@mvcampenhout.bsky.social, Stefaan Walgrave, and @pvanaelst.bsky.social
Key take aways:
- Different types of political knowledge can be distinguished from one another.
- Personal characteristics (e.g., political interest or media use) are differently related to these different types of knowledge.

What determines political knowledge? Different drivers for political knowledge in the digital age
With @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @jokematthieu.bsky.social, @babettehermans.bsky.social, @desireeschmuck.bsky.social, @michaelopgenhaffen.bsky.social, @catowaeterloos.bsky.social,

- During elections peers are the most important information sources on social media for young people, which is beneficial in terms of knowledge.
- Outside of elections finding that influencers or celebrities make political topics easier to understand is detrimental in terms of knowledge.

Key take aways:
- For young people, seeing political content of politicians, journalists, peers, social media influencers, and celebrities is related to finding that these sources simplify political topics, arouse interest for politics, or show which political topics are important.

Trending topics, growing knowledge? How curating actors' political social media content affects youth's political knowledge
With @catowaeterloos.bsky.social, @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social and @desireeschmuck.bsky.social

- Most of Gen Z have fluctuations in media use patterns, but the experience of first elections has a stabilizing role in terms of media habits.
- Especially the youngest and least politically interested Gen Z'ers have the most fluctuations in their media use patterns throughout the campaign cycle.

Young Campaign Consumers: How Generation Z consumes news during an election cycle - Awarded with Top Student Paper at the Communication and Technology division
With @mvcampenhout.bsky.social and @babettehermans.bsky.social
Key take aways:
- Gen Z mainly rely on social media to stay informed.

Key take aways:
- People who see more political social media content of politicians and peers have more knowledge.
- Learning opportunities are mainly present for people who have low motivation and ability to learn about politics, i.e., people who are generally found to be less knowledgeable.

Beyond Legacy Media: Who offers learning opportunities for political current affairs knowledge on social media and for whom?
With @catowaeterloos.bsky.social, @desireeschmuck.bsky.social, and @pvanaelst.bsky.social

These are the participants of the #PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day, #ICA25 is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️

Congratulations Silke!!

Young Campaign Consumers: How Generation Z Consumes News and Acquires Current Affairs Knowledge
Matthias Van Campenhout
Political Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Margot Lissens, Babette Hermans
Communication Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium #ica25