowledge: Curated flows of civic and political information on Instagram. Media and Communication, 12. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8102
Full text: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8102
Data and replication files: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Instagram_Curated_Flows/25483858
Boulianne, S., & Larsson, A. O. (2024). Facebook campaigning in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Federal Elections. Politics and Governance, 12. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8104
Full text: here
Data and replication files: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Facebook_posts_in_the_2019_and_2021_Canadian_Federal_Elections/25555782/1
Boulianne, S., Oser, J., & Hoffmann, C. (2023). Powerless in the digital age? A systematic review and meta-analysis of political efficacy and digital media use. New Media & Society, 25(9), 2512–2536. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231176519
Full-text article: here
Presentation at ICA (slides): ICA presentation slides
Presentation at ICA (video): ICA Presentation video
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22970420.v1
Boulianne, S., & Galipeau, T. (2024). Personality, Networks, and Heterogeneous Discussion on Facebook. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2024.2340624
Full text: here
Preregistration: osf.io/gp37w
Data and replication files: https://osf.io/kung9/
Boulianne, S. (2023). Political consumerism. In M. Grasso & M. Giugni (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
See project website for more information
Boulianne, S., & Steen-Johnsen, K. (2025). Civic and political volunteering: The mobilizing role of websites and social media in four countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 22(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.2211974
Open access article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2023.2211974
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22779062.v1
Boulianne, S., & Lee, S. (2023). Facebook and the global dimensions of protest participation in France, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. French Politics, 22(2), 155-178. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41253-023-00208-1
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22100117.v1
Boulianne, S., & Larsson, A. O. (2024). Comparative digital political communication: Comparisons across countries, platforms, and time. Social Science Computer Review, 42(5) 1092–1100. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393241258763
Full text (open access): here
Published versions of articles in the special issue: here
Boulianne, S., & Humprecht, E. (2023). Misinformation and trust in institutions in four countries in 2019 and 2021. International Journal of Communication, 17, 2024–2047.
Open access article: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20110
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21936372.v1
Borge, R., Boulianne, S., Dennis, J., Vaccari, C, & Valeriani, A. (2022). Political participation in the digital technology era: a symposium on Outside the Bubble: Social Media and Political Participation in Western Democracies. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 53(2), 273-291. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2022.30
Boulianne, S., & Belland, S. (2022). Internet and political participation. In A. Ceron (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Technology & Politics (pp. 29-34). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Boulianne, S., Mullin, S., Stevens, L., López, J. G. P., & Sleptcov, N. (2022). Hashtag Boycott on Twitter in 2020 and 2021.
Available in English: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2834
Also here in English: here
Available in French: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2835
Also here in French: here
Boulianne, S., Stevens, L., Mullin, S., Rondeau, C., El-hakim, Y., Johal, S., & Mamo, N.
(2022). 2021 Canadian federal election, election report: Facebook use by political parties.
Available in English: https://roam.macewan.ca/islandora/object/gm:3416
Also available here in English: here
Available in French: https://roam.macewan.ca/islandora/object/gm:3417
Also available here in French: here
Boulianne, S., & Lee, S. (2022). Conspiracy beliefs, misinformation, social media platforms, and protest participation. Media and Communication, 10(4), 30-41. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i4.5667 (open access)
Data and replication files: https://doi. org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20632605.v1
APSA presentation video: here
Oser, J., Grinson, A., Boulianne, S., & Halperin, E. (2022). How political efficacy relates to online and offline political participation: A multi-level meta-analysis. Political Communication, 9(5), 607-633 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2022.2086329 (open access)
Boulianne, S., Tenove, C., & Buffie, J. (2022). Complicating the resilience model: A four-country study about misinformation. Media and Communication, 10(3), 169–182
https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i3.5346 (open access)
Data and replication files: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20324790.v1
Theocharis, Y., Boulianne, S., Koc-Michalska, K., & Bimber, B. (2022). Platform affordances and political participation: How social media platforms are reshaping political engagement. Western European Politics 46(4), 788-811. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2087410 (open access)
Chen, K., Molder, A., Duan, Z., Boulianne, S., Eckart, C., Mallari, P., & Yang, D. (2022). How youth activists and news media frame climate change and strike: Evidence from analyzing Twitter and newspaper discourse from 2018-2021. International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(2), 384-413. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221106405
Boulianne, S., Copeland, L., & Koc-Michalska, K. (2024). Digital media and political consumerism in the United States, Britain, and France. New Media & Society, 26(4): 2110-2130. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221083025
Boulianne, S., & Belland, S. (2022). Climate denial in Canada and the United States. Canadian Review of Sociology, 59(3), 369-394
Boulianne, S. (2023). Participatory inequality across countries: Contacting public officials online and offline. Social Science Computer Review, 41(4), 1336-1362. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211071067
Boulianne, S. (2023). Standby ties that mobilize: Social media platforms and civic engagement. Social Science Computer Review, 41(3), 1001-1016. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211067687 (open access)
Boulianne, S., & Hoffmann, C.P. (2022). The Social, Civic, and Political Uses of Instagram in Four Countries. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 1-30. doi: 10.51685/jqd.2021.023
Boulianne, S. (2022). Socially mediated political consumerism. Information, Communication & Society, 25(5), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020872
Boulianne, S., & Shehata, A. (2022). Age differences in online news consumption and political expression in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. International Journal of Press/Politics, 27(3), 763–783. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211060271
Ruess, C., Hoffmann, C.P., Boulianne, S., & Heger, K. (2023). Online political participation – The evolution of a concept. Information, Communication & Society, 26(8), 1495-1512, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2013919
Boulianne, S., & Ohme, J. (2022). Pathways to environmental activism in four countries: Social media, environmental concern, and political efficacy. Journal of Youth Studies, 25(6), 771-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.2011845
Boulianne, S., Belland, S., Sleptcov, N.; Larsson, A. O. (2021). Climate Change in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election. Climate, 9(5), 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9050070
Skoric, M., Zhu, Q., Koc-Michalska, K., Boulianne, S., & Bimber, B. (2022). Selective avoidance on social media: A comparative study of Western democracies. Social Science Computer Review,40(5), 1241–1258. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211005468
Boulianne, S., & Larsson, A.O. (2023). Engagement with candidate posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook during the 2019 Election. New Media & Society, 25(10), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211009504
Boulianne, S., & Koc-Michalska, K. (2021). The role of personality in political talk and like-minded discussion. International Journal of Press/Politics, 27(1), 285–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161221994096
Boulianne, S., Lalancette, M., & Ilkiw, D. (2020). “School Strike 4 Climate”: Social media and the international youth protest on climate change. Media and Communication, 8(2), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2768
Reprinted in: Gennaro, S. and Miller, B. (eds). (2021). Young people and social media: Contemporary children’s culture in digital space(s). Vernon Press.
Boulianne, S., Chen, K., & Kahane, D. (2020). Mobilizing mini-publics: The impact of deliberation on civic engagement. Politics, 40(4), 460-476. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395720902982
Boulianne, S., Koc-Michalska, K., & Bimber, B. (2020). Mobilizing media: Comparing TV and social media effects on protest mobilization. Information, Communication & Society, 23(5), 642-664. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1713847
Boulianne, S., Koc-Michalska, K., & Bimber, B. (2020). Right-wing populism, social media and echo chambers in Western democracies. New Media & Society, 22(4), 683-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819893983
Koc-Michalska, K., Bimber, B., Gomez, D.M., Jenkins, M. & Boulianne, S. (2020). Public beliefs about falsehoods in news. International Journal of Press/Politics, 25(3), 447-468. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161220912693
Oser, J., & Boulianne, S. (2020). Reinforcement effects between digital media use and political participation: A meta-analysis of repeated-wave panel data. Public Opinion Quarterly, 84(S1), 355-365. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfaa017
Copeland, L., & Boulianne, S. (2022). Political consumerism: A meta-analysis. International Political Science Review, 43(1): 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512120905048
Quan-Haase, A., Boulianne, S., & Harper, M.-G. (2020). The sociological imagination in studies of communication, information technologies, and media: CITAMS as an invisible college. Information, Communication & Society, 23(5), 633-641. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1742366
Boulianne, S., Belland, S., & Larsson, A.O. (2020). Climate change, social media, and political parties. In E. Dubois and T. Owen (Eds), Understanding the Digital Ecosystem: Findings from the 2019 Federal Election. Retrieved from https://www.digitalecosystem.ca/report
Boulianne, S., & Theocharis, Y. (2020). Young people, digital media and engagement: A meta-analysis of research. Social Science Computer Review, 38(2), 111-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439318814190
Boulianne, S. (2020). Twenty years of digital media effects on civic and political participation. Communication Research, 47(7), 947-966. doi: 10.1177/0093650218808186
Koc-Michalska, K., Schiffrin, A., Lopez, A., Boulianne, S., & Bimber, B. (2021). From online political posting to mansplaining: The gender gap and social media in political discussion. Social Science Computer Review, 39(2), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439319870259
Boulianne, S., Koc-Michalska, K., & Vedel, T. (2021). Gender and online politics: Digital media as friend and foe in times of change. Social Science Computer Review, 39(2), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439319865511
Boulianne, S. (2019). Revolution in the making? Social media effects across the globe. Information, Communication & Society, 22(1), 39-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2017.1353641
Boulianne, S. & Belland, S. (2019). Who matters in climate change discourse in Alberta. In P. Prado, J. Pinto, & R. Gutsche (Eds.), Climate Change, Media & Culture: Critical Issues in Environmental Communication (pp. 86-105). Emerald Publishing.
Boulianne, S. (2019). Transforming the disengaged: Social media and youth in Canada. In M. Lalancette, V. Raynauld, & E. Crandall (Eds.), What’s #trending in Canadian politics? Understanding transformations in power, media, and the public sphere (pp. 86-105). UBC Press.
Boulianne, S. (2019). Building faith in democracy: Deliberative events, political trust and efficacy. Political Studies, 67(1), 4-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718761466
Blog posting
Large sample survey data available (look for "Alberta Survey")
Boulianne, S. (2019). US dominance of research on political communication: A meta-view. Political Communication, 36(4), 660-665. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2019.1670899
Boulianne, S., Lopston, K., & Kahane, D. (2018). Citizen panels and opinion polls: Convergence and divergence in policy preferences. Journal of Public Deliberation, 1(4), 1-21.
Journal has been renamed: Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Open access available here: https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/566/
Large sample survey data available (look for "Alberta Survey 2013")
Boulianne, S., Minaker, J., & Haney, T. (2018). Does compassion go viral? Social media, caring, and the Fort McMurray wildfire. Information, Communication & Society, 21(5), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1428651
Highlights of ASA Presentation
Poster presented at Social Media & Society conference (Toronto, July 2017)
Large sample survey data available (look for "Alberta Survey 2016")
Boulianne, S. (2018). Mini-publics and public opinion: Two survey-based experiments. Political Studies, 66(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321717723507
Boulianne, S. (2018). Beyond the Usual Suspects: Representation in Deliberative Exercises. In L. Hanson (Ed). Public Deliberation on Climate Change: Lessons from Alberta Climate Dialogue. Athabasca University Press.
Bimber, B., Boulianne, S., Koc-Michalska, K. & Lilleker, D. (2017). Political participation in the UK: why might voters have voted? In E. Thorsen, D. Jackson, & Darren Lilleker (Eds.), UK Election Analysis 2017: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Retrieved from http://www.electionanalysis.uk/
Boulianne, S. (2016). Online news, civic awareness, and engagement in civic and political life. New Media & Society, 18(9), 1840-1856. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444815616222
Boulianne, S. (2016). Campaigns and conflict on social media: A literature snapshot. Online Information Review, 40(5), 566-579. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-03-2016-0086
Boulianne, S. (2015). Social media use and participation: A meta-analysis of current research. Information, Communication & Society, 18(5), 524-538. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1008542
Boulianne, S. (2015). Generating political interest with online news. Communication and Information Technologies Annual. (Volume 9, pp. 53-76). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020150000009003
Boulianne, S., & Brailey, M. (2014). Attachment to community and civic and political engagement: A case study of students. Canadian Review of Sociology, 51(4), 375-388. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12052
Boulianne, S., & Hobbs, L. (November 2014). Information sources on climate change. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Boulianne, S., & Hellstrom, M. (November 2014). Perceptions of the efficacy of deliberative exercises. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Hobbs, L., & Boulianne, S. (September 2014). Knowledge of energy and climate issues: The case of the citizens’ panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Hellstrom, M., & Boulianne, S. (September 2014). Degree of deliberativeness – The case of the Energy Efficiency Choices project. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Boulianne, S., & Gonzales, Ana Mariella Salinas. (February 2014). Who is responsible for action on climate change: Comparing news media coverage and public opinion data. Poster presented at the annual Warren E. Kalbach conference, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta.
Boulianne, S., & Loptson, K. (October 2013). Political efficacy: The case of the Citizens’ Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Loptson, K., & Boulianne, S. (October 2013). Trust in municipal government: The case of the Citizens’ Panel on Edmonton’s Energy and Climate Challenges. Alberta Climate Dialogue.
Boulianne, S. (2013). Examining the gender effects of different incentive amounts in a web survey. Field Methods, 25(1), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X12453113
Boulianne, S. (2011). Stimulating or reinforcing political interest: Using panel data to examine the use of news media and political interest. Political Communication, 28(2), 147-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2010.540305
This paper won the 2013 Best Paper Award from the Communication and Information Technology section of the American Sociological Association
Boulianne, S., Klofstad, C., & Basson, D. (2011). Sponsor prominence and response patterns to an online survey. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 23(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edq026
Boulianne, S. (2009). Does Internet use affect engagement? A meta-analysis of research. Political Communication, 26(2), 193-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584600902854363
Reprinted in: Dutton, W. H. (ed.) with the assistance of Dubois, E. (2014). Politics and the Internet: Volumes I-IV. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis Routledge.
Database of all studies used in the analysis
Reprinted in: Dutton, W. H. (ed.) with the assistance of Dubois, E. (2014) Politics and the Internet: Volumes I-IV. Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis Routledge.
Klofstad, C., Boulianne, S., & Basson, D. (2008). Matching the message to the medium: Results from an experiment on Internet survey email contacts. Social Science Computer Review, 26(4), 498-509. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439308314145
Boulianne, S. (2008). Incentives. In P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (pp. 328-331). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Boulianne, S. (2008). Survey Sponsor. In P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (pp. 868-869). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Boulianne, S. (2008). Statistics Canada. In P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (pp. 846-847). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Boulianne, S. & Basson, D. (2008). Topic Saliency. In P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Survey Research (pp. 891-892). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Hayduk, L., Cummings, G., Boadu, K., Pazderka-Robinson, H., & Boulianne, S. (2007). Testing! Testing! One, Two, Three - Testing the theory in structural equation models! Personality and Individual Differences, 42(5), 841-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.001
