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Research Day on Digital Governance and Participation (January 24, 2025)
by Ike PICONE 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Dear all, In concentration with Trisha en Rob, we are organising a joint research day in January. Admittedly, this might not be for everyone, but if you are triggered, don't hesitate! Greetings, Ike Begin forwarded message: From: Trisha MEYER <Trisha.Meyer(a)vub.be> Subject: Research Day on Digital Governance and Participation (January 24, 2025) Date: 16 December 2024 at 13:24:34 CET To: "BSoG Centre on Digitalisation, Democracy, and Innovation" <cd2i_bsog(a)vub.be> Cc: Rocco Bellanova <Rocco.Bellanova(a)vub.be>, Ike PICONE <Ike.Picone(a)vub.be>, Rob HEYMAN <Rob.Heyman(a)vub.be> Dear all, The ERC DATAUNION project, BSoG CD2I team, SMIT NUSE and Data & Society units will join forces on January 24, 2025 for a research exchange. The intention of the research day is for these teams to get to know each other and have an exchange on work in progress (of various topics, formats, levels of maturity), roughly centred around the broad theme of digital governance and participation. You are welcome to join for the morning, lunch and afternoon, either in person at Brussels School of Governance (Pleinlaan 5) or online (link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_YjRkYjE1MzUtNTNkNS00Zj…>). Both the morning and afternoon sessions will be available in hybrid format. Feel free to share this invitation with others whom you think might be interested, also at ULB! Here is a detailed scheduling of the day: 09:15 Arrival with coffee/refreshments 09:30-12:00 Research Exchange on Digital Governance 09:30-10:00 Presentation NUSE and DATAUNION 10:00-10:30 Presentation + discussion 1 10:30-11:00 Presentation + discussion 2 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-11:45 Presentation + discussion 3 11:45-12:15 Presentation + discussion 4 12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-16:00 Research Exchange on Digital Participation 13:15-13:45 Presentation Data & Society and CD2I 13:45-14:15 Presentation + discussion 1 14:15-14:45 Presentation + discussion 2 14:45-15:00 Break 15:00-15:30 Presentation + discussion 3 15:30-16:00 Presentation + discussion 4 We are looking for volunteers to present their work in progress. This could be a PhD pitch, a postdoc project proposal, a PhD chapter, a research article, a valorisation article, etc. We only request that you would have written input (at least 1p) to present, as we will assign a discussant for your session. All (PhD, postdoc, senior, associate, visiting researchers) are welcome to present. Please sign up for the day (morning, lunch, afternoon) using this Microsoft form<https://forms.office.com/e/BhwSRfRCy9> by Monday January 13, EOB. Happy holidays! Rocco, Ike, Rob and Trisha

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Paper for unit meeting
by Alicia Navarro Hernández 09 Dec '24

09 Dec '24

Dear all, This week for the NUSE meeting I’m dragging you back to pure theory, I’m afraid. This is the literature review/state of the art that I’ve been working on try to summarize everything I’ve read so far as I’ve been trying to understand where my PhD fits and where I want to take it. The expectation is that this document will be expanded a bit as I go through with my PhD, and the second section might change some, but this is what I have for now. Looking forward to your feedback, see you on Wednesday! Sincerely, Alicia

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Paper for unit meeting November - Michael
by Michael Pakvis 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Dear all, For the upcoming unit meeting I am sending my paper titled “The Operationalisation of Impartiality within Public Service Media Newsrooms. Researching Practices in a Cross-Media Environment at the VRT.” To briefly contextualise the article: it was written in April for the RIPE conference, specializing on Public Service Media research and it is based on a preliminary analysis of the interviews I conducted between January and February at the VRT. Since then I have not been able to update it where necessary as I was focusing on another policy article (which I decided not to send as this article is closer to the expertise of the unit) and on analysing interviews conducted at the RAI between March and April on the same topic. Regarding the status of the article: for the upcoming months I won’t be able to work on it due to another deadline, but I aim to start with updating it and prepare it for submission from January onwards. It could still develop in many ways: either into its own article with a focus on the VRT; be integrated with the RAI analysis; or divided depending on focus (e.g. definitions of impartiality vs. narratives of practices). In whichever case, the journal I had in mind with this publication was Journalism Practice due to the heavy focus on journalistic roles and practices (suggestions about alternatives are of course very welcome). I look forward to hearing your thoughts, feedback, critiques, and (soul crushing) opinions on it! See you Wednesday, Be partial and have mercy, Michael

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Fwd: Call for Preconference Proposals: PhD Workshop of the NeFCA Journalism Division
by Ike PICONE 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

For those looking for a rather low thresholds PhD workshop... Ike Begin forwarded message: From: Sarah Van Leuven <Sarah.VanLeuven(a)UGent.be> Subject: Call for Preconference Proposals: PhD Workshop of the NeFCA Journalism Division Date: 8 October 2024 at 17:20:04 CEST To: "cjs(a)lists.ugent.be" <cjs(a)lists.ugent.be> Dear colleagues, We hope you want to share this call with the PhD students under your supervision or in your network. The NeFCA Journalism division invites doctoral students to submit their proposals for a PhD Workshop hosted at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen Conference 2025 in Bruges. This workshop aims to connect up-and-coming journalism researchers with experienced colleagues in the field. The colloquium will take place on Monday February 3 between 9:30 and 11:30 (before the start of the main conference) in Meeting room 2 (3rd floor) at The Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC). Participants will get the opportunity to present their PhD projects and receive detailed feedback from senior scholars working on related topics. We welcome all theoretical and empirical PhD projects focusing on journalism research. Submissions can take the form of a working draft of a paper or they can present the theoretical framework, research plan or a specific chapter of the PhD project. We strongly support submissions from PhD candidates at the beginning or in the middle of their project as they benefit from feedback the most. Interested PhD students should submit the following: * An abstract of 500 words outlining the 1) topic, 2) rationale, 3) theoretical approach, and 4), if applicable, empirical application, * Practical information: name, affiliation, expected graduation date and supervisor(s), * Please provide a list of two potential respondents affiliated with a university in Belgium or the Netherlands who are likely to attend the conference and whom you would like to receive feedback from (excluding your supervisors or close colleagues). If you do not know anyone, just let us know, and we will do our best to find a suitable match. Please send your submission VIA THIS FORM<https://nefca.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=17cd5c4b06fe6439067832f3c&…> no later than November 8 2024. We will send a notice of acceptance by 30 November 2024 at the latest. There will be no fee for the attendance of the workshop as NeFCA kindly supports the workshop. To join the main Etmaal 2025 Conference, participants will need to register and pay the conference fee separately. Participants whose abstracts are successful in the review process will be asked to submit a full paper/chapter of their PhD of up to 8000 words by January 13 2025 (mandatory for participation). It will be sent to the selected respondents to provide them with a comprehensive picture of the project. The respondents will read the document and prepare feedback and suggestions that will be shared during the PhD workshop. We look forward to receiving your submissions! If you're interested in becoming a PhD representative or have any questions regarding the NeFCA Journalism PhD Workshop, please feel free to contact (k.lamot(a)vu.nl<mailto:k.lamot@vu.nl>). Yours sincerely The NeFCA Journalism Division Prof. dr. Sarah Van Leuven (Universiteit Gent - Chair) dr. Kenza Lamot (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), dr. Jonathan Hendrickx (Københavns Universitet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Antwerpen)

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Fwd: ECHO Research Seminar with Koen Leurs
by Ike PICONE 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Hello all, Sorry for taking a while to share this. Ike From: Yazan.Badran(a)vub.be<mailto:Yazan.Badran@vub.be> When: 15:00 - 17:00 4 October 2024 Subject: ECHO Research Seminar with Koen Leurs Location: Raadzaal - PL 5.4.21 Dear all – we are glad to communicate that the research seminar with Prof. Koen Leurs (originally planned for 31 May and rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances) is now confirmed for Friday 4 October 2024. See details about the talk below. Koen Leurs is an Associate Professor in Gender, Media and Migration Studies at the Graduate Gender Program, Department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Doing digital migration studies: pluralizing understandings In contemporary discussions on migration, digital technology is often considered as a ‘smart’ disruptive tool used by governments to surveil and protect borders while monitoring the movement of people in more efficient ways. However, the story about is more complex. Migration and technology can be said to co-shape one another: migration is a site of technological innovation, and migration is deeply digitally mediated. Koen Leurs, in his recent book Digital Migration<https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/digital-migration/book269996> (Sage, 2023), and open access volume Doing digital migration studies<https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.11895524> (co-edited with Sandra Ponzanesi, Amsterdam University Press, 2024) draws out the complex, multilayered relationship between migration and digital technologies. Using an inter-disciplinary approach and covering case studies from the Global North as well as the Global South, Koen Leurs seeks to draw out the contradictions, tensions and hopes that characterize digital migration dynamics. From the critical role that digital infrastructures play in migration management to migrants’ use of devices, platforms and networks to connect and thrive, from the power of digital representations of migrants (and how these can be contested), pre-digital histories to the emotional realities of transnational families, Leurs invites scholars to pluralize understandings of migration and mobility in our contemporary world. In his talk, Koen Leurs will address commitments and challenges of doing digital migration studies. He will draw on examples from a recent Team science study on the screening of smartphones of asylum seekers at the Dutch borders<https://fairdigitalasylum.sites.uu.nl/> as well as a comparison of the state-led propaganda operation ‘Filmstichting West Indië’ and migrant-led community media productions of ‘Vereniging Ons Suriname’ in 1940s and 1950s Netherlands to alert us to pre-digital interrelationships between regimes of mobility and representation<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779231198124?icid=int.sj-abst…>.

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Paper Giordano for NUSE unit meeting
by Giordano Zambelli 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Dear all, Find here my paper for the next NUSE meeting! This is a rather advanced draft, so I don’t expect, at this stage, to make enormous changes, but I obviously welcome very much your suggestions around: * Internal coherence: how do the different sections of the lit rev stick together and how does the lit rev relates to the empirical analysis and the theoretical contribution? * Clarity of the concepts used and usefulness for explaining the empirical material. Am I missing some concepts/theories/literature that I could consider for such reflections? * Depth and originality of the theoretical reflections? Anything else I should work on? Thank you very much in advance for taking the time to read this! See you soon :) Giordano Giordano Zambelli PhD fundamental research fellow - FWO Pleinlaan 9 - 1050 Brussel [cid683445FD-045E-4102-862E-DD52901C9C0A@home] Recent Publications Innovation through collaboration in the Flemish news sector: ambitious start, mixed results (2024)<https://smit.research.vub.be/en/policy-brief-75-innovation-through-collabor…> Breaking Away From Hectic Daily Media Production: Unleashing Explorative Innovation Through Inter-Firm Collaborations (2023)<https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7414> The Media of Tomorrow: Recommendations for a European Media Policy Framework Supporting Media Innovations<https://polis180.org/polisblog/2023/05/19/polis-paper-n-20-the-media-of-tom…> (2023) Establishing, Consolidating and Maintaining Online Revenues for Legacy Media<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95073-6_2#Sec2> (2022) Current projects Stars4Media<https://stars4media.eu/call-for-projects/>

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Unit meeting
by Ike PICONE 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Dear all, After an hopefully pleasant and refreshing summer break for all of you, we now find ourselves on the verge of a new academic year. For our first getting together, I would like to propose the following: - some updates form SMIT - a short update from each of you: what are you up to in the coming months, what will you be working on, where are you at with your research or teaching? - a short presentation of Antonis on a potential research proposal - a first in a series we would like to share with the whole unit - discussing who's papers we will read in the next meetings - drinks Have a nice weekend! Ike

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Summer break
by Ike PICONE 13 Jul '24

13 Jul '24

Dear all, Thanks for another great nuse-driven academic year! I'll be disconnecting until August 19th. Wishing you all a sunny summer break! Ike

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Paper Discussion 4/7
by Sarah Vis 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Hi everyone, Attached to this email you’ll find the first draft of the article Daniel, Ike and I are currently working on, titled ‘Navigating the news: How young adults perform news curation practices on Instagram and TikTok’. To provide you some context: The article reports a first empirical ‘test’ study of the data mirroring method (a combination of social media data donations and in-depth interviews) we are currently developing. Theoretically and conceptually, the study draws on my PhD project which uses the lens of ‘curation practices’ to analyze how social media news users encounter and organize their news and information flows, aiming to understand which roles news audiences (still) assign to journalistic sources. To also give you a timeframe, the paper is a first draft-version which we are planning to submit after the summer break (mid-august). Feedback on any aspect of the paper is more than welcome, but it would be particularly helpful to focus a bit on: * The alignment of the theoretical framework, the methodology, and the findings: is the literature review a logical framework from which the methodology and findings emerge? * The overall outline of the paper: is the structure of the paper clear? Does it make sense? Are the steps we made logical? * In what journal we should submit the paper. Thank you already for the effort, we are looking forward to the discussion! See you on Thursday, Sarah, Daniel, and Ike 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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FW: Survey of AoIR members on data ethics
by Nathalie Van Raemdonck 05 Jun '24

05 Jun '24

Might be good to contribute some of your research perspectives! From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Zimmer, Michael via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at 05:48 To: Stuart Shulman via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Survey of AoIR members on data ethics Dear AoIR colleagues: We are sending this email to the AoIR community as part of a larger project where we are assessing researchers’ preparedness to address data ethics issues in their work, and to help identify opportunities for additional educational outreach & resource development. We are particularly interested in researchers who rely on digital data about people, including data collected from websites, social media platforms, mobile devices, APIs, and similar data that might be generated through digital interaction and available for computational analysis. The purpose of this study is understand how researchers from different academic communities use digital data about people, to assess their current preparedness to address any data ethics issues in their work, and to identify opportunities for additional educational outreach & resource development. The consent form and survey is available at: https://marquette.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nOMh4nK6VSwMwC The study involves answering numerous questions via an online survey and will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You will be asked to answer questions about your educational background, research practices, ethics training, and related experiences. Your name and other identifying information, including IP address, will not be collected. Your responses will be anonymous. At the end of the survey, you will be invited to enter your contact information on a separate webpage if you are interested in participating in a follow-up interview to further discuss data ethics, with particular focus on identifying gaps and opportunities to improve ethics education within your research community. You will also have the option to indicate a charitable donation to be made by the research team in appreciation of your participation. This research study has been reviewed by the Marquette University Institutional Review Board (HR-4478). If you have questions about this project, please feel free to contact the principal investigators. We thank you in advance for your time and participation in this study. Again, the survey can be accessed at https://marquette.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nOMh4nK6VSwMwC Dr. Michael Zimmer Marquette University 1313 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee WI 53233 michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu 414-288-5226 Dr. Jessica Vitak University of Maryland 4130 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 jvitak(a)umd.edu 301-405-8617 -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/><http://www.michaelzimmer.org%3chttp:/www.michaelzimmer.org/%3e> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/><http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org%3chttp:/www.zuckerbergfiles.org/%3e> Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/michael-zimmer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Fwd: Vlaamse PhD Cup 2024
by Ike PICONE 03 Jun '24

03 Jun '24

FYI Begin forwarded message: From: Researcher Training & Development Office <rtdo(a)vub.be> Subject: Vlaamse PhD Cup 2024 Date: 31 May 2024 at 08:47:15 CEST To: Researcher Training & Development Office <rtdo(a)vub.be> Beste collega (English below) De Vlaamse PhD Cup daagt recent gepromoveerde doctors uit om hun onderzoek met iedereen te delen: zonder voetnoten of specialistentaal, maar gebracht als een helder verhaal. Na een intensieve mediatraining volgt de ultieme uitdaging: de kern van jarenlange onderzoek uit de doeken doen in een heldere presentatie van... 3 minuten. Helpt u ons om de oproep van de Vlaamse PhD Cup te verspreiden bij uw recent gepromoveerde Nederlandstalige doctors? (max 2 jaar geleden) Meer info zie verder. Hartelijke groet Het Researcher Training and Development Office ------ Dear Colleague The Flemish PhD Cup challenges recently graduated doctors to share their research with everyone: without footnotes or specialist language, but delivered as a clear story. After intensive media training, the ultimate challenge follows: present the essence of years of research in a clear 3-minute presentation. Can you help us spread the call for the Flemish PhD Cup among your recently graduated Dutch speaking doctors? (max 2 years ago) More information see down. Kind regards The Researcher Training and Development Office Waarom deelnemen aan de Vlaamse PhD Cup? * Unieke gratis mediatraining: geselecteerde deelnemers krijgen een intensieve communicatie- en mediatraining van vier dagen, inclusief 2 dagen bij de VRT. Je leert presenteren met impact, populairwetenschappelijk schrijven, camera- en interviewtechnieken en social mediaskills van o.a. VRT-experts als Koen Wauters en Jacotte Brokken. * Zichtbaarheid voor jouw onderzoek: onze mediapartners Radio 1, Eos en jongerenplatform Ravage coveren de Vlaamse PhD Cup en de deelnemende onderzoekers. De acht finalisten krijgen de kans om een video van hun pitch op te nemen en de grote finale op 16 oktober zal via een livestream te volgen zijn. * Mooie prijzen: De winnaar krijgt een voucher van 5.000 euro voor de Vlerick Business School, mag een video maken met de Universiteit van Vlaanderen en maakt kans op een boekdeal met Academia Press. De tweede en derde laureaat krijgen een cheque voor de SciComm Academy. Ook het publiek mag een publiekswinnaar kiezen, die naast de eer een artikel over zijn of haar onderzoek in Eos Magazine ziet verschijnen. Schrijf je uiterlijk 30 juni in op www.phdcup.be<http://www.phdcup.be/>! De Vlaamse PhD Cup is een initiatief van SciMingo en wordt georganiseerd i.s.m. de vijf Vlaamse universiteiten. VUB organiseert online infosessie op 14/06/2024 Om enkele tips bij het inschrijven te geven, vragen te beantwoorden en potentieel geïnteresseerde deelnemers gerust te stellen, organiseert het Researcher Training and Development Office (RTDO) een online infosessie op 14/06/2024 (10u-11u). Schrijf je hier in<https://forms.office.com/e/U4GX6Uafhq> en praat informeel met een collega van RTDO, de organisatie achter de Vlaamse PhD Cup (SciMingo vzw) en andere geïnteresseerde deelnemers. Mogelijk worden jouw laatste twijfels over een deelname weggewerkt. Hopelijk tot dan! [image001.jpeg] [image002.jpeg] BRIGITTE DEVOCHT Staff Member Researcher Training and Development Office M +32 (0)484 24 84 69 Pleinlaan 2 - 1050 Brussel - www.vub.be<http://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>

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Fwd: 27 May – Staff Int. Day – Event with European Commission
by Ike PICONE 08 May '24

08 May '24

Hello everyone, Anyone interested and available to go and have a piece of cake with IRMO and take some notes on what the opportunities for erasmus+ are. The link gives a bit more info. Might be nice to have someone from the unit there - I will be involved in a PhD defence at that moment. Thx! Ike Begin forwarded message: From: EUprojects <erasmusprojects(a)vub.be> Subject: 27 May – Staff Int. Day – Event with European Commission Date: 7 May 2024 at 13:26:40 CEST Cc: EUprojects <erasmusprojects(a)vub.be>, Els Decoster <els.decoster(a)vub.be>, Karen Cruyt <Karen.Cruyt(a)vub.be>, Lize De Potter <Lize.De.Potter(a)vub.be> Dear Professor, You are receiving this email because of your involvement in the EUTOPIA learning/connected communities. The International Relations Office (IRMO) will celebrate its 20th birthday and you are invited to join our celebrations<https://wearestaff.vub.be/a/335071150?title=Birthday_celebrations__Open_Hou…>. More specifically, we would like to invite you to the activities that our team is organizing during the morning of the 27th of May. The premise is to promote the programmes and projects IRMO helps managing, notably Erasmus+ (Key Action 2, 3 & Jean Monnet) and University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) projects. Besides a general info session, we have a project testimonials session planned with VUB professors presenting their experience in coordinating and managing projects. This event will be attended by representatives of European Commission (DG EAC) and of the Erasmus+ National Agency of Flanders(EPOS). More info and the link for registration can be found here<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qHxbaagtRUWi2kLQN4TlhWj…>. Our team has witnessed a growing interest in Erasmus+ funding within EUTOPIA, due to its strong support to teaching and learning activities. Therefore, we hope these events may catch your attention and we look forward to meeting you in person. Please don’t hesitate to contact us back for any further information and feel free to share this email with your colleagues. Best, Eugenia and Jannes (IRMO EU projects team) [image001.jpeg] Eugenia MARCHETTI Project Coordinator Erasmus+, CERV, International Partnerships Pleinlaan 5 - 1050 Brussel www.vub.be<http://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>

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Paper discussion - NUSE Meeting 24/04
by Catalina Dumbraveanu 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Hi everyone, In view of our meeting on Wednesday, I would like to share a draft paper I've been working on. It focuses on the European Commission's e-consultations implemented through the"Have Your Say"<https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say_en> portal. The topic converges with my PhD, which studies the implementation of e-participation by European institutions throughout the policymaking process. It is a work in progress, based on an extensive data set, so I am still polishing the data analysis, and the conclusions might be a bit fuzzy. In this endeavour, I would very much appreciate your feedback on any aspects, and in particular on: * Clarity of the arguments * Data presentation and interpretation * Any striking findings I might have omitted/not thought about * Other promising ideas to consider for further research For now, I plan to present the article at a conference on e-governance and e-democracy. I would very much welcome suggestions on journals that might be interested in it. I can happily introduce it briefly during the meeting if you don't have time to go through it. Thank you very much in advance, and I look forward to the discussion. Have a good weekend, Cătălina

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Postponing this week's unit meeting
by Ike PICONE 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Dear all, Many of us won't be joining the unit meeting. My bad for thinking that organising a unit meeting during spring break would be a good idea. I suggest we postpone it to Wednesday 24 April from 15.30 to 17h. Kitty, would it be possible for you to update the meeting invite. FYI, I will be of next week. Wishing you all a refreshing spring break! Ike

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Tentative PhD Proposal_March '24
by Atri Mukherjee 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

Hi NUSE, Hope you had a great start to the week! Over the last couple of months, I’ve been working on my PhD proposal (attached), which is embedded within Antonis’ larger INEQNEWS project along with some researchers in Scotland & the UK. I’ll be presenting this proposal in our meeting this Thursday, and I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it. Of course, it is far from being a ‘final’ proposal & there will be several changes along the way as we start data collection & analysis – but for now, there’s a structure emerging & I’m curious to see if you share my optimism. See you Thursday! [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 2 - 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>

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Dr. Benjamin Toff's talk at SMIT - "Avoiding the News"
by Antonis Kalogeropoulos 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Hi everyone, Benjamin Toff from the University of Minnesota will visit SMIT on 24 April to present his latest book Avoiding the News<https://cup.columbia.edu/book/avoiding-the-news/9780231205191>. The talk will last for approximately 45 minutes and Q&A will follow. The talk will also be streamed at Teams. Book outline: Avoiding the News: Why Growing Numbers are Turning Away from Journalism and What Can be Done about It More and more people globally are disengaging from news despite unprecedented abundance and ease of access. This presentation will provide an overview of findings from a new book examining why and what can be done about it, drawing on extensive survey data and qualitative interviews in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. News avoidance, most common among disadvantaged groups, is about both content and broader structures of everyday life: who people are, what they believe, and how technology platforms increasingly shape relationships with news. Short Bio Benjamin Toff is an assistant professor at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology and the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. He studies public opinion, political communication, digital media, and changing journalistic practices. From 2020-2023, he was also a Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford where he led the Trust in News Project.<https://www.benjamintoff.com/research/trust-in-news-project> Dr Toff received his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard University. Prior to his academic career, Dr Toff worked as a professional journalist, mostly as a researcher at the New York Times from 2005-2011. ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help?<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting?omkt=en-US> Join the meeting now<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGFjNjU0OGUtMWEyMS00…> Meeting ID: 393 684 471 611 Passcode: ieN75w ________________________________ Dial-in by phone For organizers: Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=ace3c77d-6b37-46c3-…> | Reset dial-in PIN<https://dialin.teams.microsoft.com/usp/pstnconferencing> ________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: Tuesday NUSE meeting
by Nathalie Van Raemdonck 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

I may have used the wrong mailinglist below, so sending it again on this one, apologies if it landed in your inbox twice. From: Nathalie Van Raemdonck <Nathalie.Van.Raemdonck(a)vub.be> Date: Friday, 2 February 2024 at 16:36 To: SMIT-NUSE <ES-SMIT-JTP(a)vub.be> Subject: Tuesday NUSE meeting Hey NUSE colleagues! I was trying to finish a first draft of a paper to discuss with you this Tuesday at the NUSE team meeting, but unfortunately that is still a while away since I’m a bit stuck in the qualitative coding of my interviews… Ike recommended to still use the opportunity to have you gathered and that we could perhaps try out a different format for a feedback sessions, so if it’s alright with you, I’d love to get your feedback on the codes I’m developing for my paper :) Attached you can find a 4page extended abstract of the paper to get some background (also welcome to provide feedback on this of course). I’ll still work on the codes in the next few days and present them on Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing you all! Best, Nathalie [Q9VJ43EY0nwggAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==]Nathalie Van Raemdonck Doctoral researcher IMEC-SMIT, BSOG, HAI +32477208719 Recent publications Van Raemdonck, N. & Meyer, T. (2024). Why Disinformation is Here to Stay. A Socio-Technical Analysis of Disinformation as a Hybrid Threat<https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/why-disinformation-is-here-to…>. In L. Lonardo (Ed). Addressing Hybrid Threats: European Law and Policies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Van Raemdonck (2022) Instagram Stories and the spread of harmful content; where’s the friction<https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2022/12/19/instagram-stories-and-the-sprea…>? Media@LSE Blog Van Raemdonck, N. & Pierson, J. (2022) Conceptueel kader voor wisselwerking van platformkenmerken, affordances en normen op sociale media [A conceptual framework for the mutual shaping of platform features, affordances and norms on social media<https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/a-conceptual-framework-for-th…>] Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap vol. 50 nr.4 pp.358-383 https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2022.4.005.RAEM Willaert, T.; Peeters, S.; Seijbel, J.& Van Raemdonck, N. (2022) Disinformation networks: A quali-quantitative investigation of antagonistic Dutch-speaking Telegram channels<https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/12533>. First Monday, 27(5). Van Raemdonck, N. & Pierson, J. (2021) "Taxonomy of Social Network Platform Affordances for Group Interactions<https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/taxonomy-of-social-network-pl…>," 14th CMI International Conference - Critical ICT Infrastructures and Platforms (CMI)

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Fwd: URGENT: academic campaign on educide
by Ike PICONE 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Dear all, For your consideration... Ike Begin forwarded message: From: Sarah Van Leuven <Sarah.VanLeuven(a)UGent.be> Subject: FW: URGENT: academic campaign on educide Date: 30 January 2024 at 22:55:44 CET To: Michaël Opgenhaffen <michael.opgenhaffen(a)kuleuven.be>, Steve Paulussen <steve.paulussen(a)uantwerpen.be>, Ike PICONE <ike.picone(a)vub.be>, Hedwig De Smaele <hedwig.desmaele(a)kuleuven.be>, "Baldwin.VanGorp(a)soc.kuleuven.be" <Baldwin.VanGorp(a)soc.kuleuven.be>, An-Sofie Claeys <AnSofie.Claeys(a)UGent.be>, Antoon Bronselaer <Antoon.Bronselaer(a)UGent.be>, Benjamin DE CLEEN <Benjamin.De.Cleen(a)vub.be>, "'stefaan.walgrave(a)uantwerpen.be'" <stefaan.walgrave(a)uantwerpen.be>, Peter Van Aelst <peter.vanaelst(a)uantwerpen.be>, Jelle MAST <Jelle.Mast(a)vub.be>, Kris Boudt <Kris.Boudt(a)UGent.be>, Amy Van Looy <amy.vanlooy(a)UGent.be>, Anne Breitbarth <Anne.Breitbarth(a)UGent.be>, Steven Vanderputten <Steven.Vanderputten(a)UGent.be>, Robert Hartsuiker <Robert.Hartsuiker(a)UGent.be>, Griet Roets <Griet.Roets(a)UGent.be>, Jelle Laverge <Jelle.Laverge(a)UGent.be>, Heidi Mertes <Heidi.Mertes(a)UGent.be>, Jelle Janssens <Jelle.Janssens(a)UGent.be>, Gertrudis Van de Vijver <Gertrudis.Vandevijver(a)UGent.be> Beste collega’s, Voor wie onderstaande oproep nog niet gezien heeft, breng ik deze graag onder de aandacht. De brief zal binnen enkele uren – woensdagmiddag – opgestuurd worden naar de VLIR met de vraag om actie te ondernemen tegen de educide in de Gazastrook, dus we hopen nog zoveel mogelijk handtekeningen van professoren, collega’s en studenten te kunnen toevoegen. Deel de oproep zeker ook verder in je eigen netwerk als je deze steunt. Hartelijk dank, Sarah [image002.jpeg] Prof. dr. Sarah Van Leuven T +32 9 264 97 89 Department of Communication Studies Director of the Center for Journalism Studies (CJS) Campus Ufo, Technicum, T1, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, België T administration office +32 9 264 68 90 Website<http://www.ugent.be/ps/communicatiewetenschappen/nl> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UgentComWet/?fref=ts> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/UGentComWet> | e-maildisclaimer<https://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php> Van: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Verzonden: zaterdag 27 januari 2024 17:55 Aan: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Onderwerp: URGENT: academic campaign on educide [For English below] Beste collega’s, beste ondertekenaars van de open brief aan de rectoren Mag ik jullie aandacht vragen voor volgende dringende oproep. Met een aantal collega’s stelden we een open brief samen, gericht aan de Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR), met de vraag om de volledige vernietiging van het Palestijnse universitaire en educatieve leven zeer ernstig te nemen. We vragen aan de VLIR dan ook dringend actie te ondernemen. Acties die in lijn zijn met gelijkaardige maatregelen die de VLIR heeft genomen in het recente verleden. Als universitaire gemeenschap beseffen we net heel goed in welke mate educatie en het recht op onderwijs deel uitmaken van elke duurzame oplossing. Gaan we als academici, studenten, universitaire personeel zomaar toekijken op de vernietiging van de universitaire gemeenschap in Palestina? De link naar de brief vinden jullie hier: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-KXXrfKESV7Xx_LkxkUBhKqjceKYyUNM… Wij hopen dat jullie mee ondertekenen en deze brief helpen verspreiden onder collega’s en studenten. De brief wordt in de loop van volgende week doorgestuurd naar de leden van de raad van bestuur van de VLIR. Met vriendelijke groeten Koen Bogaert Dear colleagues, dear signatories of the open letter to the rectors May I draw your attention to the following urgent appeal. With a number of colleagues, we wrote an open letter, addressed to the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), asking them to take the complete destruction of Palestinian university and educational life very seriously. We therefore ask the VLIR to take urgent measures in line with similar measures taken by the VLIR in the recent past. As a university community, we understand very well the extent to which education and the right to education are part of any future sustainable solution. Are we as academics, students, university staff just going to stand by and watch the destruction of the university community in Palestine? You can find the link to the letter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-KXXrfKESV7Xx_LkxkUBhKqjceKYyUNM… The letter will be forwarded to members of the VLIR board of directors next week. We hope you will co-sign and help spread this letter among colleagues and students. Kind regards Koen Bogaert From: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2023 10:02 To: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Cc: Marianne Maeckelbergh <Marianne.Maeckelbergh(a)UGent.be<mailto:Marianne.Maeckelbergh@UGent.be>>; Hilde Heynen <hilde.heynen(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:hilde.heynen@kuleuven.be>>; Eric Vanhaute <Eric.Vanhaute(a)UGent.be<mailto:Eric.Vanhaute@UGent.be>>; Lieven De Cauter <lieven.decauter(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:lieven.decauter@kuleuven.be>>; Nele AERNOUTS <Nele.Aernouts(a)vub.be<mailto:Nele.Aernouts@vub.be>>; Gillian Mathys <Gillian.Mathys(a)UGent.be<mailto:Gillian.Mathys@UGent.be>>; Van Brabandt Petra <petra.vanbrabandt(a)kdg.be<mailto:petra.vanbrabandt@kdg.be>>; Paolo S H Favero <paolosh.favero(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:paolosh.favero@uantwerpen.be>>; Karen Büscher <Karen.Buscher(a)UGent.be<mailto:Karen.Buscher@UGent.be>>; Vincent Scheltiens <vincent.scheltiens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:vincent.scheltiens@uantwerpen.be>>; 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ann.cassiman(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:ann.cassiman@kuleuven.be>; emiel.lamberts(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:emiel.lamberts@kuleuven.be>; marieke.wyckaert(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:marieke.wyckaert@kuleuven.be>; leen.vanmolle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:leen.vanmolle@kuleuven.be>; Thalia Kruger <thalia.kruger(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:thalia.kruger@uantwerpen.be>>; natasja.thijs(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:natasja.thijs@uantwerpen.be>; elke.decaerle(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:elke.decaerle@uantwerpen.be>; filip.reyntjens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:filip.reyntjens@uantwerpen.be>; paulosh.favero(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:paulosh.favero@uantwerpen.be>; tim.soens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:tim.soens@uantwerpen.be>; Milena Belloni <milena.belloni(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:milena.belloni@uantwerpen.be>>; Aviel Verbruggen <aviel.verbruggen(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:aviel.verbruggen@uantwerpen.be>>; frans.daems(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:frans.daems@uantwerpen.be>; Hans Keune <hans.keune(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:hans.keune@uantwerpen.be>>;katleen.verheyen(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:katleen.verheyen@uantwerpen.be>; christine.frison(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:christine.frison@uantwerpen.be>; remi.joseph-salisbury(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:remi.joseph-salisbury@uantwerpen.be>;arun.saldanha(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:arun.saldanha@uantwerpen.be>; jason.colignon(a)vub.be<mailto:jason.colignon@vub.be>; jerome.bertrem(a)vub.be<mailto:jerome.bertrem@vub.be>; veerle.soyez(a)vub.be<mailto:veerle.soyez@vub.be>; anne.winter(a)vub.be<mailto:anne.winter@vub.be>; Mattias Vermeiren <Mattias.Vermeiren(a)UGent.be<mailto:Mattias.Vermeiren@UGent.be>>; Sarah Van Leuven <Sarah.VanLeuven(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sarah.VanLeuven@UGent.be>>; Seppe Segers <Seppe.Segers(a)UGent.be<mailto:Seppe.Segers@UGent.be>>; geertrui.vanoverwalle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:geertrui.vanoverwalle@kuleuven.be> Subject: FW: REMINDER: Open brief van bezorgde medewerkers n.a.v. de humanitaire crisis in Gaza Beste, Hieronder een antwoord van de rector van de VUB. Hij zal de open brief agenderen op de volgende VLIR-vergadering. In een vervolg-mail heeft hij me ook verzekerd dat hij als rector van de VUB sowieso met ons in gesprek wil gaan, los van de uitkomst van die vergadering. We houden jullie op de hoogte Koen From: Jan DANCKAERT <Jan.Danckaert(a)vub.be<mailto:Jan.Danckaert@vub.be>> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2023 21:59 To: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Cc: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Subject: Re: REMINDER: Open brief van bezorgde medewerkers n.a.v. de humanitaire crisis in Gaza Beste Koen, Dank voor je mail. We zullen dit op ons volgende VLIR bureau agenderen en het VLIR secretariaat zal jullie op de hoogte houden. Met vriendelijke groet [image001.png] Jan DANCKAERT Rector T +32 (0)2 629 21 40 (secr. rectoraat) Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussel www.vub.be<http://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> From: Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>> Date: Friday, 17 November 2023 at 13:59 To: Rik Van de Walle <rik.vandewalle(a)ugent.be<mailto:rik.vandewalle@ugent.be>>, herman.vangoethem(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:herman.vangoethem@uantwerpen.be><herman.vangoethem(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:herman.vangoethem@uantwerpen.be>>, luc.sels(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:luc.sels@kuleuven.be> <luc.sels(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:luc.sels@kuleuven.be>>, Jan DANCKAERT <Jan.Danckaert(a)vub.be<mailto:Jan.Danckaert@vub.be>>, 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<remi.joseph-salisbury(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:remi.joseph-salisbury@uantwerpen.be>>, arun.saldanha(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:arun.saldanha@uantwerpen.be><arun.saldanha(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:arun.saldanha@uantwerpen.be>>, jason.colignon(a)vub.be<mailto:jason.colignon@vub.be> <jason.colignon(a)vub.be<mailto:jason.colignon@vub.be>>,jerome.bertrem(a)vub.be<mailto:jerome.bertrem@vub.be> <jerome.bertrem(a)vub.be<mailto:jerome.bertrem@vub.be>>, Veerle SOYEZ <Veerle.Soyez(a)vub.be<mailto:Veerle.Soyez@vub.be>>, Anne WINTER <Anne.Winter(a)vub.be<mailto:Anne.Winter@vub.be>>, Mattias Vermeiren <mattias.vermeiren(a)ugent.be<mailto:mattias.vermeiren@ugent.be>>, Sarah Van Leuven <Sarah.VanLeuven(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sarah.VanLeuven@UGent.be>>, Seppe Segers <Seppe.Segers(a)UGent.be<mailto:Seppe.Segers@UGent.be>>,geertrui.vanoverwalle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:geertrui.vanoverwalle@kuleuven.be> <geertrui.vanoverwalle(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:geertrui.vanoverwalle@kuleuven.be>> Subject: REMINDER: Open brief van bezorgde medewerkers n.a.v. de humanitaire crisis in Gaza Geachte rectoren, Op donderdag 19 oktober uitten wij, ondertekenaars van de open brief<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qbVE4Bvid2kp1WbazZYBJl6QHqYikNpnhTM20HD…>, onze bezorgdheid over de situatie in Gaza, en bij uitbreiding in Israël/Palestina. Op maandag 30 oktober stuurden we jullie een herinnering. Ook vandaag willen we jullie nogmaals een herinnering sturen. Ondertussen telt de open brief al meer dan 3400 ondertekenaars uit de Vlaamse academische gemeenschap. Verschillende onder jullie hebben ondertussen publiekelijk gereageerd. Maar onze open brief blijft onbeantwoord en de drie vragen die wij als collega’s, studenten en werknemers aan jullie voorlegden, blijven eveneens onbeantwoord. Enkel de VUB heeft samen met het Hannah Arendt Instituut openlijk opgeroepen voor een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren, wat één van onze drie vragen was. Maar naast een oproep voor een staakt-het-vuren kunnen de universiteiten zelf ook concrete acties ondernemen, zoals ze gedaan hebben in het geval van Rusland en Iran. Vandaar nogmaals ons dringende verzoek om concreet te antwoorden op de drie vragen in onze open brief. Hier nogmaals onze drie vragen: * Als absolute prioriteit: een gezamenlijk oproep van alle rectoren aan onze politieke vertegenwoordigers voor een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren en het toelaten van humanitaire hulp in Gaza en de bescherming van de bevolking van Gaza door de Verenigde Naties. * De boycot, desinvestering en opschorting van alle samenwerking met Israëlische universiteiten, bedrijven en overheidsinstellingen die de bezetting en het apartheidsregime ondersteunen en/of er voordeel uithalen. * De oprechte en consistente toepassing van mensenrechten in wetenschappelijk onderzoek, onderwijs en het beleid van de universiteiten. Bijgevolg ook de volledige transparantie over de aard van samenwerking met overheidsinstellingen en bedrijven die de schending van mensenrechten ondersteunen en/of er voordeel uit halen. Wij lezen dat rector Herman van Goethem vraagt om ons als academici uit te spreken op basis van onze expertise en dat academische vrijheid niet zonder meer samenvalt met de vrijheid van meningsuiting: “Wanneer docenten en onderzoekers zich publiekelijk uitspreken, in colleges of daarbuiten, dan horen ze dat te doen vanuit het gezag verbonden aan hun functie en vanuit wederzijds respect. Hun stellingen zijn wetenschappelijk onderbouwd en onderzoekshypotheses worden ook als zodanig geformuleerd.” Beste rectoren, wij kunnen u verzekeren dat onze open brief is opgesteld op basis van onze academische expertise, onze functie als pedagogen en onze wetenschappelijke integriteit. Wij willen u nogmaals eraan herinneren dat al op 15 oktober meer dan 800 internationale experten<https://www.anbamed.it/2023/10/16/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potenti…> internationaal recht, conflictstudies en genocide-studies in een publiek statement waarschuwden voor een potentiële genocide tegen Palestijnen in de Gazastrook door de Israëlische strijdkrachten. De situatie is er sindsdien alleen maar op verergerd. Onder andereReuters<https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-experts-point-evidence-genocid…> meldde gisteren dat VN-experten<https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-un-experts-call-intern…> wezen op bewijs van 'genocidale ophitsing' in Israël tegen de Palestijnen. Sinds 7 oktober intervenieerden verschillende van ons in het publieke debat om telkens opnieuw de feiten op tafel te leggen. We spreken over een illegale bezetting, land-annexatie, apartheid en schendingen van de mensenrechten die al decennia aan de gang zijn. We worden soms verweten niet evenwichtig genoeg te zijn in deze zaak. Maar het onevenwicht zit vooral in de framing van de recente escalatie als een conflict tussen twee strijdende partijen dat startte op 7 oktober en waarbij Israël de partij is die ‘reageert’. Voor 7 oktober waarschuwden verschillende waarnemers, experten en zelfs militairen binnen het Israëlische leger al voor een mogelijke gewelddadige escalatie omwille van het toenemende dagelijkse geweld van de regering Netanyahu. Beste rectoren, wij maken deel uit van een veel grotere groep academici die zich uitspreken op dit moment. Ierse collega’s<https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/11/04/war-in-the-gaza-strip/>, Joodse collega’s<https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/11/12/joodse-academici-en-studenten-universi…> in Nederland, onze Palestijnse collega’s<https://www.birzeit.edu/sites/default/files/upload/open_letter_from_birzeit…> van Birzeit University, en vele anderen vragen universiteiten en overheden om duidelijke standpunten in te nemen en maatregelen te treffen in lijn met de waarden en normen die ze uitdragen. Laat ons geen dubbele standaarden hanteren en net zoals in het geval met Rusland en Iran ook nu daadkrachtig optreden. Wij zijn uiteraard bereid onze open brief en onze vragen verder toe te lichten in een gesprek. En we kijken vooral uit naar jullie antwoorden op onze drie vragen. Hoogachtend, De ondertekenaars From: Koenraad Bogaert Sent: Monday, 30 October 2023 10:40 To: Rik Van de Walle <Rik.Vandewalle(a)UGent.be<mailto:Rik.Vandewalle@UGent.be>>; herman.vangoethem(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:herman.vangoethem@uantwerpen.be>; luc.sels(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:luc.sels@kuleuven.be>;rector(a)vub.be<mailto:rector@vub.be>; bernard.vanheusden(a)uhasselt.be<mailto:bernard.vanheusden@uhasselt.be> Cc: Marianne Maeckelbergh <Marianne.Maeckelbergh(a)UGent.be<mailto:Marianne.Maeckelbergh@UGent.be>>; Hilde Heynen <hilde.heynen(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:hilde.heynen@kuleuven.be>>; Eric Vanhaute <Eric.Vanhaute(a)UGent.be<mailto:Eric.Vanhaute@UGent.be>>; Lieven De Cauter <lieven.decauter(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:lieven.decauter@kuleuven.be>>; Nele AERNOUTS <Nele.Aernouts(a)vub.be<mailto:Nele.Aernouts@vub.be>>; Gillian Mathys <Gillian.Mathys(a)UGent.be<mailto:Gillian.Mathys@UGent.be>>; Van Brabandt Petra <petra.vanbrabandt(a)kdg.be<mailto:petra.vanbrabandt@kdg.be>>; Paolo S H Favero <paolosh.favero(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:paolosh.favero@uantwerpen.be>>; 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Annelies Verdoolaege <Annelies.Verdoolaege(a)UGent.be<mailto:Annelies.Verdoolaege@UGent.be>>; Koen Vlassenroot <Koen.Vlassenroot(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koen.Vlassenroot@UGent.be>>; Tomaso Ferrando <Tomaso.Ferrando(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:Tomaso.Ferrando@uantwerpen.be>>; Kristien Hens <Kristien.Hens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:Kristien.Hens@uantwerpen.be>>; Stef Craps <Stef.Craps(a)UGent.be<mailto:Stef.Craps@UGent.be>>; Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi <roschanack.shaery(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:roschanack.shaery@uantwerpen.be>>; Patrick DEBOOSERE <Patrick.Deboosere(a)vub.be<mailto:Patrick.Deboosere@vub.be>>; Kelly Shannon <kelly.shannon(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:kelly.shannon@kuleuven.be>>; Bruno De Meulder <bruno.demeulder(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:bruno.demeulder@kuleuven.be>>; Jo Van Steenbergen <Jo.VanSteenbergen(a)UGent.be<mailto:Jo.VanSteenbergen@UGent.be>>; Eric CORIJN <Eric.Corijn(a)vub.be<mailto:Eric.Corijn@vub.be>>; Marlies De Munck <marlies.demunck(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:marlies.demunck@uantwerpen.be>>; Chia Longman <Chia.Longman(a)UGent.be<mailto:Chia.Longman@UGent.be>>; Luce Beeckmans <luce.beeckmans(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:luce.beeckmans@kuleuven.be>>; Veerle Provoost <Veerle.Provoost(a)UGent.be<mailto:Veerle.Provoost@UGent.be>>; Daniël Biltereyst <Daniel.Biltereyst(a)UGent.be<mailto:Daniel.Biltereyst@UGent.be>>; Gita Deneckere <Gita.Deneckere(a)UGent.be<mailto:Gita.Deneckere@UGent.be>>; Fabienne Bossuyt <Fabienne.Bossuyt(a)UGent.be<mailto:Fabienne.Bossuyt@UGent.be>>; Eva Brems <Eva.Brems(a)UGent.be<mailto:Eva.Brems@UGent.be>>; Tijl De Bie <Tijl.DeBie(a)UGent.be<mailto:Tijl.DeBie@UGent.be>>; Lesley Hustinx <Lesley.Hustinx(a)UGent.be<mailto:Lesley.Hustinx@UGent.be>>; Thomas Block <Thomas.Block(a)UGent.be<mailto:Thomas.Block@UGent.be>>; Arda Tezcan <Arda.Tezcan(a)UGent.be<mailto:Arda.Tezcan@UGent.be>>; Frederik Dhaenens <Frederik.Dhaenens(a)UGent.be<mailto:Frederik.Dhaenens@UGent.be>>; Islam Dayeh <Islam.Dayeh(a)UGent.be<mailto:Islam.Dayeh@UGent.be>>; Sofie Van Bauwel <Sofie.VanBauwel(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sofie.VanBauwel@UGent.be>>; Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta <Maria.MartindeAlmagroIniesta(a)UGent.be<mailto:Maria.MartindeAlmagroIniesta@UGent.be>>; Christel Monten <Christel.Monten(a)UGent.be<mailto:Christel.Monten@UGent.be>>; els.vanmeerbeek(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:els.vanmeerbeek@kuleuven.be>; maxime.prananto(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:maxime.prananto@kuleuven.be>;wim.wambecq(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:wim.wambecq@kuleuven.be>; guido.geenen(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:guido.geenen@kuleuven.be>; bruno.notteboom(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:bruno.notteboom@kuleuven.be>;martino.tattara(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:martino.tattara@kuleuven.be>; chris.kesteloot(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:chris.kesteloot@kuleuven.be>; Maarten Loopmans <maarten.loopmans(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:maarten.loopmans@kuleuven.be>>; pieter.vandenbroeck(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:pieter.vandenbroeck@kuleuven.be>; matthias.lievens(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:matthias.lievens@kuleuven.be>;ides.nicaise(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:ides.nicaise@kuleuven.be>; guido.vandenwyngaerd(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:guido.vandenwyngaerd@kuleuven.be>; bert.cornillie(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:bert.cornillie@kuleuven.be>;chaima.ahaddour(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:chaima.ahaddour@kuleuven.be>; sarah.murru(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:sarah.murru@kuleuven.be>; helge.daniels(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:helge.daniels@kuleuven.be>;enrico.carlon(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:enrico.carlon@kuleuven.be>; nathalie.vallet(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:nathalie.vallet@uantwerpen.be>; jan.buelens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:jan.buelens@uantwerpen.be>;sara.geenen(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:sara.geenen@uantwerpen.be>; marc.bekaert(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:marc.bekaert@uantwerpen.be>; gamze.erdemturkelli(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:gamze.erdemturkelli@uantwerpen.be>;moises.kopper(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:moises.kopper@uantwerpen.be>; elisabetta.costa(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:elisabetta.costa@uantwerpen.be>; milena.belloni(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:milena.belloni@uantwerpen.be>;sigurd.dhondt(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:sigurd.dhondt@uantwerpen.be>; gerrit.loots(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:gerrit.loots@vub.ac.be>; iman.lechkar(a)vub.be<mailto:iman.lechkar@vub.be>; Lena.Imeraj(a)vub.be<mailto:Lena.Imeraj@vub.be>;Hadewijch.Vandenheede(a)vub.be<mailto:Hadewijch.Vandenheede@vub.be>; Deborah.De.Moortel(a)vub.be<mailto:Deborah.De.Moortel@vub.be>; Vjosa.Musliu(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Vjosa.Musliu@vub.ac.be>; ilke.adam(a)vub.be<mailto:ilke.adam@vub.be>;DIETER.VANDEBROECK(a)VUB.BE<mailto:DIETER.VANDEBROECK@VUB.BE>; Madeline.Lutjeharms(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Madeline.Lutjeharms@vub.ac.be>; rene.kreichauf(a)vub.be<mailto:rene.kreichauf@vub.be>;Kevin.Smets(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Kevin.Smets@vub.ac.be>; benoit.henriet(a)vub.be<mailto:benoit.henriet@vub.be>; david.bassens(a)vub.be<mailto:david.bassens@vub.be>; Margot.Luyckfasseel(a)vub.be<mailto:Margot.Luyckfasseel@vub.be>;hsahli(a)etrovub.be<mailto:hsahli@etrovub.be>; kobe.boussauw(a)vub.be<mailto:kobe.boussauw@vub.be>; benjamin.de.cleen(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:benjamin.de.cleen@vub.ac.be>;Machteld.De.Metsenaere(a)vub.ac.be<mailto:Machteld.De.Metsenaere@vub.ac.be>; yana.jaspers(a)vub.be<mailto:yana.jaspers@vub.be>; philippe.huybrechts(a)vub.be<mailto:philippe.huybrechts@vub.be>;Laurence.Claeys(a)vub.be<mailto:Laurence.Claeys@vub.be>; Machteld.De.Metsenaere(a)vub.be<mailto:Machteld.De.Metsenaere@vub.be> Subject: RE: Open brief van bezorgde medewerkers n.a.v. de humanitaire crisis in Gaza Geachte rectoren, Op donderdag 19 oktober uitten wij, ondertekenaars van de open brief, onze bezorgdheid over de situatie in Gaza, en bij uitbreiding in Israël/Palestina. Al op 15 oktober waarschuwden meer dan 800 internationale experten<https://www.anbamed.it/2023/10/16/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potenti…>internationaal recht, conflictstudies en genocide-studies in een publiek statement voor een potentiële genocide tegen Palestijnen in de Gazastrook door de Israëlische strijdkrachten. De situatie is er sindsdien alleen maar op verergerd. Dit weekend kwamen opnieuw miljoenen mensen op straat in de hele wereld, ook in verschillende Belgische steden, om de disproportionele reactie van het Israëlische leger aan te klagen, de oorzaken van dit geweld nog eens onder de aandacht te brengen (nl. bezetting, verstikkende blokkade en apartheid) en de internationale gemeenschap ter verantwoording te roepen. Gezaghebbende acties en reacties zijn in deze humanitaire crisis heel belangrijk en worden steeds urgenter. Jullie stem, als vertegenwoordigers van onze academische gemeenschap, kan een verschil maken. Wij willen daarom nog eens met aandrang onze open brief onder jullie aandacht brengen. Ondertussen telt de open brief al 2400 ondertekenaars uit de Vlaamse academische gemeenschap. We zullen als academici de situatie blijvend onder de aandacht brengen. Via deze brief en andere acties. We kunnen in deze zaak niet zomaar blijven toekijken. Met vriendelijke groeten De ondertekenaars van de open brief From: Koenraad Bogaert Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2023 16:56 To: Rik Van de Walle <Rik.Vandewalle(a)UGent.be<mailto:Rik.Vandewalle@UGent.be>>; herman.vangoethem(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:herman.vangoethem@uantwerpen.be>; luc.sels(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:luc.sels@kuleuven.be>;rector(a)vub.be<mailto:rector@vub.be>; bernard.vanheusden(a)uhasselt.be<mailto:bernard.vanheusden@uhasselt.be> Cc: Marianne Maeckelbergh <Marianne.Maeckelbergh(a)UGent.be<mailto:Marianne.Maeckelbergh@UGent.be>>; Hilde Heynen <hilde.heynen(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:hilde.heynen@kuleuven.be>>; Koenraad Bogaert <Koenraad.Bogaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koenraad.Bogaert@UGent.be>>; Eric Vanhaute <Eric.Vanhaute(a)UGent.be<mailto:Eric.Vanhaute@UGent.be>>; Lieven De Cauter <lieven.decauter(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:lieven.decauter@kuleuven.be>>; Nele AERNOUTS <Nele.Aernouts(a)vub.be<mailto:Nele.Aernouts@vub.be>>; Gillian Mathys <Gillian.Mathys(a)UGent.be<mailto:Gillian.Mathys@UGent.be>>; Van Brabandt Petra <petra.vanbrabandt(a)kdg.be<mailto:petra.vanbrabandt@kdg.be>>; Paolo S H Favero <paolosh.favero(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:paolosh.favero@uantwerpen.be>>; Karen Büscher <Karen.Buscher(a)UGent.be<mailto:Karen.Buscher@UGent.be>>; Vincent Scheltiens <vincent.scheltiens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:vincent.scheltiens@uantwerpen.be>>; Hans Grymonprez <Hans.Grymonprez(a)UGent.be<mailto:Hans.Grymonprez@UGent.be>>; Nadia Fadil <nadia.fadil(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:nadia.fadil@kuleuven.be>>; Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi <roschanack.shaery(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:roschanack.shaery@uantwerpen.be>>; Erik Paredis <Erik.Paredis(a)UGent.be<mailto:Erik.Paredis@UGent.be>>; Karim Zahidi <Karim.Zahidi(a)UGent.be<mailto:Karim.Zahidi@UGent.be>>; Malika Dekkiche <Malika.Dekkiche(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:Malika.Dekkiche@uantwerpen.be>>; Christopher Parker <Christopher.Parker(a)UGent.be<mailto:Christopher.Parker@UGent.be>>; Sibo Kanobana <Sibo.Kanobana(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sibo.Kanobana@UGent.be>>; Pascal Gielen <pascal.gielen(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:pascal.gielen@uantwerpen.be>>; Koenraad Stroeken <Koen.Stroeken(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koen.Stroeken@UGent.be>>; Jan Orbie <Jan.Orbie(a)UGent.be<mailto:Jan.Orbie@UGent.be>>; Carine Defoort <carine.defoort(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:carine.defoort@kuleuven.be>>; Idesbald Goddeeris <idesbald.goddeeris(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:idesbald.goddeeris@kuleuven.be>>; Robin Vandevoordt <Robin.Vandevoordt(a)UGent.be<mailto:Robin.Vandevoordt@UGent.be>>; Sami Zemni <Sami.Zemni(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sami.Zemni@UGent.be>>; Jef Verhoeven <jef.verhoeven(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:jef.verhoeven@kuleuven.be>>; Katrien De Graeve <Katrien.DeGraeve(a)UGent.be<mailto:Katrien.DeGraeve@UGent.be>>; Mieke Van Houtte <Mieke.VanHoutte(a)UGent.be<mailto:Mieke.VanHoutte@UGent.be>>; Gert Van Hecken <gert.vanhecken(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:gert.vanhecken@uantwerpen.be>>; Jan Engelen <jan.j.engelen(a)gmail.com<mailto:jan.j.engelen@gmail.com>>; Michael Meeuwis <Michael.Meeuwis(a)UGent.be<mailto:Michael.Meeuwis@UGent.be>>; Philippe Meers <philippe.meers(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:philippe.meers@uantwerpen.be>>; Sigrid Vertommen <Sigrid.Vertommen(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sigrid.Vertommen@UGent.be>>; Sigrid Sterckx <Sigrid.Sterckx(a)UGent.be<mailto:Sigrid.Sterckx@UGent.be>>; Henk de Smaele <henk.desmaele(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:henk.desmaele@uantwerpen.be>>; Luce Beeckmans (Luce.Beeckmans(a)UGent.be<mailto:Luce.Beeckmans@UGent.be>) <luce.beeckmans(a)ugent.be<mailto:luce.beeckmans@ugent.be>>; Karel Arnaut <karel.arnaut(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:karel.arnaut@kuleuven.be>>; Floor Verhaeghe <floor.verhaeghe(a)UGent.be<mailto:floor.verhaeghe@UGent.be>>; Griet Roets <Griet.Roets(a)UGent.be<mailto:Griet.Roets@UGent.be>>; Jeroen Adam <Jeroen.Adam(a)UGent.be<mailto:Jeroen.Adam@UGent.be>>; Jeroen Stevens <jeroen.stevens(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:jeroen.stevens@kuleuven.be>>; Matthias De Groof <matthias.degroof(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:matthias.degroof@uantwerpen.be>>; Ine Lietaert <Ine.Lietaert(a)UGent.be<mailto:Ine.Lietaert@UGent.be>>; gert.verschraegen(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:gert.verschraegen@uantwerpen.be>; thomas van riet <thomas.vanriet(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:thomas.vanriet@kuleuven.be>>; Dirk Vandermeulen <dirk.vandermeulen(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:dirk.vandermeulen@kuleuven.be>>; Annelies Verdoolaege <Annelies.Verdoolaege(a)UGent.be<mailto:Annelies.Verdoolaege@UGent.be>>; Koen Vlassenroot <Koen.Vlassenroot(a)UGent.be<mailto:Koen.Vlassenroot@UGent.be>>; Tomaso Ferrando <Tomaso.Ferrando(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:Tomaso.Ferrando@uantwerpen.be>>; Kristien Hens <Kristien.Hens(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:Kristien.Hens@uantwerpen.be>>; Stef Craps <Stef.Craps(a)UGent.be<mailto:Stef.Craps@UGent.be>>; Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi <roschanack.shaery(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:roschanack.shaery@uantwerpen.be>>; Patrick DEBOOSERE <Patrick.Deboosere(a)vub.be<mailto:Patrick.Deboosere@vub.be>>; Kelly Shannon <kelly.shannon(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:kelly.shannon@kuleuven.be>>; Bruno De Meulder <bruno.demeulder(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:bruno.demeulder@kuleuven.be>>; Jo Van Steenbergen <Jo.VanSteenbergen(a)UGent.be<mailto:Jo.VanSteenbergen@UGent.be>>; Eric CORIJN <Eric.Corijn(a)vub.be<mailto:Eric.Corijn@vub.be>>; Marlies De Munck <marlies.demunck(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:marlies.demunck@uantwerpen.be>> Subject: Open brief van bezorgde medewerkers n.a.v. de humanitaire crisis in Gaza Geachte rectoren, We schrijven jullie aan als medewerkers van jullie instellingen om onze grote bezorgdheid uit te drukken over dehumanitaire crisis<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/16/gazas-dire-humanitarian-crisis-ex…> en de genocidale oorlog in Gaza<https://www.anbamed.it/2023/10/16/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potenti…>. In het licht van: * Het huidige militaire offensief van Israël op de Gazastrook sinds 7 oktober 2023, ongekend in zijn omvang en ernst voor de bevolking van Gaza en de Palestijnse bevolking in zijn geheel. Verschillende internationale instituties, mensenrechtenorganisaties en experten trekken op dit moment aan de alarmbel en waarschuwen voor oorlogsmisdaden<https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israel-commits-…>, schendingen van het internationaal humanitair recht<https://www.amnesty-international.be/nieuws/israel-moet-onmiddellijk-het-af…> en zelfs genocidaal geweld<https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide> en etnische zuivering<https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instanc…> vanwege het Israëlische leger en de Israëlische regering. De luchtaanval op het Al-Ahli hospitaal<https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/10/17/photos-an-israeli-air-raid-on-…>, waarbij minstens 500 mensen werden gedood, is het voorlopige dieptepunt in de huidige nietsontziende belegering<https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2023/10/9/israeli-defence-minist…> van Gaza en de willekeurige Israëlische bombardementen<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-airstrikes.…>, waarbij hospitalen, universiteiten, telecommunicatie netwerken, markten, moskeeën en residentiële wijken worden aangevallen (o.a. met het gebruik van witte fosfor munitie<https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/13/human-rights-watch-israel-heeft-fosfor…>). Het is ook een dieptepunt in de 16-jaar lange onleefbare<https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unliveable-un-special-rapporteur-f…> blokkade van Gaza, waarbij de bevolking nu ook afgesloten<https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/09/israel-sluit-als-onderdeel-van-volledi…> van de bevoorrading van water, voedsel, benzine en elektriciteit. Deze collectieve bestraffing<https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-33> is illegaal. * Het geweld en de schendingen van het internationaal recht op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. Sinds 7 oktober hebben Israëlische kolonisten, met steun van het leger en de politie, Palestijnse burgers aangevallen en neergeschoten<https://www.anbamed.it/2023/10/16/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potenti…> (zoals gedocumenteerd in de dorpen a-Tuwani en Qusra). Meer dan 50 Palestijnen in de Westelijke Jordaanoever werden vermoord sinds 7 oktober<https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/situation-report-6-gaza-strip-west-…>. We mogen ook niet vergeten dat het afgelopen jaar één van de dodelijkste jaren<https://www.972mag.com/gaza-attack-context-israelis/?fbclid=IwAR1wFFi30jBza…> was voor Palestijnen sinds zeer lange tijd. De huidige extreemrechtse regering in Israël komt openlijk uit voor de verdere annexatie<https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/06/20/israeli-governme…> van de overgebleven Palestijnse gebieden. Ze geeft kolonisten de vrije baan om nieuwe illegale buitenposten op te zetten en raids te organiseren op Palestijnse steden en dorpen. Deze kolonisten worden ook geen strobreed in de weg gelegd door het Israëlische leger wanneer zePalestijnen doden of verminken<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/palestinian-killed-as-israeli-sett…> die hun huizen proberen te verdedigen. * De bredere en historische context: De huidige militaire escalatie in Gaza is niet geïsoleerd maar een onderdeel van de decennialange schendingen van het internationaal recht en de mensenrechten in het kader van de Israëlische bezetting, het apartheidsregime<https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apart…> en het voortdurende geweld tegen burgers<https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/israel-and…> in zogenaamde periodes van ‘kalmte’. We hebben het hier over misdaden tegen de menselijkheid die al 75 jaar aanslepen, sinds de Nakba of de etnische zuivering van Palestijnen in 1948. Volgens de bekende Israëlische historicus Ilan Pappe “is het concept etnische zuivering niet alleen van toepassing op de Israëlische politiek in 1948 maar ook op de sindsdien door Israël gevolgde strategie” (december 2022<https://www.omniboek.nl/boek/de-nakba/>). Gezien de urgentie van deze humanitaire crisis en in het licht van de hierboven genoemde feiten en bewijzen vragen we jullie met aandrang om een duidelijk standpunt in te nemen en dringend actie te ondernemen. Als gezicht van de belangrijkste kennisinstituties in Vlaanderen kunnen jullie een verschil maken. Wij vragen daarom: * Als absolute prioriteit: een gezamenlijk oproep van alle rectoren aan onze politieke vertegenwoordigers voor een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren en het toelaten van humanitaire hulp in Gaza en de bescherming van de bevolking van Gaza door de Verenigde Naties. * De boycot, desinvestering en opschorting van alle samenwerking met Israëlische universiteiten, bedrijven en overheidsinstellingen die de bezetting en het apartheidsregime ondersteunen en/of er voordeel uithalen. * De oprechte en consistente toepassing van mensenrechten in wetenschappelijk onderzoek, onderwijs en het beleid van de universiteiten. Bijgevolg ook de volledige transparantie over de aard van samenwerking met overheidsinstellingen en bedrijven die de schending van mensenrechten ondersteunen en/of er voordeel uit halen. Dit zijn concrete acties die we als academische gemeenschap heel snel kunnen nemen en jullie stem als rectoren, als hoofden van onze gemeenschap, kan een zeer belangrijk verschil maken. Deze acties liggen ook in lijn met eerdere gezamenlijke acties die jullie ondernamen tegen de Russische militaire inval in Oekraïne met de stopzetting<https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/03/24/ugent-zet-samenwerking-stop-met-14-…> van de institutionele samenwerking<https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20220310_94265657> met Russische universiteiten en met de boycot tegen Iran<https://vlir.be/nieuws/academische-samenwerking-met-iran-onmogelijk/> na de terdoodveroordeling van onze Iraanse collega, Ahmadreza Djalali, die aan de VUB verbonden is. Deze drie concrete acties liggen ook in lijn met wat de Palestijnse Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions beweging<https://bdsmovement.net/call> (BDS) op dit moment vraagt aan de internationale gemeenschap. De BDS-campagne is geïnspireerd op de Zuid-Afrikaanse boycot beweging tegen Apartheid en de Amerikaanse Burgerrechtenbeweging. Ze is gegroeid uit het decennialange verzet van de Palestijnen tegen bezetting, apartheid en etnische zuivering. De BDS-campagne wordt ondersteund door duizenden bewegingen en miljoenen mensen over de hele wereld, gaande van vakbonden, boerenbewegingen, klimaatbewegingen en antiracistische, feministische en inheemse organisaties. We kunnen u verzekeren dat we deze vragen niet licht opvatten. Het geweld (en de slachtoffers aan beide kanten) kan enkel stoppen bij het einde van de bezetting, het einde van het apartheidsregime en het einde van de schending van het internationaal recht. Dat is wat Palestijnen<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/why-i-believe-the-bds…> al decennia vragen, dat is wat wij jullie nu met aandrang vragen. Hierbij ook de link naar alle ondertekenaars van de open brief:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S576dXayc35qbSplTk2BDHZigmlMv… Hoogachtend, Eric Vanhaute, Hoogleraar, Geschiedenis, Ghent University Idesbald Goddeeris, Gewoon hoogleraar Koloniale Geschiedenis, KU Leuven Sigrid Sterckx, Gewoon Hoogleraar Ethiek en Politieke Filosofie (Ugent) Sami Zemni, hoogleraar, Vakgroepvoorzitter Conflict and Developmment Studies (Ugent) Gita Deneckere, hoogleraar aan de Vakgroep Geschiedenis van de Universiteit Gent Lieven De Cauter, filosoof, departement architectuur, KU Leuven Mieke Vanhoutte, Gewoon Hoogleraar, sociologie (Ugent) Jan Engelen, Prof. em., KU Leuven, fac. Ingenieurswetenschappen Marianne Maeckelbergh, hoogleraar, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Iman Lechkar, Professor, political science department, VUB. Thomas Van Riet, Associate Professor Theoretische Natuurkunde, KU Leuven Dirk Vandermeulen, Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, KU Leuven Nele Aernouts, Cosmopolis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Jef Verhoeven, Em. Prof., Centrum voor Sociologisch Onderzoek (KUL) Koen Vlassenroot, Hoogleraar, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Paolo Favero, Professor of Visual Anthropology and Cultures. Univerity of Antwerp Hilde Heynen, Gewoon hoogleraar architectuurtheorie, KUL Nadia Fadil, Hoofddocent, Sociale en Culturele Antropologie, KU Leuven Carine Defoort, Chinese Studies, KU Leuven Philippe Meers, Professor of Film and Media Studies – Director ViDi (UA) Gert Van Hecken, professor, UAntwerpen Julie Carlier, Onderzoekscoördinator, Ugent Annelies Verdoolaege, Coordinator Africa Platform Ghent University Association (Ugent), Extraordinary Professor University of the Western Cape Ine Lietaert, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (Ugent) Michael Meeuwis, Full Professor, Department of African Languages and Cultures (Ugent) Matthias De Groof, professor, UA Karen Büscher, hoofddocent, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Vincent Scheltiens, post-doc medewerker / gastprof dep geschiedenis UA Petra Van Brabandt, hoofd onderzoek en docent Sint Lucas Antwerpen (KdG) Hans Grymonprez, professor, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (Ugent) Roschanack Shaery-Yazdi, Associate professor of History at Uni Antwerpen Erik Paredis, Associate Professor Department of Political Sciences (Ugent) Jeroen Stevens, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven Karim Zahidi, professor, UAntwerpen (affiliatie Ugent) Malika Dekkiche, hoofddocent, Center for Political History, UA Christopher Parker, hoofddocent, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Pascal Gielen, ARIA – Universiteit van Antwerpen Sibo Kanobana, professor Open Universiteit, medewerker Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Koen Stroeken, professor, CARAM, Ugent Eric Corijn, hoogleraar Stadsstudies aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel Henk de Smaele, Hoogleraar Geschiedenis, Universiteit Antwerpen Gert Verschraegen, hoogleraar aan het Departement Sociologie van de Universiteit Antwerpen Jan Orbie, hoofddocent, Europese Politiek (Ugent) Robin Vandevoordt, Docent Migratiestudies, CESSMIR (Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees) Katrien Degraeve, hoofddocent, Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (Ugent) Luce Beeckmans, Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, KU Leuven Karel Arnaut, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven Griet Roets, Vakgroep Sociaal Werk & Sociale Pedagogiek, Universiteit Gent, Sigrid Vertommen, professor Universiteit van Amsterdam, post-doctoraal onderzoeker Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (Ugent) Floor Verhaeghe – CESSMIR, vakgroep sociaal werk en sociale pedagogiek (Ugent) Gillian Mathys, docent, Universiteit Gent Jeroen Adam, hoofddocent, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent) Bruno De Meulder, gewoon hoogleraar Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen · vicedepartementsvoorzitter van het Departement Architectuur (KUL) Chia Longman, Associate Professor in Gender Studies, Ugent Jan Buelens, Faculty of Law, UA Jo Van Steenbergen, research professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Ghent University Nathalie Vallet, Hoogleraar, Department Management, UA Gerrit Loots, professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Sara Geenen, associate professor, IOB, UA Stef Craps, hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde aan de Universiteit Gent Patrick Deboosere, scientific director of Interface Demography, the research center for population studies at the VUB Marlies De Munck, Departement Wijsbegeerte, UA Roschanack Shaery, Associate Prof of history at UA, Director of Centre for Political history Kristien Hens, hoofddocent Departement Wijsbegeerte, UA Veerle Provoost - Bioethics Institute Ghent - Universiteit Gent Daniel Biltereyst is Professor in Film and Media Studies at the Department of Communication Studies, Ghent University Marc Bekaert, Professor at Universiteit Antwerpen Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Assistant Research Professor at the Law and Development Research Group, UA Lena Imeraj, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, VUB Hadewijch Vandenheede, Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Minorities, VUB Deborah De Moortel, professor at the Department of Sociology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Els Van Meerbeek, Architectuur en Ontwerp, KUL Maxime Prananto. Architecture and Design, KUL Tommasso Ferrando, professor, UA Kelly Shannon - International Center of Urbanism (ICoU), KUL Wim Wambecq, Stedelijk Ontwerp, Stedenbouw, Landschap en Planning, KUL Vjosa Musliu, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the VUB Sarah Murru, Assistant Professor, KU Leuven, Center for Sociological Research (CeSO) Koen Bogaert, hoofddocent, Conflict and Development Studies (Ugent)

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Research Seminar with Joanne Kuai on AI in Journalism
by Dongxiao Li 22 Jan '24

22 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues: We will be hosting Joanne Kuai, a PhD researcher focusing on AI and algorithm studies, on Friday, 2nd Feb. She is very enthusiastic about engaging in discussions with peers. She will have a seminar with us for around one hour, presenting on the topic "Journalism as an Institution in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, the Case of China and Beyond" and discussing recent studies on algorithmic news and AI adoption in the media industry. It will be a valuable opportunity for idea sharing, especially as many of us in the MEP and NUSE units are conducting relevant studies. I invite you to join this seminar if you are interested. Both online and offline participation are welcome, and I look forward to seeing you then. Joanne Kuai<https://www.kau.se/en/researchers/joanne-kuai> is a lecturer and a PhD Candidate at Karlstad University, Sweden, with a research project on Journalism as an Institution in the Age of AI. She is an instructor for JournalismAI Academy<https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI/academy> hosted by LSE, and a regular contributor<https://newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/5ef1818e-8d9a-4c53-806b-ac17815d5…> to the New Books Network Podcast. Her research interests centre around data and AI for media, computational journalism, and the social implications of automation and algorithms. Prior to her academic career, she had worked as a reporter, editor and news anchor in China for over a decade. In this talk, Joanne will share her ongoing research project. Here are some of her recent publications: Joanne Kuai, Bibo Lin, Michael Karlsson & Seth C. Lewis (2023) From Wild East to Forbidden City: Mapping Algorithmic News Distribution in China through a Case Study of Jinri Toutiao, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932<https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2121932> Joanne Kuai, Raul Ferrer-Conill & Michael Karlsson (2022) AI ≥ Journalism: How the Chinese Copyright Law Protects Tech Giants’ AI Innovations and Disrupts the Journalistic Institution, Digital Journalism, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2022.2120032<https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2120032> BTW, she'll be performing Comedy Thursday Feb 1st 20:00 at Countdown Comedy Club: https://www.facebook.com/Countdowncomedyclub/. Also, free feel to join 😊 Best regards, Dongxiao Li ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_M2Y3M2EyOGEtYjYxOC00…> Meeting ID: 330 673 023 889 Passcode: J26Qn4 Download Teams<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app> | Join on the web<https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting> Learn More<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=fb1252a1-181b-45eb-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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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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Paper Discussion 26/10
by Sarah Vis 23 Oct '23

23 Oct '23

Hi everyone, Attached to this e-mail you can find the draft of the paper on ‘cultural mediators’ that I am currently working on together with Ike. To provide some context, the paper should be almost finished, and we plan to submit it (hopefully 😊) next week. We were considering submitting the paper to ‘Media, Culture, and Society’ which seems to cover similar paper topics (but feedback on our choice of journal is more than welcome). The paper is part of my PhD project which is not only looking at the relationship of young media users towards cultural mediators (as presented in this paper) but also uses ‘personal curation tactics’ as a lens to analyse how media users encounter political information aiming to understand how youngsters cope with the intertwining of voices with different status (journalistic versus non-journalistic) on social media platforms. Feedback on any aspect of the paper is more than welcome, but it would be particularly helpful to focus a bit on: * The outline of the paper: are the research questions, the design, and the aim of the paper clear? Is the structure well-defined? * Is the paper ‘complete’ and ready for publication, or is there something (essential) missing? * Are the steps we made in the study logical and clear? * Do the findings align with the theoretical framework? Thank you in advance, I am looking forward to the discussion! See you on Thursday, 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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Reminder: Reece Peck Seminar: Friday 6 October, 15:00-16:30 - Pleinlaan 5, 4th floor, Raadzaal PL5.4.21.
by Daniël Hans Marinus Jurg 23 Oct '23

23 Oct '23

Dear NUSE and ECHO members, This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming seminar with Reece Peck on Friday, 6 October, from 15:00 to 16:30 at Pleinlaan 5, 4th floor, Raadzaal PL5.4.21. If you haven't already, please RSVP on the Teams event. This will help us get a sense of the number of attendees for the catering. We're looking forward to seeing you there. For more details, please find the full invitation sent earlier by Omran below. Kind regards, Daniel We would like to invite you to our upcoming DESIRE-ECHO-SMIT Research Seminar with Reece Peck<https://reecepeck.com/>, Associate Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, on Friday 6 October, 15:00-16:30 - Pleinlaan 5, 4th floor, Raadzaal PL5.4.21. In his talk titled ‘The Power of Political Style: Comparing Populist Media, From Fox News to The Young Turks, From Cable to YouTube, From Right to Left’, Recce Peck will be discussing the importance of style as an analytical category for studying modern news branding and political movements. For a full description of the talk, please see below. We hope you will be able to join. Best wishes, Omran +++ The Power of Political Style: Comparing Populist Media, From Fox News to The Young Turks, From Cable to YouTube, From Right to Left’ This research seminar offers insights into why Fox News—conservative America’s number one news source—has been commercially successful and politically effective. Where existing explanations of Fox's appeal have stressed the network's conservative editorial slant, Dr. Reece Peck sheds light on the importance of its style as a generative mode of ideology. In addition to tracing Fox’s historical ascendancy, this talk compares the conservative cable giant with the progressive YouTube-based network the Young Turks (TYT). TYT stands as one of YouTube’s longest-running and most successful “news and politics” channels on the platform. This talk stresses the importance of style as an analytical category for studying modern news branding and political movements and argues that there is no inherent connection between media populism and political conservatism — even though today, thanks to US conservative media, many conflate the two. Personal biography Reece Peck<https://reecepeck.com/> is an Associate Professor teaching at the CUNY Graduate Center and is the author of Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class<https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fox-populism/fox-populism/7B808F481B5E…> (Cambridge, 2019). His research uses concepts and methods from sociology, political science, and media studies to examine populist rhetorical styles, partisan news, and tabloid media. In addition to providing commentary for outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Vice TV, Peck was among a select group of media scholars asked to provide written testimony to the Congressional Investigatory Committee on the January 6 Capitol riot.

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Seminar Reece Peck (with location)
by Daniël Hans Marinus Jurg 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

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