Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 43, Issue 2, 2015

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Project X Haren research revisited. A critical analysis of the research project about the role of the media in the Facebook riots in September 2012 Project X Haren research revisited. A critical analysis of the research project about the role of the media in the Facebook riots in September 2012 In September 2012 the Dutch town of Haren witnessed a real-time version of a Project X party, starting with a Facebook event page and Read More

Vasterman en Wijfjes hebben ons rapport De weg naar Haren gedetailleerd op de snijtafel ontleed. Veel van hun kritiek is nuttig voor de discussie over de rol van de sociale en traditionele media in sociale bewegingen en mobilisaties, de relatie tussen sociale en traditionele massamedia en het verschijnsel mediahype bij deze relatie. Hun evaluatie dat over de kwaliteiten van het onderzoek het nodige valt af te dingen is echter o Read More

Participation, youngsters and public service media projects. Carte Blanche (VRT) and BNN University (NPO) Participation, youngsters and public service media projects. Carte Blanche (VRT) and BNN University (NPO) This article analyses whether and to what extent public broadcasters have been able to transpose concepts like interaction, co-creation and participation into day-to-day media service delivery. The article theoret Read More

From political centre Binnenhof to the Albert Cuyp street market: a longitudinal analysis of sources in television news From political centre Binnenhof to the Albert Cuyp street market: a longitudinal analysis of sources in television news Since the 1990s, many have argued that journalists should focus less on elite sources and more on alternative sources as news definers. It is however unclear whether they succeed in doin Read More

Demographic diversity in the Flemish press Demographic diversity in the Flemish press This study analyses the diversity of the Flemish news by looking at demographic diversity, i.e. the extent to which gender, age and ethnicity in society are proportionally represented in the news. In a constructed week (April-May 2012) (N = 4,800) 12,743 persons were mentioned, each of them were assigned to age groups, man or wo Read More

Daan Muntinga volgt Nathalie Sonck op als nieuwe book editor binnen de kernredactie van Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap.