Mark Boukes was interviewed by Radio 1 about the power of satire and wrote a blog for StukRoodVlees (see here), which was picked up by NRC Handelsblad. Mark also appeared in an Parool article about the evening in De Balie (see here). Last week, Tom Dobber and Sanne Kruikemeier gave an interview to NRC about social media and the Dutch…
Claes de Vreese has been appointed Chair of the Social Science Council in the Royal Academy of Science (KNAW). This takes effect on 1 April 2017. Congratulations Claes!
Bert Bakker has received a Marie Curie Global Fellowship as part of the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission. His project is titled “Politics isn’t cool, it’s hot! Do emotions influence political attitudes?” The two year project will be conducted at Temple University and ASCoR. Congratulations Bert!
Many of our CPC-related researchers and their colleagues from other communication groups at ASCoR are currently on the way to the University of Tilburg, where the Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication is hosting the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap this year. The conference’s theme is “Innovative Methods in Communication Research”. In addition to the general conference, there are several…
Prof Dr María Gómez y Patiño from the University of Zaragoza is visiting the Political Communication and Journalism Group at ASCoR and CPC this week. Maria research interests lie in the fields of Political Communication and Public Opinion. She is currently working on the political campaigns surrounding the last general elections in Spain. You can find more information about her…
Last Friday, Sanne Kruikemeier and Damian Trilling each gave a presentation at the methods of journalism conference in Leiden. Sanne talked about mixed-methods and Damian about automatic content analyses. In addition, Sanne gave a talk about the influence of social media during an election to the youth department of D66 (Jonge Democraten). Next Wednesday, Sanne will give a talk…
Linda Bos gave an interview to De Volkskrant on the strategies of populists following the inauguration of Donald Trump (see here). Last Tuesday, Katjana Gattermann gave an interview to Slovakian newspaper Pravda on the consequences of the new procedure applied to select the new President of the European Parliament. Joost van Spanje appeared on Al Jazeera last week, and…
by Joost van Spanje Wie wint 15 maart? Een partij die in de peilingen steevast op zetelwinst staat is 50Plus. Hoe bijzonder is die opmars van een seniorenpartij? En wat zijn voor 50Plus waarschijnlijke scenario’s voor de toekomst? Vergelijking met andere ouderenpartijen biedt enig inzicht.
In aanloop op de Tweede Kamer verkiezingen in maart 2017 stellen de onderzoekers en docenten van het Center for Politics and Communication zich beschikbaar voor een op maat gemaakte les-progrogramma van 45 minuten. Hierin besteden we aandacht aan vragen zoals de effecten van politieke informatie juist veel of weinig gebruiken, de rol van sociale media in de campagne, fake…
Erika van Elsas has been awarded one of The Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright Memorial Prizes by West European Politics for her article ‘United against a common foe? The nature and origins of Euroscepticism among left-wing and right-wing citizens’, which she co-authored with Armen Hakhverdian and Wouter van der Brug. The article is available for free here. Congratulations Erika!