Shehata, A., Andersen, K., Ekström, M., & Östlund, E. (2026). The Promises and Limits of Solutions Journalism: How Controversy Conditions Effects on Emotions and Attitudes in Response to News About Climate Change. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Press/Politics.

Andersen, K., Djerf-Pierre, M., Shehata, A., Zuiderveld, M., & Åhrén, C. (2026). Can Solutions Journalism Counter News Avoidance? A Choice Experiment Examining Effects on Emotions, Self-Efficacy, and News Engagement. Accepted for publication in Journalism.

Schmøkel, R. W., Andersen, K., & Skovsgaard, M. (2026). The Matthew Effect of Social Media Algorithms: News Avoidance and Polarisation of News Consumption. Digital Journalism, online first. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Hopmann, D. N., Langman, K., Schemer, C., & Skovsgaard, M. (2026). Is News Avoidance a Democratic Problem or a Healthy Audience Behavior? How Different Understandings Relate to Knowledge, Efficacy, and Life Satisfaction. Mass Communication and Society, online first. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Shehata, A., Skovsgaard, M., & Strömbäck, J. (2026). Selective News Avoidance: Consistency and Temporality. Communication Research, 53(3), 291–318. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., & Shehata, A. (2025). Challenging the Spiral of Negativity: A Longitudinal Choice Experiment on the Preference for Valenced News and Reinforcement of Societal Beliefs. The International Journal of Press/Politics, online first. ACCESS HERE

Skovsgaard, M., Heiselberg, L., & Andersen, K. (2024). The Context-Dependent Demand for Watchdog Journalism: Dynamics in Audience Expectations for Journalists’ Role Performance. Journalism Practice, 18(9), 2454–2475. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Toff, B., & Ytre-Arne, B. (2024). Introduction: What We (Don’t) Know About News Avoidance. Journalism Studies, 25(12), 1367–1384. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Djerf-Pierre, M., & Shehata, A. (2024). The Scary World Syndrome: News Orientations, Negativity Bias, and the Cultivation of Anxiety. Mass Communication and Society, 27(3), 502–524. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Shehata, A., Thomas, F, Glogger, I, & Andersen, K. (2024). Belief Maintenance as a Media Effect: A Conceptualization and Empirical Approach. Human Communication Research, 50(1), 1–13. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Aarøe, L., Andersen, K., Skovsgaard, M., Svith, F., & Schmøkel, R. (2024). The journalistic preference for extreme exemplars: Educational socialization, psychological biases, or editorial policy? Journal of Communication, 74(1), 48–62. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Shehata, A., & Andersson, D. (2023). Alternative News Orientation and Trust in Mainstream Media: A Longitudinal Audience Perspective. Digital Journalism, 11(5), 833–852. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Ohme, J., Andersen, K., Albæk, E., & de Vreese, C. H. (2022). Anything Goes? Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement in the Roaring 2020s. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 27(3), 557–568. ACCESS HERE

Skovsgaard, M., Andersen, K., & Heiselberg, L. (2024). The Context-Dependent Demand for Watchdog Journalism: Dynamics in Audience Expectations for Journalists’ Role Performance. Advance access, Journalism Practice. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K. (2022). Realizing Good Intentions? A Field Experiment of Slow News Consumption and News Fatigue. Journalism Practice, 16(5), 848–863. ACCESS HERE

Boukes, M., Aalbers, L., & Andersen, K. (2022). Political Fact or Political Fiction? The Agenda-Setting Impact of the Political Fiction Series Borgen on the Public and News Media. Communications, 47(1), 50-72. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Johansson, J., Johansson, B., & Shehata, A. (2022). Maintenance and Reformation of News Repertoires: A Latent Transition Analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 99(1), 237–261. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Skovsgaard, M., Andersen, K., & Heiselberg, L. (2022). Vagthund eller skødehund? Efterspørgslen på kritisk journalistik under coronakrisen [Watchdog or lapdog? The demand for critical journalism during the corona crisis]. Politica, 54(4), 321–342. ACCESS HERE

Shehata, A., Johansson, J., Andersen, K., & Johansson, B. (2022). Climate Change Frame Acceptance and Resistance: Extreme Weather, Consonant News and Personal Media Orientations. Mass Communication and Society, 25(1), 51–76. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., van Dalen, A., Hopmann, D. N., Skovsgaard, M., & Albæk, E. (2021). Tilliden til de danske journalister og nyhedsmedier: i forfald eller ej? [Trust in Danish journalists and news media: in decay or not?] Politica, 53(3), 125–149. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Shehata, A., Andersson, D., Glogger, I., Hopmann, D. N., Andersen, K., Kruikemeier, S., & Johansson, J. (2021). Conceptualizing Long-Term Media Effects on Societal Beliefs. Annals of the International Communication Association, 45(1), 75–93. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., & Strömbäck, J. (2021). Media Platforms and Political Learning: The Democratic Challenge of News Consumption on Computers and Mobile Devices. International Journal of Communication, 15(2021), 300–319. OPEN ACCESS HERE

Skovsgaard, M., & Andersen, K. (2020). Conceptualizing News Avoidance: Towards a Shared Understanding of Different Causes and Potential Solutions. Journalism Studies, 21(4), 459–476. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Skovsgaard, M., Pedersen, R. T. (2019). The X Factor of Opportunity Structures: How Grab and Wrap Effects of Entertainment Create Inadvertant News Audience in a High-Choice Media Environment. European Journal of Communication, 34(5), 535–551. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K. (2019). An Entrance for the Uninterested: Who Watches Soft News and How Does It Affect Their Political Participation? Mass Communication and Society, 22(4), 487–507. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K. & Hopmann, D. N. (2018). Compensator, Amplifier, or Distractor? The Moderating Role of Informal Political Talk on the Effect of News Media Use on Current Affairs Learning Among First-Time Voters. Political Communication, 35(4), 634–654. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Skovsgaard, M., Albæk, E., & de Vreese, C. H. (2017). The Engaging Effect of Exemplars: How an Emotional Reaction to (Dis)Similar People in the News Media Affects Political Participation. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(4), 490–509. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K. & Larsen, E. G. (2016). Hvilken periode skal analyseres? Uge 46 som dataindsamlingsstrategi i journalistikforskningen [Selecting a Sample: Week 46 as Data Collection Strategy in Journalism Studies]. Journalistica, 2016(1), 126-146. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., Bjarnøe, C., Albæk, E., & de Vreese, C. H. (2016). How News Type Matters. Indirect Effects of Media Use on Political Participation Through Knowledge and Efficacy. Journal of Media Psychology, 28(3), 111–122. ACCESS HERE

Andersen, K., de Vreese, C. H., & Albæk, E. (2016). Measuring Media Diet in a High-Choice Environment – Testing the List-Frequency Technique. Communication Methods and Measures, 10(2–3), 81–98. ACCESS HERE