Last week Sophie and Sanne (together with Yael de Haan and Renée van der Nat of the HU) gave a presentation at Trouw about their eye-tracking research and the joint research project on the use of infographics in the news. Bert gave a talk about the psychological roots of populism in an event organized by faculty and students of…
Throughout spring Rens Vliegenthart (UvA), Gijs Schumacher (UvA) and Martijn Schoonvelde (VU) will host the Text Analysis Workshop series 2016. The aim is to bring together a group of interested and active researchers in Amsterdam (UvA & VU) and elsewhere by means of a regularly occurring workshop in which best practices in applied work, new methodologies, and substantive new findings…
By Joost van Spanje “Dit is geen referendum dat gaat over het huidige kabinet.” Peter Kanne (I&O Research) en Martin Rosema (Universiteit Twente) schonken deze week klare wijn op Joop. Dat is nodig ook, want bij het vorige nationale referendum was de mythe van een luid ‘nee tegen het kabinet’ hardnekkig. “Van de weeromstuit stemmen mensen voor of…
The book “Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective” (by Erik Albaek, Arjen van Dalen, Nael Jebril and Claes de Vreese) has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Goldsmith Book Prize. The prize is awarded to the academic book published in the United States in the last 24 months that best fulfills the objective of improving democratic governance through an…
This week several CPC related researchers have been invited to give talks across Europe. On Monday, Claes is speaking at a conference in London on the UK and the media, held at the British Academy. On Tuesday, Sanne will give a guest lecture ‘online political branding strategies’ at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication of the Erasmus University…
Sanne Kruikemeier has won the GVR De Jonge Haan award. This award is granted to a young professional (not over 30) who excels and is really committed to the field of communication. This year, for the first time, three female candidates were nominated. For more information about the award, click here (Dutch text)
Claes de Vreese gave an interview to Radio 1 about the developments in policy and public opinion in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia vis-a-vis refugees. He also gave a live interview \on Danish television on the current Dutch EU presidency in early January. Furthermore, research by Yphtach Lelkes featured in the Boston Globe (see here), while Bert Bakker…
Researchers related to CPC have been very active in the first few weeks of 2016. Joost van Spanje gave a lecture at University College Maastricht. Claes de Vreese presented his research on Euroscepticism at the University of Copenhagen. He also spoke about political behavioural targeting at the “Computers, Privacy and Data Protection” Conference in Brussels (more information here). Claes will also…