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Chris Peters Journalism Research News interview

Chris Peters, Associate Professor at the Aalborg University Copenhagen, talked to Journalism Research News about the research project “The New News Consumer”. He introduces findings from the studies: how people use closed social media for news, and about the reliance on regional news. Peters also talks about his current project with Kim Christian Schrøder, where … Continued

Tags: audience, The Netherlands, video
Published: 20 Sep 2017

Popular newspapers and regional newspapers resemble each other in terms of how often they employ different news values, Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart, both of the University of Amsterdam, write. The authors conducted a content analysis on over 6 000 news articles about economy, published by nine Dutch newspapers. Each article was coded according to … Continued

Tags: economic journalism, newspapers, The Netherlands
Published: 7 Sep 2017

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ARTICLE: Constructive journalism is less scary for children

News stories with a constructive angle awaken less negative feelings in children than stories with a traditional format, a team of researchers from the Radboud University in the Netherlands discovered. The team, Mariska Kleemans, Rebecca N. H. de Leeuw, Janel Gerritsen and Moniek Buijzen, carried out an experiment with 332 Dutch schoolchildren, aged 8 to … Continued

Tags: audience, representation, The Netherlands
Published: 28 Aug 2017

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ARTICLE: Dutch papers don’t rely too heavily on press releases

In a new study, Jelle Boumans of the University of Amsterdam took a look on how press releases impact news content in the Netherlands. Boumans used automated content analysis on 4455 press releases between 2004-2013 and examined how press releases about different corporations and NGOs are used in Dutch newspapers and by news agencies. Boumans’ … Continued

Tags: newspapers, public relations, The Netherlands
Published: 11 Aug 2017

ARTICLE: Election news do not convert voters

Increased exposure to election news does not cause voters to switch parties, write Sabine Geers, Linda Bos and Claes H. De Vreese, all of University of Amsterdam. The authors analysed survey data from 1 349 Dutch voters, collected one month prior and immediately after the 2014 European Parliament elections. The authors were looking for two … Continued

Tags: audience, political journalism, The Netherlands
Published: 22 May 2017

ARTICLE: How do newspapers frame conflict – and why?

Different media frame conflict differently – and yet differently in different situations, write Guus Bartholomé, Sophie Lecheler and Claes de Vreese, all of University of Amsterdam. The authors developed a typology of conflict frames and their elements based on an analysis of 1 536 Dutch newspaper and online news articles. Bartholomé, Lecheler and de Vreese … Continued

Tags: newspapers, online journalism, political journalism, representation, The Netherlands
Published: 4 Apr 2017

ARTICLE: Dutch bankruptcies and blame in media

Despite the common conception to the contrary, bankrupt entrepreneurs are mostly covered in a balanced tone by the Dutch press, write Ingrid Wakkee, Frank Dorrestein, both of VU University Amsterdam, and Paula Englis, of Berry College. They conducted a qualitative analysis on bankruptcy-related articles in three Dutch newspapers (Telegraaf, Volkskrant and Financieel Dagblad) from the … Continued

Tags: economic journalism, representation, The Netherlands
Published: 24 Mar 2015

REPORT: Media concentration increases in the Dutch region of Flanders

The media regulating institution of Flanders, Netherlands, has published its annual report on media concentration in the region. According to Vlaame Regulator voor de Media (VRM), media concentration is on the rise and sustaining plurality has become increasingly difficult. As of now, three media powerhouses dominate the field. The report also brings ill news of … Continued

Tags: The Netherlands
Published: 15 Dec 2014

Now online: Diversity and populism in The Netherlands

The December issue of European Communication Journal is now out and available online. It features five articles, previously published online first earlier this year. Of interest to journalism scholars are two articles on the Dutch media. In a rare longitudinal study the diversity, in terms of parties and issues, present in political news was researched … Continued

Tags: populism, The Netherlands
Published: 28 Nov 2014