democracy

Sylvana Simons at BLM rally in Utrecht (5 June 2020)

How Sylvana Simons Attempted To Reinvent Social Democracy

Article
Max Verhaar
27/10/2023
13 minutes to read

Sylvana Simons and one-seat party Bij1 prolonged the social democratic legacy. They reinvented it by using the algorithmic logic of the hybrid media system. By using emblematic cases, large uptake is generated. 

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Capitol riots, echo chambers and democracy

Column
Lauren Zentz
13/01/2021
5 minutes to read

The problem of corporate media is not their creation of echo chambers; it is that media organizations have allowed people whose views run against democracy to gain such a large following that their lies are now seen by many as fact.

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Navalny: the post-Novichok comeback of Russia's opposition leader

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
15/11/2020
19 minutes to read

Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made the headlines after being poisoned with the Soviet chemical weapon Novichok. How does one come back after a coma with the public wondering ‘What else did you expect?’.

Fake news, hybrid media, politics and democracy

Defining fake news in a hybrid media system

Article
Judith Evens
15/11/2020
12 minutes to read

This article unravels various definitions of fake news and situates it within a context of hybrid media, politics and democracy. Fake news can be overwhelming. I aim to bring a little bit of order into the chaotic world of fake news.

Is Zondag met Lubach saving democracy?

Paper
Rosalie Vaarten
09/12/2019
9 minutes to read

Is the Dutch television program Zondag met Lubach or infotainment in general a threat to democracy? Or should we see infotainment programs as saviors of democracy?