Congratulations to Katjana Gattermann and Linda Bos for receiving an NWO-M grant! Katjana will work on the project “And the winner is…!? The battle for the most impactful framing of election results between media and politics in multi-party systems” Election nights are exciting moments for politicians, journalists, and voters, but researchers still know little about what really happens on…
Last Summer, the CPC together with ASCoR and the ECPR Standing Group of Political Communication organized a Summer School for PhD candidates in the field. We welcomed 22 participants who were equipped with essential insights, skills, and critical thinking on their journey to completing their PhD and beyond. The programme covered theoretical challenges, methodological opportunities, research design considerations, and societal impact in connection with implementing ground-breaking political communication…
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!
Andreas, Mark, and Knut are the new country coordinators for the Netherlands for the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), which is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the European University Institute (EUI). The MPM publishes an annual report assessing the risks for media pluralism and journalism in EU member states and candidate countries, including 32 European countries (EU 27 plus…
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!
The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the Department of Media and Journalism Studies at Aarhus University (AU), and the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) are happy to announce that the theme for the 9th European Communication Conference (ECC) will be “Rethink Impact”. The conference will be held in Aarhus (Denmark), 19 – 22 October 2022. Proposals for individual…
Bert has recently discussed the developments concerning the coalition negotiations in the Netherlands for AD.nl. The news segment is available here.
Ib T. Gulbrandsen is Associate Professor of New Media and Communication at Roskilde University. His research focuses on the role of communication technologies in organisational strategy-practices and stakeholder management. Ib has co-authored Strategizing Communication. Theory and Practice, co-edited #FV19 – an anthology on digital political communication (in Danish) – and published in i.a. Big Data & Society, Media, Culture & Society, and Organization. He holds a…
Save the date: On Wednesday, 29 September, 20.00-21.30 hours, members of the German elections project at ASCoR organize an online event in collaboration with SPUI25 and ACES on “The 2021 German elections: campaign impact and election outcomes”. Speakers include Daniela Braun, Isabelle Borucki, Jürgen Maier, our Research Master’s students Lina Buttgereit and Felix Grünewald, and Andreas Schuck. Katjana Gattermann will moderate the debate. More…
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…