New publication by Ruud Wouters and Kirsten Van Camp in International Journal of Press/Politics. You can find the abstract and link to the full text below. Demonstration turnout is a crucial political resource for social movements. In this article, we investigate how mass media cover demonstration size. We develop a typology of turnout coverage and scrutinize the factors…
New publication by Erika Van Elsas and co-authors in Journal of European Public Policy. Read the abstract below! The political fault lines surrounding the European sovereign debt crisis have underlined the political relevance and the fragile foundation of public support for international redistribution in the European Union. Against the backdrop of an emerging political integration-demarcation divide, this contribution examines…
New publication by Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart in Journal of Media Psychology. Read the abstract below. Following the news is generally understood to be crucial for democracy as it allows citizens to politically participate in an informed manner; yet, one may wonder about the unintended side effects it has for the mental well-being of citizens. With news…
Katjana Gatterman will give a lecture about her research on the mediated personalization of EU politics in Den Haag on Wednesday, 27 September. The symposium is about the new politics of Europe and also features Frans Timmermans and Luuk van Middelaar, among others. More information can be found by clicking here. On Monday, 25 September, Katjana will act as moderator at the SPUI25/ACCESS EUROPE…
The project “News for you!” (supervised by Claes de Vreese, Damian Trilling and Sanne Kruikemeier) has released a new vacancy. Read more about the the project, vacancy and how to apply here.
This semester Judith Möller will be a fellow at the Hans-Bredow Institut in Hamburg. She will be part of the research network algorithmed public spheres. Read more about this network here.
Andreas Schuck will be participating in a 2-day expert meeting organized by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Open Society Justice Initiative in the Hague on September 6-7. Goal of the ICC Communications Convening is to discuss and reflect on the ICC’s communication strategies. Topics include, for example: The Court’s successes and challenges in communications, The ICC’s communications environment: How…
This week Claes de Vreese started his Shorenstein Fellowship at Harvard. Click here to read more about the Fall 2017 Fellows of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Katjana Gattermann is organizing an event about the upcoming German Elections. The event will take place at the UvA Roeterseilandcampus on September 14th, from 16-18 hours in REC C10.20. Andreas Schuck, Thomas Gschwend and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck are the speakers; Katjana Gattermann is the moderator. For more information about the event and registration, click here.
Andreas Goldberg received a honorable mention at the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference in Lisbon (17-21 July) in the Early Career Award competition. The title of the paper that impressed the jury was “Who gets lost and what difference it makes? Sequential mixed modes, nonresponse bias and the estimation of turnout.” Congratulations, Andreas!