Three vacancies are out now for postdoc positions in the new FairNews project, funded by the NWA and NWO. The FairNews project is part of the larger personalized communication network. For more information on the FairNews project, read here. The vacancies at TU Delft, ASCoR/UvA and IvIR/UvA can be found here, here and here. We look forward to your applications!
New publication co-authored by Rachid Azrout, Judith Möller and Claes de Vreese in Journal of European Public Policy. Read the abstract here. Abstract: We analyse whether a newspaper’s editorial position regarding the European Union is related to its selection decisions in the news section. We ask whether such a synchronization between news and editorials exists, whether it is conditioned by…
New publication by Rachid Azrout and Claes de Vreese published in West European Politics. Read the abstract here. Abstract: In a democracy, citizens are expected to have political opinions. Previous research has shown that citizens, in part, form their opinions by following cues from political parties. Building on this literature, this article argues that these cueing effects are the result…
Find out more about two postdoc vacancies at the University of Amsterdam, one on “youth; social media and political participation” supervised by Claes de Vreese and Rens Vliegenthart; another about “media coverage and the economy” supervised by Rens Vliegenthart. Apply now by following the respective links! .
On Tuesday, 17/10 Knut De Swert presented some of his current research on television news at an Amsterdam Research Initiative meeting, together with Ine Kuypers from the University of Antwerp. The title of their talk was: Public television news broadcasters: beacons of quality? An 18 country cross-European comparison. Here is the abstract of the talk: We often coin the…
The project studies potential electoral consequences of legal prosecution of (members of) Anti-Immigrant Parties, and the role of media therein. Under supervision of Joost van Spanje, the team consists of Rachid Azrout, Laura Jacobs, Lisanne Wichgers, Sjifra de Leeuw, and Roderik Rekker. The project is called ‘Defending or Damaging Democracy: Legal Action against Anti-immigrant Parties in Europe and its Effects on their Electoral…
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) has approved a research network on Political Communication. CPC-member Katjana Gattermann is one of the conveners (together with Jonas Lefevre). Through (bi)annual activities, such as the organization of methods workshops for political communication scholars, and the organization of a dedicated Political Communication section at the ECPR General Conference, the research network strives…