media

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).

New Right, nieuw rechts, Trump, Wilders, Le Pen, nieuwe media

Nieuw Rechts gaat viraal: over extreemrechtse clickbait, echokamers en sociale media

Column

Ico Maly

01/11/2018

4 minutes to read

De opgang van Nieuw Rechts is nauw verbonden met het winstoogmerk van onze digitale media. Nieuw Rechts speelt niet alleen in op hun commerciële doelstellingen, ze bouwt ook haar eigen media infrastructuur volgens diezelfde principes.

Playboy's Postfeminism Problem

Column

Julie Peters

14/11/2018

4 minutes to read

Playboy is trying its hand at the feminism debate, but it is a hollow attempt.

Back to No Style: A journalistic low point from PowNed

Column

Roeline Machiels

09/05/2017

4 minutes to read

Recently, Roeline Machiels came across a video from PowNews. The clip was about one of their interviewers being hit by a woman at the Anti-Trump demonstration in The Netherlands. Machiels adresses PowNed about their journalistic low point.