Rehabilitation after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed, is a long process. Stimulate the brain during this process is important to improve recovery. A common therapy to help patients, is mirror therapy. Originally designed for people with phantom limb pain it activates mirror neurons to …

Mirror therapy is a common therapy to help patients recover after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed. It activates mirror neurons and fools the brain into perceiving the paralyzed arm or hand is still moving. This stimulates the brain which is an important aspect to improve recovery. A …

In line with discursive psychology’s re-specification of psychological categories as discursive practices, this chapter focuses on everyday mobilisation as social action. We analyse online communication on Facebook Event pages of local social movements, designed to mobilise for political gatherings such …

In this paper we describe the development of a training for crisis communication professionals, the ‘Discourse Analytical Glasses’(DAG). The DAG training was developed based on the results of three discursive studies on social media discussions about crisis situations. In the training, participants …

The purpose of the paper is to describe the ways in which people use language to achieve mobilization. Recognizing and anticipating the discursive practices that are used online, for instance for mobilization, increasingly is a primary concern for professionals in crisis communication or issue management. Het …

Op 28 september 2017 is Annette Klarenbeek officieel benoemd als lector van de programmalijn ‘gesprek’ van het HU-lectoraat Crossmediale Communicatie in het Publieke Domein (PubLab). In deze openbare les vertelde ze wat gespreksanalyse kan betekenen voor een succesvolle communicatiestrategie.

Hoe kun je de dialoog aangaan over duurzame energie? Hoe ga je om met weerstanden van omwonenden? En hoe sluit je daarbij aan bij de beleving van mensen? Om antwoord te kunnen geven op deze complexe vragen, hebben Hogeschool Utrecht en Hanzehogeschool Groningen de afgelopen twee jaar onderzoek gedaan …

Communicatie in het publieke domein biedt een beschrijving van twee perspectieven op communicatie: gesprek en gedrag. Deze perspectieven helpen bij het omgaan met communicatievraagstukken die spelen in het publieke domein, zoals duurzaamheid, mobiliteit, sociale cohesie of veiligheid.

In this study, the construction of rumour on Twitter during a specific crisis is analysed from a discursive psychological perspective. This perspective treats psychological concepts such as identities as discursive constructions. The selected case is the robbery of a jewellery store in Deurne, a village …