Aankondiging CPC wetenschapscommunicatie-bijeenkomst op 7 december

Thema: “Intolerantie jegens intoleranten? Politieke, media- en juridische reacties op anti-immigratiepartijen in hedendaags Europa.”   Met onder anderen:  Frits Bolkestein, Xandra Schutte, Arendo Joustra, prof. Bert Klandermans (VU Amsterdam) en Piet Bakker. Georganiseerd door Joost van Spanje.   Datum en tijd: Maandag, 7 december 2015, vanaf 15.30 uur. Plaats: Zaal REC C10.20, Roeterseiland Campus, Department of Communication Science, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam…

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Connective Action. An answer to the question of what the role of digital media in mobilizations really is

By Isabel Sol, Master student Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam Mark Zuckerberg and others have announced on the morning of September 26th 2015 that they want to give the Syrian refugees in the refugee camps, and the whole world within five years, access to the internet. “Prominent leaders (…) joined (…) in an unprecedented call for world…

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Déjà vu in Lyon

By Joost van Spanje Gisteren stond een partijleider voor de rechter. Wegens controversiële uitspraken over moslims. Aanvankelijk zag het OM af van vervolging; nu eist het vrijspraak. Geert Wilders? Nee, Marine Le Pen. Op dit moment wordt onderzoek gedaan naar de vraag: profiteert Le Pen electoraal van haar proces? “Sorry, maar voor degenen die het zo graag over de…

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In the news

Last Thursday Claes de Vreese gave an interview to the Danish public service radio current affairs program on the upcoming referendum in the Netherlands on the Association Treaty between the EU and Ukraine. Magdalena Wojcieszak was interviewed by Aleks Krotoski for ‘The Digital Human’ series on BBC Radio 4, where she talked about the impact of the digital world on…

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Recent events

Damian Trilling and Sanne Kruikemeier presented their research (about eye-tracking and news sharing) during the weekend of science (Weekend van de Wetenschap) at Science Park during the weekend of science. Sanne Kruikemeier also gave a lecture at Spui25 on Thursday about e-democracy (together with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Yph Lelkes gave a talk at the ERCOMER…

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