CPC’s research institute ASCoR is ranked first in the latest QS ranking. Last year, ASCoR occupied the second place. The QS ranking is calculated on the basis of ‘academic reputation’, ’employer reputation’, ‘citations per paper’, and ‘H-score’. See the ranking here.
New publication by Tom Powell in Journalism: Wölker, A. & Powell, T.E. (2018). Algorithms in the newsroom? News readers’ perceived credibility and selection of automated journalism. Journalism, Abstract: Automated journalism, the autonomous production of journalistic content through computer algorithms, is increasingly prominent in newsrooms. This enables the production of numerous articles, both rapidly and cheaply. Yet, how news readers perceive journalistic…
New publication by CPC colleagues in Utrecht Law Review: Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Möller, J. E., Kruikemeier, S., Fahy, R. F., Irion, K., Dobber, T., … de Vreese, C. H. (2018). Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy. Utrecht Law Review, 14(1), 82-96. Abstract: Online political microtargeting involves monitoring people’s online behaviour, and using the collected data, sometimes enriched with…
This week we received the sad news that Doris Graber passed away. Doris Graber was a central to the development of the political communication sub-discipline. She was the founding editor of Political Communication, our joint ICA-APSA journal. Dr Graber spent most of her career at the University of Illinois, Chicago (PhD Columbia University). She was a prolific author and…
Last week Damian Trilling and Judith Möller presented their work on news use in Digital trace data at the symposium ‘Integrating and Analyzing Data from Surveys and Social Media‘ in Bochum. Judith was also invited to give a lecture at Bildung in Delft, a student organized workshop series for engineering students on social topics. Judith spoke about social bubbles,…
On Friday February 23, Laura Jacobs gave an invited talk at the conference ‘Antigypsyism and Film’ in Berlin about the effects of Roma portrayals in the news on anti-Roma attitudes. Find more about the conference here
Leading Dutch scholars warn that revoking the referendum law may have a detrimental effect on trust in politics. Instead of abolishing the referendum law, the scholars argue for a referendum on the proposal to revoke the referendum. Read the call for a referendum in national newspaper NRC Handelsblad here (in Dutch).
On Thu 22 Feb 1330 – 1500 (REC C1020): BYO lunch lecture by Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (U Bergen) . Elisabeth will present her latest work together with Paul Sniderman (Stanford University) on the inclusion of Muslims.
On Wednesday 21 Feb; 1200 – 1330 (REC C1020): BYO lunch lecture by Stefaan Walgrave (University of Antwerp). The title of the lecture is ‘Do representatives have correct perceptions of what the public wants? And, does it matter?’ Read the abstract of the lecture below: Based on extensive questioning of politicians in three countries and on parallel population surveys,…
Mark Boukes was interviewed by Belgium newspaper De Morgen about the boundaries of humor. Read the article here.