This year, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is again the best in the world in the field of Communication & Media Studies according to the QS World University Rankings by subject 2021. It is the fourth year in a row that the UvA has been ranked number 1 is being assessed. Congratulations to everyone for making it possible!
Last Friday Susan did a marvellous job defending her dissertation on “News for you! News consumption in a world of news sites, algorithms, and social media” in the Aula, after which she was given the doctorate. Congratulations Dr. Vermeer!
Bert has recently discussed the developments concerning the coalition negotiations in the Netherlands for AD.nl. The news segment is available here.
After serving two terms (+ 1 extra ‘corona-year’, 5 years total) as Chair of the ECREA Political Communication section, Andreas was elected last week (7 September) at the general ECREA conference to become a member of the ECREA Executive Board. The ECREA Executive Board is the main administrative body of the association and is elected every four years by all ECREA members at…
Joost van Spanje has been awarded a JSPS Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan. In the framework of his ERC Consolidator Grant he will spend two months in 2022 at Waseda University, Tokyo, working with Professor Airo Hino on new political parties and new(s) media in contemporary established democracies.
Judith Möller has studied algorithmic news recommender systems and their impact on niche audiences. Recently, Judith received a Veni grant for her project ‘Vocal, Visible and Vaulting? (Dis)connected niche audiences in the age of artificial intelligence’. She is also appointed adjunct Associate Professor at the Sociology and Political Science department of the University of Trondheim.
ICA 2021 Bakker, B.N., Jaidka, K., Dorr, T., Fasching, N., & Lelkes, Y.. Questionable and open research practices: attitudes and perceptions among quantitative communication researchers Bos, L. (2021). Morality unites and divides: The positive and negative effects of political moral appeals in multiparty contexts.Boukes, M. (2021). Who’s watching satire? Generating a typology of the political satire audience. Boukes, M. & LaMarre, H….
Lukas Otto, together with Michaela Maier (U of Koblenz-Landau) and Sebastian Stier (GESIS, Cologne) received funding from the DFG (German Science Foundation) for their project “Tracking the effects of negative political communication during election campaigns in on- and offline communication environments”. In the next three years, they will investigate dynamics of negative campaigning effects with panel, experience sampling, and…
Robin is organising a political/science communication crossover event to figure out how The Netherlands can “solve climate change by 2030”. Polemics aside, the next ten years are a crucial window for determining if and how Europe and The Netherlands can uphold their commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Together with experts from sustainability science and politics, we will discuss the most important…
CPC-director Claes de Vreese will focus on the ever-increasing role that automated decision-making and artificial intelligence play in our digital society, bringing together various sub-areas, including politics, media and democracy. Find more information here.