media

The impact of Facebook on the public sphere (salon d'holbach)

Facebook and the end of the public sphere

Article

Ico Maly

27/09/2018

13 minutes to read

Zuckerberg’s New Year resolutions to 'fix Facebook' are bad news for anyone who cares about the diversity in the field of media and democracy in general.

Farage, meme, british identity, british flag, nationalism, anti-Enlightenment

Nigel Farage's British Identity

Article

I. Duque Femenía

04/12/2018

13 minutes to read

What do bell bottoms and nationalism have in common? The are both outdated…and apparently back in style. Nigel Farage uses British Identity in ways reminiscent of past decades, from introspective foreign policy to who counts as a national. Groovy?

The political GIF: the never-ending loop in presidential races

Paper

Iris Cuppen

24/11/2017

18 minutes to read

In this paper, the animated GIF is examined as a political tool that either destroys or builds the carefully constructed images of contemporary politicians.

Journalism in a time of crisis: why learning to read critically is important

Column

Odile Heynders

30/11/2017

4 minutes to read

Readers have to learn how to deal with online and offline sources and how to critically interpret texts, says Odile Heynders (Tilburg University) in an answer to Katherine Viner of The Guardian.

The many faces of Hillary Clinton

Paper

Mark Dierick

JM Cox

Iris Wijers

Stephen Reddan

Anna Chmielińska

Claire O'Brien

18/05/2018

29 minutes to read

This analysis focuses on the many faces Hillary Clinton showed the general public during her run for Presidency in the United States of America. It argues that it might have been this "two-faced" reputation that could have cost her the job.

Groot nieuws: een vliegtuig landt!

Column

Jan Blommaert

27/05/2017

5 minutes to read

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

Joan Rivers at the 25th Anniversary party of Michael Musto

Joan Rivers: "Ik slaap wel als ik dood ben"

Article

Inge Beekmans

25/09/2017

7 minutes to read

Joan Rivers overleed op 4 september 2014 aan complicaties die ze opliep tijdens een keeloperatie. Mediabedrijven herschreven haar dood tot een fascinerend verhaal over moord, verraad en de geheime agenda van de Amerikaanse overheid.

Methods in humanities: to find out about human behavior, you need to observe it

Article

Ad Backus

12/04/2017

8 minutes to read

Generalization, in the sense of knowing all there is to know, is an illusion, but it is an illusion worth chasing because the knowledge we gain along the way holds plenty of excitement already. says Ad Backus (Tilburg University).