Bregje Holleman
Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS - Language and communic
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Bregje Holleman is an assistant professor, a senior teacher and senior researcher. Her research takes place within the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics (UiL OTS). In the subgroup Language & Communication she focuses on cognitive processes of text interpretation. Her main interest goes to the relation between opinions and attitudes and language. In attitude surveys: how do people answer attitudinal questions? Why are people's answers affected by very subtle language variation in these questions? In Voting Advice Applications: how does the use of VAAs (kieshulpen) help users to understand politics and understand their own position in the political landscape? And how is this affected by subtle language use variation? And in persuasive texts: why do people develop different attitudes or intentions dependent of the framing of messages? She led an interdisciplinary research group on the use and effects of VAAs, subsidized in the Begrijpelijke Taal-program by NWO (2012-2016) and was a co-promotor for two succesful PhD projects (Kamoen in 2012, and Van de Pol in 2016).
Research Interest
Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights
Publications
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Van de Pol, Jasper, Holleman, Bregje, Kamoen, Naomi, Krouwel, Andre & De Vreese, Claes (2014). Beyond young, highly educated males: a typology of VAA users. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 11, (pp. 397-411).
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Holleman, Bregje, Kamoen, Naomi, Krouwel, Andre, van de Pol, Jasper & de Vreese, Claes (10-10-2016). Positive vs. Negative - The Impact of Question Polarity in Voting Advice Applications. PLoS One, 11 (10). M1 - 0164184.
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Kamoen, Naomi, Holleman, Bregje, Mak, P., Sanders, T. & van den Bergh, H. (2017). Why are negative questions difficult to answer? On the processing of linguistic contrasts in surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, (pp. 1-23).
