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Frame

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A frame is a set of meaningful signs connected to specific types of social action. Together they create a 'logic' of action and make the action understandable for those involved in it.

Formats

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Formats are recognizably patterned forms of behavior, subject to norms and judged accordingly by others.

Jordan Peterson as a human filter bubble

Academic paper

Inge van de Ven

21/06/2019

18 minutes to read

The case of Jordan Peterson demonstrates that in today’s public spheres, the figure of the public intellectual is not necessarily free from ulterior motives in filtering information for the general public.

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Ico Maly on algorithmic populism in Babylon's Burning

Video

The Editors

20/06/2019

Babylon is Burning has invited Ico Maly (Tilburg University) in the studio to talk about what he calls 'algorithmic populism' and activism in the digital age. How has digitalization affected politics and activism?

Dr. Ralf de Wolf on networked privacy and privacy management

Video

The Editors

11/06/2019

In this video Ralf de Wolf discusses the ways in which we need privacy in order to have a well functioning democracy, and the ways in which our privacy and our society are being threatened by a misuse of new technologies.

The algorithmic populism of Matteo Salvini

Paper

Serena Guerra

29/05/2019

13 minutes to read

This article analyses the communication and social media strategy of the Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini. How does he and his party use social media to create a community, spread anger and get consensus. Read this article to find out!

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White terrorism, white genocide and metapolitics2.0

Column

Ico Maly

23/05/2019

7 minutes to read

The terrorist attack in New Zealand has an offline and an online dimension and it is crucial that we take this online/offline nexus on board when analyzing contemporary white terrorism. says Ico Maly (Tilburg University).

Why authors should be grateful for social media

Column

Lola Vos

30/04/2019

9 minutes to read

This article discusess the ways in which authors can benefit from social media. What are the different strategies authors can introduce on social media?

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Where have the Chinese public intellectuals gone?

Column

Mingyi Hou

12/03/2019

9 minutes to read

In the democratization paradigm the focus is on the question to what extent media institutions are free from state intervention. In this column, Mingyi Hou questions the usefulness of this paradigm to explain why Chinese public intellectuals seem to be disappearing.

On being diagnosed with irony poisoning

Column

Piia Varis

14/03/2019

8 minutes to read

What is irony poisoning? And should we really take it seriously as scholars? Piia Varis (Tilburg University) joins the debate.