Internationale Neerlandistiek - Volume 53, Issue 2, 2015

Abstract Three types of messages in health communication. What determines success or failure? Document designers in the field of mass health communication face great challenges when developing persuasive messages to change people’s behaviour. Theoretical and experimental research, however, has contributed to our knowledge of the determinants of success of persuasive messages. This article discusses the Read More

Abstract ‘In Holland there is a house’. The representation of Polish immigrants in recent Dutch feature films This article looks into the representation of Polish immigrants in recent Dutch feature films (1997-2012), with a particular focus on the prominent role of domestic settings and familial dysfunctions in the pictures involved. As the analysis reveals, many of the films under discussion bring into view troubled Du Read More

Abstract But here everything keeps going on. Lieve Joris’ journalistic ethos in De poorten van Damascus In her book De poorten van Damascus (Damascus’ gates) (1993), Lieve Joris reports on her longtime stay in the early nineties with an old friend in Damascus. As a literary journalist, Joris diverges from the conventional reporting style that follows strict rules in order to ensure an objectivity effect, and chooses a narrative fo Read More