November 2023 - nuse_smit - listserv.vub.be

Paper Discussion: The interaction of content, context and user practice in everyday news use
by Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hi all! Here is an idea/ early draft of what will be the final paper of my PhD dissertation. As you will see, it is very much a work in progress. Since I just started working on the paper and most parts remain to be written, I have included some keywords and ideas for further structure to give you more of an idea of where I am heading. I understand that it might be hard to follow and assess as a whole at this point, so it is completely fine to just focus on the introduction. It feels somewhat unnatural to share a draft so early in the process, but I thought I’d use this opportunity to get some feedback on whether the idea of the paper seems convincing and worth pursuing and if there perhaps are other aspects that might be relevant to consider before moving on. Any type of comments or feedback is therefore very welcome :) To provide some context, my PhD project focuses on news use and news audiences, where I seek to understand and nuance how and why people engage with news the way they do by focusing on their experiences with news in everyday life. The other three papers in the dissertation focus on 1) how news users experience digital news subscriptions and why particularly younger people are more reluctant to pay for digital news (and what their reluctance means in terms of news engagement and interest), 2) temporal aspects of news use, focusing particularly on short digital news consumption practices (e.g., scrolling, checking, scanning or snacking news on your phone) and what these practices mean in terms of engagement, experience, skills, etc., and 3) a conceptual paper on studying news use through the concept of “media experience” to capture key insights about mediated lives in digital societies. Thank you for inviting me and for taking the time to read it (again, it is completely fine to focus on the introduction!) Looking forward to the discussion and to meeting you all on Thursday. All the best, Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus PhD Candidate MediaFutures, University of Bergen

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Paper Discussion: Ben Shapiro
by Sarah Vis 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hello NUSE unit (and guests), Attached to this email you’ll find the long-awaited first full draft-version of our Ben Shapiro article. We are mindful of your time so if the entire article is perhaps too long to critically assess as a whole, we have some pointers that we are struggling with ourselves and that would be good points of attention: 1. We would kindly invite you to help us kill our darlings (and hereby apologize for the length of the paper): which parts of the article might be too long or even unnecessary in building our argumentation? Are the lengths of each part (introduction, theory, methodology, findings, conclusion, and discussion) in proportion to each other? 2. The alignment of the theoretical framework with the findings: is the literature review a logical framework from which the findings emerge? 3. the structure of the methodology and the findings: in this article, we aim to combine computational comment analysis with in-depth interviews. Finding the right ways of interweaving these two methods and findings has been a challenge and we would much appreciate your comments on how we structure the methodology and findings, and whether the steps we made are clear. Thank you already for the effort, we are looking forward to the discussion! See you on Thursday, Daniël & Sarah Met vriendelijke groeten Kind regards [A close up of a logo Description automatically generated] SARAH VIS Teaching Assistant - PhD Researcher (imec-SMIT) Vakgroep Communicatiewetenschappen T +32 (0)472 09 05 94 E Sarah.vis(a)vub.be PL9.4.54 - Pleinlaan 9 - 1050 Brussel - www.vub.be<http://www.vub.be>

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NUSE meeting 23/11
by Ike PICONE 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Dear all, For our next unit meetig next week, we will continue our paper discussion series, and combine this with a guest appearance of Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus<https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Marianne.Borchgrevink-Br%C3%A6khus>. She is a PhD researcher working with Halvard Moe at the Dept of Information Sciences and Media Studies at the University of Bergen. You can expect her and our working papers by Tuesday. This might be a bit tight, but I did not want to let the opportunity go by to have Marianne visit us, as she is now finishing a stay in Amsterdam which makes it much easier for her, and seen the links with the work Halvard is setting up in his very interesting ongoing ERC project PREPARE<https://www.uib.no/en/rg/mediause/153029/erc-grant-new-research-project>. We'll need to timekeep a bit, but we won't have any other agenda points to discuss so can start the discussion right away. Afterwards, let's represent at the VUB TD. It will be a chance for the new colleagues to 'experience' the Mandela aula. Thanks in advance for your input! Greetings, Ike Ps. If you want to read and discuss even more, Guy asked me to put under your attention their reading group on everything creativity. Texts are too large, so I'll put them in a folder on our teams channel. Begin forwarded message: From: Guy Healy <Guy.Healy(a)vub.be> Subject: FW: New monthly Innovation in Creativity and Storytelling Reading Group aka YouTube RG Date: 14 November 2023 at 11:54:11 CET To: Ike PICONE <Ike.Picone(a)vub.be> Many thanks Ike! This is the blurb. And the hard copies of the readings attached to make it super-easy for busy folks to get across. Best, G Greetings, dear All, i hope this finds you well. As previously flagged at the SMEETING, please find attached the readings for the first meeting of the Innovation in Creativity and Storytelling aka YouTube Reading Group. The aim is to experience the joys of deliberative scholarly exchange, or simply, to have fun with ideas. Anyone is welcome, scholarly or professional staff, PhD candidates and Research Assistants, or anyone just interested in that month's topic. This month we start with the big one: creativity itself. All i ask is folks scan the attached, select 1 reading that resonates with them, and come to the meeting prepared to summarise the argument* (and methodology briefly) of the article for the rest of us. The papers presented in the group are the touchstone papers i used most for my PhD, Fast & Furious Filmmaking: Emerging Hybrid Online TV Production Practices in Australia; my first book for Routledge; and the Marie Curie-Sklodowska Science & Innovation Fellowship itself. I trust they will resonate with you such that you enjoy sharing your passion (or objection) to the ideas herein. We meet in MEAD this Thursday 11-11:50, in time for the resto etc. cheers, Guy [*this is simply what the author tells us is his or her argument in the paper] Dr Guy Healy Maria Skłodowska Curie EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Postdoctoral Fellow (Data & Intelligence; Welfare & Inclusion), imec-SMIT, VUB Pleinlaan 9, Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium. @guyhealy1 The Production of Global Web-Series in a Networked Age (2020) Routledge, London & New York. The YouTube Generation & the Diversification of Screenwriting (forthcoming, 2026; Routledge). [image001.png] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003182481/production-g…

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