Sebastián Valenzuela

Sebastián Valenzuela

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

H-index: 42

Latin America-Chile

About Sebastián Valenzuela

Sebastián Valenzuela, With an exceptional h-index of 42 and a recent h-index of 32 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, specializes in the field of Political Communication, Comunicación Política, Social Media, Digital Journalism, Periodismo Digital.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Threat of Misinformation on Journalism’s Epistemology: Exploring the Gap between Journalist’s and Audience’s Expectations when Facing Fake Content

The Meso News-Space as a Framework for Studying Mobile Instant Messaging Services

(Don’t) Stop Believing: A Signal Detection Approach to Risk and Protective Factors for Engagement with Politicized (Mis) Information in Social Media

Detection and impact estimation of social bots in the Chilean Twitter network

Distinguished Reviewers in 2022

Politics and Media in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly: A Centennial Research Retrospective

Reactive and asymmetric communication flows: Social media discourse and partisan news framing in the wake of mass shootings

Truth be told: How “true” and “false” labels influence user engagement with fact-checks

Sebastián Valenzuela Information

University

Position

Associate Professor School of Communications

Citations(all)

22177

Citations(since 2020)

10469

Cited By

15547

hIndex(all)

42

hIndex(since 2020)

32

i10Index(all)

67

i10Index(since 2020)

59

Email

University Profile Page

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Sebastián Valenzuela Skills & Research Interests

Political Communication

Comunicación Política

Social Media

Digital Journalism

Periodismo Digital

Top articles of Sebastián Valenzuela

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Threat of Misinformation on Journalism’s Epistemology: Exploring the Gap between Journalist’s and Audience’s Expectations when Facing Fake Content

Digital Journalism

Enrique Núñez-Mussa

Andrea Riquelme

Sebastián Valenzuela

Valeria Aldana

Fabián Padilla

...

2024/2/19

The Meso News-Space as a Framework for Studying Mobile Instant Messaging Services

Digital Journalism

Sebastián Valenzuela

Marcelo Santos

2024/1/2

(Don’t) Stop Believing: A Signal Detection Approach to Risk and Protective Factors for Engagement with Politicized (Mis) Information in Social Media

Stephan Winter

Sebastián Valenzuela

Marcelo Luis Barbosa Santos

Tobias Schreyer

Lena Iwertowski

...

2024

Detection and impact estimation of social bots in the Chilean Twitter network

Scientific Reports

Marcelo Mendoza

Eliana Providel

Marcelo Santos

Sebastián Valenzuela

2024/3/19

Distinguished Reviewers in 2022

Journal of Media Psychology

Daniel Pietschmann

Karolien Poels

Pablo Porten-Chee

Robert F Potter

Fabian Prochazka

...

2023

Politics and Media in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly: A Centennial Research Retrospective

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Sebastian Valenzuela

Ingrid Bachmann

R.G. Lawrence

Homero Gil de Zúñiga

2023/10

Reactive and asymmetric communication flows: Social media discourse and partisan news framing in the wake of mass shootings

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Yini Zhang

Dhavan Shah

Jon Pevehouse

Sebastián Valenzuela

2023/10

Truth be told: How “true” and “false” labels influence user engagement with fact-checks

New Media & Society

Natalia Aruguete

Ingrid Bachmann

Ernesto Calvo

Sebastián Valenzuela

Tiago Ventura

2023/9/1

Studying the Downstream Effects of Fact-Checking on Social Media: Experiments on Correction Formats, Belief Accuracy, and Media Trust

Social Media+ Society

Ingrid Bachmann

Sebastián Valenzuela

2023/6

A study on information disorders on social networks during the Chilean social outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic

Applied Sciences

Marcelo Mendoza

Sebastián Valenzuela

Enrique Núñez-Mussa

Fabián Padilla

Eliana Providel

...

2023/4/25

A Panel Study on the Dynamics of Social Media Use and Conspiracy Thinking

Media Psychology

Sebastián Valenzuela

Trevor Diehl

Sangwon Lee

Daniel Halpern

2023/12/29

[Data set for replication] Valenzuela, S., Piña, M., & Ramírez, J.(2017). Behavioral effects of framing on social media users: How conflict, economic, human interest, and …

Sebastián Valenzuela

2023/4/10

Local Government, Social Media and Management of COVID-19: The Case of Chilean Mayoral Communication

Political Communication

Juan Pablo Luna

Daniel Alcatruz

Cristian Pérez Muñoz

Fernando Rosenblatt

Sergio Toro Maureira

...

2023/12/10

Changing Media Landscapes and Political Participation

Marcelo Santos

Sebastián Valenzuela

2022

Amplifying Counter-Public Spheres on Social Media: News Sharing of Alternative Versus Traditional Media After the 2019 Chilean Uprising

Social Media+ Society

Juan Pablo Luna

Sergio Toro

Sebastián Valenzuela

2022/2

Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

Juan Pablo Luna

Cristian Pérez

Sergio Toro

Fernando Rosenblatt

Bárbara Poblete

...

2022/6/15

For better and for worse: A panel survey of how mobile-only and hybrid Internet use affects digital skills over time

New Media & Society

Teresa Correa

Sebastián Valenzuela

Isabel Pavez

2024/2

A Downward Spiral? A Panel Study of Misinformation and Media Trust in Chile

The International Journal of Press/Politics

Sebastián Valenzuela

Daniel Halpern

Felipe Araneda

2022/4

Medios de comunicación y confianza política en América Latina: Análisis individual y contextual del rol de las noticias en la confianza en el gobierno y el Estado

Revista Internacional de Sociología

Claudia Labarca

Sebastián Valenzuela

Ingrid Bachmann

Daniela Grassau

2022/12/28

Corruption and Political Knowledge Erosion. A Cautionary Tale from Latin America

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Matías Bargsted

Ingrid Bachmann

Sebastián Valenzuela

2022

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Co-Authors

H-index: 63
Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Universidad de Salamanca

H-index: 55
James Katz

James Katz

Boston University

H-index: 54
Seth C. Lewis

Seth C. Lewis

University of Oregon

H-index: 37
Hernando Rojas

Hernando Rojas

University of Wisconsin-Madison

H-index: 35
Martin Hilbert

Martin Hilbert

University of California, Davis

H-index: 28
Teresa Correa

Teresa Correa

Universidad Diego Portales

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