nuse_smit September 2025

nuse_smit@listserv.vub.be

2 participants
2 discussions

NUSE Meeting Paper
by Alicia Navarro Hernandez 30 Sep '25

30 Sep '25

Dear all, For the next NUSE meeting this Friday the 3rd, please find attached the full draft for the first article of my PhD. In it, I explore audience involvement in the production of politicians' publicly perceived persona through an analysis of the case fo Barron Trump and his unlikely political following. I'm still working on compressing it to bring down the word count, but I look forward to your feedback! I would particularly be interested in knowing if it's structured and the argument developed in a logical way. Any advice is welcome. See you all on Friday! Sincerely, Alicia Navarro Hernández

1 0

NUSE meeting paper
by Atri Mukherjee 02 Sep '25

02 Sep '25

Dear all, I hope this email finds you well. For the forthcoming NUSE meeting, I’m happy to share the theoretical framework and literature review sections of the paper I am currently working on as part of the INEQNEWS project. The abstract for this was accepted at ICA, and I will be presenting the paper (in full) there later this year. In this paper, I try to bridge three literatures: journalism studies, sociology, and digital inequalities. The overarching goals of the paper are three-fold: One, to explore whether the news consumption as a whole is more commonly associated with social classes that engage in ‘highbrow’ cultural activities (e.g., going to the museum, art exhibitions etc.), and its implications. Second, we make an original contribution to the journalism studies by introducing a “Status Demonstration” scale i.e., a scale that measures whether news consumption can be perceived as a tool to demonstrate one’s social status. Third, we investigate whether such status demonstration attitudes towards the news are more prevalent within participants that engage in “high culture” and greater social class. The paper is currently still being written, and some parts may read quite sociology-heavy. The goal is to situate theories from sociology (Bourdieu) and digital inequalities to the field of journalism studies. Antonis and Courtney have already highlighted to me the areas that need reworking, but please highlight any other areas that you think may benefit from being more rooted in JS. Other than the general research questions, I am also looking for any advice that you may have. Since the methodology is not yet complete, I am attaching a document that comprises the two scales used in the paper. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this on Friday. Many thanks, [Blue and orange text on a white background Description automatically generated] Atri Mukherjee Doctoral Researcher<https://smit.vub.ac.be/team/atri-mukherjee>, NUSE Unit M +32 496 31 54 25 | @AtriMukherjee_<https://twitter.com/AtriMukherjee_> Pleinlaan 9 – 1050 Brussel - www.vub.be<https://www.vub.be/> DE WERELD HEEFT JE NODIG #WeAreVUB THE WORLD NEEDS YOU Schrijf je in voor onze nieuwsbrief <https://communicatie.vub.be/voorkeuren> - Sign up for our newsletter<https://communicatie.vub.be/preferences> - disclaimer<https://www.vub.be/en/privacy-statement>

2 1

2025

2024

2023

nuse_smit September 2025