De Politieke Communicatie en Journalistiek groep (CPC) organiseert op woensdag 8 maart a.s. het evenement “CPC University” over de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Het evenement is speciaal voor middelbare scholieren. Het evenement heeft als doel scholieren op een interessante manier kennis te laten maken met de rol van media tijdens verkiezingen. Vanaf 13.00 uur geven onderzoekers van CPC korte minicolleges over de…
An interview with Bert Bakker appeared in the New Scientist and Bert discussed the Dutch election campaigns in the Nieuws BV (NPO Radio 1; here ). Mark Boukes spoke in a radio documentary about irony and politics and was mentioned in the Voetnoot of Arnon Grunberg (VK) of Wednesday. Tom Dobber was interviewed in De Correspondent on micro targeting in the Netherlands; Jasper…
Mark Boukes commented on the popularity of political satire shows for both the NOS and De Morgen (Belgium newspaper). He also spoke about the democratic potential of infotainment in a Volkskrant article and podcast. Sjoerd Stolwijk was in another number of interviews around his PhD about opinion polls in election campaigns. Including an article in Het Parool. Claes de Vreese…
As part of the pivotal elections series, Bert Bakker, Gijs Schumacher, Katjana Gattermann and Claes de Vreese have organised event to discuss the prospects of the upcoming Dutch election. The event will take place on 13th March, and more information can be found here. Future events in relation to the French and German elections are also in the making.
28th February is the deadline for abstract submissions to the ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference. The conference itself will take place on 22-23 November 2017 in Zurich. The conference theme is ‘Political Communication in Times of Crisis: New Challenges, Trends & Possibilities’ For more information and the full call for submissions see here.
Last week, Judith Möller took part in the expert panel of the Tegenlicht meet up on democracy in Pakhuis de Zwijger (see here). Andreas Schuck gave an invited lecture on “Blame it on the media? How news media frame the EU – and how it affects public opinion” at the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Maastricht – International Week “Crossing Borders”. He…
CPC-related researches have been very busy with commenting on the developments and implications of the upcoming Dutch elections. Bert Bakker appeared in NPO Radio 1 Nieuws BV twice to discuss: ideological diversity in the academy (here) and as part of the weekly item Oh Oh Den Haag (here). Moreover, he was interviewed by RTL Z (here) and the NPO podcast…
On Thursday, 16 February, the RPA Communication Lecture Series organises a breakfast roundtable on the future of polling. The roundtable participants include: Professor Patricia Moy (University of Washington), Professor Carsten Reinemann (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Professor Tom van der Meer (University of Amsterdam), PhD candidate Sjoerd Stolwijk (University of Amsterdam); Chair and moderator: Professor Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam). More information can be found here….
On Monday the voting advice application Stemwijzer was launched for the upcoming Dutch national elections. Drawing on his PhD research, Jasper van de Pol explained the modus operandi and effects of these tools in the AD, NOS, NU.nl, Radio 1, Radio 2, and Radio 5. Great work Jasper!
It’s nearly election time in the Netherlands and the race to garner votes is on! Opinion polls are at the forefront of media coverage, and Sjoerd Stolwijk gave an interview on BNR Nieuwsradio about the potential effects of polls (see here). Sjoerd defends his PhD on the same topic next week, at 12 noon on 16th February in the…