Rejecting rivalry – Lessons from coverage of the Panama Papers

By Karmen Kert, Master student in Political Communication 2.6 terabytes of leaked data turned out to be the safety net investigative journalism desperately needed. For a long while traditional journalism has literally been “dragged” through modern times: The apparatus is new, but the way news is produced today still remain predominantly the same – where journalists work in their own…

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Out and about

CPC-related researchers continue to be very active this summer. Andreas Schuck is still in Australia and gave a guest lecture in Melbourne a few days ago; Rachid Azrout gave a lecture at Amsterdam town hall on the relationship between media and politics. Bert Bakker and Yphtach Lelkes attended the ISPP Conference in Warsaw, Poland, and presented their research on personality measures alongside several other…

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The Muslim feminist and the Orientalist gaze: why we need more cross-cultural discussion in the media

By Emke de Vries, Master student in Political Communication Recently, Dolce & Gabbana revealed a hijab and abaya  collection. Also H&M used an Islamic model with a scarf in a recent campaign that embraces diversity. The adaption of the Islamic dress style by the fashion industry should, however, not be confused with a political standpoint. Nowadays the so-called Islamic…

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The power of media coverage: from starting a panic to curing a disease

By Emilie Westerouen van Meeteren, MSc Student Political Communication Whenever there is an outbreak of an infectious disease, media outlets usually jump on the story with a lot of detailed coverage about every new development that occurs. The media reports on new emerging cases, informing the public about where the disease has been reported, what it entails and, most…

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Travels & talks

Having just returned from Fukuoka, Japan, where the ICA took place, some CPC-related researchers are out and about again. Andreas Schuck traveled to Sydney as part of the EMMA faculty exchange program. Linda Bos was invited by the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Zurich, Switzerland, to give a talk at a conference on Populism & Democracy (see here). Bert Bakker and…

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Can we help reduce greenhouse gas emissions with message framing?

By Judith Meijer, MSc student Political Communication Here’s a surprising fact about renewable energy in The Netherlands: it’s not going very well, to put it mildly. We are lacking behind compared to all other European countries when it comes to renewable energy with the almost embarrassing number of 5.6%. Only Malta and Luxembourg are doing worse. To give a…

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