Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 43, Issue 1, 2015

Dutch politicians on Twitter: who, which topics, when and with what effect? Dutch politicians on Twitter: who, which topics, when and with what effect? This article examines the use of Twitter by politicians during the 2010 Dutch election campaign. It examines which politicians used Twitter, which topics are being discussed and when politicians use Twitter. Furthermore, this article investigates to what extent posting tweets lea Read More

Participation in and through journalism. The relevance of public journalism in the digital age Participation in and through journalism. The relevance of public journalism in the digital age About twenty-five years ago a journalistic reform movement emerged in the US, which was referred to as ‘public journalism’. The main goal of this movement was twofold; to reconnect journalism with its public and to reconnect the public with Read More

Facebook as a corporate communication tool for companies? A content analysis of the communication strategies of reputable Belgian companies on the social network site Facebook as a corporate communication tool for companies? A content analysis of the communication strategies of reputable Belgian companies on the social network site This study used a quantitative content analysis to investigate how twelve reputa Read More

Journalistic sourcing practices in times of churnalism and Twitter: a survey of Flemish professional journalists (2008-2013) Journalistic sourcing practices in times of churnalism and Twitter: a survey of Flemish professional journalists (2008-2013) In order to assess the impact of cost-cutting, digitalization and globalization on journalistic sourcing practices, we report the results of a large-scale and longitudinal survey among Fle Read More

The impact of parenting styles on the development of social media literacy The impact of parenting styles on the development of social media literacy While a lot of research on social media tends to focus on either the benefits or risks of social media for adolescents, scholars have paid less attention to how adolescents actually use these media. In this paper, we focus on the impact of parenting styles on the development of Read More

Het boek Methoden voor journalism studies van Willem Koetsenruijter en Tom Van Hout vult een leemte in de nog relatief jonge onderzoeksdiscipline ‘journalism studies’, die journalistiek bestudeert als maatschappelijk fenomeen. Journalism-studiesonderzoekers hebben aandacht voor het volledige nieuwsproces: een eerste onderzoekstroming focust op nieuwsproductie als journalistieke praktijk (met ond Read More