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Oslo city after the 2011 bombing

BREAKING: 'Devastating Al-Qaeda attacks in Norway'

Article
Mijke Akkermans
25/09/2019
12 minutes to read

This article investigates how news media worked through the 'breaking news' format in their reports about the 2011 Norway attacks by looking at the presence of experts and witnesses, and the use of the 'muslim-terror' format and its societal effects.

AOC, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, maiden speech, CSPAN

How AOC turned C-SPAN into a media hit

Column
Jan Blommaert
21/08/2019
6 minutes to read

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez congressional hearing interventions have turned C-SPAN's traditionally unspectacular broadcasts into a highly successful hybrid media format.

Air Force One

Groot nieuws: een vliegtuig landt!

Column
Jan Blommaert
26/05/2017
5 minutes to read

Breaking News formats gaan om de schepping, de vervaardiging, van Groot Nieuws. Ook al wordt het publiek nauwelijks geïnformeerd.