2022. COES Conference – Cambio Social en Chile: Una Perspectiva Longitudinal, Santiago, Chile. Vargas, S., Khan, S. S., Liu, J. H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Un Análisis Longitudinal de las Diferencias en Bienestar Subjetivo Entre Conservadores y Liberales.

2022. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Detroit, MI, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Cheng, Z., & Scheffauer, R. Why Wouldn’t Anyone Let Others Participate in Democracy? Obstinate Partisanship, Conspiracy Beliefs, and Political Repression.

2022. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Detroit, MI, USA. Lee, S., Munger, K., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Does Fake News Exposure Diminish News Media Trust? Exploring a Fake News Exposure Implicit Versus Explicit Measurement Instrument Test.

2022. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Detroit, MI, USA. Borah, P., González-González, P., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Stop the steal”: Misperceptions About Election Fraud and the Moderating Roles of Authoritarianism and Political Ideology.

2022. Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración. Girona, Spain. Mateos, A., Inguanzo, I., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Capital Social y Compromiso Cívico: Dos Constructos Diferentes.

2022. European Consortium for Political Research – Joint Sessions {ECPR}. Edinburgh, Scotland (virtual conference). Inguanzo, I., Carty, E., & Gil de Zúñiga. Channels of Democracy? The impact of Voting and Social Media Political Participation on Illegal Protest. European Consortium for Political Research – Joint Sessions.

2022. Symposium on Misinformation and Global Communication. Shanghai, China (virtual conference). Kim, J.N., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Underground Information Market: What Motivates Lay Publics to Trade Pseudo-Information and How Digital Media Is Prone to Market Failure.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Goyanes, M., Scheffauer, R., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. News Distribution and Sustainable Journalism: Effects of Social Media News Use and Media Skepticism on Citizens’ Paying Behavior.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Skurka, C., Troy, C., Cui., Z., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Efficacy in Media Effects Research: Organizing the Conceptual and Operational Basement.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Gil de Zúñiga, H., Scheffauer, R., & Zhang, B. Cable News Use and Conspiracy Theories: Exploring Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC Effects on People’s Conspiracy Beliefs.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Cheng, Z., Marcos-Marné, H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Birds of a Feather Get Angrier Together: Effect of Social Media News, Political Homophily on Political Anger.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Goyanes, M., Borah, P., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Political Conversations and Regret: A Qualitative Evaluation on The Aftermath of Political Discussions in Social Media.

2022. International Communication Association {ICA}. Paris, France (virtual conference). Skurka, C., Liao, M., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. Tuning Out (Political and Science) News? A Selective Exposure Study of the News Finds Me Perception.

2022. Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Political Psychology Preconference, San Francisco, CA, United States. Vargas, S., Khan, S. S., Liu, J. H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. A Longitudinal Test of the Conservative-Liberal Wellbeing Gap. 

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). Goyanes, M., Demeter, M., Toth, T, Grané, A., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Research Patterns in Communication (2009-2019): Testing Female Representation and Publication Efficiency, within Most Cited Scholars and across the Field.”

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). Gil de Zúñiga, H., González-González, P., & Goyanes, M. “Pathways to Political Persuasion: Linking Online, Social Media, and Fake News with Political Attitude Change Through Political Discussion.”

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). Goyanes, M., Ardèvol-Abreu, A., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Antecedents of News Avoidance: Competing Effects of Political Interest, News Overload, Trust in News Media, and ‘News Finds Me’ Perception.”

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). Zhang, B., Holton, A., Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Discerning Whether It’s ‘Fake’ News: The Relationship Between Social Media Use, Political Knowledge, Epistemic Political Efficacy, and Fake News Literacy.”

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). Gil de Zúñiga, H., Cheng, Z., & González-González, P. “Effects of the News Finds Me Perception on Algorithmic News Attitudes and Social Media Political Homophily.”

2021. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. New Orleans, LA, USA (virtual conference). “Gil de Zúñiga, H., Goyanes, M., & Skurka, C. Understanding Fake News Corrective Action: A Mixed Method Approach.”

2021. American Political Science Association {APSA}. Seattle, WA, USA (virtual conference). “Carty, E., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Marcos-Marné, H. Affective Polarization, Social Media News and Political Persuasion.”

2021. American Political Science Association {APSA}. Seattle, WA, USA (virtual conference). Cheng, Z., Zhang, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Goyanes, M. “Youth Political Consumerism: Expression, Discussion & Social Media Antecedents. American Political Science Association.”

2021. Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración. Girona, Spain. González-González, P., Marcos-Marne, H., Llamazares, I., Gil de Zúñiga, H. “El populismo y sus consecuencias informativas: explorando los vínculos entre las actitudes populistas, el consumo de noticias en redes sociales y la percepción de las ‘Noticias Me Encuentran.”

2021. Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración. Girona, Spain. Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Marcos-Marné, H., Carty, E. “La polarización afectiva y las redes sociales como efecto contingente a la persuasión política en entornos online.” 

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fellows Panel Talk Series: Communication, Technology, and (Civil) Society. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference). Gil de Zúñiga, H. “News Finds Me Perception: Overview of Theory & Effects. “

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference).  Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Goyanes, M. “Fueling Civil Disobedience in Democracy: WhatsApp News Use, Political Knowledge, and Illegal Political Protest. “

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference).  Goyanes, M., Borah, P., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Media Filtering: Effects of Social Media News Use and Uncivil Political Discussions on Social Media Unfriending.”

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference).  Inguanzo, I., Zhang, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Perpetuating Sexism in Online News? How Attitudes Towards Women Relate to Political User Generated Content.”

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference).  Marcos-Marne, H., González-González, P., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Media Skepticism and Reactions to Political Scandals: An Analysis of the Trump-Ukraine Case.”

2021. International Communication Association {ICA}. Denver, CO, USA (virtual conference).  Scheffauer, R., Goyanes, M., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Professional Journalists’ Versus Social Media Algorithmic Editorial News Selection Gate Keeping Effects on News Trust.”

2020. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, CA, USA (virtual conference). Gil de Zúñiga, H., Borah, P., & Goyanes, M. “Influence of Incidental News Exposure: Examining the Effects on Cognitive Elaboration and Thorough Information Engagement.”

2020. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, CA, USA (virtual conference). Goyanes, M., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Citizen news content creation: Perceptions on professional journalists and the additive double moderating role of social media.”

2020. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, CA, USA (virtual conference). Huber, B., & Borah, P., Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Misinformation Corrective Action when Exposed to Fake News: The Role of Media Locus of Control, Need for Cognition and Fake News Literacy.”

2020. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, CA, USA (virtual conference). Kim, J.N, & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Information Patrolling: Re-institutionalizing Public Relations as Guardians against Pseudo-Information. “

2020. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, CA, USA (virtual conference). Scheffauer, R., Goyanes, M., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Beyond Social Media News Use Algorithms: How Political Discussion and Heterogeneity Networks Clarify Incidental News Exposure.” 

2020. World Association for Public Opinion Research {WAPOR}. Salamanca, Spain. Scheffauer, R., Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Media Social Capital and Political Consumerism”. 

World Association for Public Opinion Research {WAPOR}. Salamanca, Spain. Kulichkina, A., Baghumyan, A., Balderrama, D., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Who Trusts the Media More? Effects of Evaluations of Journalists’ Performance on Media Trust, and the Moderating Role of the News Finds Me Perception.”

2020. European Association of Social Psychology. Krakow, Poland. Mari, S., Khan, S., Liu, J., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Antecedents and Consequences of Belief in Conspiracy Theories.”

2020. International Society of Political Psychology {ISPP}. Berlin, Germany. Chang, Y.H., Bacikova, N., Ganbat, N., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Media News Use, Anxiety and Political Consumerism: Direct and Moderating Effects.”

2020. Congreso Internacional sobre Horizontes de la Diversidad: Espacios y Estrategias de Representación. Madrid, Spain. Goyanes, M., Demeter, M., Grané-Chávez, A., Albarrán-Lozano, I., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “A Mathematical Approach to Measure Research Diversity: Operationalization and Applicability in Communication Studies, Political Research and Beyond.”

2020. International Communication Association {ICA}. Gold Coast, Australia (virtual conference). Gil de Zuñiga, H., Strauß, N., & Huber, B. “The ‘News Finds Me’ Perception Across Societies.”

2020. International Communication Association {ICA}. Gold Coast, Australia (virtual conference). Gil de Zuñiga, H., Huber, B., & Ardèvol-Abreu, A. “Predicting Online Harassment: Routine versus. Risky Online Activities and the Moderating Role of Age.”

2019. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Toronto, Canada. Ardèvol-Abreu, A., & Gil de Zuñiga, H. “‘Political Hooliganism’: Political Discussion Attributes Effects on the Development of Unconditional Party Loyalty, Participation and Activism: Exploring Overall and Age Differential Effects.”

2019. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Toronto, Canada. Huber, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Liu, J. H. “Who Becomes Politically Active? Linking Personality Traits, News Use and Economic Macro-Variables to Political Participation around the World.”

2019. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Toronto, Canada. Ardèvol-Abreu, A., & Gil de Zuñiga, H. “‘Political Hooliganism’: Political Discussion Attributes Effects on the Development of Unconditional Party Loyalty, Participation and Activism: Exploring Overall and Age Differential Effects.”

2019. International Association for Media and Communication Research, Madrid, Spain. Strauß, N., Alonso-Muñoz, L., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Why reading the news, political interest and political knowledge is not enough: The mediating role of discussion frequency for network heterogeneity.”

2019. International Association for Media and Communication Research, Madrid, Spain. Huber, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Liu, J. H. “The Mediating Role of Social Media News Use on the Effects of Personality Characteristics over Democratic Engagement.”

2019. International Communication Association {ICA}. Washington, D.C., USA. Gil de Zuñiga, H., Ardèvol-Abreu, A., & Casero-Ripollés, A. “WhatsApp Political Discussion, Participation and Activism: Exploring Overall and Age Differential Effects.”

2019. International Communication Association {ICA}. Washington, D.C., USA. Strauß, N., Huber, B., Gil de Zuñiga, H., Liu, J. “Structural influences of the News Finds Me perception: Why people believe they don’t have to actively seek the news anymore. “

2019. International Communication Association {ICA}. Washington, D.C., USA. Song, H., Gil de Zuñiga, H., Boomgaarden, H. “A Differential Pathway to Political Cynicism? Antecedents and Consequences of ‘News Finds Me’ Perception. “

2019. Austrian Communication Association (ÖGK). Vienna, Austria. Huber, B., Strauß, N., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Liu, J. H. (2019). Big 5 und die „News Finds Me Perception“: Wie Persönlichkeitsmerkmale die Wahrnehmung beeinflussen, Nachrichten nicht mehr aktiv verfolgen zu müssen [Big 5 and „News-Finds-Me Perception”: How personality traits shape individuals’ perception to no longer need to actively seek news].

2018. International Society of Political Psychology {ISPP}. San Antonio, USA Vargas-Salfate, S., Paez, D., Liu, J.H., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Pratto, F., & Khan, S.S. “Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of system justification in 19 countries.”

2018. IV Annual Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Oxford, U.K. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Strauß, N., Huber, B., and Liu, H.J. “The Proliferation of the News Finds Me Perception Across Different Societies.”

2018. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Young Scholars. Lugano, Switzerland. 2018. Strauß, N., Huber, B., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Antecedents of the ‘News Find Me’ perception: What makes people tune out of news? A cross-national comparison.”

2018. Plattform für Umfragen, Methoden und Empirische Analysen (PUMA) / Platform for Survey, Methods, and Empirical Analysis. Vienna, Austria. Song, H., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Boomgaarden, H. “The antecedents and consequences of “News Finds Me” perception in online political information seeking”

2018. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, D.C., USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., Huber, B., and Liu, H.J. “Communication Mediation Model Across Cultures: Multilevel Mediation Model Effects of News and Discussion on Participation.”

2018. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, D.C., USA. Zhang, Y., Guo, L., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Digital inequalities or personality differences? A longitudinal analysis of social media usage divides in China”.

2018. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, D.C., USA. Huber, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, H.J. “Who are the second screeners? Personality traits predicting dual screen use.”

2018. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, D.C., USA. Diehl, T., Huber, B., Gil de Zuñiga, H., Liu, J. “Social Media and Concerns about Global Climate Change: News Use and Political Ideology in 20 Countries.”

2018. International Society of Political Psychology {ISPP}. San Antonio, TX, USA. James H. Liu, J.H., Milojev, P., Zhang, R.J., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Páez, D., and Vilar, R. “Mass Media Consumption, the Internet, and Social Connectedness: The Impact of Information Engagement on Subjective Well-being and Political Participation.”

2018. International Society of Political Psychology {ISPP}. San Antonio, TX, USA. James H. Liu, J.H., Milojev, P., Zhang, R.J., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Páez, D., and Vilar, R. “Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis of System Justification in 19 Countries. International Society of Political Psychology.”

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “What do people think about how journalists perform their roles? Assessing whether journalists meet people’s normative expectations about the profession and the effects for civil societies.”

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Practices and Discourses of Journalistic Roles on Social Media.”

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Valenzuela, S., Bachmann, I., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Positive, Negative or Null Effects? A Panel Study on Political Learning from Social Media.”

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Huber, B. Diehl, T., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, J.H. “Effects of Second Screening, Building Social Media Social Capital Through Dual Screen Use.”

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Huber, B. “Making sense of Election Reporting” [Panel].

2018. International Communication Association {ICA}. Prague, Czech Republic. Barnidge, M., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, J.H. “Second Screening and Political Participation Worldwide.”

2018. International Society of Political Psychology {ISPP}. San Antonio, TX, USA. James H. Liu, J.H., Milojev, P., Zhang, R.J., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Páez, D., and Vilar, R. “Fostering Public Trust in Science: The Role of Social Media.”

2017. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL, USA. Huber, B., Barnidge, M., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, H.J. “Fostering Public Trust in Science: The Role of Social Media.”

2017. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL, USA. Diehl, T., Barnidge, M., and Gil de Zuñiga, H. “Multi-Platform News Use and Political Participation across Age Groups.”

2017. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., Huber, B., Liu, H.J. “Personality Traits and Social Media Use in 20 Countries.”

2017. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL, USA. Barnidge, M., Huber, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, H.J. “Social Media as a Sphere for “Risky” Political Expression: A 20-Country Multi-Level Comparative Analysis.”

2017. American Association of Social Psychology {AASP}. Auckland, New Zealand. Mari, S., Hanke, K., Liu, J.H., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Vilar, R., Bilewicz, M., Brown, G., Boer, D., & Suerdem A. “Conspiracy theories and the decline in institutional trust:
A cross-cultural study on the impact of social media use”.

2017. Wissenschaftskommunikation in der DGPuK (German Communication Association). Landau, Germany. Huber, B., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Soziale Medien und Vertrauen in Wissenschaft. Befunde aus einer Befragung in 20 Ländern” (Social Media and Public Trust in Science. Evidence from 20 Countries).

2017. International Communication Association {ICA}. San Diego, California, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., and Ardèvol-Abreu, A. “Do People’s News Use and their Views about Journalists’ Relate to Civic Engagement? Evidence from 22 Societies.”

2017. International Communication Association {ICA}. San Diego, California, USA. Valenzuela, S., Correa, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H.. “A Social Capital Explanation of Facebook and Twitter Effects on Protest Participation.”

2016. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Minneapolis, MN, USA. Barnidge, M., Ardévol-Abreu, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Content-Expressive Behavior: Discussion Network Heterogeneity, Content Expression, and Political Polarization.”

2016. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Minneapolis, MN, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Barnidge, M., and Diehl, T. “Political Persuasion on Social Media: A Moderated Moderation Model of Political Disagreement and Civil Reasoning.”

2016. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Minneapolis, MN, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Ethics challenges, and opportunities working with external data providers.” [Panel].

2016. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Minneapolis, MN, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “All politics is social? The evolution of social media use in presidential campaigns.” [Panel].

2016. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Minneapolis, MN, USA. Ardévol-Abreu, A., Barnidge, M., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Communicative Antecedents of Political Persuasion: The Roles of Political Discussion and Citizen News Creation.”

2016. International Society for Justice Research. {ISJR}. Canterbury, UK. Schumann, S., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Liu, J. “Breaching the participation divide on the Internet: Are online political activities more inclusive than offline actions?”

2016. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. Austin, TX, USA. Barnidge, M., Gil de Zúñiga, H. Ardévol-Abreu, A., Diehl, T., and Liu, J. ” Assessing Trust in Media & Political Institutions Worldwide: Evidence from a 20 Country Online Panel Survey.”

2016. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. Austin, TX, USA. Valenzuela, S., Correa, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Ties, Likes and Tweets: Using Discussion Network Type to Explain the Impact of Social Media on Protest Participation.”

2016. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fukuoka, Japan. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Barnidge, M., and Scherman, A. “Social Media Social Capital, Offline Social Capital and Political Participation: Exploring Asymmetrical Social Capital Effects.”

2016. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fukuoka, Japan. Ardèvol-Abreu, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Effects of Editorial Media Bias Perception and Media Trust on the Use of Traditional, Citizen, and Social Media News.”

2016. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fukuoka, Japan. Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Diehl, T. “Detachment from Surveillance Needs: Effects of ‘News Finds Me’ Perception on Political knowledge, Interest, and Voting.”

2016. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fukuoka, Japan. Ardèvol-Abreu, A., Hooker, C., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Online News Creation, Trust in the Media, and Political Participation: Direct and Moderating Effects.”

2016. International Communication Association {ICA}. Fukuoka, Japan. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., and Ardèvol-Abreu, A. “When Citizens and Journalists Interact on Twitter Effects over Journalists’ Performance Expectations and Media-Bias Perceptions.”

2015. Asian Association of Social Psychology {AASP}. Cebu, Philippines. Liu, J.H., Milojev, P., Cannon, P., de Souza, R., de Araujo, R., Isler, L. and Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2015). “Conceptualizing digital influence: A cross-cultural and longitudinal approach.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Ardévol-Abreu, A., Diehl, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Antecedents of Internal Political Efficacy: Incidental News Exposure Online and the Role of Political Discussion.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Valenzuela, S., and Weeks, B. “Motivations for Political Discussion: Antecedents and Consequences on Civic Participation.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Maireder, A., Weeks, B., Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Schloegl, S. “Big Data and Political Social Networks: Introducing Audience Diversity and Communication Connector Bridging Measures in Social Network Theory.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Ardévol-Abreu, A., Diehl, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Building Social Capital: The Role of News and Political Discussion Tie Strength in Fostering Reciprocity.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Weeks, B., and Ardévol-Abreu, A. “The “News Finds Me” Effect in Communication.”

2015. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. San Francisco, USA. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Weeks, B., and Diehl, T. “Advancing distinctive effects of political discussion and expression on political participation: The moderating role of online and social media privacy concerns.”

2015. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Weeks, B., Diehl, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Online Influence? Social Media Use, Opinion Leadership, and Political Persuasion.”

2015. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Diehl, T., and Weeks, B. (2015). “Internal, External and Government Political Efficacy: Advancing Efficacy Effects on News Use, Discussion, and Political Participation.”

2015. International Communication Association {ICA}. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Diehl, T., Weeks, B., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Interaction on Social Media as a “Path” to Political Persuasion: Social Media for News, Discussion Disagreement and Heterogeneity.”

2015. International Communication Association {ICA}. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Chen, H.T., Saldaña, M., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “How You Are Motivated to Talk Matters: A Moderated-Mediation Model of Political Discussion.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Gil de Zúñiga, H., McGregor, S., and García, V. “Social TV and Democracy: How Second Screening During News Relates to Political Participation.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Yoo, S. W., Kim, J., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Cognitive Benefits for Senders: Antecedents and Effects of Political Expression on Social Media.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Molyneux, L., Vasudevan, K., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Gaming social capital: Finding civic value in multiplayer video games.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Panel. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections: “Fair and Balanced”?”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Gomez y Patiño, M., Saldaña, M., Diehl, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The Role of Social Media in fostering Civic Participation and Social Capital: Information, Interaction and Community in Women’s Social Media Use.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Lewis, S., Holton, A., Coddington, M, and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Reciprocity and the News: The role of personal and social media reciprocity in news creation and consumption.”

2014. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Montreal, Canada. Pei, Z., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Chatting leads to political action? Modeling the relation among discussion motivations, political expression and participation.”

2014. International Communication Association {ICA}. Seattle, WA.. Yoo, S. W., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Understanding Conditional Mediation Process of Online Incidental News Exposure Effects on Political Engagement.”

2013. World Social Science Forum {WSSF}. Montreal, Canada.. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Media As a Sphere For Political Expression and Information: Examining the Effects on Political Participation.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Social Network Ties and Discussion Attributes as Antecedents of Political Discussion Elaboration.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Lee, A. M., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Johnson, T., & Coleman, R. “The dialogic Potential of Social Media: Assessing the Ethical Reasoning of Companies’ Public Relations on Facebook and Twitter.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Shahin, S., Saldaña, M., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The Peripheral Elaboration Model: How Incidental News Exposure Predicts Political Participation.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Exploring the use of Emerging Technology in the Classroom during the 2012 Election Cycle and Beyond.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Zheng, P., Ardèvol-Abreu, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “News use, infotainment and political participation: Advancing the mediating role of news and infotainment cognitive elaboration.”

2013. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Washington, DC. Kim, J.W., Chadha, M., & Gil de Zúñiga. “News Use and Cognitive Elaboration the Mediating Role of People’s Perceptions of Media Complex Issues Comprehension.”

2013. International Communication Association {ICA}.London, United Kingdom. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Molyneux, L., and Zheng, P. “A Longitudinal Data Analysis of Social Media Use, Political Expression and Their Effects on Political Participation.”

2013. European Interactive TV Conference Workshop. Como, Italy. Rezende, B., Porto, E., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “RIUMOR: a Multiplatform Social TV for Interactive Digital TV.”

2012. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {WAPOR}. Santiago, Chile. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Nuevos medios y política: oportunidades y desafíos en la nueva esfera pública digital.”

2012. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {WAPOR}. Bogotá, Colombia. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The effect of networks’ ties, heterogeneity, disagreement and reasoning on political discussion elaboration.”

2012. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL. Coddington, M., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Johnson, T. “Stumbling Into Action: How Incidental Exposure and News Consumption Influence Social Capital and Civic Participation.”

2012. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL. Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Willard-Hensley. “The press versus the public: What is “good journalism?”

2012. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, IL. Holton, A., Coddington, M., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Whose news? Whose values? Citizen Journalism and journalistic values through the lens of content creators and consumers.”

2012. American Political Science Association {APSA}. New Orleans, LA. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The Asymmetrical Causal Relationship between Citizens’ Political Discussion and Political Participation.”

2012. American Political Science Association {APSA}. New Orleans, LA. Chen, T.H., Lee, S., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Issue Publics and Cross-Cutting Political Views: Assessing the Mediating Effects of Motivations for Discussion on Exposure to Political Diversity and Discussion Elaboration.”

2012. International Communication Association {ICA}. Phoenix, AZ. Chen, T.H.., Jeong, S.H., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The Active Issue Publics in the New Media Environment:  Political Expression, Political Participation, and Internal Political Efficacy.”

2012. International Communication Association {ICA}. Phoenix, AZ. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Correa, T., and Valenzuela, S. “Effects of Selective Exposure to FOX and CNN Cable News on Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants.”

2012. International Communication Association {ICA}. Phoenix, AZ. Yoo, S. W., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Dinner Table or Party Talk?  Connecting Blog, Facebook, Twitter with Gaps in Knowledge and Participation.”

2012. International Communication Association {ICA}. Phoenix, AZ. Brundidge, J., Garrett, K., Rojas, H., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Participatory Consequences of Ideological News Online: Mobilization and Cross-Pressures in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Cycle.”

2012. International Communication Association {ICA}. Phoenix, AZ. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Copeland, L., and Bimber, B. “Political Consumerism and Political Communication: The Social Media Connection.”

2011. Midwest Association for Public Opinion {MAPOR}. Chicago, Illinois. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Correa, T., and Valenzuela, S. “Selective exposure to cable news and immigration in the U.S.: The effects of FOX News and CNN on Attitudes toward Mexican Immigrants.”

2011. Midwest Association for Public Opinion {MAPOR}. Chicago, Illinois. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Willard-Hensely, A. “The press versus the public: What is “good journalism?”

2011. Midwest Association for Public Opinion {MAPOR}. Chicago, Illinois. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Copeland, L., and Bimber, B. “Social Media and Political Consumerism.”

2011. American Society for Information Science and Technology {ASIST}. New Orleans, LA.Finn, J., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Online credibility and community among blog users.”

2011. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Saint Louis, MO. Yoo, S.W., Kim, Y., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. A Free Bonus in the Internet: Incidental News-Exposure Effects on Political Knowledge, Online and Offline Participation.”

2011. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Saint Louis, MO. Valenzuela, S., Jeon, S.H., Gil de Zúñiga, H.  “Deliberation or Small Talk? Motivations for Public Discussion and Their Effects on Civic Engagement.”

2011. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Saint Louis, MO. Dave Park, Gil de Zúñiga, H., Mironchikov, O., and Cedeno, M. “Online Social Networking and Socialization among Hispanic College Students.”

2011. Communication in the Millennium {CIM}. San Diego,CA. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Analyzing News Media Display-Stand Gap as Antecedent for Political and Civic Engagement.”

2011. International Communication Association {ICA}. Boston, MA. Kim, Y., Hsu, S.H., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Relationships of Social Media Use, Personality Traits, and Discussion Networks Heterogeneity with Civic Participation.”

2011. American Association for Public Opinion Research {AAPOR}. Phoenix, AZ. Chen, H.T., Jeong, S.H., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The activeness of the issue publics in the new media environment: Online content creation as a mediator between membership of issue publics and political participation.”

2011. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. European regional meeting at Segovia, Spain. Brundidge, J., Gil de Zúñiga, H., Garrett, K., and Rojas, H. “Mobilization and Demobilization among  Liberals and Conservatives: The Impact of Political Blogs on Voter Choice and Participation in the 2008 Election Cycle.”

2010. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Denver, CO. Gil    de Zúñiga, H., Valenzuela, S., and Jung, N. “Learning Through Friending: Informational Uses of Online Network Sites and Individuals’ Social Capital and Participation.”

2010. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Denver, CO. Chadha, M., Avila, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H., “Listening in: Profiling podcast users and their political participation.”

2010. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Denver, CO. Kim, Y., Chen, H., and Gil de Zúñiga, H., “Does Internet Lead to Fragmentation? Relationships of Relative Entertainment Use and Incidental News Exposure with Political Knowledge and Participation.”

2010. International Symposium on Online Journalism {ISOJ}. Austin, TX. Bachmann, I., Correa, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Outlining New Paths to Democracy: A Profile of Online Content Creators and its Effects on Political and Civic Participation.”

2010. International Symposium on Online Journalism {ISOJ}. Austin, TX. Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Valenzuela, S. “Effects of Online and Offline Discussion Networks and Weak Ties on Civic Engagement.”

2010. International Symposium on Online Journalism {ISOJ}. Austin, TX. Chadha, M., Avila, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Plugged in: Predicting podcast audiences and their political participation.”

2010. International Communication Association {ICA}. Singapore, Malaysia. Gil de Zúñiga, H., and Valenzuela, S. “Understanding civic engagement: Online and offline networks and weak ties.”

2010. International Communication Association {ICA}. Singapore, Malaysia. Kaufhold, K., Valenzuela, S., and Gil de Zúñiga, H., -“Citizen journalism and democracy: How user-generated news use relates to political knowledge and participation.”

2010. International Communication Association {ICA}. Singapore, Malaysia. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Hsu, S.H., and Bachmann, I. “Active vs. passive blog use: Implications for interpersonal discussion and political participation.”

2010. International Communication Association {ICA}. Singapore, Malaysia. Bachmann, I., Correa, T., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Profiling online content creators: Advancing the paths to democracy.”

2009. Association of Internet Researchers {AoIR}. Milwaukee, WI. Correa, T; Willard Hinsley, A., and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Tell me how you are and I’ll tell you what you’ll do: Personality, life satisfaction, and uses of social media.”

2009. Association of Internet Researchers {AoIR}. Milwaukee, WI. Gil de Zúñiga, H. Sebastian, V., and Lee, JK. “Seeking news on social network sites: Implications for trust, social capital, civic participation and political participation.”

2009. Association of Internet Researchers {AoIR}. Milwaukee, WI. Sebastian, V. Kim, Y; Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Effects of online and offline discussions on citizens’ civic engagement.”

2009. Association of Internet Researchers {AoIR}. Milwaukee, WI. Panel: Stromer-Galley, J; Wiese; Johns, M; Gil de Zúñiga, H; Rojas, H; Shah, D; Goldstein; Burden, B; Fowler EF. “Did the Internet “make a difference” in the 2008 US election?”

2009. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Boston, MA. Correa, T; Willard, A; Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Who interacts on the web? The Intersection of users’ personality and social media use.”

2009. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Boston, MA. Sebastian, V; Kim, Y; Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Networks that matter: How online and offline discussions among citizens relate to political engagement.”

2009. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Boston, MA. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Geo-identity and media use: A model of the process of political and civic participation in the European Union.”

2009. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Boston, MA. Jung, N; Kim, Y; Lee, JK; Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The mediating role of knowledge and efficacy in an O-S-R-O-R model of political participation.”

2009. International Communication Association {ICA}. Chicago, IL. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Lewis, C; Willard, A; Valenzuela, S; Lee, JK; Baresch, B. “Blogging as a form of journalism: A model linking perception, motivation, and behavior.”

2008. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research {MAPOR}. Chicago, IL. Bachmann, I; Lee, JK; Kaufhold, K; Seth, L and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “News still matters: Young people’s news platform preference and political participation.”

2008. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research {MAPOR}. Chicago, IL. Lewis, C; Willard, A; Valenzuela, S; Lee, JK; Baresch, B and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Blogging as journalistic practice: Explaining the psychology and behavior of bloggers.”

2008. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, Illinois. Gil de Zúñiga, H., Vraga, E; Veenstra, A; Borah, P; and Shah, D. “The blog public: Bloggers, readers and the communities they build.”

2008. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Chicago, Illinois. Communication Theory & Methodology and Magazine Division Teaching Panel, Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Teaching theory in skills classes.”

2008. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. New Orleans, Louisiana. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “The dark side of the Blog: Analyzing dynamics of blog use and their impact on political participation.”

2007. Association of Internet Researchers. {AoIR} Vancouver, Canada. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “How a sense of place motivates participation: Geo-Identity, new media use vs. conventional media use, and European orientations.”

2007. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC} Washington, D.C. Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Veenstra, A.; Vraga, E.; Wang, B.; Deshano, C. and Shah, D. “Online and offline activism: Communication mediation and political messaging among blog readers.”

2006. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research {MAPOR}. Chicago. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Who cares about Europe: Profiling the European news seeker in contrast to social geo-identity circles.”

2006. International Communication Association {ICA}. Dresden . Germany. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Mass media as mediators of European social identity.”

2006. American Association for Public Opinion Research {AAPOR}. Montreal, Canada. Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Puig, E. and Rojas, H. “Blogs, traditional sources online & participation.”

2005. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Toronto, Canada. Shah, D.; Gil de Zúñiga, H; Cho J.; and McLeod, D. “Cue convergence and frame amplification: Linking portrayals of arabs to social    intolerance and minority disempowerment.”

2004. American Association for Public Opinion Research {AAPOR}. Phoenix, AZ. Shah, D.;  Rojas, H.; Cho, J.; Keum, H.; Schmierbach, M.; Yoon, S.; Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Olson, L.; and McGrath, B. “Encouraging reflection and participation around racial tolerance: A quasi-experiment of media consumption and citizen deliberation.”

2004. World Association for Public Opinion {WAPOR}. Phoenix, AZ. Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Reshaping the digital inequality in the European Union: How psychological variables affect Internet adoption rates.”

2004. International Congress of Information {ICI}. La Havana, Cuba. Gil de Zúñiga, H.; and Rojas, H.“New technologies in the information age: Is Internet a deceiving tool?”

2003. Midwest Association for Public Opinion {MAPOR}. Chicago, Illinois. Hwang, H.; Kim, E.; Lee, N.; Lee, S.; Paek, J.; Schmierbach, M.; Gil de Zúñiga, H.; and Shah, D. “Media dissociation, Internet use, and political participation: Anti-war protest case.”

2003. Public Broadcast Service Conference {PBSC}. Madison, Wisconsin. Shah, D.; Cho, J.; Rojas, H; and Gil de Zúñiga, H. “Executive summary of SCOPE findings: Coming together around two Towns of Jasper.”

2003. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication {AEJMC}. Kansas City. Missouri. Keum, H.; Hillback, E.; Rojas, H.; Hove, T.; Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Heather, M.; Hawkins, J.; Shah, D.; and McLeod, D. “News framing of civic liberties restrictions: Conditional effects on security concerns and tolerance judgments.”

2003. International Communication Association {ICA}. San Diego. California. Cho, J.; Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Humane, A.; Hwang, H.; Nah, S.; Rojas, H.; and Shah, D. “Beyond access: The Digital divide and Internet uses and gratifications.”

2002. Midwest Association for Public Opinion {MAPOR}. Chicago, Illinois. Cho, J.; Humane, A; Hwang, H.; Nah, S.; Rojas, H.; Gil de Zúñiga, H.; Downey, G.; Shah, D. “Internet use and gratifications gain: Rethinking the digital divide.”