Dr. T.E. (Teresa) Weikmann
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Political Communication & Journalism
Expertisegebied: Visual Disinformation, Mis- and Disinformation, Deepfakes, Visual Political Communication, Fact-checking
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postadres
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Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam
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Profile
Teresa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, primarily working on the BENEDMO project, a Flemish-Dutch collaboration tackling disinformation. In this project, she studies the impact of emerging forms of disinformation, including AI-generated visuals, and is involved in policy analysis concerning social media platforms’ compliance with the Code of Practice on Disinformation. Teresa holds a PhD in Communication Science from the University of Vienna, where she has lived from 2021 to 2024. Before that, she completed a master’s degree in journalism, Media and Globalization at Aarhus University and the University of Amsterdam, and worked as a lecturer at the Amsterdam College of Communication. Her research interests include deepfakes, visual disinformation, fact-checking, and visual political communication.
Research expertise
- Visual Disinformation
- Mis- and Disinformation
- Deepfakes
- Visual Political Communication
- Fact-checking
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Research
Research methods
- Theory building
- Experiments
- Interviews
Research grants & honours
- sowi:docs Dissertation award of the University of Vienna The award is given by the Faculty of Social Sciences to doctoral graduates for outstanding research contributions in their doctoral theses
- sowi:docs Fellowship (three year fully funded PhD position) of the Department of Communication, University of Vienna for the project “Getting real with fakes: Characteristics and consequences of ‘deepfakes’ in democracies”
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Teaching
BA
- Introduction to Communication Science
- Methods of Communication Research and Statistics
- Political Communication and Journalism
- Research Workshop: Survey
- Research Workshop: Content Analysis
- Internship Supervision
- Philosophy of Science and Methodology
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Publicaties
2025
Weikmann, T. E. (2025). Visual misinformation. In S. A. Samoilenko, & S. Simmons (Eds.), The Handbook of Social and Political Conflict (pp. 313-322). (Handbooks in Communication and Media). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119895534.ch28 [details]- Weikmann, T. E., Greber, H., & Nikolaou, A. (2025). After deception: How falling for a deepfake affects the way we see, hear, and experience media. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 30, 187-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241233539
- Weikmann, T. E., Laura Egelhofer, J., & Lecheler, S. K. (in press). Beyond Credibility: The Effects of Different Forms of Visual Disinformation. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1.
2024
- Weikmann, T. E., & Lecheler, S. K. (2024). Cutting through the Hype: Understanding the Implications of Deepfakes for the Fact-Checking Actor-Network. Digital Journalism, 12, 1505-1522. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2194665
2023
- Weikmann, T. E., & Lecheler, S. K. (2023). Visual disinformation in a digital age: A literature synthesis and research agenda. New Media & Society, 25, 3696-3713. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221141648
2019
- Weikmann, T. E., & Powell, T. E. (2019). The Distant Sufferer: Measuring Spectatorship of Photojournalism. International Journal of Communication : IJoC, 13, 2899–2920. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9787/2698 [details]
2025
- Weikmann, T. E. (in press). Deepfakes. In Encyclopaedia of Political Communication Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Weikmann, T. E., Tulin, M., Hameleers, M., & de Vreese, C. H. (2025). No easy fix to countering AI-generated visual disinformation:The (in)effectiveness of AI-labels, fact-check labels and community notes.
2025
- Cools, H., de Vreese, C., Ali, A. E., Helberger, N., Prajod, P., Mattis, N., Morosoli, S., Naudts, L., & Weikmann, T. (2025). Tackling the transparency puzzle: Five perspectives from AI disclosure research in news. Web publication or website https://www.aim4dem.nl/tackling-the-transparency-puzzle/ [details]
- Weikmann, T. E. (2025). The Deepfake era is here (sort of): What AI-generated images in the Dutch election tell us. Web publication or website https://www.campaigntracker.nl/posts/deepfakes.html
2024
- Weikmann, T. E., Tulin, M., Hameleers, M., & de Vreese, C. H. (2024). Holding platforms accountable: Issues and strategies for tracking structural indicators under the Code of Practice on Disinformation. Web publication or website https://benedmo.eu/2024/12/23/platforms-verantwoordelijk-houden-een-stap-vooruit-in-het-bestrijden-van-desinformatie/
Prijs / subsidie
- Weikmann, T. (2024). sowi:docs Dissertation Award of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
- Weikmann, T. (2021). sowi:docs Fellowship of the Department of Communication, University of Vienna.
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Geen nevenwerkzaamheden
Weikmann, T. E. (2025). Visual misinformation. In S. A. Samoilenko, & S. Simmons (Eds.), The Handbook of Social and Political Conflict (pp. 313-322). (Handbooks in Communication and Media). Wiley Blackwell.